So many milestones

So much is happening these days with James and Josie it is hard to remember what I have recorded and what I haven't. On Monday Josie popped the beginning iof her first tooth.  Two days later she has begun to pop her second one.  Both are only popping slightly through.  She is taking it very well.

Today James said his first word, "dada".  He said it in the morning while Brian was changing his diaper.  Again, we don't really know if he knew what he was saying but he was looking right at Brian when he said it.   

This week both James and Josie have become master sitters.  They can both sit for minutes on end while they play with a toy or watch us.  They do fall over from time to time, usually when reaching for something, so they are keeping us busy as we watch closely and spring into action to catch them.

Both James and Josie continue to develop their crawling and rolling skills.  Both have developed a system on continuous rolls and tummy scoots to get them where they want to go.  For James this is often off the blanket and into the grass.

This week Josie has also caught up to her brother when it comes to eating.  They are now both great eaters and are enjoying breakfast, lunch, dinner and an afternoon aback.  This is helping us to get the babies on a schedule for eating and naps.  The goal is to keep the schedule going once Brian goes back to work in September.   

This week we have been at our cottage on Lake Erie.  The weather has been perfect and the babies have spent lots of time outside (in the shade of course).  They are even starting to tolerate the water better.  We got some great pictures of the babies in the water with their friend Eli but those are on our good camera so I will have to post them later.  

This week, like every week this summer Brian has gotten to spend sl day with us. This has been great for me and for James and Josie.  They absolutely adore him and I can tell that he loves bring a dad.  He makes such an effort everyday to talk to them, play with them and teach them new things.  We are all very lucky to have him.

Here are some pictures from Wednesday when we took JJ to the Welland Early Years Center.  We all had fun, especially Josie while Brian taught her how to use a hammer.  We have now been to Early Years centres in 5 cities.  I wonder how many we can visit on our travels around Ontario.