Bonus: Helmet Free

As of today, Arya is virtually helmet free. She has to wear it while she sleeps, like a child would wear a retainer after braces. A month from now she should be done with wearing it at night. When we started this, one of their measurements showed that her symmetry was off by 13 mm. Now, she's off by 2mm. I never imagined we'd get to that number as much higher than that is still within the normal range. I tried to take an after picture of her head today, but she's a busy kid and did not want to stand still. Her hair makes the back of her head look a little lopsided, but it's not. I've re-posted her before pic here as well.

After
Before

Eiley isn't as lucky as her sister. We knew going into this that her head shape would be the harder of the 2 to correct. She probably has at least 2 months left and possibly as many as 6. Each month we will evaluate how much her had has grown to see if it's beneficial to keep the helmet on or if her head is as good as it will get. At least she's making the most out of our money since the helmets are a flat fee and it doesn't change if you need a second helmet or if your child is in it for a really long time.

Way Back Wednesday

The girls are quickly coming up on their first birthday. I was updating their baby books the other night and found their wrist and ankle bands from the hospital. I can't believe how small they were. This is a comparison of the diapers they wore a year ago and what they wear today.

Sardines

We had sardines for lunch today. The kids liked them, but didn't love them. They've had other types of fish that they really liked. I'll have to try them again soon to get the girls used to them.

Sardines are one of those things that my family ate when I was a child, so they seem normal to me to eat. We also ate kipper snacks. Yum!

He Said, She Said

Things said around this house recently:
-Eiley, you don't follow directions very well.

-Back on the horse. Back on the horse. Back on the horse. Back on the horse. (This is Cork trying to distract one of the kids. It wasn't working.)

-Arya, keep your diaper on.

-She's eating a cracker off the floor.
+Wonderful
-She eats shoes, so why not a cracker.

-Your sister is not a step.

-No licking the table.

-Eiley. Eiley!
+That's Arya.
-Okay, Arya.

-Do not eat the ottoman.

-Eiley's forehead is looking more like Arya's....wait, that is Arya.


Both girls figured out how to turn sideways to get out of our sliding door. I often leave it cracked when the cats are outside and the kids are inside. Looks like that's not going to work any longer.

Up

There is a lot of looking up going on around here. It's about time for our monthly helmet appointment. Both kids have to look up to see just about anything. I feel bad, but they are used to it and it shouldn't last much longer.

Wedding Clothes

Cork and I went to the wedding of a good high school friend today. We had so much fun. The bride requested that we all wear bad/old wedding party type clothes. The top of my dress was cute, but it got bad fast as you looked down it. It was so short and poofy that I had to wear shorts under it. For some reason the back was cut shorter than the front. My purple pleather shoes didn't even make it through the ceremony before they were falling apart. I really wish they hadn't as they would have been great to wear for another party later on. You just don't find royal purple heels with bows every day.
Cork's suite was genuine 100% polyester. It and my dress were about as breathable as you'd expect. I'm not sure which of us was worse off, him in the polyester or me with all the layers of tulle under my skirt.
People got really into the outfits. There were all sorts of sequence, polyester, sparkles and bows. One couple even showed up dressed as Amish.

Fork Queue

I gave the twinks forks today for the first time. Eiley immediately tried to use it correctly. After a couple stabs with no luck, she gave up and proceeded to use her fingers instead. Usually I give them a spoon for meals, but they don't ever try to use it to eat, they just play with it. I told Cork that I thought we needed a second set of flatware for the kids and his response was that they were going to be a very expensive set. The sets come from IKEA and we can't seem to go there and only get the few things on our list.