13 Months

I am very late posting this and am going to have to post their 14 month picture soon, but by the magic of the blogger scheduling tool, pretending that I got to this on time. 

Josie and Piper were 13 months old on January 5th.  January 5th is also a big day because it's the day we brought the girls home from the hospital one year ago.  That was a crazy day!  Things are still crazy around here, just in a different way. 

Here's what's happened over the past month:

Piper

•  She took her first steps the day after Christmas.  Since then, she has made a little progress and taken up to five or six steps, but still seems pretty content to crawl. 
• Piper has her own little language.  For this reason, I wouldn't be surprised if it takes her awhile to talk.  She still does a little pointing and makes it clear what she's jabbering about.  The other day, she was very alarmed at the big flower on my headband.  She felt her own head to see if she had one too.
• She's not a fan of eating anymore.  Basically, she picks at anything we put in front of her, except peanut butter and jelly.  I think she's content on staying little.  
• Piper has become the less aggressive of the two and often gets her toys taken away.  She throws a little bit of a fit, but is still pretty easy going and gets over it quickly.  
• She can give kisses now, which are very sweet and slobbery.  She also finally discovered clapping.  Sometimes she sits there clapping while she cries. 

Josie

• Josie took her first steps a couple weeks after Piper, but now is right there with her and can walk five or six steps and sometimes doesn't need to be encouraged.
• She likes to steal toys from Piper and scramble away.  She's very sneaky.  
• Josie is getting closer to saying words.  She says Mama and Dada and Hi, which sounds like HAAAA.  She is also catching on to the baby sign language and can sign for eat and drink.  We are not very diligent about this, so it's good she's picking up on something. 
• Josie has made huge strides over the past few weeks and is becoming much more social.  She is getting better and better and even crawling over to new people to sit on their lap.  

Here's my favorite pic from the day the girls came home from the hospital - one year ago.  They were so sweet and so cuddly, but I have to say, I'm so glad we're through that!!  :)