Our First Birthday Party!

Last weekend we had a big party for the boys! They had so much fun! Here's the train cakes before we took them out!Here's the crowd with Kimberly catching the camera for a smile!
Here's more family and friends with Austin taking a look at the camera!

Here's some of the train cupcakes we made!

The boys showed everybody how much they love to eat chicken nuggets and fries!
Carson is trying to get Papa as he takes a picture!

Cade tries to get Papa, too! Notice the 4 front teeth on both of the boys!

The twins love their party hats!
Mommy and Daddy help the twins open presents!
The children played outside while we opened presents! Here's Mark Randall getting a ride from Jack and Austin as Uncle Adam supervises!

Time for cake! The babies enjoy being sung to!
They must be thinking Mommy and Daddy have gone crazy!
Carson was especially worried we may take it away, so he made sure to dive in!

Again here's the before!
After!

Our Day of Firsts!

On our First Birthday, 1/30/08, we did lots of things for the first time! We all took off work and Day Care for the day to celebrate!
Here's the before picture at the Barber Shop!

And Cade being so good while getting his first hair cut!
And Carson with the comb during his first haircut!

Rodney did a great job cutting their hair! He had envelopes ready for us to catch the hair, combs for them to hold while they sat so still, and suckers for the boys when it was all over. And he even gave them cute certificates for good conduct during a first hair cut! Here's Cade then Carson with their first suckers!

I knew they'd be good - but they sat so still and just watched him in the mirror! He said it was the best any baby had done - and there were 2 of course!

Well, they weren't so happy with us for taking away the suckers they were just given, so the after picture had to be snapped really quickly!

Then we had First Birthday pictures made at Olan Mills and even had individual pictures made since we're one year old now!

Lunch at Chick-Fil-A was a lot of fun with their first balloons on strings!

They also had their first ice cream - which they loved! I thought it would be too cold for them, but I guess since they drink cold whole milk now they should like ice cream!

Here's a picture of the boys riding in Daddy's big truck in the big boy carseats for the first legal day! They did test them out twice before now!

And here's the boys when we went out to play at home after going shopping at the StrideRite outlet for their first pairs of new tennis shoes!

And here we are back at home playing! Don't these babies look like little grown men now with their haircuts and big boy tennis shoes!

Here's Daddy giving the boys their birthday presents!

They are intrigued!

Cade is impressed, but Carson wants something he can play with!

They boys are ready for bed! We praise the Lord that they're one!

Here's the train cupcakes we made for their party at Day Care!

Here's the boys after their one year old check up the next day! They each weigh almost 21 pounds! The shots were awful painful this time, but the sweet receptionist gave them stickers and they were fine!

Here's Carson with GGD Bob who's in town for the big birthday party!

And here's Carson loving his Papa!

GGM Viv and Nana love to hold Cade and Carson, too! We're all getting very excited about the big party!

Tomorrow's the big day!

One day Carson thought he was our little toy because he climbed in this toy basket!
Then he tried to be a book (there's a basket back there with books in it)!
Cade and Carson love for Daddy to play with them while they take their bath!
Cade and Carson love dropping balls and anything else that will fit in the ball drop on the Learning Playground!
Here's Cade wanting to get in the rocking chair!
When I got to Day Care today - the daughter of the lady who runs the Day Care at her house said the boys stood up without pulling on anything! I haven't seen that yet! It's funny to me that they are standing from the middle of the floor before they are walking. I don't know which is supposed to come first, it just seems like babies would take a couple of free steps prior to standing without help. Of course they rolled over early from back to tummy (the hard way) first. They may just do things a little out of order. And they have always enjoyed standing - I think it's just more important to them than all the walking. It's hard enough to keep up with them crawling and cruising around - maybe the walking will hold off a couple of months!

Who's Scooby and Who's Shaggy?

We always unload at the back door near the laundry room. I heave both infant carseats in from the van and then start unbuckling. Most days, the boys take off for the toys and then I put their carseats away (I am not sure if it will be better with the big boy carseats Papa and Nana got the boys, because then I will have one on my hip or roaming around in the van or garage while I unbuckle the other baby, finally carrying them both in together. Surely it will be better than carrying in both carseats. No wonder I weigh so much less than I did before I got pregnant, huh!And up to 140 this time last year! Crazy! Perplexing thoughts! We'll find out this week when we start using the forward facing carseats all the time!). Anyway, this day they were very interested in the laundry room for some reason.

And this day I took off their messy shirts from Day Care. They could be in a Carter's Jeans ad!
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Oh - wow! And this day they both - count 'em . . . one . . . two - slept til I had to wake them up to drink milk and get ready for Day Care!
Cade up top (left side of the room) and Carson here!
These are just some fun pictures I thought I'd share to show how badly they both need a haircut! They will have their first haircut on their first birthday! We're all taking the day off and having a fun day to celebrate. We'll have a party to follow over the weekend! Notice Cade's 4 teeth here. (Carson also has 4 now.)Cade from the side - notice he looks like he's still posing . . . he's just smiling and talking to Carson in his high chair on the other side.
I apologize for the goofy looks - the boys were eating breakfast before having their hair brushed early in the morning before Day Care (where they eat a second breakfast - my little porkers) and these were the best of the shaggy hair!And over Carson's ears! Kevin says they look like girls when it's wet from the back, because it really does go down a couple of inches. Thankfully, there's cute curls to draw it up!

I should've taken pictures tonight and video of them laughing - it's so cute! One baby always thinks I'm tickling him when I'm tickling the other and vice versa, so one baby is laughing hysterically and the other baby, not even involved, is laughing just as hard! They crack me up!

Who needs a pillow . . .

. . . when we have each other!?!
Look what Carson's new favorite thing is! And Cade says, "It wasn't me, Mommy!"
Carson and Cade both actually love to open cabinets and drawers and drag stuff out now!
Mommy has to do the messy meals when Daddy is at work late!
Cade and Carson like to try to feed themselves!
And their hair and feet and whatever else!