2-Year update

We spent the girls 2nd birthday in Michigan visiting family! We had a great trip....drove through the UP this time and the girls got to play on the beach for the first time and loved it! They did really great in the car, thanks to our best friend Elmo. No pics of the beach but there's a few of their Elmo cake...which was a hit!

Whats new with me:
Well I am happy to say that we'll have 3 babies under the age of 3 by the end of the year!! The girls will be big sisters this November. I'm feeling great and this pregnancy is flying by and is a breeze compared to the twins. Just started to see the baby kick this week!

Whats new with the girls:
I absolutely love this age, here are a few of my favorite things:
Kate singing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"
Natalie being a little stinker at night time by crawling into bed with Kate, falling asleep at the door, turning the lights on, emptying all the drawers
Natalie kissing my ouchies
The girls telling daddy they love him "THIS MUCH"
How excited they get for their M&M treat after going potty. Kate likes the orange ones, Natalie likes the blue
When Kate does her happy dance
Natalie telling Kate to "Take Turns" or "Share"
Kate making coffee with Daddy in the morning
Natalie telling Kate she'll be "Ok" when she is sad
How excited they get when "Muffin Man" comes on
How hard they giggle when they are tackling each other
The fact that Kate can chug her milk in 2 minutes, but it takes Natalie at least 10 minutes to drink it all
When they wake up at 6am yelling "Dadda, Dadda" and then he takes them downstairs to make banana or blueberry pancakes
Kate talking about gramma's kitty cat nonstop since we got home
How excited the girls get when we tell them how pretty they look after putting on their PJs
Too much to list, but those are just a few that come to mind.

Easter

Hi! No time to write....just trying to get some new pics out here. The picture of the girls in the stroller is from our trip to the Wisconsin Dells. (We have the same picture from a year ago....its funny to see how they've changed in one year. See the March 09 Blog post) There are a few pics of the girls right after they woke up from a nap in their crib. I just love walking into their room after they wake up. They are in such good moods and are so goofy. Then lastly I've put some pictures of the girls first Easter egg hunt around the house. The girls are doing great and have such little personalities right now. I'm not even going to try to type everything that they are into because I know I'll miss too much.....next blog entry. :)

Winter update

Hi! I thought I would throw some newer pics out here since its been a while and give an update on whats new around here! So whats new.... The girls are about 20 months old now and are just my whole world!



They have really started to talk up a storm lately...
Words include:
Mama, Dada (FINALLY!!!)
Hi-eee, Ba-bye, Ello, Thankyou, Nana, More, Milk, Up, Out, Why, Cheese, Juice, Wait, Doggy, Kitty Cat, Shoes, Socks, Boots, Coat, Eyes, Nose, Mouth, One, Two, Three, and many more I can't think of now...

Things that make me smile:
Natalie singing the chorous of Single Ladies... "Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh"
The girls giving each other kisses
They wake up in the morning and have little chats and laugh at each other in their cribs while mom and dad sleep in
They have hair...lots of it! Its straight and blond (weird) and long enough for pig tails

What they are into:
We're taking our first swim class on Saturday mornings. I think it takes us longer to get ready for the class than the actual class.
LOVE Elmo - we watched Elmo's world at least 20 times on the trip to Michigan...to this day I am still singing "Down Down Baby Elmo loves Karate, Down Down Baby Elmo shakes his Body".
They love wearing my shoes around the house

Its crazy sitting here on the couch where I spent 3 months of bed rest writing all the things they can do now! Its amazing how fast time has gone by. Well hopefully we can survive this COLD Minnesota winter!! I'll try to write again before summer! :)