Another Update

Rory having soooo much fun in the exersaucer!!
Abby loves to play in the floor
Rory ready for church in her pretty pink dress
Abby is ready to head to Sunday School in her beautiful yellow and green dress!!
Abby getting a piggy ride from Daddy... They're great buddies!!
Abby doing her push-up crawl... she works so hard
"Go Abby... GO!!!

It seems that the girls are growing and developing new talents so fast now that it is hard for us to keep up with them. Abby is finally getting the crawling business taken care of. She works so hard at it every time that we put her on the floor. Sometimes, I will go in her room in the morning and she's practicing in her bed. She's definitely a determined little girl. She's so close to just taking off. She does a push-up on her hands and toes and then lunges forward. She has also figured out how to get up on her knees and hands. Then, she rocks back and forth. She can scoot fairly efficiently, but she always goes backwards, which frustrates her. It's like she's stuck in reverse. She's going to get it pretty soon, though. Rory has said her first word!! We have been working with both girls trying to get them to say "mama" and "dada" for a long time. The other day (Aug. 30), Rory was playing on my lap and Michael walked into the room and said "Rory, what are you up to?" She just looked at him and cocked her head to the side and said "dada." It was just as plain as it could possibly be!! We were both so excited, but Michael hasn't come down from cloud 9 yet. He is so proud that she said "dada" first. I'm really working with Abby now to say "mama" first, but she sure does have that "d" sound down well. I think I'm going to be out of luck, but, hopefully, they will learn who I am and how to say "mama" before too long. Rory loves to say "dada" all the time now. She also loves that it gets her daddy's attention immediately when she says it. Anytime she wants anything, she just yells "DADA" at the top of her little lungs and daddy comes running. It's amazing how fast they get us trained!!