April 2011

Happy Spring!

We are eight and a half months old! Katharine weighs 14 pounds and 4 ounces, and Christopher weighs 17 pounds and 12 ounces!

We have been growing and learning so much this month! We started trying lots of different kinds of foods. We started with rice cereal, which we didn’t like very much. After that we loved pear puree, and have now tried carrots, sweet potatoes, apples, and green beans, and peas.

We’re both talking in syllables. Katharine says things like Lah and Aah, and Ah-Boofff. Christopher says things like Ehy, Ehr, Ayee, Ma, Da, Pthhff, and La La.

And we still love playtime! We are both moving around on our tummies during playtime, and using our legs to maneuver ourselves into new positions. And Katharine is turning all the way around to reach things, and using her legs to move a few feet away. Mommy and Daddy have to be more careful about what we leave nearby, because she is reaching for lots of unexpected things now. And we continue to work on learning to sit up. Katharine likes the boppy pillow, and Christopher likes the bumbo seat with a tray to bang toys against.

Another exciting milestone we discovered when we got home from our trip to Ohio… Katharine has two sharp little points coming in on the bottom of her mouth – her first teeth! Christopher is chewing and drooling on everything and drooling, so we expect to see his first teeth soon too.

We are very active and love the games and routines in our day. We both love to fly and be tossed into the air. We love bath time, and stories, and looking all around at things and smiling at people when we go out of the house. We recently joined a weekly playgroup, and invited our new friends over to play at our house. And we enjoy going on walks with Mommy and Daddy, and visiting with friends.

Just in the last couple of weeks, we are really enjoying playing together. We love to look at, smile, and laugh with one another. We are interested in touching each other’s faces and hands, and even chew on each other. Some of the pictures we took at Meadowlark show us looking at each other as Katharine holds on to Christopher’s collar or puts her fingers into his mouth while he chews happily.

Recently we had our first family photos taken at Meadowlark Gardens (see the "Spring Photo Session" post for a link to our print gallery). And we went to visit the Easter bunny for photos.

And we especially had fun going to Ohio to see our Grandmas and Grandpas, because we miss them so much! We had a very special first Easter, with our baptism ceremony and visiting with Grandmas and Grandpas afterward. We can't wait to see our Grandmas and Grandpas again!

Here is a link for the photos we took this month…

http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/sharing/shareRedirectSwitchBoard.jsp?token=3697342050105%3A524775194&sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=eMail-_-Share-_-Photos-_-Sharee


With Love,

Katharine and Christopher