More Milestones!

Austen is going 100 miles an hour these days. She is currently getting four new teeth at once (ouch!) and has been a great sport about it. Once these four are through (almost - I think one or two are just starting to poke through), that will make seven teeth, including a molar. And here I was "worried" that she was getting her teeth late.
As of yesterday, Austen is cruising around on the furniture, and letting go for seconds at a time. She has tried to take a step here and there, but hasn't gotten anywhere before plunking down. She wants to be like her big sister so badly...we are thinking she will walk before Kaitlyn did. If anyone remembers, she didn't walk until a little after 15 months.
Austen says "bye-bye" while waving pretty clearly, and that's the only one we know she is saying for sure. We swear she says "go" to Riley because Mom and Dad are always saying that to him. ;-)
Kaitlyn is talking up a storm...she says 4+ word sentences all the time and things come out of her mouth that we didn't know she had the knowledge to say. Before I left for work the other morning she said, "Bye! Have fun at school today Mommy!" Last week, Austen had JUST fallen asleep for a much-needed nap, when Kaitlyn decided to go in to check on her. By the time I realized what she was doing, she had one leg on its way over the crib rail, Austen is wailing, and Kaitlyn is sweetly asking her, "What's the problem, Austen?" One more is that we will ask Kaitlyn in the car if Austen is sleeping, since we can't see her face with her seat facing backwards. Kaitlyn will look over at her and say, "No, she's not sleepin'...she's awake." This is only to find Austen totally zonked out when we reach our destination.
Anyway, I don't know if I've mentioned that I'm getting our blog printed in a book, so I am trying to include milestones, stories, etc. that I will want to remember. This will take place of the baby books that didn't happen. :-)

Kaitlyn is FINALLY smiling for the camera...happy Mama! We have constant colds around here from about October to May, so excuse the red nose. :-)

Jeff and I went out on Saturday for my 30th birthday. The girls went to my parents' house for the night, and we stayed in a hotel in downtown Seattle. We had so much fun...Cheesecake Factory for dinner and then off to different places for drinks. It was so nice to be out just the two of us. Welcome, 30s!