Some more firsts

Well, there were a lot of new things this week.  Our nanny started and we are so excited to have her.  She sings and reads and makes the girls laugh.  While it was hard for me to go back to work this week, difficult for me to be away from them all day, but I was never concerned for their well-being.  Nicki even had some fun and spiked Sammy J's hair.

Then we had our first hurricane, well, sort of.  We didn't even lose power and had stronger wind gusts one night back in the spring when Nana was here.  We slept through it.  But, a first is a first, even a little one.  We also had our first earthquake, which was even a first for me and Dave (though Dave didn't feel it).  So weird down here.  They used to say that California would break off and fall into the ocean but I'm starting to wonder about the east coast now.  First an earthquake and then a weird hurricane that hits every state on the eastern seaboard?  

Anyway, I think we are getting teeth around here!  Samantha gets kind of cranky for about 20 seconds and then is fine, kind of like she gets a wave of pain and then it goes away.  She sticks everything she can find in her mouth and drools everywhere.  She has also taken to spitting and sticking her tongue in and out: tbhhht!  Ridiculous!  Catherine is drooling too but it is not as intense as Sam and she rarely spits, though she likes to suck on fabric, including clothes.  Maybe dresses aren't the best choice right now :-)

  

Samantha has been starting to laugh, and it is so cute.  Catherine has been laughing a lot now and she even squeals.  She's also starting to like dancing, which has been one of Samantha's favorite things.

Samantha also held the bottle by herself (if it is not too full)

  

Here we are dressed up in our church clothes.

The girls are reaching out and grasping on to toys.  It is exciting to watch them begin to discover the world around them.

Catherine has come so close to rolling over from her back to her tummy but her thumb in her mouth has been getting in the way.  Today she finally did it!  And she was so excited that she squealed and now whenever she is on her back she tried to do it again.  So far today she's done it 5 times.  Now she's tired and is napping.

Most importantly, the girls got to meet our Pops for the first time.  He wouldn't put them down and kept them laughing.  We can't wait to see him again.