9 Month Pediatrician Appointment

We had the girls' 9 month appointment yesterday. Everything checked out really well and Dr. Ray even said that they are total "super stars". The girls are both hitting every milestone that 9-m0nth olds should and are no longer being adjusted for prematurity since they are all caught up. They both had to get one shot but took it like champs and hardly cried at all. They were so cute showing off their smiles and giggles to all the nurses, and loved getting the attention as usual.

Now for the stats.

Caroline (aka Pipsqueak)
Weight: 16lbs, 5oz - 10th percentile
Lenght: 27 inches - 25-50th percentile

Olivia
Weight: 18lbs, 9.5oz - 50th percentile
Length: 27.25 inches - 25-50th percentile

Liners still lags a bit behind her sister, which I'm sure Reflux has played a role, but as the doctor reminds me: she is just different from Olivia and grows at her own pace as any idividual does. I feel awful constantly comparing them to each other, but they are identical twins, so unfortunately this will be the continuing trend in their lives.

As for their development up until this point...

Like I've mentioned before, the girls continue to amaze us by hitting every single milestone within only days of each other. If one starts doing a new trick, her sister is always close to follow. Both girls are now doing the following:

• crawling so well, we often have baby races
• pulling up to a standing position
• gets into everthing!
• finger feeds with puffs/cheerios/yogurt melts
• getting the hang of a sippy cup
• shakes head "no"
• imitates sounds and gestures
• waves hi/bye
• eats pretty much anything
• can say mama, dada, baba
• sleeping about 11-12 hours on average

Our girls are getting so BIG! Sorry for not having any new pics to share. Grandpa Richard & Grandma Linda are coming to visit this weekend so I'm sure we'll have lots of new ones to post in a couple days.