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The little ladies are 8 months old today. I know I say this every month, but I seriously can't believe it. They are becoming SO MUCH FUN! They seem to be doing something new each day. Reagan is clapping and waving non-stop, but her newest trick is giving high-fives! She thinks it's hysterical too. Matt taught her and it is pretty funny. I'll try and get it on video one of these days. She still loves being outside in her swing and is just super curious about everything. She does NOT like to be alone and isn't really into taking naps lately. She'll take them, but not for longer than about 30 minutes at a time...unless we're out for a walk in the stroller or in the car and then she'll nap for much longer. I can be found driving aimlessly around Daniel Island on any given day lately. I actually drove for over an hour the other day when Matt was out of town. I found some really great parts of the island that I haven't seen before and the girls both slept so it works, I guess. I'd much rather they easily go down in their cribs for a couple of hours each day...but oh well!
Riley is SO close to crawling!!!!! She's up on all fours and rocking back and forth. She goes backwards still...hasn't quite figured out that the goal is to go forwards, but it's going to be any day now. She's still not sitting up which is hard...but the doctor and her physical therapist have told us that it's because of the open heart surgery. As a result of her chest being cut open, the muscles have a lot of work to do to get to where they need to be to make her feel comfortable enough to catch herself if she falls forward. She's still just not quite strong enough. She'll sit for a tiny bit by herself but still falls over...we're working on it every day and her physical therapist is AWESOME and she's helping us out too. We'll get there...I'm not worried! She's doing such a great job eating. It's like a totally different kid. She has a new nickname too. We've started calling her Bugs. She loves carrots so much it's hilarious. She kicks her legs and shakes her arms and smiles and squeals and eats the whole jar in about 3 minutes. It's so awesome. You have no idea how much you take for granted having a kid eat "normally." She's finally doing what we'd always hoped she would. She's still not putting on lots of weight but the doctors have told us it will come and not to worry too much.
The girls continue to be a total blast. We're tired all of the time...and Matt and I haven't seen 10 o'clock in a long, long, time. But we're seeing the light at the end of the tunnel as far as sleep goes (Reagan sleeps through the night and Riley is only waking up a couple of times). Once they're both sleeping through the night our lives are going to totally change! Can't wait! Think it would be just about the best Christmas present EVER. Matt and I are actually having a date night on Friday night for the first time in a very long time. I am so excited I can hardly stand it!
Grandma Susan and Anthony sent the girls some Santa hats...they looked adorable!! We really, really, really tried hard for smiles. Riley HATES smiling for the camera. She looks so serious in all of the pictures! I swear, they are the happiest kids ever until the camera comes around. We're definitely in the holiday spirit around here (even though it's been 70 and sunny every day...we're loving it!!!!).
Happy 8 month birthday sweet girls! We love you so much!
