From: Alston Family
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 9:49 PM
To: The Email Picture Group
Subject: 10 Month Old Babes
Well, these boys just keep getting older!
Whoever said babies get easier once they can sit up and move
around, did NOT have twins!
They are in such a fun stage right now, learning new things
everyday (literally!)
Braden - he now waves hello (when he wants), and claps his hands
(it has happen three times...). He loves to tackle his brother,
grabbing on tight as Whalen drags him along. He is getting a lot
stronger in the pulling up and doing some cruising (taking steps
hanging on to objects) and can stand on his own, unassisted, for
about 1/2 sec so far. When my parents were here they taught him
to give them a "high-five" hand clap, although he had been
clapping on our hands for a while now too (a "low-five").
Whalen - He can now stand on his own for quiet a while (usually
when he is not concentrating on it) and is SOOOOOOOOO close to
taking his first steps. Yesterday he took a step and a
half before crumpling. Gideon and I decided he has to take 4
steps for it to be official. He has said his first word: doggy
although it sounds more like "Dah", but he definitely knows what
he is saying. He loves to play ball (rolls or throws back and
forth with us), and has recently (unfortunately) learned how to
climb up on the
couch!
Both boys love their stacked cups right now - particularly
knocking OVER the stacked cups, that grammy and grampy O brought
for them, and they have been really getting into their new
kiddie pool. They both have been saying Dada and Mama for a
while now, but it tends to be fairly indiscriminate between the
2 of us. They both learned to blow bubbles a little while back,
which you can hear them do because they say: "Mwah" at the same
time (I was just reminded while talking to Gid and hearing
Whalen in the background doing this!), and enjoy imitating
sounds and motions. They love exploring new rooms, new places,
new objects, and have had good times with new visitors and
visits (like up to Ashland for the 4th of July).
Hope all is well,
Naseem O. Alston
