Moms & Muffins, Anastasia's New Trick, and Silly Rory

 On Wednesday Heidi Anne's school had a "Mom's and Muffins" event. The kids could bring their Moms, Aunts, Grandmas, ect. A few kids came with their dads, which I thought was sweet. Faculty took photos of everyone, I didn't even think to snap a photo myself. It was so crowded! More crowded than Dad's and Doughnuts. I couldn't find a place for us to sit. Luckily, we found some friends who made room for us to sit by them. It was nice to catch up with them in person instead of just Facebook. 

Anastasia has learned a new trick! She's able to sit up with assistance. Char brought up Rory's old walker toy. Anastasia fell in love with it. She started sitting up to play with it by herself (as long as the walker is supported). Rory and Anastasia had their first feud regarding the toy. Both of them wanted to play with it and neither wanted to share. Eventually, Rory tired of it, leaving Anastasia to have it for herself. 

She showed off her sitting abilities and her traditional crawling skills to her physical therapist. Who said the way she's crawling is perfect! She's also starting to go into a sitting position from a crawling position. Yeah for tiny Anastasia, she's almost on par with her 9-10 month old peers. She was also weighed today and is 17 pounds 3 ounces. 

Rory was in a silly mood this afternoon. He was riding everywhere in his car. It reminded me of how someone is learning to play Mario Kart. He'd go forward at full speed, run into an object, then slowly back up. Just to repeat the process over again. He thought it was hilarious.

Then he switched to playing with the ball. He'd grab the ball, throw it, then chase after it himself. The dog began to go after the ball, thinking someone was playing fetch with her. Slowly, Rory's game turned from chasing the ball to playing tag around the house with the dog. Who kindly went along with it. 

After the dog was worn out, Rory played with the balloons. He'd pull them down to his eye level, then release them. I could get him to say "Bye Bye" to the balloons as they floated back up to the ceiling. Rory was just in an amusing mood and I loved every second of it!

Rory and Anastasia were each given a new sippy cup by the nurse who comes to weigh Anastasia each week. (Bet you can tell which one belongs to whom). It's become their water only cups. Which has led to Rory working on a new word "Water", only it comes out as "wa'er". Unless you spend a lot of time with him you wouldn't know what he's trying to say. But Rowan is trying, that's the important part!