Wow, I cannot believe how much these girls have grown in 12 short weeks! I had them weighed today, and Emily has outpaced her sister. Up until now, Addison has had 5 or more ounces on Emily, but today, Addison came in at 10 pounds and Emily at 10 pounds, 4 ounces!
They are constantly learning and changing, too. They have both been making eye contact for quite some time, now, and they have been smiling at and talking to anyone who will listen for the past couple of weeks. While adults are able to maintain eye contact with them and keep their attention in a cooing conversation, they have not been able to catch each other's eyes....until recently. Last week, they were eating and looked across at each other. They made and kept eye contact almost through the whole meal.
Addison loves when people talk to her, and she will smile so big it looks like she's going to burst. She smiles wide, turns to the side, and gives a little explosion of a chuckle, like she just can't contain her joy.
Emily loves to study people's faces, and has recently found that her sister's face is quite interesting, too. I will catch her staring at Addison, even if Addison is not paying any attention to her.
While Addison is very social with adults, Emily seems to find kids and babies very fun. Last week at the playground, a little three year old named Madison came over to our blanket to meet the girls. Madison wanted to know all about them, and was very enthusiastic in talking to them. Emily smiled wide for Madison and gooed and gahed. When Madison gave them hugs goodbye and left to play on the playground, Emily cried because she no longer had the special attention of her new friend.
Today at mom's group, Emily was laying next to a 12 week old named Olivia. Olivia is also a very social little girl, and she and Emily had quite a long conversation full of smiles and chuckles.
We had a yoga lesson at mom's group, and the instructor (who taught my prenatal yoga class as well) borrowed Addison to lead the group. Addison did very well as the model baby, and everyone thought she was super cute.
In April, I had a set of four year old twins come up to meet the girls in Safeway. The little girl observed that "that one has a pink pluggie, and that one has a green pluggie." 
