On Thanksgiving the girls turned 9-months old. However, we waited until this nice frigid day to take them in for their well-baby checks. They are boy doing super and were great entertainers for everyone in the waiting room. We were the last two appointments of the day and our doctor was running behind so we waited a good 45-minutes in the waiting room and then another at least 15 in the exam room. Thankfully our day care mom gave them a snack before I picked them up but they were still hungry by the time we finally got to our room. Ari ended up eating right before getting weighed but Brynn was able to wait. Then we got to hear the melt-down on the way home as their milk was not enough for these growing girls and we were not 30 minutes late for dinner and still had a 30-minute drive home! Luckily they both fell asleep and took a bonus nap.
Developmentally they girls are in the 11-15 month range for everything from physical to language. They only real difference between the two is that Ari is doing a little more physically and Brynn talks more! They love to wave bye-bye , pull up on things, starting to cruise, and they race crawling up and down the hallway…I wonder who taught them that?!
They like to explore things. After we get home from work they like to go with Daddy to play in our room while he changes out of his work clothes, also known as putting on his pajamas. While he is changing the take this opportunity to sneak into our closet and pull down all of my clothes from their hangers and dig around in the random things I thought I had so cleverly put away. Now this is their favorite place to play. In the past if we have left the lights off in our room and even down the hallway they have stayed out of those areas. This week they decided they don’t care if they can’t see they are going in there. Tonight I watched the race down the hall and into my closet, in the complete dark. I went after them and could not see them, but could hear them laughing like crazy.
On the trip to the doctor’s office today they were in super moods. They were talking back and forth and laughing hysterically. I had to turn off the radio so I could listen to them because it was so cute. One would talk and the other would laugh and then the would switch. Johann thinks they have their own language and I am starting to think so too.
Their doctor asked if we had any concerns about the girls. The only real concern for us is that they wake up 1-hour after going to bed, almost always. She is wondering if it is an acid reflux, which would also explain some of their spitting up that has continued. We are going to try a small dose of Zantac and see if that helps at all. We are hoping so as it might improve nap time as well. At night they can get themselves back to sleep, as long as we are at home, but nap time is a different story. The only other concern is that they always need to be touching someone. I guess it just means that they love each other and want to be loved! This is only a concern when they start laying on kids that are smaller than them. They don’t do it to be mean, just to be able to be touching someone.
Here are their stats for 9-months
Arianna: 22lbs 2oz at 92%, 29 inches at 90%, and big head at 96%
Brynn: 20lbs 12oz at 77%, 28 inches at 76%, and head at 85%
Both girls seem to be following the predicted curve on the growth chart. At this rate if we double what they are predicted to be on their 2nd birthday Arianna will be 6 feet tall and Brynn will be about 5′8″. This will be interesting to see how it all works out.
Here is a picture of the girls enjoying touching each other…and yes Ari is playing with an ornament that she is constantly taking off the tree.

They did start on their own pillows but then Ari moved over to be by sissy.