Guess who's walking now...

Yep, you got it...Reid!! Big man decided to pass his sister up this weekend. After watching Louisa for the last week or so, Reid decided that he would join in on the walking fun. He stood himself up in the middle of the den and just started walking. For the rest of the night if he was going somewhere, he was walking...not crawling! He looks a little like E.T. when he walks...hands above his head, belly sticking out, quick steps...it's quite cute if I do say so myself, and of course I do!! Ahhh...another bittersweet moment in parenthood. Where has the time gone?? I truly can't believe my precious babies are both walking. Louisa is definitely capable of walking more than she is, but for now, she just walks when she wants to...and that's okay with me!

Louisa is proving to be our climber...the picture below is how Craig found her one morning last week. He was in the bedroom and heard her saying, "Uh-oh! Uh-oh!" I think she wasn't sure how to get down!

Here are some other recent favorite pictures:

"If we put our heads together..."

"Kiss, Kiss!"

Reid loves to read!
Sweet girl...loves her babydoll and her bunny slippers!
Momma's babydoll...

Sweet, mischievous boy!

Happy 14 Month Birthday, Babies!!

With all of the new stuff that they are doing, I'm not sure how much longer I'll be able to call Reid & Louisa babies!! Luckily, I think part of the priviledge of being their mom means that I will always be able to call them my babies :)

I would say the biggest update is that on Wednesday night, our Little Louisa decided that she would walk across the den...completely unprompted and unassisted!! Craig and I were quite surprised and judging by the smile on Louisa's face, she was just as proud as we were! She and Reid have both been taking 5-6 steps on their own for a few weeks. She has taken several more "long walks" but crawling his still her preferred method of getting where she is going.

I still have Christmas pictures to post...hopefully I will get those up this weekend. I love the picture above of Reid & Louisa looking at books in their room. The picture below captures the sweet smiles that Reid & Louisa often exchange when playing together. They get so excited to see the other one and just be close to each other...it absolutely melts their momma's heart! I pray that they will always remain this close!

Happy 13 Month Birthday, Babies!!

Yep, 13 months already!! Louisa celebrated by taking 2 steps towards her Mommy!! Yeah!! She was so proud of herself and so were we! She's doing great standing on her own...she's very confident and has great balance. Reid is watching not far behind...he took a step towards me tonight (not quite as coordinated as Sissy, but he has a little more weight to carry around!).

Speaking of weight...the babies went to the doctor today for re-checks and Louisa weighed 14 lbs 4 oz!! That means she has gained 1 and 3/4 lbs in less than a month...table food is doing great for Louisa! She has also made HUGE improvements in drinking her milk. She LOVES to eat...she always cleans her plate :) and is SOOOO precious when we tell her to "chew it up" she makes little smacking noises. Reid is doing great too...he loves his Cheerios and most anything else we give him.

Reid and Louisa are loving the Christmas decorations...especially the tree. Here are a few recent photos...

New Stuff...

Okay, Reid & Louisa have been learning LOTS of new things!! They both like to clap, blow kisses, give kisses...

Brush their teeth...

Reid has perfected his flirty eyes and smile...

Louisa has learned that the cow says Mmmmmm. Reid likes to dance to music (kind of a head bobble, body bouncing motion)...so cute...and Louisa claps for him :)

Saturday night we had fun going to pick out our Christmas tree...

The tree is up, but not decorated yet. Hopefully we'll get that done this week. Daddy insists on having colored lights now that we have kids...so, stay tuned to see our tree of color :) After getting our tree, we had dinner at The Pizza Joint. Which included lots of cheerios for Reid & Louisa...
Cheerios make Reid really happy...I think he is trying to say Cheerio. When I say cheerio or bring out the cheerio container, he forms a really long string of babble that ends in a long oooooooooooooooooooo!

Babies were soooo cute when we got home, so...you know I had to take lots of pictures :)

Unfortunately, Louisa has learned how to pull out her hairbows...Maggie hasn't learned to take hers out yet...

Louisa was too cute sitting at her basket of books. I think she sat there for about 30 minutes pulling out books and looking at them.

Did you notice...

...I changed the ticker above??? We're now counting toward Reid & Louisa's 2nd birthday!! That is REALLY, REALLY hard to believe! Where does the time go?

Enjoying Our Presents!

I promised birthday and dedication pictures, but I'm posting these instead so you can see Reid & Louisa enjoying some of their new toys they got for their birthday.

One of Reid's new favorite places to play...IN the toy basket :) Reid's new puzzle...Clearly we have some work to do on figuring out how puzzles work!

Louisa having fun with her Fridge Farm

We really like our Giraffe Rocker!!

You can tell from the pics above that we are FINALLY starting to feel better! If you haven't heard, Reid & Louisa got really sick with a HORRIBLE stomach bug right after their birthday. The stomach bug was followed by congestion/cold which led to double ear infections for Reid. It's rough being a year old! Some pics from when we didn't feel so well...