Solveig at 12 weeks

Although these pictures were taken with she was 11 weeks old and I'll be taking her to get weighed on the 17th and she'll be 13 weeks old I thought I would do a post about what Miss Solveig is doing these days.

Apparently I didn't make it back to post this because today is October 22 and Solveig is 7 months old... ah well better late then never and these pictures are worth posting.

Love

I love watching my daughters grow and learn.... Today Solveig learned her tongue sticks out. I looked over at her and she was sticking her tongue out, she pulled it back and and laughed! I was awesome.

I'm really enjoying every day with her. She's learned to sit herself up and has become super quick at it. she's working hard to coordinate her knee movement with her hand/arm movement in regards to crawling but she just spidermans it mostly.

Maizie on the other hand is into singing and dancing and reciting books. I amazed how quickly she went from a few words to hundreds!

Sofia is really into practicing her piano and that's so great to listen to too.

Must go make silly faces at Solveig!

Auntie Tracy & Uncle Andrews' Wedding

Maizie getting ready?

I asked Sofia to put on her tights and come downstairs. Maizie came downstairs a few minutes later like this; a pair of tights on each leg.  She proceeded to put on my heels and clomp around the house.

 But of course there was a fire truck on site.

 It was sunny but very chilly. 

 Sofia and Maizie were flower girls. Ethan and Beckett were ring bearers. The kids did a really great job. Ethan was very serious about his job and Beckett seemed to be too. Sofia and Maizie held hands the whole time.  There was a bit of twirling with the girls but they did a good job.  Ethan and Beckett delivered the rings (via pumpkin) and headed off to sit with their Dad.  Sofia and Maizie needed coaxing away... I had to go up and take them by the hand and lead them back to our seats. Sofia was just standing back watching but Maizie had found herself a spot right in front of the JP and between Tracy and Andrew.

The wedding was lovely and the reception was a lot of fun. It made a big imprint on the girls and all day today they were playing "Marriage". They were taking turns wearing things on their head, veil style, and walking around holding hands.

I had a funny conversation with Maizie tonight.
Maizie "I go Mumma. I play Marriage."
Me "Oh who are you going to marry?"
Maizie "Ummm I marry Ted."
Me "Oh and is Ted tall or short?"
Maizie "Ted tall"
Me "and what colour hair does Ted have? Black, yellow, brown?"
Maizie "Ummm blue 'air"
Me "OH! and what colour eyes does Ted have?"
Maizie "Ummm pink. Ted 'as pink eyes"
Me "I think we are going to have to talk to Daddy about this Ted character before you rush off and get married!"

The odd thing is we don't know anybody named Ted.  Most names around here are 'reused' names eg. Sofias favourite stuffies are Uncle Andrew the panda bear and Tracy the cat.  I don't know where Ted came from. How fantastic for a couple of little girls to participate in their Aunt and Uncles wedding.

Riding a Horse

Our nephew Vincent turned 5 in Sept and he got to go horseback riding for his 'party'.  

Elijah, Sofia, & Vincent

Sofia navigating the obstacle course

Trail riding

She looks like a natural

Grant took her and I stayed home with Maizie and Solveig. I really wanted to go and watch but Maizie was too young to go and so we thought it was best I stay home with her.  Sofia had a lot of fun and so we are hoping to be able to take her back and do it again.

First Tooth

I first felt Solveigs first tooth on Maizies birthday Sept 20.

Bottom right. Followed about 2 weeks later but the bottom left.

Soccer!!

Every Saturday for the foreseeable future. Sofia is really enjoying herself. She's very focused on technique and not goal hungry yet. Come on out and join us cheering "go teal go"

Maizie having a nap at Sofias first soccer game.

Sofias first soccer game.

She was chanting "Go Team GO!"

Solveig enjoying some sun at Sofias first game.

There's an app for that!

Of course there is. I'm finding myself a bit short for time when it comes to uploading pictures from my phone or camera to the computer and then onto the blog. Luck would have it that there's an app for that! Thanks Heather for introducing me to blogger. I should be able to get more pictures of the girls and life posted.

"Smile Maizie"

"Smile Sofia"

"Smile Solveig"

Big day

Solveig is growing up fast! This last week her crawling has gotten faster and more directional. She's still using an army crawling method but is spending more time on her knees trying to coordinate her movements. Today she crawled, wiggled, and shimmied from the living room all the way into the kitchen.

In other news she is about an inch away from sitting herself up. She rolls up onto her hip and gets herself to about 80% upright before her arm is just too short.  Oh wait, I'm not kidding, as I typed that last sentence she figured it out! That was crazy. I was watching her as I was typing and she sat herself up! OMG OMG what a day! She has the biggest hugest grin on her face right now.

Her other big development today was she pulled herself to standing. I put her in the rubbermaid tote in the bathroom while I showered and she used the sides of it to pull herself to standing. (side note that's the same way/time/place Maizie first pulled herself up.)

She is a week away from being 7 months.  Alright, better run she's flipped back onto her belly and is headed down the hallway again.