First, Ashely had her first dentist appointment. However, it wasn't any regular dentist appointment, she got to have grandmom clean her teeth for her very first time (Lisa's a dental hygienist). I think it really helped a lot having her do it. First she got to watch the tail end of my appointment, and grandmom explained what she was doing as she went. Then grandmom explained about the mask and glasses, and how she was going to clean her teeth and count them for her. Ashley did GREAT!!! She wasn't scared at all (I think a combination of both Ashley's personality as well as the comfort of having grandmom do it). Surprisingly, she stayed very still and kept her mouth wide open. We were so impressed. We follow it up with going to Ashley's favorite place in the world...Chuck-e-cheese! Daddy had a long lunch break and was able to come meet us too which made it an even nicer surprise.
Another thing most kids do at some point or another is stick food up their nose. Well, last night Ashley somehow stuck a (pretty big) piece of spaghetti up her nose. There were 3 adults sitting at the table and we still missed it. Thankfully she told us. It scared me! We tried having her blow it out first, and she kept sucking in instead. Then we tried getting it with a tweaser and the spaghetti kept breaking. So Lisa had to get her dental magnifying glasses and piece to get it out with. Thank goodness other adults were here with me because I would have been quite nervous if I were alone. Lol. Kids! It's a story we'll laugh about later.
Ashley is also talking quite a bit. I think living with 4 adults (as well as getting older) has made a huge difference, she's talking clear full sentences now. Sometimes she still says funny things like "mommy hold her now", then she will correct herself and say "mommy hold ME". Haha.
We have been reading lots of new books about all sorts of things--insects, animals, types of machinery, types of fish, etc.
Emily is doing a lot too. She is officially saying mama now. On Wed, July 24th it was very clear and intentional. She's been saying it non stop ever since. She also does a lot of babbling and squealing. She and Ashley have been interacting a lot--we were all in the car the other day and they were squealing and laughing back and forth with each other. It was sooo cute!
Her other top two teeth are officially through so she is chomping on everything, including me when I feed her. Ouch! She seems to be a little more sensitive, so I thought for sure that I'd just have to talk sternly to her once and tell her no and she'd stop or maybe even cry...but nope. Instead she laughs and continues to try it.
She also likes to bang things together, put everything in her mouth, and go for everything that she's not supposed to touch. Haha. Today I met a (newer) friend at the playground in Oakland. We had the babies playing on a blanket and Emily was picking up woodchips and trying to eat them despite my best efforts to prevent it. I had to scoop some out of her mouth that I missed while she practically choked. That girl is going to give me some gray hairs!
She also started on yogurt melts--I figured that'd be a great first solid type food since it dissolves in your mouth and there's no possible way to choke..but Emily finds a way to nearly choke regardless. Lol. So now I break them up real small to practice with.
She is doing great though, having a blast rolling everywhere. She still doesn't want to crawl, although she can get on her hands and knees in crawling position, so maybe one day she will opt to do it when she gets tired of bumping into things from rolling around and around. But for now, it works for her.
She can also nearly pull herself up to sitting position (she does sit up on her own, but you have to put her in position).
She is LOVING that she is getting more mobile and vocal. You can just see it in her eyes that she is dying to do everything that her big sister is doing. We try to get her involved as much as possible when we can, and she has a blast.
Anyway, the girls are great and such a joy.
As far as the house stuff, our closing date got pushed back from July 30th to August 9th. Yuck and grr!!!! We had a week to go and were getting soooo excited about moving in, when we found out about the change. Oh well, what can you do? We're just lucky and thankful to have a good living situation and are able to have the flexibility (although it is costing us extra for storage fees, interest rate stuff, etc).
We're at the final stretch at least...
Well that's about all for now.
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