Update: 13 Months!

It is hard to believe Julie and Charlotte are over a year old.  This last year has been so wonderful having them with us.  It is fun to see their developing personalities and to see them interact. 

Charlotte started walking at 10 ½ months and has moved on to running.  She is 20 lbs and 28 ½ in.  She jabbers on all day and there are a few words like dad, bye and ball that she says fairly well with purpose.  On her birthday she started doing the sign for “more” and can sign “food” as well.  I started a bit late with the signs.  She is a busy baby and loves to be able to get into things. She is very sweet and gives us plentiful hugs and kisses.  She has 4 top teeth and 2 bottom teeth.  She has improved in the arena of solid food and will eat just about anything I give her and more of it.  She is still nursing and probably will for a few more months.  She is a decent sleeper at night at around 11 hrs, but her naps sometimes are a little short.  She still loves books. She loves to be outside and to go for walks.  Lately she has loved to fall on me and roll around.  She laughs and giggles a lot and has the cutest smile.  Unfortunately, her diapers smell terrible. We love our Char Char!

Julie has been walking since she was about 11 ½ mo.  She is also running but she crashes quite a bit.  She has the cutest little wobbly walk.  She is a tiny girl at 18 lbs and just over 27 in.  For how much she eats you would think she could put on a little weight.  She is very active and loves exploring the house and getting into things.  She learned the signs for “more” and “food” and does them all the time.  At the mention of food she starts signing and goes into the kitchen.  She has some sounds that she says all day like ga ga, ma ma, and ba ba.  We are working on expanding her vocabulary.  She loves to “fall” onto us and give hugs and kisses.  We have to pay attention so we can be ready for the impact.  She is still nursing. She has 4 top teeth and 4 bottom teeth.  She is a great sleeper at about 11 hrs at night and she takes 2 naps that are at least an hour each.  She loves to read books, go for walks, play the piano, steal toys from Charlotte, push her car and lawnmower toys and play with her binkies.  She loves to be tickled and will laugh and laugh.  I finally cut off her little mullet that she has had since infancy.  I saved it in an envelope!  She is such a fun little girl.  We love our Julie Bug!