Happy Half Birthday

Today my sweet little bundles of joy turned 6 months old. Excuse me while I wipe my eyes....I know I've said it a million times but I can't believe how fast the time has gone. I really need life to slow down a little because they are going to be in kindergarten before I know it! I took their monthly picture by the sign like I always do. However, Stella was very uninterested in paying attention and smiling for the camera. I don't have a very good picture of her because she just wanted to play with the sign. By the end she destroyed it. I'm going to have to get a little more creative from here on out, I guess. Mya, on the other hand, is becoming quite the ham. She couldn't wipe the smile off of her face today, which I LOVE!
Yes, that's my sign all crumbled up...
Love their little hands in this one...Ok, so for an update on each of my girls...
*Mya Alyse is sitting up unassisted. She had been tipping over after a few seconds before and then all of a sudden 2 days ago she sat up and stayed there for about 3 minutes. She can play with a toy in her hand and even shake it without falling over! You will see that she is sitting up in her monthly update pic! She absolutely hated rice cereal for all 4 days that she had to try it. However, today we got to try banana and she really liked that. She is warming up to the sippy cup with water in it. She "talks" all the time and it is really starting to sound like the beginning of words - "ba", "ma", "ga" etc. She is constantly on the move and into everything. The other day Wes left some school papers on the floor (he should have known better) and we walked out of the room. We came back to the paper all crumpled up and Mya sucking on it. Apparently it was an important spreadsheet with student reading scores on it. He said "Uh oh, my Daughter ate my homework" LOL. You could still read it but the ink was all smudged. She also is very into different textures and wants to touch everything. She's a big face toucher too, but then she just squeezes your skin and it kind of hurts. I'm constantly cutting her nails for this reason! She is such a sweet baby and I fall more in love with her everyday!
*Stella Grace is becoming quite the talker. She is also babbling like her sister and it is so cute to see them have a "conversation". Stella is also very mobile. She rolls and scooches everywhere. Normally Ifind her under the swing or up sucking on the entertainment center. Naturally they explore with their mouth and EVERYTHING goes in there! Including one of Milo's toys once - ewwwww! She really took to eating the rice cereal, but strangely wasn't very into the banana. She was never as dramatic as Mya about not liking it, but she had a look on her face like "What IS this?" She is still very much a Mommy's girl, but is slowly loosening up with other people. She LOVES her sister and the second she sees Mya her face lights up and she starts talking to her. They both love to touch each other and I have to be right there all the time or they will "lovingly" pull on an ear or poke an eye. They are both going to sleep much easier in their sleep sacks and for the most part sleep all night. Stella takes a bottle (the few times she's been given one) very well and chugs it! I'm glad about that because that would be a real battle for Lisa if she wasn't interested in having a bottle. She is very snuggly when she gets tired and Wes says there isn't anything in the world like the feeling he gets when his daughters snuggle into his neck after a long day at work. Stella is very sassy and I look forward to seeing more of her personality as she grows up (and yes you can remind me I said that when she's a teenager!). I love her so stinkin' much and I feel so blessed to have such perfect children. P.S.Remember that her pictures are blurry and not that great because she did not want her picture taken today. I tried for a long time!