Nine Months*

• Maggie is 16 lbs. 4 oz. and 27 ½ inches; Audrey is 16 lbs. 3 oz. and 26 ¾ inches.
• Maggie can cruise along the furniture and do a mean somersault off her bouncies. I'm expecting walking at any time now.
• Audrey can scoot! This is a HUGE step for Miss A., as she was for the longest time content with just sitting. She's not fast and sometimes it's a struggle, but she CAN DO IT!
• Their favorite show is Pinky Dinky Doo and I can sing the song for you if you'd like...c'mon....please??
• A is allergic to eggs. :o(
• M cries, "Mama mama mama" when she's upset, angry or if I've dared to leave the room. And she still hates strangers.
• They LOVE water. I've promised to take them to swim class once I'm back to bikini form but I think they'll look a little funny amongst the infants when they're 10 years old!
• I got rid of their 0-6 month clothes and cried while packing them away.
• They had their first kiss with a boy. Gasp!
• A will eat ANYTHING.
• M loves to read.
• M can give you a high-five.
• Both can wave bye-bye, but only after the person they're waving to has left the building.
• Both give kisses, but M is a little more discriminating with her kisses. A's favorite people to smooch are her sister and Maximus.
• I'm grooming them for a lifetime addiction to carbohydrates.
• I took them to Michigan State for the first time and, no, there were no kegs involved and yes, they did fall in love! Sparty on!
• They say "mama", "dada", "papa" and "I'm hungry, feed me NOW!"
• They still steal each other's toys, but I can see that it's starting to get ugly.
• They're getting too big and, soon, they won't be babies anymore. Sigh.

*You try keeping a blog updated with two mobile 9 month olds, two undisciplined canines and a husband! I'm late, they're almost 10 months. Sue me. The worst is that I haven't kept up with their baby books or gotten their 9 month photos done yet. Bad Mama.