Solids, Crawling, Patty Cake and So Big

I have a couple FINALLY's.

FINALLY Last night was the first night that the babies ate all normal food. I made them a little sampler. I've been working with them on tolerating bananas at snack time. It cracks me up. I was getting so frustrated with their gagging, coughing and Taylor sometimes even throwing up....then BAM one day they get it. The same bananas as the day before but BOTH of them get the chewing idea the same day. I had been giving them tiny pieces of ripe banana off of my finger how we did the cheerios...then I moved to the spoon. Then I started giving them rice here and there and last night I went all out and gave them a little sampler. Taylor fought Nick a little by being fussy but she ate. She just took her good old time. Luke did really well and he was actually chewing instead of swallowing whole and gagging. He even seemed to enjoy it and finished everything but the chicken. They can keep one tiny piece of chicken in their mouths all night. lol. Hey I'm just happy they were eating everything else. It amazes me how they fought it for so many attempts and then it's like...OH OK...I guess I'll chew this now. I told Nick I was starting to think they were gonna eat applesauce til they were 18. lol I'm also secreting LOVING that they love sweet potato...because I do too and it gives me an excuse to buy them even though Nick doesn't eat them. Now for the sippy cups......

Sweet Potato, Chicken Broccoli Rice, Banana, Applesauce and Chicken.

FINALLY Luke is crawling!!! Not record speed but he is moving FORWARD now. He's getting more motivated and less frustrated. He pushes forward to get to things and is now up on his knees moving forward. He has a fascination with the door. He crawls to it and opens and closes it. He hot himself in the head and today hit Taylor in the head with it. The stinker loves opening and closing it. He gets tired and cries when Taylor takes things from him but it's adorable to see him now crawling to her and trying to take the toys she has. Pay back I suppose. Taylor runs all over him though. She crawls on him and over him. Luke's squealing less when she takes a toy now...he is trying to get it back now.

Another adorable first. I play patty cake a lot of mornings after I feed them their bottle. The other morning I said casually to Taylor. "You wanna play patty cake?" She started clapping all excited. I thought it was just coincidence so I kept asking her and she kept clapping. Adorable. Luke is raising his hands to "so big" pretty consistently too. It's so neat to see them acting out what is being said. Cute. Oh and I can't forget Taylor's sniffing thing. I have some pictures to come of that. She wrinkles up her nose and breaths in and out of her nose so she can hear it. It looks like she's mad when she does it. It's in the video where we tell her NO. Anyhow. She now repeats this as well. If I do it, she will do it. It's funny and cute of course.

Mommy I Can Do It! (It's getting messy)

Little Miss Thing has been cracking me up. Things are getting MESSIER! Taylor decided she wanted to feed herself with the spoon. So instead of fighting her and having her pitch a fit and scream and cry, I let her try. She has a serious grip, that girl. She won't give it back! lol She was amazingly coordinated though. I thought. She grabbed the spoon and put it in her mouth. The trouble was she didn't understand that the spoon needed to go back into the bowl to get more food. She kept putting the spoon in and out of her mouth and looking at me confused as to why there was no more food. I unleashed the death grip she had on the spoon and gave her more. I love how she tries this with the messiest color of food. Orange! Please tell me how Turkey and Rice ends up being orange as baby food?!@# ewww. She's been such a stinker to keep her hands out of the bowl too. She'll snatch it in a heartbeat if you think of looking away. She's got some serious wing span too.....you think it's out of her reach but NOPE. I'll tell ya, the days of carrying multiple things with a baby are about over. They both grab anything I have in my hands. Taylor LOVES my phone and Luke loves anything brightly colored...like my plates. I need both hands to contain them from grabbing everything.

The babies started eating some meatier stage 2 foods. Turkey and Rice and Hamburger Mac with Veggies.......Man this stuff stinks. What happens to food when it's pureed to death? Can their poop get any stinkier, well YES, YES it can...just add meat. Lord have mercy. lol

The babies have been LOVING peek-a-boo! Taylor is actually pulling the blanket off herself now.....so darn cute.