My C. D. Family: My Babies

For anyone that doesn't already know (LOL yeah right! That person doesn't exist!) I have two young children; Cain, who is my 20 month old son, and Caira, my 5 month old daughter.
I decided to write this blog because they both just keep amazing me, and I would be updating my Facebook status every 2 seconds if I would try to share their adventures through that site.

Ok, so Cain was born 2 months premature, right, well at the time, while he was growing and developing into the little boy he is now, I always thought he was normal. Yes, he was obviously smaller than other babies his age, but he didn't have much of a developmental delay. Maybe a few weeks at most.
Looking back now that I have another little one, he was completely different from "normal" babies
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Cain at 6.5 months old

I can't believe how fast Caira is growing up, and the way she moves and does things. You can tell she really knows what she's doing and does it intentionally. lol For example, she is rolling all through the office as "we" "speak" (I write) She spots something on the floor, and within a few seconds she is holding it in her hand. CRAZY. Cain never really did that. I knew he could roll, he had done it before, once or twice, but he just didn't seem very interested. He usually just laid in the position you would lay him in, and be perfectly content for 15-30 minutes on end.

Same thing with toes. "Has your baby discovered their feet/toes yet?" umm.... As a parent of a preemie (or maybe just MY preemie) that's a very difficult question to answer. He most likely knew his toes were there, but he didn't care about them enough to grab them.. Caira, however, is textbook! She started grabbing her toes a week or 3 ago, and I initially didn't think anything of it, since Cain never really did anything systematically. Like I said, Caira does things knowingly and with purpose. "I'm gonna play with my toes for a while now!"

Caira 5.5 months old

She started crawling backwards a week or 2 ago, and pulling herself forward last week. I am so impressed with her and how fast she is learning, but I guess it's just how the average baby does it.

Don't get me wrong though, my little boy is a clever one! Just a minute ago, he came walking in with his Polyp (lol oma!!), said "hey, look!" pointed at it's face when I looked, and said "glasses". He is learning new words every day. I feel like I can actually have "conversations" with him. Yesterday, at lunch Caira was making all the noise in the world. I asked Cain "Do you like noisy, or quiet?" He said "Quiet." And covered his ears. The loudest toddler in the world, saying he likes it when it's quiet. lol

Cain is so much fun, and Caira is such a cutie, I am so lucky to have such easy kids!! LOL