Different personalities

Ana doing pushups

Ana just hanging out!

Emily Standing up in the pack and play outside watching us do yardwork

Emily grinning

Emily doing her pushups!

Our girls are so similar yet so different! Emily has turned out to be our more calm taking it as it comes girl who is a little hard to get a smile out of most times. She is very even tempered most of the time. Then there is Ana who never stops moving and smiles and laughs all the time. Emily has gotten one tooth now, and another one is peaking out. Ana still has not gotten any teeth. Emily has gotten to the point where she is now crawling backwards but has not figured out how to go forward. She is trying super hard to figure it out though! It seems like Emily does all the leg work on figuring out how to do new things while Ana watches her then once Emily finally figures out how to do it Ana just does it because she has been watching her and figuring out how to do it by watching instead of doing. That or she secretly practices while we think she is asleep in her crib! Ana has started getting up on her hands and knees and rocking now...so we are soon to have some crawlers in our house. (look of terror crosses my face) I am actually excited to see them gain another milestone, but terrified of how we are going to keep up with them! This past week we have decided to stop giving the girls pacifiers when they sleep. We had already stopped giving them during the day and only giving to them when they went to sleep to help them sleep. but we decided it was time since they kept throwing them out of their crib and them crying until we came back in and found them and gave them back to them. It has been sad and rough for them. Poor little Ana screamed bloody murder for the first 3 nights but the length of time screaming lessened each night. Now she cries for about 5 minutes and then goes to sleep. Where Emily only really cried one night (oddly enough it was the 3rd night without a pacifier) but still has trouble going to sleep without her pacifier. She does not cry, she just "messes". She plays with her crib, then with her blanket, then rolls around, then peaks over the top of her crib at her sister to see if she is asleep, then makes some noise to test to see if she is just laying down, or if she is really asleep. If her sisters head pops up then she makes some more noise (I am guessing it is twin talk telling her sister she wants to play) Then Ana's head goes back down and Emily starts her crib dancing again. It is actually quite fun to watch. I am glad we spent a little extra money and got video monitors. It has been great entertainment on many occasions! The girls had their 9 month appointment this past week, and they did great. They don't like the nurse there because she is always giving them shots, but they seem to do fine with the doctor. Ana almost weighed 17lbs, and Emily almost weighed 18lbs. They are still just about a pound apart.