Playing on a rainy weekend

We had such big plans this weekend. Well, not big plans, but we were at least going to get out of the house. Where do you go when it's pouring all weekend with two 9 month olds (yes, 9 months yesterday!) who are tired of playing on the rug in the living room? Unfortunately the girls didn't get the memo that you are supposed to sleep in on a rainy Saturday either.

One thing you do is put "Little Einsteins" on the Disney Channel. They sit completely engrossed, for about 5 minutes...

So then we play and bang toys on this stool. All very exciting stuff.

Thankfully Erin came to visit today; the girls do like their Erin time.

Moving moving moving

Hailey, never one to like being left off the blog, found herself under the chair in the living room yesterday as a result of the backwards scoot on her belly. It was almost as though she read Monday's post and decided to present us with a photo op that demonstrated her "crawling" ability as well.

Then there's Riley who is just silly.

Here is a video of Hailey eating Zweiback toast. It's one of her favorite things, and one of Chris and my favorite things to watch. She's very serious about her toast and has sat like this for a good 20 minutes until she's had enough and throws it on the floor. The video is not 20 minutes long, but just 30 seconds or so of her munching. No sound required (unfortunately, you can't hear her little teeth crunching on it, which is also funny).

Need More Cornbread

The girls added cornbread to their list of favorite foods (which includes yogurt, zweiback toast and apple crisp finger foods) this weekend. We all went out for dinner Saturday with our friends Josh and Kristina to a new BBQ place in Brookline called the Roadhouse. They were both very happy to be out and seemed to have fun for the full 2 1/2 hours we were there. Hailey flirted with Josh the whole time, even though he tried to feed her jalapeno cornbread. Maybe next time they will get to try the ribs.

Check out the awesome high chair covers that Grandma Gerry gave us. We use them in the grocery carts too. They make very disgusting public high chairs nice and cozy.


The girls are interacting with each other much more these days. They have started laughing at each other too. Maybe someday I'll be able to catch them to take a picture before they get distracted and want to eat the camera.

Riley is about ready to take off in these last couple of pictures. She hasn't done much more than rock back and forth on her hands and knees and plop onto her belly.

And pull herself onto her knees!

Don't fear, Hailey is just as mobile, just in a different way. She has mastered the backwards scoot on her belly, but you can't capture that in a picture because it looks the same as laying on her belly.

Here Comes Fall!

We're getting out the cold weather (and bigger sized) clothes and getting ready to bundle up. Apparently Riley is ready to wrap herself in blankets too.


I feel like I've been saying this for weeks, but they're so close to crawling!! Very soon.

Today's Tooth Total

Here at the Sheehan household we are obsessed with teeth. Perhaps because it seems like we get a couple new ones every week. Hailey is up to 3, probably soon to be 4. Riley's top two are now really noticeable and have changed her smile completely, and have turned into little weapons, as evidenced by the teeth marks on my shoulder. Hopefully that doesn't turn into a habit.


Hailey's smile doesn't show off her teeth like Riley's does. Riley's always had the gummier, now toothier, smile. Sometimes I wonder if they really are identical. It's weird. (They are, we have medical proof.)