Your in for a treat today. I realised I have gotten away from this blog being about the kids and the stages in thier lives and has turned more into a dairy, so today i am going back to the roots and only talking about the babies.
Thais- well as of the bad weather lately, Thais has learned to say, "It's raining". She is now putting several words together to make cute sentances like, "Mano coming" meaning Tiago is following her. Her and I have been playing games like chase, tag and hide'n seek. She doesnt exactly understand the hide part. As soon as i turn around from counting to ten. she jumps out to make sure i can see her instead of hiding and when its her turn to count and cover her eyes, she is always looking through her fingers. Ive been trying to teach her how to hold her fingers together in the 2 position but she cant do it and just claps her hands shut when i ask her, "quantos anos?" and then she says "dos, tres, quatro" doesnt understand she is supposed to stop at 2. We have also been trying to speak more portuguese to her in preperation for our trip to Brasil and she is understanding. She loves to make silly faces, jump, run and stand on her head. She colors and loves to read books. She can point things out now, like dog, cat, apple, banana, popcorn, ball, boat, ice cream, and others as we walk around or read books or on the tv. But her all time favorite things is dressing up. She LOVES shoes, bags, hats, clothes, jackets, necklaces.... but mainly shoes. she can spend an hr in our closet trying on all of our shoes, flip flops, ze's cleats, heels.. it dont matter she puts them all on. It is normal now to see her with someone elses shoes on walking down the hallway. She doesnt like when we are on the computer, she will push it out of the way and sit on our laps, so i try to get up early, stay up late or get on times like now where they are both asleep.
Tiago- more and more i can not stress how much this kid eats. i think Thais will start losing weight because Tiago eats all of her snacks i put out for her. He has eaten cubes of cheese, pretzels, pizza crust, tortilla, toast, cheetoes.... all the stuff he isnt supposed to. He does eat tons of rice, beans, meat, cheerioes, baby bisquits, baby stars and more. He is over his jarred food and just wants real food. He loves his sippy cup but loves his sisters cup more, even if they both have apple juice in them, he will take hers. I am still breast feeding him a few times a day and a few times at night. Its more of a comfort thing than anything else. Now in big boy news... he is starting to stand on his own. he has been standing while holding on for awhile now, but now he is letting go for a few moments at a time. He also loves when we hold his hands and walk with him down the hallway. He can even walk holding just one hand of ours. It s so cute and makes me so sad at the same time. I know Thais walked at 8 months, but i was really hoping Tiago wouldnt walk till he was a yr old, but i am pretty sure he will take his first steps while we are in brasil. Which is special in itself but he will probably be 10 months old. Tiago is fine now to be playing alone and be fine with it. he loves to bother his sister but he doesnt do it as much anymore. i will see them both with different toys in the same room, which is a relief for us trust me! Now i guess the cutest thing is Tiago will always be a mommy's boy, but as of late he is really loving his papa time too. The minute he sees papa he gets huge smiles and tries to jump up and down, he raised his arms or will crawl after ze down the hall way as soon as ze walks in the door.
Both- this is probably my proudest moment. last night tiago had fallen asleep on my boob and thais crawled up onto the couch with us. She leans over to his face and kisses him on his forehead, then looks at me and outs her finger to her mouth and says, "Shhhhh, night night" i was just about to cry tears of joy when she then proceeded to touch his closed eyes with her finger. But for a moment it was sweet. She now also likes to put stars and cheerioes in his mouth for him and hand him his sippy cup. I think it has finally dawned on her that he can play back. She will run down the hallway and he will scream and she thinks he is chasing her, even if he doesnt follow her, she will run back towards him and then they both scream of joyous laughter and do it all over again. This happens with a lot of things, around the coffee table, in the bedroom, outside...honestly i hear more laughing than crying this week than last. So i hope it lasts. There is nothing more precious than my babies playing together.
Well here are some pixs of the last few days. With the weather we havnt done much, hence the messy hair and pajamas, but we are still very busy as we prepare for our trip to brasil and move to the states for the winter.
-h
