A Snapshot of what they are up to....

- Ryder can sit. We even walk away from him (assuming he is on a soft surface!).
- Kyran is working on it and can sit fine when he wants to (for several minutes at a time even, if it's convenient for him to play while doing so), but doesn't often want to. He continues to prefer rolling across the house to get where he wants to go.
- Ryder gets into the most beautiful, textbook crawling position -- up high on straight arms, hips up, knees even tucked under him -- and then, when faced with something he would like to "come and get", he throws all extremities up in the air behind him, and "swims", quite ineffectively.
- Kyran continues to inchworm his way to things in front of him, but has recently started assuming a more crawl-friendly position. It won't be long now...

- Both boys are transferring items from hand to hand as they "should be", without difficulty. They even do so with such a purpose as to get a toy farther away from their brother because, yes, they are seriously already fighting over whatever toy the other one has in his little hands.
- Both boys are chattering with consonants now, but usually just when they're upset -- "maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaam.....". Raspberries and spit bubbles still continue, of course!

- They continue to take 6 ounces of formula per bottle, 4 times per day. They also eat 2 ounces of Stage 2 baby food (if you recall, we skipped stage 1) and have made it through all of the "single ingredient" foods with just the one incident (Ryder's reaction to the squash).

- They both still absolutely adore Thea, and will usually prefer her over human faces now. Ryder gets incredibly excited and lunges at her, whereas Kyran will sit with a gaping mouth and just stick his hand out while Thea smothers him with wet kisses.

- They continue to sleep wonderfully at night, but naps are a different story. Apparently, for the last 2 weeks, they've had this notion that after one 45-minute sleep cycle, they don't need to fall back asleep. Aaron and I (and their temperaments) completely disagree. We're crossing our fingers that it's a "time of rapid development", as Dr. B put it, and they'll be back to normal in no time. My laundry piles will thank them!

We are so excited to share Christmas with them, and will be sure to take plenty of pictures!