11 months

It is hard to believe that the munchkins are almost a year old! Our posed monthly photo shoot is nearly impossible these days...

Now that Claire is a proficient crawler she makes a break for it and heads upstairs when she is ready to be done with pictures.

Sleeping: the girls go to bed between 6:00-6:30 (although we aren't super strict about bedtime and if we are out of town sometimes it is 8 or later). They still get up during night- a habit we can hopefully break them of soon. They are better sleepers on nights when Justin is working- he claims I probably just sleep through their crying, but I think he ends up waking them up when he is up for his 1 am meal (working nights does crazy things to your appetite). The girls are typically up for the day at 6:30 in the morning, but today they let me sleep in until nearly 8.

Size: they haven't been weighed since their 9 months appointment, but I would suspect Audrey weighs at least 25 lbs and Claire is probably around 17. They are all over the place with clothes sizes- I moved Claire out of her 9 month jammies because she is such a wiggle worm it was nearly impossible to get her in those suckers (at a childhood birthday party we played a game that involved passing a watermelon slathered with crisco. Now imagine said watermelon had flailing appendages and you have an idea what it is like to dress her). Anyways, I'm not sure why none of her nine month pjs had zippers, but I was sick of the daily battle so I moved her up to the 12 month size. Audrey wears 18 month jammies. As far as regular clothes, they are mostly in 12 months, but Audrey has a few things in 18-24 mo and 2t- baby gap seems to run a bit small (which is a bit weird, as their women's clothing is definitely victim to vanity sizing). 

Developmental: the girls both chatter up a storm. They haven't officially said their first word, but I've heard mama in the babble. They can both stand unassisted, and I predict that Claire will be walking by her first birthday. She can really cruise when she had something to push! Audrey isn't as interested in walking. But she certainly can crawl fast. I've packed up a lot of their baby toys *sniffle*. Currently their favorites are their piano, shopping cart, activity walker, drum set, and baby dolls. Although they would really just prefer it if they could have about 10 minutes unsupervised in the baking cabinet...