Eight Months Old!

I'm a little behind in blogging since moving & settling in has occupied our last couple of weeks. Hopefully, I can catch up this week. The twins turned 8 months old last week! Here are their growth pics:

Jake is quite the grabber, & is deceptively quick. Last weekend, he was sitting sweetly in J's lap while we ate breakfast, & then like lightning he had grabbed a pancake from J's plate. Here, he is checking out the Polo logo on Mal's dress.

Don't worry, she can defend herself.

Cute grins!

According to our at-home estimate, Jake weighs a whopping 17 pounds! I guess the solid foods are doing his body good!

Mal is also growing well & is now 16 lb 3 oz.

Both babies are rolling & scooting like crazy to get wherever they want to go, but we're not crawling yet. It seems like they're both really close, so I'm sure I'll turn around one of these days & wonder where they went because they've scurried off. Mal has always been our little jabberbox, but lately Jake is joining in on the conversation just as much. After her initial "Ma-ma," Mal won't say it anymore but babbles "Da-da" & other crazy sounding "words" all day long. Jake can also say "Da-da" but hasn't gone for my name yet.

In addition to their pureed veggies, fruits & cereals, we've started some finger foods. They both love toast & cheese & are a little confused by the small bits of fruit, but they'll eat them. Refried beans were also a hit the other day as is yogurt & of course, Puffs!