WOW .. really been a long time

My goodness ... I'm horrible at this blog thing. I'm going to make an honest effort to write more!! Well, lets see .. the girls are now almost 9 months old!! Where has the time gone? It goes by so fast. As far as milestones:
SHELBY:
1. She can sit up all on her own (happened on her 8 month b-day)
2. She can sign "milk"
3. She can stand on her legs with a lot of strength now (used to be NO strength, we were actually getting pretty worried)
4. She can clap! All you have to do is say "clap, clap" and she does it :)
5. She has a great grasp of toys and small objects; she's a pro.
6. She takes the spoon well now - she wasn't doing so well with that in the beginning.
7. She loves to babble - she first said "Da-da" on Nov. 22nd

MORGAN:
1. She still can't sit up as well as Shelby. She does, but either pushes back or just falls to the side. I think she's got it in her to do it, but she just gets distracted.
2. She can clap! (just started yesterday)
3. She has been standing like a pro for about 3 months now!! She can even stand while holding onto the couch!!
4. She also has an awesome grasp of objects.
5. She LOVES to eat and has always taken the spoon well.
6. She also loves to babble. She makes funny noises with her tongue .. it's so cute!
7. No signing yet - but hopefully soon!

I would say about 2 weeks ago they really started to notice each other. I had heard it happens generally around 9 months, so I was really looking forward to it.