The babes

Sam and Daisy are 8 months!
Daisy's 2 bottom teeth are poking through, shes a tough little thing, no change in sleeping , no extra fussiness, none of that. the only difference an dmay be a little more drooling and chewing. Daisy has become adventurous the past few weeks, zipping through the house on her tummy,chasing after woodrow and moejoe and liam. The girl is quick! She pushes up on her hands and knees but i think shes realized that since shes already so good at the belly crawl that, whats the point of getting her knees all red and briused up from crawling on them? lol
She and Sam have interacting a lot. I catch them smiling and laughing with/at each other all the time.  Yesterday when Jill was here for Liam's therapy session, I peeked in to the sunroom where the twins were and found Daisy on her back, and Sam has crawled completely on top of her. She didnt mind at all!  they were talking to each other and holding hands. SO CUTE.
This week Sam has started trying to sit up. He pushing up fomr a hands and knees position and gets on nhis bum, leaning on one arm. Hes able to get back to the hands and knees posino fairly well and so far hes only fallen back a few times but its been on soft surfaces thankfully.
I have also caught him pulling up on to his knees. i wonder if he will ever really get the crawling down , he may just start pulling up then walking instead? who knows. he gets around though not as fast as daisy but he manages to scoot around as he tries crawling, slowly but surely.
The babes have graduated from baby food already if you can believe it.  They're hungry! (especially daisy, which is mostly why we moved froward with more substantial foods)
So far we are eating diced up, avocados,tomatoes, potatoes, and bananas. Throw in some peas, some toast with jam cut up really small, and an array of crackers in the mix. Oh, and oatmeal. We're still doing some baby food but we're moving on up with the real food. next up, brown rice and beans! maybe some broccoli cooked super soft. :)


Liam has been doing well with therapy. we are practicing PECS (picture exchange communication system). I say practicing but hes pretty much got it down pat. anytime we introduce a new picture/object, it only takes him a few tries before he knows what to do and what he wants.
We've been playing in his little pool outside alot. I swear hes part fish, he loves the water so much.
Hard to belive, but my little liam, love of my life, will be 3 in about a month. that same week he starts the headstart program in school.crazy! i think it will be a bit of a "transition" for the first month but it will be really good for him and i think he will really like it.
TJ was in town recently and Liam had a fun time playing with him the few times he came over with grandma. It was nice to see Liam interacting well with another kid around his age. 
Hes been doing really well on the gfcf diet too. we meet with a pediatrician in September who specializes in this type of diet with kids so we can get some more advice, and guidance as we move forward.
Liam has been showing more interest in the twins, feeding them bits of food when they are in their high chairs and also handing them toys when they are all playing. Both Sam and Daisy LOVE watching Liam play, run, jump, babble, they love big brother!