7 months

Sorry for the delay! I've had this mostly done since they turned 7 months, just wasn't able to work on it further with the two little monkeys who like to bang on my laptop when they see it, locking things up and doing things that take me forever to reverse because I'm just not too tech-savvy! Ha ;)
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you girls! how you grow and bless my heart!

August 26: you started to pull yourself up on things Pem ... just like Pais! tho, you still like to scootch instead of crawl.

September 6: you are crawling most of the time now, Pem, and you sat up all by yourself for the first time!

September 22: Paisley, you let go of the couch and just stood in front of me for a few seconds. waaaaaah? bold little baby! you also can walk pretty well around something, like the bench in the kitchen.

September 23: Pem, you followed in sis' footsteps and stood without holding to the couch for a few seconds as well. the countdown is now on! walking is soon to follow!

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Pem, you make an adorable clicking noise with your tongue.

you both love to sit on your knees.

a few days shy of 7 months, Pais, you popped a tooth on the bottom. A few days after that, Pem, you popped a new tooth on top! Tooth score: Pais: 1, Pem: 3

you both love buckles. on the car seat, booster seats ... anywhere you can find one!

you both love to play and get into everything. dvds are some favorites. and your headbands. and taking laundry out of the basket. folded laundry. must be folded or we don't bother with it.

a few days after you turned 6 months, you both hit a major sleep regression and went from waking up 2-3 times a night each, to EVERY HOUR. say whaaa? a few days of that and I hauled you into bed with me. we'll worry about getting you back into your cribs later. ;) plus, I really enjoy waking up to your beautiful faces and then watching whichever one of you is up first to crawl up on me to peek at the other on. adorable!

it is also nearly impossible for me to take a picture of you. as soon as you see the camera, you stop the cuteness you are doing and scurry as fast as you can for the camera.

I love, love, love it when you laugh at each other. one hiccups and the other laughs. one of you squeals, and the other laughs. of course though, I can't get it on film because as soon as the camera comes out we stop everything. trixy little girls!

what a joy you are to me!

mmm ... pie!

such joy!



found her standing, then we lowered the mattress.

Pem adores the dog bed. eeewwwww.

great grandma Rose!

she wanted a caramel apple.

I must have told them a funny joke.



paper bags = great fun

silly girl!

love those lashes!

the only way I could get them to sit still was to give them kitchen utensils. and the doll? yeah, they wouldn't let her sit there for anything. so much for a comparison!

the adventures of Rosie & Mae Mae

Green Giant
Blue Earth, MN

Rosie says: "This guy is 55 & 1/2 feet tall, 8,000 pounds, and wears a size 78 shoe. Yikes!"

Mae Mae says: "I told Mom I'd eat my vegetables if she took me to see this guy. Hahahahahaha!"

6 month shoot

my dolls!

this is her favorite expression. bottom lip sucked in.
{and, I did not dress her.}



sweet face!
{she wouldn't leave her bow tied.}

I like big diapers and I cannot lie ...

 

she has a bottom lip, I promise.

this luggage belonged to their Great Grandma, Ellen Boysen.

the adventures of Rosie & Mae Mae

Giant Ear of Corn Water Tower
Rochester, MN

Rosie says, "What do you call a guy with a rubber toe? Roberto! Hahahaha!"

Mae Mae says, "Sis, your jokes are corny."

the adventures of Rosie & Mae Mae

Giant Frankenstein
Janesville, MN

Rosie says, "Meh! Don't turn around, Mae Mae! I think he just moved!"

Mae Mae says, "Who? Where? What moved?! Who??!!"

{Interesting fact: Did you know that Frankenstein was NOT the name of the monster, but the last name of the scientist that created him in the novel? Yep. The monster only ever went by "creature", "monster", "fiend", "wretch", "vile insect", "daemon", "being", and "it".}

6 months

folks, six months! SIX MONTHS!

I'm going to do this a bit differently ... I find the progression funny!

july 26: Pem starts to "arm" crawl.

july 30: Pais needs to keep up with Pem, so she starts the "lunge" ... up on all fours and then lunging forward. Repeat. Repeat. And repeat. this is lots of face planting, mind you.

august 6: Pais decided to actually crawl. just a bit, here and there. gotta beat the sis, I guess.

august 9: Pais has decided to crawl crawl, all the time. Cheetos were the motivator.

august 13: Pem is tired of Pais one upping her. legit crawling happened today. she then decided that she can arm scootch and keep up with her anyway, so she gave up on crawling. she pushes off with her right foot and holds her left in the air. she even has blisters on her "pushing" foot. and, she is faster than Pais too.

august 16: Pais realized Pem is keeping up with her, even though Pem is just scootching, so she pulled herself up on an end table. take that, sis. she also sat up all the way up by herself. say whaaa?

august 18: Pais now pulls herself up on everything. me, couch, chair, package of paper towels. {this is crazy!}

august 22: Pais is now walking along things, like the couch. Pem is content with her scootching.

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when Pem started to scootch, she discovered how awesome the kitchen floor felt ... on her tongue. yes, I know. gross. I looked over at her and she was sucking on the kitchen floor like a sucker fish. siiiiiick. needless to say, the kitchen floor was cleaned, every night, and she was kindly discouraged from doing it if I caught her. thankfully, it only lasted a few days!

Pais started laughing at Pem. cutest thing ever! they now do it to each other regularly. makes my day!

Pem has the silliest tongue. always sticking it out. kinda like the guy from KISS, just way less gross.

they both recognize their names.

Pem likes to bite me. {I. don't. think. it's. funny.} she does.

they sampled their first "table" food on august 19. sweet potatoes. though they always are uber interested in food when we are eating it, and like pretend "bites", they were less than enthused when they got a REAL bite. we'll keep trying.

in celebration of their half birthday, we took the girls camping. all in all, it went great!

love this scrunch!



you want me to what?

a basket. the only way to get them to stay put!

I don't like it.

no thanks.

not sure about this grass stuff.

love this pose!

the adventures of Rosie & Mae Mae

World's Largest Popcorn Ball
Sac City, IA

 



Rosie says, "This 5,000lb popcorn ball was born on February 28th, 2009, and took 900lbs of popcorn, 2,700lbs of sugar, and 1,400lbs of dry syrup mixed with water."

 

Mae Mae says, "Sure hope popcorn tastes better than these keys do."