The girls donned some colorful outfits for their 11 month pictures in honor of spring. The weather here, quite literally, continues to be either snow or 70 degrees, alternating almost daily. Soon enough it should be consistently nice enough to go for more walks!
Speaking of walking, we're not quite there but Brooklyn is just about standing up on her own and shouldn't be far away from walking. She regularly gets to the second step on the stairway and Madison is quite good at the same despite not being able to even crawl yet. As stated before, not crawling is not synonymous with immobile as she gets around very well by scooting, stretching, and pushing.
Madison wasn't able to wear her "11 month" sticker as she continued her 10 month trend of trying to eat it.
Following doctor's orders, we had avoided swimming a lot longer than we would have liked too but we finally did this week. Considering how exciting bath time is, we knew swimming would be a hit...and it was! Their friend in Atlanta was nice enough to send swimsuits for them to use.
As usual, Madison took just a little longer to warm up to the idea but ended up loving it. Both girls took a shot at some dunking too and never complained. Madison even started to get the hang of closing her eyes and holding her breath, at least it seemed like it. :)
Story time continues to be a hit, and often takes place before bed or naps. Mommy's graduate-level education in literacy reflects in the girls unlimited supply of books. A long-time favorite is the "Smile" book which has no more than about a dozen words with pictures of smiling babies. It can turn this cranky babies into amazingly happy ones in a heartbeat.
Meals continue to take up about half the day, which is no problem if you ask the girls. They will eat anything! Dad might have to find another job to keep Brooklyn fed.
In this picture, Madison was excited to recently try on some clothing from when Mommy was a baby. I think this was a "selfie."
The non-toys are still at least as exciting as the real toys. As long as dad is driving, cardboard boxes definitely fall into this category. Any vehicle to cruise around in is fine by them. They especially love the pink shopping carts the Gigi bought. Shopping cart drag-racing is a regular occurrence when Dad gets home from work.
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