They are little girls!

They just aren't babies anymore. What happened? Actually, I think I read about babies "growing up" after an illness on the Vaccinations Forum somewhere. Well, they are healed, and Sunday night at Mare they got their appetites back. They both ate a little salted cod (man, it was good--gotta find a recipe), a little gnocchi, a little scallop, and lots of buttery zucchini. Plus some of my angel hair. I even ate a tiny bite of prosciutto that was in the amuse bouche--and I didn't die! Wow--that turned out to be more about excellent organic food (which I surprised myself by spelling correctly) than my babes.

But they are eating! Lots of egg this morning; their daily banana/homemade yogurt/cod liver oil smoothie; peanut butter on sourdough and on sprouted wheat bread with butter (they LOVE it, and I'm making peanut butter tomorrow); 2 bananas while we were at Trader Joe's (after the Kindermusik class that did NOT meet today--oops); blueberries; and lots of cucumber (and TJ's didn't have any organic ones--wah!). Plus plenty of nursing. Is it a growth spurt, or simply what is now normal? Lots of diapers. Boy, do I want to get them out of those. (Nico has suddenly started HATING having her diapers changed. No rash; I don't know why. Lena used to hate it but seems fine now.)

Our time with Dad and Anita was very good. The girls seem really connected to them--less shy than usual. Is it because they've grown up, or because they can tell that Grandma and Grandpa D really love them? I think this is their 7th trip up from SC since they've been born. Seriously, Nico reached for Anita's hand. And Dad and Lena were communing about something a couple times. It is very interesting for me to watch them really interact with people other than Chris and me. It's like seeing how they interpret how I act with others, but with their own absolutely individual twist. Cliches keep coming true; it is so accurate that I learn more about myself through them. I'm seriously trying to watch my language.

New girly things:

• They asked for their bunny ears again this morning. Grandma D really scored with that idea!
• All the eating!
• Nico's aversion to diaper changes has spread to bathtime. I hope nothing is hurting her. Hmmm.
• Daddy reports that Lena can get the circle piece into her puzzle. Both are very interested in their puzzles.
• Lena's obsession with all things pushable has resulted in the placement of the mini grocery carts in the basement. She pushes and pushes and pushes and can't let go and gets very upset. In fact, yesterday Mercy and I put the girls in the stroller to go to O'Brien's for wine for the awesome pot roast (we had them in Bjorns, but they didn't really fit with their coats)--Lena freaked so I took her out, and she had to push the stroller all the way to the store and back again while I was holding her at the waist. She tried to push mine and Mercy's hands off. She practically collapsed into an early nap when we got home.
• We're having homemade pizza tomorrow. The girls loved the ginger snaps I made today.