Moe and Curly

The kids are coming up on eight months and have been changing so much over the last few weeks.  They are both sitting up by themselves now, jabbering like crazy (it's all "dadada" over here so far, apparently I'm just some lady who watches them all day ;) ), and having fun playing together.  They love to steal each other's toys and bang them around while squealing, when not rearranging themselves on the playmat so that they can be touching (i.e. kicking) each other at all times.  I found them the other day both leaned over and he had her foot in his mouth and she was pulling his hair and they both had huge smiles on their faces. :)

Alistair now has four teeth, as his two uppers broke through a few weeks ago, but she is still all gums.  Marielle is definitely stronger with her fine motor skills, picking up small objects using just her thumb and forefinger (the pincer grasp), but I think he is closer to crawling.  The pic below is his favorite position to get himself into and now he has started scooting backwards.  They no longer stay where you put them for very long.  Our days of non-mobile babies are definitely over.

She is crazy for story time and loves to "read" books by herself, while he'd rather just chew on the boards and laugh at me while I make a fool of myself doing the voices and animal noises. This is a really fun age. They laugh a lot.  They are so aware and interactive with everything and everyone.  I've seen several wave like motions, but we're not there quite yet.  I marvel at how big they have gotten in such a seemingly short amount of time, but also look forward to the coming months when we'll be moving to vertical, which will be amazing to see. Their personalities are so cute and are really starting to blossom.