-When laying on their back or tummy, they've both learned how to get up into a sitting position.
-Then, they both started crawling!!! Bryce actually started crawling first, just about 1 1/2 weeks ago. Then, Ben started a little less than a week later. He still doesn't crawl as far or as fast as Bryce and often gets frustrated and upset because he can't go as far as his brother.
-And, once last week, they both pulled themselves up into a standing position. They did this with no help from anyone, and amazingly they did it within a few minutes of each other!
-They now "cuddle" with me when we take naps together, often sleeping with their heads on my shoulder :)
-Ben started pointing to the pictures in books when we read to them.
-The boys started imitating each other... for example, when one starts slapping their hands on the table, we'll see the other look at his brother then start doing the same thing. So cute!
-Both started handing things to us, such as their toy ball.
-Ben grew tooth #7... so, he now has 4 on top and 3 on the bottom!
-They've transitioned from sippy cups to straw cups for drinking juice and water. They get so excited when they see their cups! I think they see them as toys because they're so colorful.
-They're really starting to learn how their different toys work and how to play with them. The most noticeable is their stationary toy where you can drop small plastic balls into a hole. After only showing them a couple of times where and how to drop the ball, they both started doing it themselves.
-And, lastly, they went on their second family vacation... this time to New York City! (Blog post on the trip coming soon.)
And, of course, here are their 10-month pictures with their 10 monkey friends... now that they're so mobile, this photo shoot became quite comical. In these pictures, they are wearing the Smurf t-shirts that Evan and I couldn't resist buying when the boys were less than a month old.
Hmmm, it appears they've noticed the monkeys...
The attack begins...
Evan quickly stopped the attack, but it looks like one poor little monkey is having his tail chewed by Benjamin...
The attack starts again...
On the left, I'm not sure if the monkeys or if Bryce is winning. But, on the right, it appears Benjamin has gotten a hold of another monkey's tail...
Still not sure who's winning on the left, but clearly, another monkey is about to fall victim to Benjamin's tail chewing...
Bryce looking exhausted and Benjamin looking innocent after dad stops their attacks on the monkeys again...
That didn't last long...
I think the monkeys won...
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Love the updates and pictures! They ARE doing so much. It's going to be such a blessing that they have each other to learn from and play with. I love the monkey pictures! Can't wait for the NYC pics!
ReplyDeleteHedy...if they're this active at 9 mo., you're going to need to be as fast as lightening by the time they get to the 12 mo. pics!
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