One and Eighteen

Natalia turned one month old on Thanksgiving, and Annika is 18 months old today. 

Scott and I think they are both amazing.

Natalia is easygoing and laid back so far. She likes attention in the middle of the night, but is easy enough the rest of the time to make up for it. She's looking around and following things with her eyes more and more. She loves to be held, especially by her daddy. She smiled at me for the first time on Saturday, but I'm still waiting for a repeat performance.

Natalia has long legs, fingers and toes, and feet that are almost too big for all of her outfits. She has lots of hair and doesn't look anything like Annika did as a baby -- she's totally her own person. 

 She's a good little traveler and so we have been able to get out and go a lot of places with her.

We enjoyed our first Thanksgiving together!

Annika is learning to be a great big sister.

She is fascinated by Natalia, who she usually calls "the baby," but sometimes calls "Na Na" or "Na Mino." She loves to help hold her and also likes to give Natalia a pacifier, blow her nose, and find her eyes. Annika's had a fever for the past few days so she hasn't been able to go near Natalia. She misses her sister a lot, and keeps asking "Where's the baby?" 

Annika is a lot of fun right now. Her language and her understanding of the world are developing rapidly. She is currently obsessed with Elmo (she has one Elmo video and asks to watch it at least 50 times a day), twinkle twinkle little star, bananas, cookies (I'm trying to convince her that triscuit "cookies" are yummy), buses, the "ay ay ay" song, and playgrounds.  

 She is very curious and is really starting to understand how the world works. Today at dinner she accidentally dropped her food on the floor and said, "oh no!" She then started singing "clean up, clean up" while I picked it up.

She is independent, determined, and has quite a temper (wonder where she got that from), but she is easy to cheer up and is generally a really happy kid.

I love these girls!