We have been so blessed with our kids. James could not be a sweeter big brother. He is so good to Randi and has really started enjoying playing 'with' her, not just 'around' her. These first couple of pictures are of them wrestling for the first time. Which really just means that James lays on the floor and Randi quickly crawls over and attacks him. Crawling on him & over him. Rolling on him. Pulling his hair. He takes it like a champ though, and when she gets bored and moves on, he tries to coax her to wrestle some more. (Please forgive the dirty clothes in the background. It was laundry day.)
Despite our efforts, Randi has fought us on eating eating anything besides cereal & jar food. Every time we would try, even something like mushy banana, she would gag & cry. This week we have made major progress though, and James decided he wanted to help. This was one of her first experiences with Puffs (little crunchy things that dissolve in their mouth to teach them how to chew). James was helping her figure out how to put them in her mouth. She has also fought us on using a sippy cup. She CAN drink from it, but she won't. She just teethes on the rubber mouth piece. So, we finally had to break down and start giving her juice in a bottle, even though we did not want to. As with everything else with these kiddos, they have been night & day with their development. James was eating table food well before we wanted him to, at 10 months, because he refused to eat anything besides what we ate. Randi on the other hand, is 10 months, and is just now learning how to chew. Oh well, we take it as it comes and try to make the best of it!
