Happy Halloween!

Meg and Katie wait by the front door for trick-or-treaters


Katie is on the left, Meg is on the right



Aren't they the cutest little pair of dice you've ever seen? We didn't plan to dress the girls in costumes this year for Halloween. We figured that 1) they weren't going trick-or-treating, 2) they are babies, and 3) they already had a Halloween t-shirt to wear... so we decided not to buy costumes. This week I was regretting our decision a little bit, so I decided to make the girls something to 'wear'.

The girls still couldn't have cared less whether or not they were wearing a costume for Halloween, but they did get a kick out of sitting in the boxes. They thought it was so fun!

Giggling Girls

Today I was snapping pictures of Meg and Katie while they were playing on their tummies. The girls were 'talking' back and forth, and I was not included in the conversation. Suddenly, Katie started laughing, and Meg quickly joined in. I snapped the picture below while the girls were in the middle of laughing. What was so funny? I may never know... but it was so fun to watch the girls giggling with each other. It was the first time I have witnessed them laughing at/with each other without an initial prompt from me or Erin.



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Teething Times Two!

I am convinced that Meg and Katie are teething. For several weeks they have been drooling, putting chewy toys into their mouths, and gnawing on their hands. I think that I can see Meg's first tooth pushing through, and I am sure we will see Katie's tooth soon too.

Meg and Katie chew on their favorite teething toy, Sophie the giraffe.

Meg

Katie

Miss Independence

Meg has been holding her bottle on her own. She doesn’t have full control over it and she doesn't hold it for the entire feeding. Sometimes if it pops out of her mouth she can get it back in, but most of the time she can’t. The down side is that it has been taking her a long time to eat. Yesterday Katie finished her bottle in 15 minutes, and Meg took 40 minutes!



So far, Katie has not show any interest in holding her own bottle. It certainly will make things much easier when they both can hold their own bottles, but I think it will be bittersweet... another sign that our babies are growing up!

5 months old!

Katie is 5 months old today!


Meg is 5 months old today!

Sweet Sisters

Meg and Katie still hold hands frequently. Today I left them in their Pack 'n Play to wash my hands. I came back and found them like this, so I quickly grabbed the camera.

Pumpkin Patch Fun

Today we took the girls to the pumpkin farm. They loved being outside, watching all of the kids, and looking at the pumpkins.

We sat them down among the pumpkins to take their picture, but they rarely looked up. They were fascinated with the grass/straw/dirt that they were sitting on!

Fall Weather

Our cool fall weather has arrived. This morning when I took the girls out for a walk we had to bundle up. They didn't seem to mind it too much...