Overload

Well, my monthly update times for both girls came and went. I'm not even going to try to go back and make up for it. Our lives have been hectic lately, to say the least. I hope things are starting to calm down. In order to stop beating myself up for not getting to it this month, I'm going to jot down whatever comes to mind about the girls in this post and call it good. Here goes . . .

• Phaedra cut her first tooth on Easter weekend, at 7 and 1/2 months of age. (Eleanor's first tooth wasn't until 9 and 1/2 months.)
• Eleanor's favorite book this month is Papagayo: The Mischief Maker by Gerald McDermott. She can pretty much read the entire thing from memory, and it's a pretty long story.
• Eleanor can recite Article of Faith numbers 5, 1, 2, and 3 (in that order). We're just beginning to learn number 4.
• Phaedra pulls up to just about anything, sometimes only using one hand to steady herself. She can crawl very fast when she wants to.
• Phaedra is making all sorts of sounds: ba ba ba, ma ma ma, growling, clicking, laughing, squealing.
• Eleanor has about 50 different ways for pronouncing the word "okay." Maybe I'll try to do a post detailing them sometime.
• Phaedra LOVES the bath.
• Eleanor likes to chew gum every time we get in the car.
• Phaedra is still a total Mommy's girl. She doesn't have much stranger anxiety, so she'll be pretty content going to someone she doesn't know. But she knows Mommy is her favorite person, and she knows when she wants her!
• Eleanor loves her doggy, Lane, even though he lives at Grandma's house now. She loves that he is nice to her and lets her pet him (unlike Grandma's other dogs). She has asked me several times to bring Lane to our new house, but that isn't going to happen.

That's all I can come up with off the top of my head. I'm sure I'll think of something else as soon as I post this.