21 months

21 months and the girls have been exploding in both their motor skills and language.  They are definitely their own girls and are quickly loosing whats left of their "baby-ness" and oh yes they are knocking on that 2 year-old door...loudly!  We have dropped the bottles all together and they have started brushing their 6 teeth.  They have quite a few words that we can understand and a few that others can, but they are trying very hard to produce the sounds and get words distinguished (No, yes, Mama, Daddy, more, out, help, Rylee/Sawyer/Cassidy, Tucker, Ziggy, hi, nigh-nigh, go,bite, ow, drink, thank you).  They are doing a great job listening and we have figured out a pretty good routine for out and about.  They are also consistently helping to clear the table and cleaning up their toys (YAY) as well as taking care of the dogs.  They especially like calling them in from outside, complete with patting their legs.  The hitting has slowed down, thankfully and they are playing and interacting more and more with each other.  My favorite story was them playing peek-a-boo around a stump in the yard, saying "hi" and giggling at each other.    

Sawyer on the slide...my physical adventurous girl

 Rylee kicked back, exerting her independence instead of cuddling with us before bedtime (thank goodness that didn't last long)

 Working together to get that dump truck filled up

 Sawyer

 Rylee

Sawyer in her jammies and my boots, Rylee diaper naked with Cass's boots

We also had our first round of all 3 babies being sick at the same time...the twins with ear infections and Cass with a sore throat.  All had pretty good temps for a few days.  Rylee is modeling what we all felt like in the mornings (with poor sleep and just not feeling well)

 With Cassidy no longer needing training wheels I was having a heck of a time keeping up with her pushing the double stroller so...check out the twins new ride!  I had to dust off my bike (about 9 years worth) and now we are pedaling all around with the twins comfortably in their trailer, it even has stash pockets for each of them to help keep them happy.

 Sawyer is also very interested in Cassidy's new ride...yes that is a pink go cart!

 The girls still love going to the barn and have gotten a few chances to sit up on Tucker and Ziggy.  Sawyer started bouncing and saying go and pitched a fit when I pulled her off.  I LOVE it!  Here they were entertaining themselves with the water trough on a warm day while I unloaded hay...who needs a fancy swimming pool when we have a hose, trough and mud!  They may have had to ride home diaper naked in the truck, but it was well worth it!

Crazy, busy and full of life....my beautiful girls!