Ev & Wes: 11 Month Recap

(The only semi-normal picture I got of these monkies!)

How is it possible that my youngest babies are one month away from being ONE year old?! How did this happen? It just breaks my heart.

Weight: 22 lbs (Birth: 6 lbs 13 oz) 
Height: 28.5 in (Birth: 19 in)

Clothing Size: 12 month

Diaper Size: 3

Evie has changed SO much this month! Although she is still the quiet and reserved one, she started to bring out her goofy self a little more. I've noticed her bonding with her brother more. She likes to rough house with him by pulling on his teething necklace, yanking on his pants, biting his ears, but most of the time she is super sweet on him and tries to hug and give him sloppy kisses. Her kisses are really sloppy because she got another tooth this past month and now has 6 teeth (4 top teeth and 2 bottom teeth). She is always cheesin' and showing off those pearly whites, too. She loves to chomp on everything she can get her hands on, especially Daddy's hand-me-down velcro kitchen vegetables and for some reason she's always finding cardboard and eating it. She absolutely will not eat baby food. She insists on only eating what we eat and will only eat if she can feed herself. Watching her eat is hilarious. She will grab the food from your hand or pick it up, inspect it, tilt her head back and forth, then put it in her mouth and chew. I swear you can see her processing a million thoughts when she chews (maybe she'll be a food critic?). Besides being into fine dining, she is obsessed with 'Frozen', just like her big sister. She can recognize any part of the movie and it will instantly stop her in her tracks and she will stand there and stare up at the TV. She could stand and watch the entire movie if I let her and she literally could because girlfriend is seriously amazing at standing. She has yet to take any steps; which I think is because she is very calculated. I don't think she will attempt to move from the standing position until she knows she could walk a mile, but we'll see!

Weight:  24lb 8oz (Birth: 7 lbs 15 oz) 

Height:  31 in (Birth: 21.25 in)

Clothing Size: 12-18 month

Diaper Size: 4

Then, there's this boy. He's been a goof ball since day one, but I swear he wraps me around his finger more and more each day with that cheese ball grin! He is such a momma's boy and comes crawling to me whenever his sisters are bugging him. I love it, but his Daddy says he needs to toughen up. This cheese ball has had it really rough in the teething department this month. Little man got his molars! I know, right? He skipped his canines and got his molars first. This poor kid is a serious teething machine and now has 12 teeth. All of the teething really got him attached to rattles. He constantly had to be holding things in his hands because he always wanted to bite on something to relieve the pain. Speaking of biting, he is much less picky than Ev in the eating department, but there's no sense in making separate meals for each of them so he eats what we eat, too, and loves it. I mean, boy has so many teeth that we can practically give him a steak, right? He is getting so big and strong. He has actually hit a major milestone this month- he's taken his first steps! Four steps to be exact. He isn't as good at standing like Ev is, but he has no fear so he just takes off and tries to walk. He also climbs onto everything. He's a daredevil, that boy.

Both babies can walk well while just holding one of your hands. They can also stand up on their own and then squat back down. Their movement is very good and there's no doubt that they are everywhere and in everything. This is exactly where Tenley was at this age in her development so it'll be interesting to see how they develop in these next few weeks. And what an emotional next few weeks I have ahead of myself. My babies will be 1!! Ughhh, please excuse me while I begin the month long crying parade...

Happy 11 month birthday, Everly and Wesley!!