6 Months or almost 14 Months?

Kristy and I finally ventured to the next step. Instead of using the stroller and the infant seats, we decided to try the cart slots for kids. So... our first attempt was today at Costco, which has the double-seated areas for kids. Ella on the right and Jack on the left. Everything was going fine except for Jack's attempts to investigate Ella's ear. And then, we were going down the milk isle (we are finally on 1/2 milk, 1/2 formula), when we heard a lady on a cell phone talking about the kids. "Oh, they're so cute, it's a little boy and a little girl. The little boy is trying to put his finger in the little girl's ear.... Well, they must be about 6-8 months old." Kristy and I turned around, but decided that the long explanation of 'They're actually almost 14 months, but were born 3 months early, and, by the way, we're of pretty short stature ourselves' wasn't worth it. So... we just smiled and moved on to the cereal isle. I wish she could see our little girl at 26" walking...

Getting Older

Jack and Ella are so great! David and I see them do something new almost everyday. I can't help but wonder about the future, but already we long for stages they've passed.

Anyway, J&E are eating more and more solid foods and beginning the transition from formula to milk. So far there doesn't seem to be any allergy issues, so that is a huge sigh of relief. We've tried the "sippy" cup with Ella a couple of times, but she isn't interested at all. She does, however, love her Cheerios. Jack will eat them if you feed them to him, but he would rather hold them in his hands than put them in his mouth.

We've also been trying to read to Jack and Ella more, although at the moment they are more interested in eating the books or looking at the bar code than hearing a story. Every once in a while we'll get a whole story read but not often.

Ella is very good at walking now and has picked-up her speed... I can't get something done/put away without her "help" anymore. She has also discovered how to open the cabinet doors in the kitchen (we've locked most, but have a couple left to do). This past Sunday, Jack decided that he'd like to try walking too. Usually when you put him down, he'll just go to a crawl, but on Sunday he grabbed my fingers and was off walking. He grinned and laughed the whole time. Now each day we practice... it won't be long!!

School has been going well this semester, which is a good thing since David has been soooo busy. Several of his staff are in Seattle now, so he spends the mornings dealing with Boston and Cincinnati and the afternoons and evenings dealing with Seattle. It also doesn't help that Seattle is 3hrs behind us. So a 4pm call to them is a 7pm call to David. YUCK!

It has been a while, so I just wanted to post a quick update... Yes Debbie, we'll post more pictures soon...

Cruising the Family Room

Ella has made quite the progress in her ability to maneuver the room. Before we know it, she'll be playing soccer with Sam, Ryan and Emma.



Jack's still content with crawling most places but he does enjoy the shopping cart (wonder where he got that from?)