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Change is in the air.  It's not just that we are entering winter and have had our first snow that stuck, but Camilla and Lorelei are growing and changing faster than we can keep up with. Camilla is such a little ball of joy and energy. She loves to roll around the floor, play in her saucer (you know that chair that spins around a tray of toys), and smile and laugh with about anyone who lays eyes on her.  She especially cracks up around Lorelei and when I tickle her belly with kisses. Physically, she is getting so big that when I hold her to feed her, my arm always falls asleep under the weight of her head; I blame her, rather large head, on her father's genes. Although, we always say, "Big head, big brain!"  We don't have her doctor's appointment until next week, but I believe she must be tipping the scale at 15 lbs.  She is also chewing and sucking on almost all toys and fingers she can get her hands on. Teeth may be emerging soon.  She is such a sweet, happy, and mellow baby, but at night lately, we say her "inner Lorelei" is rearing her non-sleeping head because at 3 a.m. most mornings she is rolling around in her bassinet making pig/dinosaur type snorting noises.  She wants to eat and be held, for what seems, like the rest of the morning until she finally wakes around 6:30 a.m.  She is almost able to sit up on her own and right now she can hold herself up with the assistance of a boppy or bumbo (I love the names that are given to baby equipment!)  Lorelei is also continuing to change every month, which astounds me. I think I have her figured out, and then she learns a new skill or trick.  She has increased her running speed and I find it difficult to catch her these days. She thinks this is quite hilarious. John and her play a game at night where they run through the house as different animals. Her favorite seems to be the eagle. She also usually chooses to do things, that I normally wouldn't allow, when I'm feeding Camilla and can't get to her. Smart little cookie! She has mastered the Roku remote in order to channel surf her favorite shows (still Dora, and also Curious George and Sean the Sheep) and singing "The Farmer and the Dell". Recently, she has started to really pronounce her "R's", so instead of saying "Famer and the Dell" she really pronounces, "Farmer".  I take her to an art class once a week. It's been fun having special alone time with her.  I try to help her with her artwork, but she is still firmly in the, "I do it" stage.  This carries over to the kitchen now too. She says, "I want to watch you cook food", but she really means, "I'm going to make dinner". She is an expert mixer and pourer. I hope she soon learns how to use a knife and the stove so she can cook dinner for us (just kidding, Mom; definitely no knives until she is atleast 5!). Then she says at dinner, "You're a good cook. So yummy. So delicious." She is an independent firecracker and also a little sweetheart who loves to hug and kiss her family and friends and says, "I love you, Mommy. I love you Daddy. I love you Camilla", every night before bed.  Being a mom is such a joy and I'm so excited that two of my sister in laws will be having babies this May. Congratulations Ann Marie and Arella (and to you Dads, Josh and Justin!)