Only one more month to go and then we will be celebrating two birthdays! The last month has been a big one for the babies. They have mastered so many skills.
Annika is our adventurer. She loves to climb the stairs and anything else she can reach. She has fallen off the table and the couch, but also has learned how to get off the couch safely and to go down the step into our family room. She is standing and taking a few steps, but doesn't care too much about walking. I don't really want her walking for a few more months. She is becoming a little more picky in her food choices. She really likes applesauce and yogurt and most vegetables are mixed with applesauce in order to get her to eat them. Annika has a great smile and people always comment on how happy she is. Her 8th tooth came in this month. She likes to be outside and doing anything that makes her feel big.
Here are some "Annika" pictures:
In the first picture she thought it was great fun to sit in Rebecah's toy stroller. The 2nd picture she was sitting too close to the diaper bin so she grabbed them.
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| "HELP! I've fallen and I can't get up!" |
Rebecah gave Annika a ride in the stroller on a different day, and more time in the toy box.
Annika LOVES the dishwasher. If she hears the door swing down she makes a beeline for the door. She even has Lincoln joining her these days.
Eleven month picture. I had to take a picture of her on the stairs...that is her favorite place to be besides the dishwasher. If no one notices her on the stairs she will make sounds, usually, so we give her attention and tell her to get down. After we tell her not to climb the stairs she starts climbing as fast as she can.
A few weeks ago we went to Salmon River Falls. It was overcast and a few sprinkles fell.
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| I don't usually get too many shots of them together, so I included this one. |
I didn't get as many pictures of Lincoln this month. He is doing really well too. He started army crawling 3 weeks ago and he quickly progressed to hands and knees. He is so much happier being able to get around. We start cheering for him when he enters a room and he gets a huge smile on his face. He will usually pull to a stand or at least a kneeling position. He has become very picky when it comes to eating. He will just shake his head if he doesn't want to eat or just hold up his hand and wave...as if that will distract me. He is pretty happy as long as I'm around. Last week in church he was waving to the congregation as if he were a politician or on a parade float. He was quite the distraction. Joseph trimmed Lincoln's hair around the ears a few weeks ago and it instantly made him look like a "big boy". I'm sad that my babies are getting so big.
Lincoln has been diagnosed with congenital scoliosis. I noticed that his vertebrae seemed a little more pronounced that most babies that I have held so I asked about it at the 9 month visit. That led to x-rays and discovering that Lincoln has an extra half vertebrae in his Lumbar region. We went to a spine Orthopedist on Friday and his best guess is that Lincoln's case will be mild. Lincoln will go in for x-rays every 6 months to check the curvature in his back as he grows. Right now his congenital scoliosis is manifesting as a front to back curvature (kyphotic) instead of a left to right curve (scoliotic).
What a big boy!
Joseph was taking pictures of Lincoln when I came down the stairs. The next few pictures are Lincoln's expression when he saw me. I love being someone's favorite person. I'm so lucky to have someone think I'm their total world!
These babies are perfect and I'm so glad that Heavenly Father sent them to our family. I love hearing their laughs and giggles. Life without them, or any of my family, wouldn't be life.
