The Update
The girls were 21 months on the 7th. Their hair and teeth are unchanged. They’re still sleeping 12 hours at night (in bed at 7:30pm) and having a 2 hour nap at 1pm. No change on the potty front except that they seem to be aware of when they pee now (used to only be poop they were concerned with). Although they are still pretty picky, the do eat well with the foods they like. We actually got them to eat chunky hamburger soup (John’s dad’s recipe) which was a first for them. They’ve never taken chunky smushy food off a spoon - ever. They have no problems using forks but they don’t eat as much when they get the forks so we’re not pushing it. Spoons are way too messy and I’m fully prepared to wait on that one. I can only clean the floor so many times a day!
Their vocabulary is expanding daily. Emma is a little parrot and will attempt to repeat anything you say. Leah is not a performer but when she’s in the mood she can say everything Emma can. I’ve been using the speech workshop techniques and Emma uses 3 words quite a bit. Leah is using 2 words for the most part. Of course when we have visitors they use zero words - little monkeys. They both really enjoy singing and they are quickly picking up the gestures I add to the songs. They yell for more when I sing. It can get a little intense.
They are really enjoying the Sesame Street characters. They seem to like Elmo, Big Bird and Ernie the best although they can name them all. They are completely entranced by the TV when Sesame Street is on and I have to be careful because they would watch it all day long.
I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this before but if we take them up to the mirror and ask them who it is they will both say each other’s name. Same thing with pictures. It must have something to do with seeing another little person and assuming it is the other.
We turned the carseats around this month because they were getting too long. They were 22.4 pounds on the scale on Friday. They have finally outgrown the shoes we got them in October. We got them runners on Saturday. They are both a size 6. They still wear 18 month clothes but some of the pants are getting too short so they are in some 24 month stuff. The fit really varies by the brand.
Our weekend
Saturday we got up early and headed to Sherway to look for shoes for the girls. I’ve been hunting for running shoes for some time now but I refused to get them any “I am a little princess” themed pink shoes. Selection is limited when you don’t want pink! Alicia suggested Olly Shoes and we were pleasantly surprised to find nice runners at a reasonable price. We ended up getting them the same pair because we liked them so much.
Today John had to get a haircut and I decided to take the girls to Walmart while we waited. We forgot the stroller and I’m sure I’m going to pay for letting them both ride in the main part of the shopping cart (Walmart doesn’t have shopping carts that fit two kids). The girls loved it and I eventually gave up trying to get them to sit down. They held on tight and didn’t fall. I made the mistake of walking through the toy section with them - with all the screams of “up mama, WALK!!!” I was in and out in under 1 minute.
This afternoon John’s cousin Christine came for a visit. She arrived while the girls were napping so we had time for some adult conversation before the girls figured out there was a new book reading candidate in the house. After Christine left we did the webcam with John’s parents and then put the girls to bed. We then had chocolate chip bran muffins for dinner - there are some perks to being an adult!
