Eight months with Cordelia and Estella

Time is flying by -- Cordelia and Estella are eight months old today! Both are growing well and developing new skills every day.

Here is a picture I took of the girls on their eight-month birthday. Estella is on the left and Cordelia is on the right:


Here is a look back at our little girls and how they have grown in the past eight months:

Cordelia, newborn:


Cordelia, two months old:


Cordelia, four months old:


Cordelia, six months old:


Now eight months old, Cordelia has started developing some left-alone-anxiety. It isn't quite stranger anxiety, because she doesn't mind being held by people who aren't Dale or me, but she really doesn't like to be left alone in a room. If I put her down to play and then leave the room, Cordelia will start to cry. Sometimes she stops after ten seconds and sometimes she continues crying for ten minutes! Having Estella in the same room doesn't help, but if Adelaida is there, Cordelia will usually stay happy. Cordelia is fascinated by Adelaida. She loves to watch her big sister and especially loves it when Adelaida gives her toys.


Estella, newborn:


Estella, two months old:


Estella, four months old:


Estella, six months old:


Now eight months old, Estella is most definitely mobile. She has been crawling for two months but has just learned to sit up by herself today! She is pretty independent and generally doesn't notice or care whether anyone else is in the room with her. When put on the floor, she scans around the room, hones in on an object that she wants (often a shoe, sometimes a toy), and crawls straight toward it, even if that means crawling over other objects (toys, Cordelia, Dale's leg) to get it! She loves to chew on things and makes the most beautiful baby noises when she is playing with her toys.


With Estella crawling and Cordelia rolling, getting a picture of the two of them together was not easy. But I did get a few, and noticed that they both have their left legs raised! It isn't often that they are doing the same thing or in the same pose, but neither of them would put their legs down for this picture!