~Alaina~

Princess Alaina is now 16 mos old (well, on 10/9) and is such a big girl! She is starting to tell us when she goes poop- so potty training may begin in the next few months. If you give her the wash cloth she will wipe her face, then wipe her high chair tray. When prompted she will also pick up her toys. Her favorite thing to do is throw her bath toys from the bucket into the water, and then help pick them up at the end of her bath.

She just learned the word "no," and no longer says "nih." This morning when Jamie went to get her up for the day, she was sitting in her crib saying "nooooo! no! nnnnnnnnno!" So cute! Additionally, she says duck, bat, dog, cat, baby (often), hi and bye, ride, school, etc... she points to things she wants, and knows 2 signs ("more" and "eat").

We've become quite the picky eater and it is hard for Mommy to make her meals. She did just start eating peanut butter and LOVES peanut butter crackers!! She also still loves all her vegetables and fruits-- it's just the meals that are getting harder to make for her. Tomorrow for luch she will be getting a nutella and fluff sandwich. She wolfed it down last week, but I bet $20 that she comes home with it tomorrow!!!

Alaina enjoys being Mommy's helper, and is getting cuter by the minute!!

Alaina no longer uses the nebulizer-- that's for babies!! She has an inhaler and helps Daddy push the button.

~Alyssa~

On 10/3/09 Alyssa turned 1 month old. She has gained over 3 lbs since her birth, 2 of those pounds were gained in the past 2 weeks. Her weight today was 9 lbs 1 oz, and she is 20 3/4 "

This is up a half an inch in the past 2 weeks and 1 1/4" since birth.

Miss Alyssa is still not quite the sleeper...and her prime awake times start at midnight... last night she did sleep 3 full hours between 2 meals, and hopefully in the next few days she'll sleep better (we switched formula and got new meds for reflux).

Alaina and Alyssa are starting to act a little more like sisters. Alaina loves to be helpful and insists on throwing away dirty diapers, or to help carry stuff (burp clothes, blankets, etc..) if we go anywhere. You can see above that she is helping Alyssa drink her bottle, and is teaching her where her nose is. :)

The other day we were riding in the car and Alyssa had a blanket on her. Every time I turned around to check the girls, Alyssa was blanketless- and Alaina was covered. Fortunately, I had 2 blankets and gave Alyssa the spare. Alaina must have been very cold because she kept stealing the spare blanket and covering herself with that one as well!