Has it been 8 months already?

Abby sitting on her knees in the play-yard a couple of days ago. Rory is just having a good time!!
Abby standing all by herself today!! She was not happy that Mommy took a picture before picking her up. She's not spoiled at all. :)

Here we are at 8 months. What a wonderful time it has been!! The girls are growing so fast and furiously that we work daily to stay on top of the game. It amazes me that we have gone from having two little tiny babies that could fit in one hand to two 8 month old girls who are definitely a handful. Each day is such a blessing with Abigail and Aurora. Michael and I wake up each day eager to see what our little angels will be doing next. The last couple of days have been exciting around here. This morning, Rory woke up fairly cranky and wanting desperately to be right beside Mommy. As I was giving her a bottle, I noticed something in her mouth. I started feeling around and she has two more teeth poking through in the top front of her little mouth!! No wonder she has been a little fussy. Then, this afternoon, little Miss Abigail (who has been experimenting the last few days with trying to get her legs under her to stand all by herself) decided that she couldn't get Mommy's attention good enough by sitting on the floor. I had gone to the other room for a minute (the girls were in their play-yard) and I heard "mammma" come from Abby. When I came around the corner, Abby was standing up, holding onto the side of her play-yard trying to see where I had gone. Of course, as soon as she saw me, she started crying for me to pick her up, but I had to grab the camera first. She has been trying for several days to pull up on everything that she can get to and, now, she's accomplished her latest goal. She's such a persistent little girl and we had no doubt that she would get it sooner or later, but we just weren't prepared quite yet. Michael and I have decided to finalize the baby-proofing this weekend since we fear that walking may creep up on us in a hurry (especially once Rory decides to copy her sister's latest feat). The girls' great-great Aunt Ann (who is in town for a visit) bought the girls each a push-toy to help them learn to walk!! She is great and the girls love her and their new toys!! Yesterday, Rory also decided to add a new special treat to her repartee of tricks. She has, for a while now, been saying "bye-bye." We were practicing our words, like we try to do each day, and I was waving at Rory as she said "bye-bye." To my surprise, she started waving back at me and saying "bye-bye." This morning as Michael was leaving for work she waved at him and said "dada bye-bye!" What a brilliant little girl!! The girls went to their doctor today to begin their RSV shots for the winter (which we are so thankful for). The nurse weighed each girl and, oh my, how they have grown. Rory weighs 18 lbs. 12.6 oz. Abby weighs 15 lbs. 4.2 oz. They sure have come a long way from 5 lbs. 2 oz. and 4 lbs. 11 oz. when they were born!! We are so proud of their progress. We are now feeding them three full-meals a day with bottles and snacks in between. Both girls are able to feed themselves finger foods (although it's a little messy sometimes). They love trying new and exciting things to eat. We started them on meat baby food this last weekend. To our surprise, they seem to like it alright. Not, of course, like they enjoy their fruits or even their veggies, but they don't really seem to mind eating the meat. Now if we can just get a few more teeth, we can really start on the good stuff!! Well, that's most of the new happenings here for now. I promise to try to keep everyone updated.