Eight months old!

So, let me preface this with... Yes, I know I am way late in getting this posted. Like, by two weeks. But, in my defense, Madilyn has been sick for almost two weeks with a cold and Carter picked up a little bit of it from her.. So we have been busy to say the least! Anyways -- Madilyn and Carter are eight months old. (As of now, they are more like, eight and a half months, but...). Here's what's going on in their worlds!

Madilyn:

*Madilyn has 5 teeth that have come in, and it looks like there is at least another one up top that is about to come in. She has three on top and two on bottom.

*She does not like being on her back for long - even when we change her diaper. She is especially unhappy and squirmy after her bath and we are trying to put on her diaper. Although, we used to get her dressed on our bed, and now we use the floor, and she seems to be happier that way.

*Madilyn is quite the crawler, and gets around either doing the army crawl or by being on her hands and knees.

*She LOVES to stand. We have a "cage" in the living room to keep them in a contained play area, and she scales the walls of the cage. She even stands up in her crib when she gets up in the morning, and sometimes if we go in the middle of the night. I'm sure she'll want to start walking in the near future!

Carter:

*Carter has 4 teeth. He has his two bottom, and his two top are still growing. It looks like he has two top teeth that are about to break through very soon - you can see just the tiniest bit of white.

*He likes to grab onto his diaper velcro once it is on and pull on it as you're changing his diaper. And he looks at you while he's doing it like -- maybe they won't notice what I'm doing!

*He can go from his hands and knees to sitting on his bottom. He goes in reverse to get there, but he does it pretty successfully every time. That is, unless there is something behind him and he ends up trying to sit on it! We often find him sitting up in his crib once he wakes up from his nap!

*He isn't really "crawling" yet.. He still likes to roll around to get most places, and sometimes his reverse sitting up helps him move too.

*He loves to bang his toys together to see what kind of noise they will make.

Both:

*Can get into sitting positions without assistance

*Love to put things in their mouths!

*Really love their finger foods - aka cheeto/cherrio type snacks.

*Love all of their new toys they got for Christmas - especially the ones where you can put things in and take things out.

*Know what Mommy and Daddy's cell phones look like, and want to play with them!

We go to the doctor for their 9 month check up in just about three weeks. I hope to post a few things in between then -- but wow! 9 months!!! :)