Standing up

Matilda caught in the act of standing up. They are both very competent at this now and are quite confident in sitting down from the standing up position too.

Both girls are getting their four front top teeth which has made for some very sleepless nights. But they are nearly all through now so hopefully it will settle down very soon! Havent weighed them in ages but they certainly feel like they are getting heavier. And, as you can hear from the video of Matilda, they are both getting much more vocal. I am pretty sure they are both saying 'dadadada' and 'mumumumu', but am also pretty sure they are just playing with sounds and havent realised what it means yet or that Damian and I respond to it. Clapping and dancing to music is fun, and the crawling is slowly speeding up. Matilda is definitely the little explorer and I often find her with something in her mouth (mostly a leaf when we are outside), while Annabelle sits back and watches and decides if she has found something worthwhile checking out.

Two beautiful girls and the house

From the top:

1. The kitchen with the floors done

2. The lounge room with the floors done (the skirtings have since been attached and painted too)

3. Big baths upstairs!!! Even though the rest of the plumbing is yet to be connected we thought it would be fun to put the girls in the big bath. Annabelle is closest to me.

4. Devouring an orange. Matilda on the right.

5. Both girls standing up at the coffee table. They think that this is the greatest achievement and that they are soooo clever so spend half their waking hours standing up at it and pulling everything off. Matilda on the right, Annabelle on the left.

Crawlers

Not sure if this will work, but have attempted to upload a video of Annabelle crawling. This all started on about 29th July (last week). Matilda is also crawling I just havent caught it on camera yet. If this works I will try and snap her in the next couple of days.

House Update

Yay!!! Very close to being finished. From the top - two photos of the kitchen. The rangehood still needs to have the flu attached and has a protective coat on it - its stainless steel underneath. (the flu is what is sitting on the bench top). The next picture down is the bathroom - cant wait for the girls to have a big bath!!!! as they are still being bathed in a baby bath. And the final photo is of the floors in the process of being sanded. The colour in them is amazing. Looking forward to seeing the finish go on them in the next couple of days. Then it is just skirting boards, a very big clean up and we can move upstairs!