17 Months Old!!

In honor of B&K's 17 mo birthday I'm going to attempt to document 17 things about them:

1. BENNETT IS CRAWLING!!!! He started really moving 4th of July weekend and he is getting faster every day. He will also pull up to his knees. We are super duper proud of him.

2. Kendyll LOVES to be chased. While she would do much better if she were crawling, normally she'll grab something and start "walking" on her knees away from you, looking back to see if she is going to be caught.

3. B&K's favorite word is "no". Meaning, they think it is HILARIOUS when you tell them "no" to something . . . full-on belly giggles ensue. Fun times.

4. They are both trying to repeat words more often, but of course it doesn't really sound like what it is supposed to sound like.

5. Bennett can say: mama, dada, dog, baybe (for Tabasco), yeah and occasionally duck (which sounds more like the f-word).

6. Kendyll can say: mama, dada, dog (which sounds like dug), yeah, hot and occasionally a hi. Her favorite word by far, though, is uh-oh (which she hums more than says, but it super fun to hear her go "uh oh" over & over & over & over again on the monitor when she purposely throws her blanket out of her crib in the morning).

7. Now that B is mobile they seem to be playing together a bit more nicely. They will crack each other up and will tolerate the toy stealing a bit better (on both parts).

8. They LOVE bath time and playing in the baby pool. Bennett a bit more than Kendyll, but it is a good time distraction nevertheless.

9. Kendyll loves to sing. All.the.time. She hums to herself, she will sing with words you can't understand -- the girl loves music. She also likes to dance (as does Bennett).

10. Bennett is super smart. There - I said it. The boy can take apart and put back together correctly almost anything. He even figures out where things go (i.e. the ball in the ball popper) without being shown.

11. Kendyll is also good at taking apart & putting together things (like Lego's).

12. Bennett makes a gulping sound when he is chugging his milk or juice. Super funny.

13. Kendyll loves her baby doll (or any stuffed animal). She'll pick it up and hug and rock it (and then proceed to slam it into the ground).

14. We have transitioned them to one nap a day. Some days it is an awesome thing (like Saturday when they took a 3+ hour nap!) and others it is not so great (like yesterday when they woke up earlier than normal and only to a 2 hour - interrupted by Kendyll screaming twice - nap). We're still working on it . . .

15. They love to roam the house . . . we've been letting them "out" in the evenings and you'd think we had taken them to Disney or something.

16. They both love to read. They'll open any book and point out all of the objects, turn the pages and "read" aloud to you.

17. The cutest thing is when they make each other laugh in their room -- we will hear them crack up every so often and it makes me wish we had a video monitor so I could see what they are up to. :)

Birthday pics to come soon (fingers crossed that they cooperate).