Eliana has entered a phase where she won't cooperate for pictures. (Notice the sullen look in the picture above.) Only once a blue moon does she decide to flash us a nice smile when we have the camera pointed at her.
Karina is much more cooperative and free with her smiles.
The tulips were not very exciting for Eliana. But the farm had a playground. Eliana enjoyed this swing, which is a car tire cut and bent into the shape of a horse.
Apparently the owners of the farm are originally from Holland. The Farm is called the Wooden Shoe Farm.
The farm had these fun paintings with cut-outs for your face. Eliana quite enjoyed these.
She enjoyed even more riding on the Cow Train. They were converted 50 gallon drums pulled by a mini-tractor. It was a very bumpy ride, but well worth the $2.
Karina is growing and developing more and more each week. She had her 9-month check up and weighed in at 22 pounds. Also, her noggin was even farther off the charts than before. She still can't crawl, but after getting her assessed by a physical therapist, we realized that it was because we didn't put her on her tummy enough. She used to hate being on her tummy, so we hadn't pushed the issue. Her pediatrician says that learning to crawl is actually pretty important, so we've made a point of giving her tummy time several times a day. In the two weeks we've done this, she's actually progressed pretty quickly and can now scooch...backwards that it. But at least that's better than being 100% immobile, which is where she was 2 weeks ago.
She's also getting more coordinated with her hands. She thinks it's fun to look through this container lid.
And Karina continues to be a great eater. Although she's teething and has two teeth on the top coming in, they're just barely poking through. So for now, we give her soft foods to eat. She used to like being fed with a spoon. But now that's not good enough. She wants to feed herself.
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