I weighed the girls recently and Eva is 29.5 lbs and Abby is 18.5 lbs. they are so cute now because they are often playing together. When they stand next to each other Abby only comes to Eva's shoulders - actually not even.

Well the earring thing did not work out so well for our girls. Eva got hers at 18 months and pretty much protested cleaning and changing her earring the majority of the time she had them. This past week they officially closed in the back. Abby cried a bit when she got hers done at 7 months but otherwise it was no big deal. The problem with earrings suppose to be sterling silver, but I don't think the backs were. They started to cause scabbing in the back so I switched them to solid gold. She has since then started playing with them and sometimes they fall out. The last straw came when one came out in her crib while she was sleeping and she end up rolling onto the point - it poked her eyelid. So I took them out. Its not worth it. No one told me it was this much trouble to give little ones earrings. Well I am telling you.

I took the girls to the park and they played together so well. Abby is more independent. She climbs up the slide all by herself and then slides back down just like her big sister. Eva is always on an adventure. Her imagination is beautiful.

Abby is starting to say some words. When she wants MORE food she'll say "mo". She calls to me all the time with the most wonderful sound "mama". Justin gets "dada" of course, but when she is really excited to see him she says "djadjadjadjadjadjadja". The other night my dad said good night to her and she said, "nigh". She asked for water yesterday before nap time "wawa". Whether she accidentally drops something or intentionally wants to watch something fall we get an adorable "uh oh". When she wants to stop being held and crawls away she'll often say "I wannn". And most rare is her "buh buh" when she says bye.

Eva has been taking huge strides. She can screw and screw back on, sleeps without a diaper, has started dressing herself and picking out her own clothes, will take herself to the potty and wash her hands independently. She is really making an effort to speak nicely and ask for things kindly too. She likes to color with pens instead of crayons because she can stay in the lines and do the little details so well now.

That is all I can say for now. Eva is calling to me to come play. We are going to make a tent and a bridge for our kitties...