The holidays are here!

So much for posting more often on here, right? Well, the holidays are officially here. Dave and I went to his office holiday party on the 2nd, I went to a cookie swap yesterday, and we have our first of SEVEN family holiday functions this week. 'Tis the season!

As for the girls, they are doing very well. Here are some fast facts on them...

*Ella is super cruiser now. She will walk around anything: couches, the stroller, with her push-toy, etc.
*Perry is cruising as well...not as fast, but much more balanced. She practices standing by taking her hands off the couch for seconds at a time. It'll be interesting to see who walks first.

*Ella likes to feed herself now. If you put the food in her mouth for her, she will take it out and put it back in herself. She is also getting pretty picky so mealtimes are quite the challenge. Sticks of celery are our new best friends!
*Perry is eating tablefoods now! We still do mostly baby food, but she's trying new things which is great. She still only has her 2 bottom teeth (with 1 top tooth about to break through) so chewing takes awhile.

*We are in the process of switching over to whole milk. We did it VERY slowly because of their sensitive tummies. Perry also developed a rash which we thought was a possible sign of allergy, but it turned out to just be eczema. She got her very first prescription for Elidel and it is healing very nicely.

*Both girls are OBSESSED with our computers, but Perry more than Ella. Perry can even open the disk drive on my laptop and remove the CD that is inside. They love "typing" to Daddy while he's at work on Instant Messenger.

*Both girls say "da da", "ba ba", and "ma ma" pretty clearly now. Unfortunately, "ma ma" is only said when they are tired, hungry, or otherwise upset.

*Ella can shake her head no. I'm not sure if she knows what it means...but it's cute nonetheless.
*Perry is a dancing fool (HAD to of gotten that from her Mommy). Anytime a song is on, she will bounce up and down or move her head back and forth.

I'm sure there is much more, but unfortunately mommy/pregnancy brain has gotten the best of me. We have yet to go see Santa at the mall, so we will be doing that shortly...look for pics on the website!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!