Help! Someone help me! My Mommy has an addiction, and has gone off the deep end. Mommy got her order of Bitty Bows in the mail today. Don’t know what a Bitty Bow is? Check out their website: http://www.bittybowsboutique.com/
She couldn’t decide which bow was the cutest, so she decided to put them ALL in my hair. Oh the inhumanity! I knew I should’ve followed Sterling’s lead and gotten in the “boy parts” line when God was handing out genders. Instead here I am, Mommy’s only, and long awaited little girl, with a million bows in my hair. Help!

S.O.S.

Ellabella

She's a ham for yams

Ella may have turned her nose up at bananas, but she certainly enjoys sweet potatoes! We tried the sweet potatoes for the first time today, and they were a hit. Of course, Sterling has not found a food he doesn't like. He literally inhales anything you put in his mouth, but his sister is a bit pickier. She has also figured out it's great fun to blow raspberries as soon as she has a mouthful of food. She sprayed sweet potatoes all over my face today... yum.
I guess at holiday meals Sterling will have the banana pudding, and Ella will have the candied yams (Mommy gets the pumpkin pie). She's more like her Aunt Jenn every day!
And this was Sterling watching as I fed Ella.
He watched every bite she took. I swear you've never seen a little baby boy so excited to eat solids. At least one of them is easy to feed!
Also, I have to confess, this exersaucer toy is the greatest thing I've ever purchased for the kids. It acts as a babysitter A LOT. There are so many interesting toys on it, I can put one of them in it and they'll stay completely entertained for at least 20 minutes. That may not seem like a long time to some, but with twins 20 minutes is almost a lifetime! Plus, I just found out that Evenflo makes interchangeable toys for this model exersaucer. I have already bought one new toy to replace a toy that was still a little too advanced for them. How great is that?

Just hangin' around

New country, new Jump-up. Since we had to leave the Johnny Jump-Up with Daddy in Korea (he may very well be playing with it), I decided we'd get another one for here in the states. Besides, won't they have fun when we return to Korea and they have two Jump-ups, and can play together? We're still not strong enough to jump up and down, but it's a great place for Sterling to sit and watch Mommy do housework.

20 Toes

Just a cute moment in Ella and Sterling's life. I was trying to get them dressed for the day this morning, but these two jokers wanted to play with their toes instead!

Teeth

With all the teething we've been doing around here, I figured it was time to show them off! Since all the teeth have broken the gum line now, I think I may get a break.... until the next teeth come up!
Sterling's teeth.
Ella's teeth. Getting her pearly whites!

September 14- The first crawl

I'm so excited, and so proud of Ellabell! She crawled for the first time today! This was the picture I got of Ella's very first time crawling! Hooray for Ellabell! This morning she was playing on the blanket I keep on the floor for them to play on. This little Fisher Price barnyard toy caught her eye, and I guess she just decided she was going to make her way over to it. She got up on her hands and knees, and moved one leg then the next (then she collapsed). I couldn't belive it, and even more important, I just happened to have my camera out! So then I pointed her in the direction of where Sterling was playing in the exersaucer, and sure enough, she did it again! Now she is moving with a vengance. She's been working really hard all day to get this crawling thing under control. I think in a couple more days, that little blanket they play on will no longer be a boundry for her. Time to baby proof the house....

6 month check-up

The down side of being 6 months old is that you have to get a 6 month well baby check up. One day you're having a half birthday party; the next you're getting lots of shots in your pudgy little legs!
Both babies had their check ups today and "passed" with flying colors. They also got 4 shots each. Truly, 4 teeth and 8 shots is more than any mother can handle! I wish I had stock in baby Tylenol with the rate we're using it at. Add to my list of things I will NEVER do by myself again- taking the babies for their shots by myself. The check up wasn't hard, but not being able to comfort both babies at once during and after their shots was awful. It really was right up there with taking an international flight by myself. I simply refuse to do it again.
Sterling has pulled ahead in the size department. Everyone has been commenting that they thought he looked bigger than Ella these days, and they were correct! Sterling is an amazing 15lbs.13oz. and 26.5 in. long! I'm so proud of him. Can you believe he weighs over 10 lbs. more than he did when he was born just 6 months ago?
Ella weighed a whopping 14lb.11oz., and was 26 in. long! She also had four shots- poor thing.
In other news of the day, we tried bananas for the first time. The monkey of course LOVED bananas. Ella on the other hand wanted nothing to do with them. So far I haven't seen either one of them out right balk at a food, but it happened today. Ella simply refused to eat the bananas. Every spoonful kept getting spit back out. Finally she just wouldn't open her mouth anymore. It didn't matter what I did, nothing was going to get her to open her mouth. She just clamped her lips shut and turned her face away from me. I can't believe it! Maybe she's not as much like Michael as everyone says she is. Her father looooooooves banana pudding. He'll be so devastated. Oh well, I guess Sterling will just get to eat her portion!