10 Months...

The girls turned 10 months old on July4th. It is hard to believe that in 2 short months they will be 1-year old already! Time surely is flying by at warp speed. Thank goodness for the age of digital cameras so that we can scroll back through pictures of the milestones at the drop of a hat. For the past couple of weeks I have been trying to allocate time just to get the shots sent off to costco for printing - the only time available was in the wee hours of the night when kevin and I were trying to catch up on our other work. I figure we will catch up on sleep when Alexandra and Annellice are off tending to their own kids someday :)

This week has brought us a few big moments. Annellice is learning how to crawl. She started with just 2-3 shuffles of the knees and then sitting up. After that she took a full day off to recuperate from her hard work then today she made it clear across the blanket on the floor (approx 4ft). Alexandra has had thoughts of moving put becomes distracted by objects that are closer than the ones she may feel motivated to move for.

Alexandra is making progress on the solid food front - eating Cheerios! She will take eat them if you place them near her mouth - full on drool production and then gumming to get them moving in her mouth followed by a swallow. Now we just need to work on her taking them from her own hand. Annellice on the other hand will pick-up 3-5 at a time and try to shove them in her mouth. The fun part is watching them come back out at an indeterminent amount of time later because she doesn't quiet have the tongue movement down just yet. Particles of cheerios to pick off her face all the time now... just need to get them before they dry on there. Needless to say, Titan has assumed the position of waiting under the table in full standing mode ready to move at the drop of a round little grain. Poor dog has been deprived of people food from the dinner table for his whole life and now the first vestages are far to tempting for him to walk away - Ahh well, we knew it was just a matter of time on that one while trying to manage two little ones in high chairs.

Here is their 10 Month pictures (minus their cute 7/4 outfits) - Alexandra is on the left and Annellice on the right.