I was making dinner and dad was working late, and I come into the living room to find Emma by herself. I called for Ella and heard giggling, but couldn't find her...tricky little lady!!
The girls' first of many trips to KC!! It's hard to not have fun, but we all were pretty wiped after this trip!! The girls had LOTS of attention from the cousins, and even got to play with them while mom and dad went to the Chiefs game!
Ella is pulling herself up to a standing position, Emma still needs some help, but does great once she's up there!! And we are finally in our big girls car seats!!
First pic, Emma giving Ella kisses (she does this all the time!!) Sometimes Ella likes it, sometimes she hates it!! Next, they are playing in the bathroom, which they love to do if you are in there or not. Next, the both of them playing with their box!! Then of course, playing with the tv!! And last, just plain getting into trouble!! No one cried though, just laughing and screaming!! And that's Emma who's got Ella pinned!! 
We are 9 months and lovin it!! Ella-18 lbs., 27 in., 25-50%. Emma-17 lbs. 3 oz., 271/2in., 25-50%. Emma (pictured in orange) likes to give her sister kisses on her head, scream like you wouldn't believe (which we are having to ignore as she is starting to throw little tantrums), and does not like chunks in her food (like her mother). Ella is very independent, however, will follow her sister everywhere, and likes to crawl all over you and sit on her knees. Our goal in the next 3 months is to increase solids, decrease bottles, take away the binks, grow teeth and most importantly hair!!
Wow, what a difference a week can be...the girls are all over the place!! We began to crawl overnight last weekend, and now, they go everywhere. It changes every routine we've had thus far!! First pic, Emma crawling over dad (favorite thing to do by the way, we have officially become jungle-gyms!), next is Ella getting into Josie's water dish as I was cooking (if you look real close you can see her sitting in a pool of water!!), and last is the both of them exploring the house, following mom where ever she goes. They do a good job, but sometimes get a little frustrated when I move to fast or stay in a room for only a few minutes and they have to turn right back around!! It's too cute, it's like follow the leader, and right now, Emma is the leader!!
The girls and I, along with our friend Katie, met up with the KC cousins at the Omaha zoo last weekend. We had great weather hanging out with everyone while dad worked. 
Mom's 30th Birthday party was Saturday, as well as a Husker party! Dad surprised mom with a planned, booked, paid for trip to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico in December! Even talked to my boss and lined up the grandparents to watch the girls!! I'm still a little in shock!
The girls are ready for bed time!
No frilly dresses here, look at their mother (I was never a cheerleader)!! Go Chiefs!! They can use all the help they can get!!
We like to play on the floor and get everyone of our toys out of our basket, every time!!
We like to get up on all fours and tease everyone that we will crawl!! As Ella demonstrates here!!
We know our name when we are being called to!
We like to play, smile, and laugh!! And be just down right adorable!!
We are 8 months today! We like to roll, sit, scoot, get up on all fours, chew on things, play with our feet (actually putting them into our mouth), and eat big girl foods. Most importantly, we are working REALLY hard at growing some teeth. None yet, but we're close, hopefully!! Ella is approx. 18.5 lbs and Emma was 19 lbs. That doesn't seem right to us since Ella seems a bit fuller than Em, but Em is a bit longer too, so who knows! 
