Wow! November just flew by!
We played a lot at home this month, and with our playgroup friends. We enjoyed some pretty days by taking walks, and even tried a (very chilly!) hike at Harper’s Ferry, WV. We had a great time trying out a couple of new music classes, and are excited to start taking one in January! We also started taking our first swim classes, which took a little while to get used to, and now we’re starting to really have fun!
We turned 15 months old this month, but didn’t have our checkup with the doctor until almost the end of the month. Christopher is 25 pounds, 4 ounces, at 31.5 inches and Katharine is 19 pounds, 7 ounces at 29.5 inches. Big news - Katharine is now in the 20% range on the weight chart, which is really exciting, because she wasn’t even on the chart in August! Hooray!
Most exciting this month has been all the cool new stuff we’re learning to do! Both of us love to clap our hands, and wave “Hi”. Katharine will sometimes start waving as soon as she hears Daddy coming down the stairs or hears his car in the garage.
Both of us like to copy sounds we hear, and talk with great animation, even when we’re “just babbling”. We are starting to recognize the meanings of some words, like foot, sock, milk, tree, and so on by pointing at things or holding up a particular body part. And we will sometimes even acknowledge “no” or a warning tone. Often times we will say something that sounds like a word or words we’ve just heard, even though pieces of the words may be missing. Katharine will sometimes respond to prompts, when you say “Can you say…” She has mimicked saying “Hi” a few times (usually sounding like “Ahy”, seems to say “Dat” and “Dis” sometimes, will shout “Da” when she waves for Daddy, and has said “Yaaay” once when clapping hands.
We are starting to recognize differences in shapes more and like to try getting them into their spots in the shape sorter and puzzles. And we’re on the go! We are much more likely to take off to explore when Mommy wants us to head upstairs or to the car. Mommy was pleased, but surprised to discover that Christopher was paying close attention during our practice going down the step into the living room - One day, when returning from putting Katharine in the car, she was surprised by a waiting Christopher, who’d made his was from the kitchen, down the hall, down the step, and just sitting and waiting by the door! So Mommy and Daddy completed Operation Cabinet Lock just before Thanksgiving, just in time, as we had become very interested in what’s behind all those doors, and we LOVE getting things out. We’re still working on “in” or “put back”. ☺
We are on our way to WALKING! Christopher began letting go of his push toys and the furniture to take one or two steps at a time toward the end of the month. And by the end of the month, he has been taking as many as five or six steps in a row, and is starting to be able to stand himself up from the floor without help! Sometimes he is very aware of his new tricks, and beams with pride, giggling. Other times he is just rolling along with a toy and suddenly goes on his own. Katharine is also on her way, walking while holding on to only one fingertip, and standing on her own for short periods. We got our first real walking shoes just before Thanksgiving, and they are helping us feel even more balanced and secure on our feet. Mommy and Daddy are doing a lot of cheering and clapping right now to help celebrate our achievements! When we get really good, they’ll be able to capture our efforts in pictures.
And we had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We got to try some of the yummy “Very Whole Foods Thanksgiving” this year, and enjoyed playing with Mommy, Daddy, and Grandma and Grandpa Keller! While they were here, we visited the historic caboose by the W&OD in Vienna for some picture taking fun, and we helped decorate our first very own Christmas tree. What fun we had!
We can’t wait to be in Ohio soon to visit with everyone at Christmas!
Until then, here is the site for our November Gallery:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/creativeapps/slideShow/Main.jsp?sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=Share-_-Personal-_-Email-_-Sharee-_-Images&_requestid=364951
Love,
Christopher and Katharine
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Boo! October 2011
October was a fun month!
We played at home, and played with friends; we went for walks and rode the carousel at the park. We had hosted two playdates for our twin playgroups and one with our Vienna playgroup at our house. Our friends Lily and Helena turned two this month and we had a great time playing with them at Clemyjontri Park! At the Vienna Moms Halloween party, we got to see some of our playgroup friends in their costumes, and joined in some songs with Music Together. And at the Multiples Halloween Party, we saw some of our twin playgroup friends, met some new friends, saw Rocknocerous play, which was really cool, and got our picture taken by a photographer – Here's a link for all the adorable pictures of twins in costumes. You will see an appearance of our sweet little witch and skunk!
http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/sharing/slideshowFinishPage.jsp?sourceId=179909816903&cm_mmc=Share-_-Event-_-Email-_-Invitee-_-Add&upload=1&token=G723192163213%3A432476163213&_requestid=516805
(FYI - This is slightly different from the gallery we attach every month - that one is later in this post. For this one, paste this link, then click "Play Slideshow" when the page pulls up.)
We unfortunately ended the month with a week of being sick (darn party germs!), and then we were better, and then sick, and then better, and then sick, and then better again – and we’re all better now, which is the best part! BUT we had to miss out on trick or treating this year. So we were glad we gave those costumes some mileage first at the parties!
We passed our 14-month birthday this month, celebrated the one-year anniversary of our homecoming, on October 16, and our actual/gestational one-year birthday, on October 21! Katharine is 19 pounds, and Christopher is 24 pounds, which is amazing, when we think about once being 3 pounds, and 3 pounds, 5 ounces a year ago!
We spend most of our time playing together. We love to walk around with our push toys and sometimes we even push each other around, with a little supervision. We love to take things out of containers, and this month we started enjoying putting things back in, too, which sometimes is very helpful, and other times means that Mommy and Daddy find strange things in strange places. We love the “open & closed” game, where we open and close things while Mommy and Daddy say “open…..closed… oope….cloooos.. open….closed!” And Christopher loves to hide behind books, his sippy cup, almost anything he can peer from behind and surprise you with a game of “peek-a-boo”.
We love to make “talking” sounds even more now. Mom and Dad have heard us exclaim a few things, which were clearly meant to mean something important, including Dadada as Daddy leaves the room. We are becoming great mimics and love to repeat things you say or noises you make (especially clicking our tongues and blowing kisses). Katharine’s favorite is “Laddle-Laddle”, and Christopher varies, from “guggle-guggle” (and other things we can’t pronounce), to “Aah-Aah-Aah-Aah”.
And our personalities seem to emerge more every day. Our facial expressions and body language say so much for us, the captions for our photos tend to write themselves. ☺
We’re still working on walking, while holding onto one or both hands or our push toys. Mommy and Daddy have seen us balance while standing without any help, for 30 seconds or so, and then we need to sit down again.
We’ve started taking baths together in the tub, which is a lot of splashing, and fun. We’re learning to stay seated, but there is so much fun stuff to see, it can be hard to remember.
And we’ve started practicing with spoons at the end of meals, learning to put our spoon in our mouths, dip it in the bowl, and back to eating. So far, thickened yogurt, oatmeal, and hummus have worked the best. And Katharine is holding her sippy cup all the time and is off of thickener, as of the end of the month! Time for a victory lap for our little girl!!
We are looking forward to November and December, because these months mean time spent with our Grandmas, Grandpas, Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins. And we can’t wait to see everyone!
Until then, here are pictures of some of the fun things we did in October. Enjoy!
http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/creativeapps/slideShow/Main.jsp?sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=Share-_-Personal-_-Email-_-Sharer-_-Images&_requestid=655920
(The format of the email Kodak Gallery sends us when we want to share an album was a little different this time. Try pasting this in your browser. Please let us know if it doesn’t work! Thanks!)
Love,
Katharine and Christopher
We played at home, and played with friends; we went for walks and rode the carousel at the park. We had hosted two playdates for our twin playgroups and one with our Vienna playgroup at our house. Our friends Lily and Helena turned two this month and we had a great time playing with them at Clemyjontri Park! At the Vienna Moms Halloween party, we got to see some of our playgroup friends in their costumes, and joined in some songs with Music Together. And at the Multiples Halloween Party, we saw some of our twin playgroup friends, met some new friends, saw Rocknocerous play, which was really cool, and got our picture taken by a photographer – Here's a link for all the adorable pictures of twins in costumes. You will see an appearance of our sweet little witch and skunk!
http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/sharing/slideshowFinishPage.jsp?sourceId=179909816903&cm_mmc=Share-_-Event-_-Email-_-Invitee-_-Add&upload=1&token=G723192163213%3A432476163213&_requestid=516805
(FYI - This is slightly different from the gallery we attach every month - that one is later in this post. For this one, paste this link, then click "Play Slideshow" when the page pulls up.)
We unfortunately ended the month with a week of being sick (darn party germs!), and then we were better, and then sick, and then better, and then sick, and then better again – and we’re all better now, which is the best part! BUT we had to miss out on trick or treating this year. So we were glad we gave those costumes some mileage first at the parties!
We passed our 14-month birthday this month, celebrated the one-year anniversary of our homecoming, on October 16, and our actual/gestational one-year birthday, on October 21! Katharine is 19 pounds, and Christopher is 24 pounds, which is amazing, when we think about once being 3 pounds, and 3 pounds, 5 ounces a year ago!
We spend most of our time playing together. We love to walk around with our push toys and sometimes we even push each other around, with a little supervision. We love to take things out of containers, and this month we started enjoying putting things back in, too, which sometimes is very helpful, and other times means that Mommy and Daddy find strange things in strange places. We love the “open & closed” game, where we open and close things while Mommy and Daddy say “open…..closed… oope….cloooos.. open….closed!” And Christopher loves to hide behind books, his sippy cup, almost anything he can peer from behind and surprise you with a game of “peek-a-boo”.
We love to make “talking” sounds even more now. Mom and Dad have heard us exclaim a few things, which were clearly meant to mean something important, including Dadada as Daddy leaves the room. We are becoming great mimics and love to repeat things you say or noises you make (especially clicking our tongues and blowing kisses). Katharine’s favorite is “Laddle-Laddle”, and Christopher varies, from “guggle-guggle” (and other things we can’t pronounce), to “Aah-Aah-Aah-Aah”.
And our personalities seem to emerge more every day. Our facial expressions and body language say so much for us, the captions for our photos tend to write themselves. ☺
We’re still working on walking, while holding onto one or both hands or our push toys. Mommy and Daddy have seen us balance while standing without any help, for 30 seconds or so, and then we need to sit down again.
We’ve started taking baths together in the tub, which is a lot of splashing, and fun. We’re learning to stay seated, but there is so much fun stuff to see, it can be hard to remember.
And we’ve started practicing with spoons at the end of meals, learning to put our spoon in our mouths, dip it in the bowl, and back to eating. So far, thickened yogurt, oatmeal, and hummus have worked the best. And Katharine is holding her sippy cup all the time and is off of thickener, as of the end of the month! Time for a victory lap for our little girl!!
We are looking forward to November and December, because these months mean time spent with our Grandmas, Grandpas, Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins. And we can’t wait to see everyone!
Until then, here are pictures of some of the fun things we did in October. Enjoy!
http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/creativeapps/slideShow/Main.jsp?sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=Share-_-Personal-_-Email-_-Sharer-_-Images&_requestid=655920
(The format of the email Kodak Gallery sends us when we want to share an album was a little different this time. Try pasting this in your browser. Please let us know if it doesn’t work! Thanks!)
Love,
Katharine and Christopher
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