Not the Only One

Remember this?

Well now Carter's not the only one who loves "bull riding". Gemma loves it too. (She was constantly moving - it was hard to get good pics!)

Carter plays the rodeo clown and she grins so big her face must hurt! She cries when you take her off the bouncy ball and then she stands next to it bouncing up and down in anticipation that you'll put her on it again.

New Record

We always thought that Carter was a super-star when he was little. He was crawling at 5 months, walking around 10 1/2 or 11 months, and was speaking pretty clearly by 1 year.

We'd always heard that successive children typically do things slower because the older kids do everything for them. Carry them around, talk for them, that kind of thing.

Gemma has just broken Carter's record. She will be 10 months on Friday and she started do this last Tuesday. Look. Out. Folks.

Gigglin' & Babblin'

There are few things in life better than a babbling baby. Maybe a giggling baby. But for sure nothing better than a baby that smiles and giggles and babbles. ;) (Although Dove dark chocolate and corn flake chicken are close seconds!)

As you can tell, it was a bit awkward for me to be holding the camera and try to help her stand up on the slick floor, but don't worry - no one was hurt in the making of this memory.

Gemma is working on teeth. She's eight months old now and just in the last 3 weeks she's got almost 6 teeth! Her bottom two and top two are in. You can see top eye teeth on either side of the middle ones but they just haven't broke through just yet. Poor baby!! It does my heart good to see her smile and giggle like this, knowing that she probably doesn't feel very good right now.