And the Teeth Arrive

Such a beautiful smile
Abby showing off her cute outfit and snuggling with Mimi Cinda
Abby has such a tough life

Abby working on her crawling technique
Little sister finally has big sister pinned... fun times!!
Ready for church in their ladybug dresses and hats... too cute!!
Rory showing off her pretty summer outfit!!

Baby bottom snuggle... yes, they both sleep with their bottoms in the air!!
"Mom... we're awake now."
Don't they look like they are up to something?
Rory rolling off on another exploring adventure

Over the last few weeks, the girls have both been acting a bit grumpier than usual, chewing on everything, drooling, running low-grade fevers, etc. We knew that we had entered the teething portion of parenting. On Sunday, Rory, grabbed my finger and put it in her mouth... nothing too unusual. When she chomped down, however, she bit me with a razor sharp little tooth!! I couldn't believe it!! Our little Rory has her first tooth!!! Apparently, it erupted some time during the night. It is her bottom right front tooth. Both girls' poor little gums are swollen and hurt. I wish that I knew how to make it better for them. We are so excited about our first tooth, though!!! Another exciting update is that Abby is really working on trying to crawl. She can push up on her arms and pull her little knees up under her, but she can't quite get the two movements coordinated. Daddy and Braxton get on the floor and demonstrate for her and she studies their every move. It's so adorable!! Both girls can already do a sort of scoot on the floor to get places. Rory is too busy rolling everywhere to really worry about crawling yet. She can push herself up just fine, but she can just get everywhere quicker and explore more by rolling. She doesn't stop. We are trying to stay ahead of her on baby proofing things, but she gets into things so quickly that it is a challenge.