Not much has changed in the past few weeks. We've pretty much been sick this whole time. The stomach bug turned to a nasty cold that has been lingering for weeks. We're finally just about over it and getting back to normal now. The girls are still able to walk all over the place but for the most part they choose to crawl, although they seem to have had a bit of a breakthrough today and have really improved their technique. They have been walking around most of the afternoon.

The girls enjoy throwing bread on the deck for the birds and watching them eat it.

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They like to climb over the end table and hide in the corner.

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This usually ends in tears though.

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Abby stays very busy. She turns her cart upside down and works on it like a mechanic.

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Emily LOVES hair. She is constantly touching it and likes when we style it, especially when we give her a Mohawk.

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She shows her hair if you ask her:

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When the girls were very little we started taking their picture on one of their blankets to show how much they had grown. We haven't done it in a long time. Here's a picture we finally took today. They are a bit more mobile now, so it's tough to get them to sit still.

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Here's the first picture we took - the girls were about 3.5 weeks old with their friend Lydia Krans in the middle.

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Byron and Abby playing with the girls' toy phone.

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Abby likes to show off when she wears sunglasses.

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Neither of them will sit still long enough for me to get a clear shot of their flower sunglasses.

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Emily on the phone:

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We already have a texter. I think we're in for some big cell phone bills someday

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Abby Used the Potty!

Tonight Abby went flying across the house screaming and busted into the bathroom still screaming at the top of her lungs. I didn't know what was wrong, but I thought she might want to go to the bathroom, so I pulled off her pants and diaper, sat her on the potty and she peed right away!

About a month ago she started bringing diapers to us and when we'd start to change her she'd pee...so we figured she was aware that when she needed to pee she should get the changing process started ASAP. So, I got her a potty chair so she could get used to having it around. The girls played with it for a few weeks and last week we moved it into the bathroom. I started telling the girls that they could play with it again when they were ready to pee on the potty like big girls. Since then they've pretty much ignored it until tonight. Abby was pretty proud when it happened but Emily was acting VERY jealous. I celebrated with Abby while trying to not hurt Emily's feelings. Could it be that the end of diapers is in sight? We're not going to push it, but we're certainly not going to discourage them either. We'll play it by ear at this point and see where they take it as they are still very young (15 months).