7 Months

Dear Ella and Violet,
I can't believe we are now over half way through your first year! It's been a busy month, with lots of new things and amazing development! I can't believe how quickly you to are growing up on me!

The most dramatic development this past month has been how mobile you two have gotten! You are now both creeping all over the place! You both are quite good t it, and can get where ever you want by pulling yourselves along on your bellies. Ella, you've even started getting up onto your knees and rocking!! You do this all of the time! I'm sure that crawling will happen soon! One of these days you are just going to take off! You're also twisting yourself while on your knees, almost getting into a sitting position. It's just crazy to me that you are already at this stage!!

We've also seen the excitement of real babbling starting this month! Violet, you started "talking" to us on June 28th. Out of nowhere that morning, while we were getting ready to leave for vacation with Nanni, you started babbling "Bababa!!" We were so happy you did that before we left so Daddy could hear it! Ever since then you've been talking away non stop! You LOVE to talk! You're favorite thing to say is "Blah blah blah!" It's the cutest thing ever! Ella, you started babbling not that long after Violet. Lots of "bababa" from you. You love to talk now too!

You both continue to love solid foods. You've both tried a lot of new things at this point, so I am no longer worried about spacing out new foods. You get a lot of mixed foods now too. You have both found one food that you don't like though! Neither of you like peas at all! The first time we tried peas, on June 22nd, you both gagged and made the funniest faces! I ended up having to mix them with banana's to get you to eat the green stuff! Thankfully bananas continue to be your favorite, and masked the flavor well! Ella, you went on a bottle strike earlier this month for a few days. Starting on June 24th, you wouldn't take an milk from a bottle, but were nursing nonstop. After a few days you went back to drinking from the bottle though. I still have no idea why you stopped drinking from a bottle those few days! Maybe it was teeth?

You saw a lot of new things this past month. You had your first time going into a pool while we were at Jimmny Peak with Nanni! It was very cold in the pool though, so you poor girls were shivering the whole time, and were only in for a few minutes! You both seemed pretty terrified! You also saw your first fireworks this month, on the 4th of July! I was worried you you both be scared of them, but the first set we saw on the 3rd, you both slept through. Then the second set, on the 4th, you both we fascinated with watching them! They didn't scare you at all! We also had our first time a way from Daddy, when we went on vacation with Nanni. It was hard being without him for 4 days, but we survived!

You both are really starting to interact with each other! Now that you are creeping, you both go after the same toy a lot, and fight over things! You love looking at each other and grabbing at each others face too. I can't wait to see how your relationship as twin sisters grows over the years!

We are so proud, as always, of how far you two have grown and learned this month! We love you more than we can saw! Keep learning and growing girls! I can't wait to see what new stuff you learn this next month!

Love,
Mommy

Ella's 7 month photo's:







Taking a nap with Ouija:


Violet's 7 month photo's:





Lily covered Violet with Mango and peach puree!


Violet's adorable Mohawk!