Aiden is crawling all over the house, pulling up on EVERYTHING, including Mom and Dad and is a total ham. We were at a wedding shower last weekend and Aiden was giving Mom and Mimi (Grandma Gall) raspberries on their faces and his other trademark talent that can only be seen and not described. He was eating up all the attention and laughter! Of course, he crashed hard about 30 minutes later. He is already starting to pick on his sister by pulling her hair or hitting her. He of course looks to see if we're watching when he does this and if she does anything back he will look at us and then if we're watching he'll manage to bring on a frown and maybe get out a fake cry or a couple tears. We're pretty sure he's going to be our troublemaker...which is what I said from the very beginning when I could only ever feel him kicking nonstop in utero!
The first picture below is how I found Aiden after returning from the bathroom. We didn't know he could pull himself up to standing.
Ella is probably going to skip crawling, at least for now. She just wants to walk...ALL the time. She is cruising along furniture, walking around the house holding onto one hand and walking behind push toys. She has taken a few steps on her own and is getting steadier every day. We have to keep a close eye on her because she'll get a look in her eye and just walk away from the couch or a toy and more often then not she falls after a couple steps. We're hoping she learns to bend at her hips or knees when she falls soon, as she isn't too graceful right now (it's more like a board falling). Needless to say, she's very frustrated and wants to be able to do it RIGHT NOW...Dad says she gets it from Mom:) Ella is definitely a little princess. She will cry at the slightest bump or if Aiden merely touches her, but she's starting to get back at him a little bit.
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