First words

On July 13th Marcipan Piglet said mom to me, but the occasion was to sad to
post about. We were in the emergency room because she had scalded her leg
with some hot water from a thermos she knocked over, and she was calling
out to me to help. Poor little baby. She's fully healed now, but she was
unusually solemn for a long time after. She used to be a little ray of
sunshine, always smiling and grinning, but she's been more cautious and
fearful since.

Today I heard my Little Bean say her first word - which she already said
yesterday to her grandad when I didn't hear it! Today, luckily, she said it
again. My father was stacking blocks and reciting their colors, and as he
said "green" she repeated 'eeeen after him, grinning. He says she also said
blue yesterday.

MP now has six teeth. I didn't write down when she got them. LB is growing
her first bottom teeth, I can see them about to break through, and she
keeps licking her gum.

MP can stand up on her own, when she has something to balance against, and
she can crawl for real. LB is now very good at rolling, and good at pushing
up on her arms and dragging herself along. She can get most places she
wants to go, and doesn't ever hop on the back of her head and her heels
anymore. MP can climb off and on my bed at will now.

I finally framed the hand prints I took on their six months birthday, it
looks really cute. I think I'll do another print when they turn one.