Babies Growth Update

It's week 2 of turning 1 years old and our little Anna and Esther think they need to leave all things baby behind to become toddlers. My little heart has been sad for the past couple weeks. Don't misunderstand, it's so exciting to watch them grow and learn, but it is going all too fast for me and my heart has not had time to catch up. ::tears:: Here's a little bit of feats and 'goings on' just in this past week:

Anna signed for the first time on Sunday. She signed, "All done" at lunch when she was teething and didn't want any more food since her gums were hurting, poor punkin'. Her 3rd tooth popped through the next day.

On Tuesday, I made mac & cheese for Esther and I to share since she has been picking up foods on her own, but she not only wanted to feed herself, but she also wanted to feed Mommy too! I think she made more of a mess trying to feed me than herself. Haha! It was super cute! 

Wednesday, we got our 2nd little set of pitter patters around the house. Esther officially started walking! Yay! She surprised us on this. I thought it might be a little longer for her as she hasn't seemed interested in walking at the sight of Anna walking at 11 months old. Anna was determined and kept trying over and over, but not Esther. Esther just wanted to get up and do it without all of the hard work. Walking seems to definitely be all in her mindset as she thinks out every step. I shouldn't have expected anything less. She is my little observer. She watches everything closely and tries to figure out how everything works. You may think she is sitting and doing nothing, but you're wrong. She is processing everything; another reason she can find her way out of almost anything.  She is currently trying to figure out how to undo the seat belt on her high chair. She watches us very carefully each time we unbuckle her and then she tries to investigate the belt and imitate.

We also had our 12 month checkup and vaccinations on Wednesday. This was the worst visit yet since they were so much more aware of what was going on compared to all the younger months. They did not like their shots one bit and definitely showed the nurse that they no longer liked her after each getting 4 shots and blood drawn. :( However, we have two super healthy babies! And the doctor did say that we could finish up our last can of formula and switch completely to whole milk. If you have seen Kyle's recent Facebook statuses, in which he has calculated out how much our babies drink a day plus the cost comparison since I quit nursing at 7 months, you know there is a bit of excitement in this for us!  

Anna at 3 Months / Esther at 12 Months getting weighed at the doctor

Thursday, we found Esther had a 2nd tooth that had come in on the bottom gums. Boy, I thought we were never going to get teeth and now they are popping up like crazy in both of the girls! Essie also ate her first lunch as all solid foods. We are super proud of her! Our babies have been very attached to the baby food so much so that I still can't get Anna to take any bites of table food and I try almost every day. Esther has been interested for a few weeks now by taking over my meals and snacks, but never in her chair until now! Yay! We are finally getting somewhere!

I could be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure Esther tried to say "Anna" when she was trying to get her partner in crime's attention in the tub that night too. "Mama" and "Dada" are obviously not the first, but I will let it slide. It's just so darn cute that it's her Sissy instead. 

We also went to the Library for "Wiggles & Tickles" Storytime. It's story time geared just for their age group. They absolutely love it! I can't help but love it too! Esther started squealing in the parking lot with anticipation! It was so funny! This week the interactive song had shakers, so of course, Anna and Esther were in their strong element of shaking along with the song. The librarian also pulled out the parachute for a couple songs, which they loved! Anna kept wanting to get on top of it as we were shaking it and making it go up and down. I could hardly get them out the door to go home. They were having so much fun!

What a week of accomplishments for my little punkin's! We are so proud of them! Now if I could just take in these last few baby moments a little longer! Mommy is not quite ready to watch them grow so fast! 

Just in case you were wondering facts.....

Anna and Esther each eat 18oz of baby food per day,

drink 25oz of milk each per day
(that's 3 gallons of milk together per week),

have approximately 7 diaper changes each per day
(that's approximately 14 diapers per day, 100 diapers per week),

and we go through a pack of wipes almost every other day. 

First jacket weather of the season this week!