The girls are doing great- growing and growing.  I often can’t believe my eyes!  Our biggest news around here is…. at 13 months 3 weeks and 3 days, (last week) Riley Grace started crawling!!  Hooray!  We are so proud of her!  Now, though, my LIFE HAS CHANGED.  I’m even more exhausted by the end of the day than I used to be!  But what an answered prayer.

This is a little late, but here are/were the girls’ stats at their 1 year appointment:

Reesey

length: 29 3/4 in  (75%)

weight: 20 lbs 3 oz (25-50%)

Head 17 3/4 in (50%)

Ri

length: 28 in (10-25%)

weight: 17 lbs 7 oz (5%)

head: 17 in (5-10%)

There’s a 3 POUND difference between the girls!  I wonder if Riley will catch up or if there will always be a size difference?!  This is what they’ve been up to the past couple months (They are 14 months old now!):

Reese

We’ve turned her car seat forward and she really enjoys it.  She’s just nearly walking!  She stands by herself all the time, cruises along everything, loves her ‘walker scooter’, and is becoming more and more like a toddler!  Reese is hilarious- loves to laugh (she has a ‘fake laugh’ for attention too!), makes a “silly face” where she wrinkles her nose and sniffs!, loves to be upside down, loves to climb, and is a curious little girl that’s in to everything– including opening cabinets, the potty, swinging doors open and closed.  She’s saying: Mama, Dada, bye bye (and waves!), baby, thank you (dank uuu), more (muh), dog (dah), milk (mi), me (when she wants something)… I think that’s all.  Some of her favorite things: Leap Frog stuffed animal that sings the ABCs (she’s in love!), her paci, and her pappy (blanket)- well two actually- one for each hand.  She’s working on her 7th and 8th tooth (one’s a molar- ouch!), the girl loves to eat, and loves to sleep too.  Reese is an absolute JoY to our family- and everyone she meets!

Riley Grace

Riley’s very proud of herself now that she’s crawling and she is SO happy to finally be on the move!  She’ll crawl and giggle, crawl and giggle, just about all day long!  She’s not quite 20 lbs yet, so we haven’t turned her car seat around yet, but she doesn’t mind.  She has a good view of Reese, so there’s lots of giggles in the car.  Riley is soooo ticklish- it cracks her up.  She loves playing with Cali (our dog), she also does the “silly face,” makes friends with everyone everywhere (even more than Reese), and this little girl LOVES balls!  She loves to throw them and crawl after them- endless entertainment and laughter for little Riley!  She has two teeth and seems to be working on some more.  She is saying: Mama, Dada, ball (bah), more (muh)– she also does the sign for more, dog (dah), bye (and waves), and Pop.  Some of her favorites: balls, and her pappy (blanket).  She is also a great eater and sleeper!  She is SO precious to us!

Here are a few pics from  the past couple months including Halloween: