8 Months Old...

Happy 8 month birthday!!! Can you believe it, they are getting soooo big. How they have developed in these 8 months is amazing!!!

Feeding:
Both girls are eating stage 2 baby food twice a day, they only take 4 bottles a day (use to be 8), they are attempting to drink from a sippy cup and trying to feed themselves with biter bisquits. Both girls have the ability to take the bottle and put it to their mouth. They have not quite figured out how to hold the bottle on their own for the entire feeding.

Talking:
Sydney has become more vocal over time and just recently started saying Dada. It is the cutest thing. For some strange reason she is most vocal when on her changing table. I’ll be changing her and she’ll be laughing and saying dada over and over. At first I was like, no say mama. Then people informed me, no dadda is better. When she says it that means she wants dada. This comes in super handy when I’m trying to sleep in a bit longer…now I just need to get dada on board with this theory!

Kendall hasn’t taken to speaking like Sydney. She’d rather scream as hard as she can. It is funny. She’ll be on the floor playing with a toy and yelling out…I think she likes to see how loud she can get. And just recently she started making these weird noises…almost like a growl. Our daycare calls it the E.T. sound.

Moving:
Kendall has been getting from place to place by rolling every where. And man, can she roll, with speed too. She’s pretty smart about it too. When she comes to a road block, she usually figures out how to maneuver around it. There are times we have to help her out as she as rolled herself into a corner. The baby gate had to go up as she has come close to the stairs when on the roll. She also gets up on her hands and knees and will rock. She hasn’t figure out how to go forward, but she can scoot herself backwards.

Sydney doesn’t roll as much as Kendall, but will roll in order to get a toy. She has been getting up on her hands and knees for some time now. Just this past weekend, she crawled about 2 steps for Grandma Karen and me. Then just last night, she crawled across the living room floor. Chad was on the floor and had a pen and paper in his hand, she wanted it. So he continued to urge her on and she did it. I quickly grabbed the video camera and got it on tape.

Both girls love to stand, feeling like BIG girls. Kendall loves to jump and will bounce all day long if you allowed her. Kendall also has her right foot always moving. She can be on her back playing with a toy, but that foot is just kicking away. I bet she’ll go straight to standing.

Personalities:
Although they might be twins, they sure don’t look it or act like it. They are 2 very different girls from appearance to attitude…which I love.

Kendall would rather be left alone, playing and rolling on the floor. She could care less who holds her or who she plays with. She usually will put on a show for people with her HUGE smile. She can go from smiling to crying in less than 2 seconds. It’s sooo funny. She will definitely be our more independent child and I’m thinking our child who takes risks!

Sydney is generally in a good mood. She has just recently started smiling much more and laughing. She does have a tendency to cry when she doesn’t recognize someone, needing mommy or daddy to calm her down. She is always looking for Kendall, making sure she is close by. And she is definitely our observer, checking out everything to see what it does or how it works. She will be our clingy child, needing mommy or daddy to hold or comfort her.

Both girls have great laughs and if you tickle them just right, you can get them to giggle from the gut that will have you smiling from ear to ear.