Teething & Talking

Lukas and Maddox are both in the middle of getting new teeth. Currently, Maddox has two bottom teeth and is working on getting all four of her front top teeth. If you notice in recent pictures, Maddox does this really odd looking thing with her mouth that looks like she is pouting!  She is really grinding her teeth together! AHHHH the sound drives me crazy!

Lukas has his two bottom teeth and is working on getting his two front teeth.  They look HUGE compared to the two bottom teeth!

They have both been a bit more irritable than usual and are experiencing some of the other wonderful symptoms of teething, but for the most part, they are handling it like champions!!! They have been a bit restless at night and it breaks our hearts when they wake up in pain, but we do enjoy snuggling and rocking them back to sleep.

Up to this point, Lukas has been our talker.  He is constantly jibbering sounds.  However, last week he started saying "Mama" and not just as a noise....if he see's me...he says "Mama"!  Let me tell you, it is MUSIC to my ears!  When his Nana visited after a lot of coaxing, she got him to say "Nana" too!  She best be glad he had said "Mama" first, or she would have been in BIG trouble!

Maddox is was our quieter child.  However, she has recently begun to scream and jabber very loudly.  IT almost sounds like she is singing at times.  It is precious.  Cody got up with her the other morning and spent some Daddy/daughter time in the floor playing, while I got to sleep in.  From the bedroom, I hear Maddox talking and then all of a sudden she starts saying "Dada"!  I'm gone for 30 minutes and look what happens!  Ugh! 

I guess it is best that Lukas said "Mama" first and Maddox said "Dada" first, BUT  I wouldn't have cared one bit if they both had said "Mama" first! :-)

Here are some recent pics of the babies...