Sleeping Beauties

Every night before we got to bed, we go into each of the girls' rooms to check on them. A few nights ago, I went into check on Helena and found this:

She's been sleeping with her little bottom in the air almost every night, and I thought it was so cute I just had to take a picture.

The next night, when I went into Sophie's room, I couldn't find her. I looked around, thinking maybe she had moved to the floor, but she wasn't there. Then I went to her bathroom to see if she was in there, but still no luck. After a few minutes of searching for her, I realized she was on her bed. She had moved to the far corner and surrounded herself with every stuffed animal she could get her hands on, then curled herself into a little ball. I had to stand on her bed, right over her, just to be able to get her head in the picture:

Helena - 6 Months

Helena turned 6 months old this past Thursday, and we have had even more exciting new developments in the past month. In addition to sitting, she can now stand holding on to something, plus she got her second tooth! She's even sleeping 12 hours at night!  We've also recently started baby food and Helena has loved everything we've tried - she turns no food down. She gets VERY excited and jumps up and down when she sees her bowls because she knows it's time to EAT!

Yesterday we went to the doctor for her six-month checkup, so we have her latest stats to report: Weight - 14 lbs, 14 oz (25th percentile); Height - 27.5 inches (95th percentile!). I was very surprised that her weight wasn't higher, since she's such a good eater.

Helena at six months:


This morning, we took her to have her six-month photos and these were a few of our favorite shots:

Feeling Better and Sitting Alone!

Helena has been battling pneumonia for the past ten days or so, but she is finally on the mend and is back to her usual chipper self:

While we've been home with her, we've had lots of time to practice sitting and now she's doing it all on her own! We're so proud of her:

Sophie's very happy to finally be able to sit on the floor and play with her little sister:

Our Budding Artist

Sophie loves to draw and brings pictures home from school almost every day. Today, she brought home two pictures that I thought were too sweet not to share:

Guest Appearance

While traveling for Christmas, Sophie got to visit with her friends Sophia and Eliza (see how much fun they had?):

We even made a guest appearance on their blog! Check us out here: http://elizasophia.blogspot.com/2009/12/other-sophia.html

Helena is 5 months old!

Helena turned five months old last week and we've had an exciting development this month! But first, a new picture of the girls together:


And now for our good news: Helena got her first tooth today! I know it's almost impossible to see the tiny bit of tooth sticking through the gum, but I promise it's there (bottom, right center):


From the way her gums feel, I think she's going to have many more teeth joining them in the near future.

Merry Christmas!

In nine days we traveled through four states and one blizzard, but it was worth it to spend the holidays with our family and friends. Sophia and Helena had a great time seeing everyone, but we were definitely glad to get home after all the traveling. They were especially excited to see that Santa visited our house while we were gone:

Sophia was so happy to finally get her very own garbage truck and she had a lot of fun putting it together:

Helena might not look that excited about her Jungle Playground, but she warmed up to it once we got it out of the box:

Although Sophia loved her garbage truck, her favorite gift this year was definitely the Snuggie her aunt sent (she longed for that Snuggie for months!):

And Helena received this darling little bracelet:

The girls must have been really good this year!