So many milestones!

So apparently I wrote this on 11/8 but never actually posted it! So.... whenever you see a date, add 10 days!

Our boys are getting so big, so quickly! It seems like every day there is another milestone.
It all started with Riley getting his first tooth a week and a half ago. (11/18 update: he's actually got two now. Logan is still sporting the toothless grin for now) Then a few days later Riley perfected sitting up (Logan already had that down) and last week Riley started crawling (hands and knees - he was army crawling for forever!). (Update 11/18: Riley can now pull himself into sitting position from crawling)

Crawlin' all over

Yesterday we gave the boys their first finger foods. Logan choked a little, but luckily babies have great gag reflexes! They were maple flavored and the boys still smell like pancakes. (11/18 update: we learned to give the puffs BEFORE dinner after Logan threw up for the 2nd or 3rd time)

 


Riley said mama about two weeks ago, but we had a hard time getting him to repeat it. The first time we asked him to repeat it, he said Obama. Then he would say it randomly, but almost never when prompted. Yesterday he started saying dada like a champ. Dadadadada all evening long. We'd prompt him to repeat it and he would. Today he started crawling towards the kitchen where Steve was making dinner. I said, "Where are you going?" to which Riley replied, "Dada!" That made me laugh. So I guess his first word is Dada. It figures - Riley is definitely daddy's boy, and has made it clear that he prefers him to me. That got us thinking though, when do most people count the first word? The beginning of consonant babbling? When they will repeat it back to you? When they say it with a purpose? (When with Dad or reaching for Dad?) The dadada started when Steve was at work....
(11/18 update: Riley stopped saying dada. I think he got annoyed at our asking him to do so. Steve swears last night that when Logan started crying he was calling mamama, but I think he's just trying to make me feel better! He has not repeated it today).

It doesn't end there.... yesterday when we were on Skype with my dad, Logan started independently clapping his hands. My mom always claps with his hands because he holds them flat and not in a fist (like Riley). This was all him though.

In other news, Riley is beginning to pull himself up on various objects! Steve caught him on camera pulling himself up on a toy from Danny and Jill, which the boys love.

While Riley might be pulling ahead of Logan in gross motor skills, Logan is the leader in fine motor skills. He can easily pick up smaller items by pinching them with his thumb and index finger. He can then manipulate the object and turn it around in his hands (especially his pacifier). Riley can do these things, but not nearly as accurately. He is much more clumsy with his hands, dropping things and putting the wrong side of the pacifier in his mouth.

Since you waited until 11/18, here's two bonus videos:

2 cute pics:

Plus here are the boys in their first shoes, purchased today!