18 months old!

I can't believe the twins are 18 months old already! They are growing up so fast and doing so many new things (or really, getting into so many new things). We had our 18 month check up today and everybody looked good. The twins are about 6 or 7 months ahead developmentally which the doctor said explains some of the reason why they're getting into more things than some of their little friends the same age (Jake managed to climb on top of the stroller canopy while in the doctors office!). He said it's common for kids to go through a spurt like that and jump ahead on the charts, then they'll plateau for a while, letting everyone catch up I guess. Bad thing is though that their little brains aren't developing that much...at least the reason/logic part of the brain. The pedi just laughed and said 3 is the magic age. Everything starts to click at that age and a lot of the developmental frustrations go away. While they're learning cause and effect, they can't grasp that when they jump off a table, they'll get hurt, they only remember they have fun falling. Even if they got hurt 2 seconds ago, they will do it again and again. Ugh!
The kids did great for the doc and we only had to get 2 shots today. I even walked out of there with 1 shot (flu shot)!!! The nurses of course did me first to try and show the kids it was okay, but Abby started crying even when I got a shot! Oh what fun.
The doc is finally switching Jake to soy since he's starting to have issues with cheese and said at 2 we can try to add milk back in. Yeah! No more formula!!! We got some soy cheese last week and it tastes horrible, but I'm hoping that if it's mixed in with stuff he'll still eat it. Cheese is one of the few things he'll eat and he needs it for the protein.
The pedi is also putting Jake on Claritin for allergies. We talk about putting him on something at every visit, but I just haven't wanted to put him on the meds yet, especially after the big recall last year with cold/cough/allergy medicine for kids. He said he's getting old enough and he's starting to get lots of coughs/runny noses. Since it's prime allergy season he wants him on it for a few days to help get things cleared up and then we'll only use it as needed.
Abby is still the bigger of the two; Jake just sits at the low end of the scale. Although he does have a bigger head!
Abby - 23 lbs 2 oz / 32"
Jake - 20 lbs 10 oz / 31"