7 Months

Aria and Siena turned 7 months today. 

I had to take pictures without headbands this month so you could see how much hair Siena is getting.  They are both growing a lot more hair but Aria has always had a bunch of hair.

Here are some things about the girls this month in no particular order:

• Siena is loving any toy that is in Aria's hands.  It doesn't matter if she has the exact same toy in front of her.  If it's in Aria's hands, she wants it and let's us all know.  Oh boy...this is only going to get worse.
• Aria rolled from her stomach to her back...finally!  She is close to rolling the other way as well.  So happy she hit this milestone.
• Aria has decided to talk non stop.  In fact I told Shane while she has been our quieter child, she might end up the louder of the two.  When she talks, she is so loud.  In fact Shane told me the other day that he could hardly concentrate on work with her talking so loud on her play mat.
• Siena is scooting backwards on her back.  She tilts her head up to look behind her and then pushes with her legs.  It's pretty funny to watch and when she gets going, she's pretty fast about it and very proud of herself.
• Siena is also rolling a ton and can scoot in circles when she sees something she wants.
• They continue to laugh more and more at each other and talk a little bit back and forth.
• We went on our first family trip where they enjoyed some firsts of swimming and swinging.  Post to come in a few days.
• Siena is jumping so high in her Johnny jumper. She looks like a rabbit with both feet together jumping up and down constantly.  She is loving her jumper a lot these days.
• Aria also likes the johnny jumper but instead of jumping she spins in circles.  She moves her little feet and goes around and around and around.  We have to unspin her and then she just starts right over again.
• Their sleep habits have gone down hill a touch this month.  I think they both went through a big growth spurt and although it's better now, it's not as good as it used to be.  We go on another trip the end of this month and if it's still not great when we get back, we'll have to do some sleep training.  For now it's ok, they have their good nights along with an occasional bad night and lots of early mornings.
• Siena is LOVING solid foods.  It took Aria a little longer but she has caught on and both eat really well.  We feed them rice cereal and fruit in the morning and a vegetable at night.  Siena has her mouth wide open after every bite until it's gone, and then she eats what Aria hasn't finished.  Squash is probably their favorite, Aria doesn't like peas (it's a little thicker texture so it might be the texture at this point.)  Siena started spitting/blowing her food earlier this month.  We said a lot of No's while putting the back of the spoon up to her lips.  I'm not sure if she understood or just grew out of it but she rarely does it and as soon as she starts and we say no she stops.  I hope that continues.
• We have been loving the spring weather and have been going on lots of walks in the evenings.  They love their stroller and are always happy and content in it.
• They both still love their feet and toes and still play and suck on them a lot.
• Both are sitting up really good.  Aria was a little wobbly and then just last week has gotten it down.  And now when Aria falls over you don't hear a peep and she starts playing wherever she lands, but when Siena falls over she lets us know every time. 
• I don't think I've ever written this down, but I've had people ask me how I get the girls to both look at the camera and smile at the same time.  I found a secret trick.  Their all time favorite song is 'The Wheels on the Bus'  It doesn't matter what they're doing, when I start singing that song, they smile.  So now when you see a picture of both of them smiling you can picture me in the background singing and snapping pictures.  I don't know how long that trick will last but I'll use it for as long as I can.  I keep thinking I need to broaden their song knowledge, but they just love that song so much.