9 months

The girls were 9 months last week, another month has flown by.  I had 2 work trips out of town this month that sped up the month that much more.  The girls had their 9 month check up and everything was great.  Here is some information about them.

Both girls are taking really good naps now. It's nice to get through that stage of them waking up after 30 minutes. They are both in LOVE with my phone and when they see it they can think of nothing else until I let them hold it, even if I try to put it out of sight. Then if I give it to them they object loudly when I take it back from them. I'm trying to be better about leaving it in the other room so they just never see it. Both girls went on hunger strike this month. All of the sudden they decided to drastically reduce the amount of formula they drink. I thought of everything from sick, to teething to feeding them too much solids. After talking to the doctor this month they are just fine and she said not to stress about it. They've been doing a little better this week so we'll see how things continue.


Aria
Weight - 17lbs 11oz. (35%)
Height - 28.5 inches (80%)
Head - 80%!  Whoa...that's a big head for such a little girl.  How did she get such a big head when she had the tiniest little head when she was born.

Aria is babbling a ton.  She starting saying ya ya ya ya and then it's turned into ba ba ba ba now.  It's so cute to listen to.  Aria is rolling all over the place and has finally started sleeping on her side and occassionally her stomach although I think she still sleeps on her back for most the night.  Aria is also scooting in circles but is not making much forward progress in her scooting yet.  She's getting there though.  I can't remember if I mentioned this last time but she sucks on her bottom lip constantly.  Thus her smiles with her mouth closed.

Siena
Weight - 19lbs 3oz. (50%)
Height - 29.5 inches, completely off the charts
Head - 55%

Siena started crawling on all 4's 2 weeks after Mother's day. And she has never looked back. She crawls all over and most often finds herself crawling towards her dad's office for a visit.  She loves exploring with her new freedom and she even lifts herself up to her knees. She hasn't quite figured out how to pull herself up to a standing position. Siena constantly makes the funniest sounds, not really babbling like Aria but will breathe in and out really loud or do these little screams that are so funny.

We love these 2 girls so much I sometimes still have to pinch myself I feel so lucky.