My Little House of Terrors

Just when you think you have Ellie & Audrie's personalities pegged, they switch on you...but as of right now Ellie is the pistol of the 2. She is kind of running circles around Audrie. She is always on the move & likes to take whatever toy Audrie is playing with at the moment.

It's funny, just the other day I asked Justin, "Do you think the babies will be able to pull the ends of the door stops; should we take them off?" He said, "No, I'm sure they can't get them off yet." Haha!! As evidenced below, I looked over and of course ELLIE has not only the end off, but the whole dang door stop.

Then, as evidenced below...not long after I find she's torn into a magazine.

All the while, Audrie just pretty much sits and watches her. I love how Audrie has started putting her hands on her hips..so funny! She does it constantly, everytime you look over she's got both hands on her hips.

Happy 8 Months

The girls turned 8 months old this past Tuesday!! They are growing so much & each day I fall a little more in love with them. Our next visit to Kansas will be in March & I'm not sure our families will even recognize them. It's incredible how different they are just since Christmas. We celebrated their 1st Valentines Day. Note the shirts from Ma'Ma and Pa'pa Suhler. Audrie started crawling tonight and I am posting the video. It's just a short clip of some of her first attempts at crawling. She has a little bit of catching up to do to keep up with her sister. Ellie is all over the place! They've had a couple of new foods this week. We tried broccoli and also yogurt. They LOVED the yogurt! In fact the only thing so far they haven't liked is mashed potatoes. Weird, "Who doesn't like mashed potatoes?" We also started learning sign language this week. Just a few simple words like "milk", "all done," and "nap." It will be nice if they pick it up and can tell us what they need by signing until they are able to talk. Well, that's it for now! Happy 8 Months Audrie & Ellie!

Ellie is on the Move

Ellie finally got it figured it out. She's had the leg part of crawling figured out for awhile, but couldn't quite get her arms to pull her. Yesterday, all day she kept lifting up one arm at a time until finally she was able to put it all together. Yay Ellie! Dad wasn't home, so I was able to get her first crawl on video for him! Here it is!

4 Days Later Ellie Sits

Well, I knew it wouldn't be long before Ellie would be sitting. Audrie sat up on Saturday and Ellie did it on Wednesday. Obviously they get some of their competitive spirit from Mom; or wait, maybe a little from Dad too. It's so funny how they keep meeting milestones just a few days apart. It's as if they don't want the other one to be doing something they can't.

Audrie Sits Up First

So last night Audrie was working really hard on something. I wasn't sure if she was trying to crawl or sit up. This morning I got done feeding her and then put on the wood floor and went to get her sister. When I came back Audrie was sitting STRAIGHT UP!! This was the first time she's sat on her own without any support and got in that position all on her own. I think she woke up this morning and was bound and determined to finish what she started last night. The middle picture is of her trying to get to a sitting position last night...She just couldn't quite get there.

I was a little worried with her on the wood floor, thinking she would bonk her head I quickly moved her. I think she's ok though; when she does fall, she falls quite gracefully.

Ellie probably won't be too far behind..I've noticed her trying to really watch Audrie and copy her so I'm sure she'll be sitting up soon!