What has been going on in May!

Well, we have been very busy this May and I have not had much time to put anything on my blog. I thought I would just share a few things the girls have been doing.
Emily is talking up a storm and has now started singing little songs such as "Little Bird". Her favorite book is "Nest is Best" and she wants me or Mama to read it to her at least once a day. When we get to the part in the book where Mr. Bird sings "I love my house, I love my nest, In all the world, MY NEST IS BEST". Emily always wants to sing the part by herself "MY NEST IS BEST". It is so cute!!
We also have 5 new Golden Retriever puppies at our house and Emily is loving them!! I will try to post the pictures of the girls with the puppies soon.
Kaitlynn is growing a changing so much. She is now up to 18lbs 4oz (WOW!). She is very, very mobile. When she wants to share a toy with you she will crawl over to you and give it to you. It is so cute. She is also pulling up on everything and sometimes letting go and standing by herself a little. The other day in the sand box she stood up all by herself for a little while and then fell down on her bottom. She is also "talking" a lot! She makes really neat little sounds trying to express herself!

8 Months Old!

Wow, I can hardly believe my baby Kaitlynn is now 8 months old. She is such a joy in our lives and I could not imagine life without her. She is growing a changing so much and so fast!! She is now crawling very well. The other day I sat her down in front of her toys in the living room and went to the bathroom to brush my teeth. Before long I hear her grunting and then look down to see her sweet little smile in the doorway of the bathroom. She had crawled from near the kitchen to the bathroom, amazing. She is also pulling up on everything. Emily, Kaitlynn and I were sitting in the living room playing with toys one day this past week. As Emily and I were playing the fish game I looked at Kaitlynn, she was playing with her little people, then I glanced at her again and she was standing up holding onto our gold chair!! She really likes to stand there only holding on with one hand. She also likes to walk around holding onto things. I know before long she will be walking! She is growing up way too fast!!!

She has been trying to get two new teeth in for about 3 weeks now. Those teeth are just being stuborn. You can see the white part of the top left tooth, but it just will not break through. I am for sure she will have it by 9 months, but we will see. These pictures are from her 8 month photo shoot. I absolutely loved them (and these are just 5 of the 38 poses they took!) The first one is actually the last picture they took. She was getting fussy, so I decided to feed her and well she fell asleep. I had been wanting to get a picture of her asleep and finally got it!!! YEAH! Isn't she a sleeping beauty! The pictures of her in the little yellow sun dress and bonnet are very precious to me. This was my little dress when I was 7 months old (only 30 years ago!). I had Emily's picture made in it when she was 11 months old, but decided to have Kaitlynn's picture made in it this month because she is a little bit bigger than Emily was at this age. The little bonnet makes to whole outfit, I think!

Kaitlynn has so many cute expressions! I love her little smile with her two little teeth showing. But I also like her long staring look. That is one thing she gets from her Daddy. Her eyes and smile she gets from me.

Kaitlynn is also eating so many different foods. Today she had bananas, kiwi and grapes for breakfast, and then cheeseburger casserole for supper (which included carrots, green peas and beans and of course cheese!!).

I love each new day with Kaitlynn, beacause everything she does she is doing it for the first time and it is so new and exciting for her. Oh to see the world through the eyes of a child!!!