The pediatrician & I couldn't believe it was time for Michelle's 9 month & Danny's 18 month check-up already. On December 30th my suspicions were confirmed that Danny only weighs 5 pounds more than his little sister. He still has 5.5" inches on her, though. With Michelle weighing 20 pounds & still mostly nursing it is no wonder I can eat all day every day!
She is a super crawler...
...and is pulling herself up constantly. (Here she's wearing a dress I wore as a baby.)
She also has fallen in love with Daddy's hats. She loves it when he & I wear hats & when she gets a turn too. Michelle is also great at initiating peek-a-boo games, transferring objects from hand to hand, separating mom from dad, banging objects together, saying syllables, feeding herself, watching objects fall, & showing separation anxiety.
And her big sister adores her still, yet, & always. Kaelah gets a big kick out of dressing alike.
Danny doesn't have a whole lot of pictures lately outside of Christmas due to his insistence on grabbing the camera. This one of from his half birthday, when we had the P. family over to help us celebrate. Who can resist a baseball cake?
In December Danny learned all his body parts, figured out how to open doors, could say full sentences like, "I see you!" or "I want ____" or "use these pieces." He really surprised me when he handed me a green crayon & said, "green." It was after that I learned Daddy had read him a book about colors. Some favorite things right now include turning on the dishwasher (an obsession really), anything that moves (especially trucks), & his Danny the Dozer book (where a bulldozer helps build children a baseball diamond).
We are so grateful to have this cute, fun, intelligent little boy in our family. Today at the park I felt on top of the world as we giggled & threw sticks in the stream together. Then I smelled his poopy diaper. lol. Happy half birthday, Danny!
She is a super crawler...
...and is pulling herself up constantly. (Here she's wearing a dress I wore as a baby.)
She also has fallen in love with Daddy's hats. She loves it when he & I wear hats & when she gets a turn too. Michelle is also great at initiating peek-a-boo games, transferring objects from hand to hand, separating mom from dad, banging objects together, saying syllables, feeding herself, watching objects fall, & showing separation anxiety.
And her big sister adores her still, yet, & always. Kaelah gets a big kick out of dressing alike.
Danny doesn't have a whole lot of pictures lately outside of Christmas due to his insistence on grabbing the camera. This one of from his half birthday, when we had the P. family over to help us celebrate. Who can resist a baseball cake?
In December Danny learned all his body parts, figured out how to open doors, could say full sentences like, "I see you!" or "I want ____" or "use these pieces." He really surprised me when he handed me a green crayon & said, "green." It was after that I learned Daddy had read him a book about colors. Some favorite things right now include turning on the dishwasher (an obsession really), anything that moves (especially trucks), & his Danny the Dozer book (where a bulldozer helps build children a baseball diamond).
We are so grateful to have this cute, fun, intelligent little boy in our family. Today at the park I felt on top of the world as we giggled & threw sticks in the stream together. Then I smelled his poopy diaper. lol. Happy half birthday, Danny!
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