Monkeying Around Tonight!

Tourists

We enjoy living in a touisty place! The boys loved the aquarium today! It was lots of fun! We did lots of pointing and "ooh"ing! Too bad the sun was in their eyes in these pictures!

The boys thought the Pirates exhibit was pretty cool!
And the tunnel was very intriguing!
Here's the boys posing with their favorite (ok, Mommy's favorite) the Sawfish!

They really enjoyed waving at the people as much as the fish!


Ready to dive!

Home again, home again

The babies started rubbing at their ears again in the church nursery. And we knew from all their typical signs that we'd be in the doctor's office on Monday. Sunday night was so bad - Carson could hardly breathe. I kept having to give him more treatments. Kevin stayed home with the twins and took them to the doctor's office on Monday morning. I talked with the nurse later and she said they were pitiful and that they wouldn't have anything to do with anyone other than their Daddy. I knew they were pitiful, but it was so surprising to hear it from her, because the twins are such people-people that they rarely ever show when they're upset or hurting in public. I'm home with them today, and they're on the mend but definitely taking all my attention. They're getting a good nap, so hopefully the rest of the day will keep getting better. Daddy is bringing us lunch today! Yummy!

Here's a cute story from the weekend before you see the pictures below. We were all at Grandpa Winford and Grandma Marty's house on Saturday for a very nice dinner. Cade and Carson were playing in the living room and Cade fell. He was not satisfied that someone closer to him had picked him up to comfort him, so in his cries he said what sounded like "I want Mommy!" really more like "Iwamama." (His first 3 word utterance!) Anyway, my four and a half year old nephew exclaimed with the widest eyes, "He can talk!" It was so cute! Austin has been so sweet learning about babies and being patient with them - I know he's got to be excited now as they're taking steps, playing, and talking! It's neat to think about their big steps through a child's eyes - how amazing that they can talk now when we've been telling Austin all this time that they can't because they're babies. Aren't the Lord's everyday blessings wonderful!

Here's the twins riding home from Mrs. Charlie's one day last week.


And here's the boys checking out the fish at their favoriite store - Bass Pro!

Here's Carson and Cade as they saw the neighbor's dog going by and they started to bark at him!

And here is Cade and Carson playing in the bathtub last night!

We're playing in the living room this morning after breakfast!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

The twins have the best Daddy in the whole wide world because he loves them so much! And I have the very best husband in the whole wide world because of a million little things . . . some of which include: his love for our babies, his love for me, his love for our families, his diligent hard working nature, his honesty, his brilliant ideas, his ability to make me smile when I don't want to, his locking me in the house when he leaves before me, his waking me up from the couch when I have to get up in the middle of the night to rock a baby back to sleep, his great cooking skills, his plans for our future, and a million other things . . . but most importantly his love for the Lord!

We love you with all our hearts!

14 Months Old!

I can hardly believe the boys are already 14 Months Old! They love to talk and are actually fairly clear with about 10 words although they say a lot more. They love to try to repeat what I say! It's a Speech Language Pathologists dream - because they do the fun twin language stuff, real words, and imitate Mommy!

The physical side is a little slower - I'm not worried yet because they show all the readiness skills for walking, . . . they just won't let go yet. Not for more than two steps anyway! And the pulling up and stepping started at 9 months. They are so close now. It's interesting to see all the stuff I learned in school first hand. Children really do develop at their own pace and genetics has so much to do with it - the boys are so similar with all they do and learn! And I can really see that they take development in chunks - they have focused on the eating for a while, then on to the rapid development of talking, and now they're getting stronger into the walking.

The twins each have 6 teeth now and are still working on #7 and #8! They still eat all table food and have since about 11 months now. I was looking back through my pediatric swallowing skills for a friend recently and boy did I push the eating thing quickly. Don't get me wrong, the twins were ready for it all, but they do everything - cups, straws, big spoons and forks. And in looking back I really did a lot of swallowing therapy with the babies and their bottles the first several weeks! Anyway, random quick thoughts just to say how I praise the Lord for how healthy He has made them!

Here's the boys at firehouse with their fire chief hats!

Here's Cade waving from the car!

And Carson deep in thought! His favorite thing to do is get in the car . . . then get out of the car . . . then get in the car . . . then get out of the car . . .

Here's the twins playing around Saturday morning!

And here's Cade and Carson at 14 Months Old this morning before church. They are wearing their Easter suits (minus the jackets for the picture) today because they didn't get to wear them on Easter. We were traveling home from visiting Papa and Nana!