Monday, October 11, 2010

Pics!



Some birthday pics and some pictures from the beach!

Just click on the pictures to see more.

Miss Emma and Miss Mady are now up to 4-5 word sentences. I can't believe how fast this is all happening! We're also introducing the potty again. Emma is much more excited about it than Mady. Emma pees on it about 2-3 times a day, Mady maybe goes once.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Somehow it happened.

My little 3lb babies are now 2 years old. Where have the last 2 years gone? And the 9 months of pregnancy? And the 2.5 years of trying? I have somehow sped past 5 years!

The girls had an amazing birthday party full of friends. They had so much fun. It was all a blur for me, but I know they enjoyed every minute it of it and couldn't stop talking about their "happy".

Their 2 year check up went great. Emma is 25th precentile for weight and Mady is 50th. They are both 75th for height.

I will post pictures from the party soon.

We also just got back from Myrtle Beach, the girls second time there! They had a great time, we all did. They really miss their cousin Eli and Uncle Todd. They woke up every morning and immediately asked for Eli. He is now 18 months old and keeps up with those two very well! Pictures to come from our vacation as well. The girls rode carousels and trains, we went to a zoo in Roanoke and they did pretty well during the drive. We stopped half-way each way to spend the night and stopped half-way through each of those trips for a meal. So, most of the time the longest period in the car was 2.5 hours. At the 2 hour mark things got a little crazy. We did buy dual DVD players, which were a god-send. We watched Coraline, Monsters Inc, Shrek, Milo and Otis and Bolt repeatedly.

I'm currently trying to find something to do with the girls in the fall/winter. They did like music class, but I'm looking into some other options as well. It's hard to find something that doesn't break the bank, but will be fun.

Well, that was a super quick update. We're loving every day with these miracles. I missed them so, so much when I returned to work after vacation. It was really hard.

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Pics!







A few recent pictures of the girls...

Favorite Books @ 2 years old

The girls have a few favorites right now. It's amusing to me how they gravitate just to those books.

The Little Red Hen
My Momma is a Llama
Goodnight Moon

I'm looking for some creative, space-saving solutions for their books right now. I love the look of these, but want something even easier to make ;)

http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2010/02/how-to_book_display_shelves.html

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Word Watch

I saw this on another mommies blog, she posted all of her kiddo's current words on her blog, and it reminded me to do this! The girls are now saying 3 word phrases and sometimes 4! Still plenty of gibberish, especially when Emma reads.

Everyday words/phrases we hear a lot from both of them...
  1. Animals
  2. Apple
  3. Baby
  4. Ball
  5. Banana
  6. Bath
  7. Belly
  8. Bless You
  9. Bike
  10. Bird
  11. Boo Boo
  12. Book
  13. Blankie
  14. Blocks
  15. Bolt
  16. Broccoli
  17. Bug
  18. Bunny
  19. Cake
  20. Car Wash
  21. Cat
  22. Cheese
  23. Chicken
  24. Choo Choo
  25. Clean (I Keanin')
  26. Cold
  27. Color
  28. Cookie
  29. Cry
  30. No cry (Emma)
  31. Daddy
  32. Daddy Golfin'
  33. Daddy go work
  34. Dark
  35. Diaper
  36. Dog
  37. Door
  38. Dora
  39. Down
  40. Duck
  41. Emma
  42. Elmo
  43. Eli
  44. Eww
  45. French Fry
  46. Fork
  47. Funny
  48. Glasses
  49. Grape
  50. Granny
  51. Grandma
  52. Hand
  53. Hair
  54. Hello
  55. Help
  56. Hot
  57. Hugs (Emma says this all day long)
  58. I do
  59. I want that
  60. Llama
  61. Light
  62. Mady
  63. Me
  64. Mickey
  65. Milk
  66. Mine
  67. Mommy
  68. Monkey
  69. More
  70. Move (moussseee)
  71. No
  72. Nose
  73. Off
  74. Ouch
  75. Out
  76. Outside
  77. Owl
  78. Pap-Pap
  79. Play
  80. Pee
  81. Phone
  82. Pillow
  83. Please
  84. Poop
  85. Potty
  86. Pretty
  87. Purse
  88. Remote (mote)
  89. Ride
  90. Slide
  91. Shoes
  92. Sit
  93. I sit
  94. Snack
  95. Sister
  96. Socks
  97. Sshhhh
  98. Thank You
  99. Tickle, Tickle
  100. Toes
  101. Train
  102. Tree
  103. Turtle
  104. Tunnel
  105. Up
  106. Water
  107. Welcome
  108. Woof
  109. Yes
  110. Yuck
  111. Miko, Abbi, Wookie, Cody, Macie (pets and Grammie's pets)
  112. 1,2,3 - which often comes out as 2-2-2 :)
There are actually a lot more, but these are the ones we hear almost daily. It's amazing how far these peanuts have come!

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Potty? Really?

The girls have one potty that I introduced to them a few months ago. It sat in the cupboard and every once in awhile, Emma would follow me into the bathroom get it out and pee along with mommy (Fully dressed). This weekend, Ms Emma expressed that she had to "poop" and begged to get into the bathroom to use the potty. Sure enough, she pooped and peed. Now, some of the pee didn't quite make into the potty because she was actually pretty freaked out. The next day, Ms Mady told me she had to pee and sure enough, she peed.

I'm not ready for this! I should be happy, but we're going on a road trip from Pittsburgh to Myrtle Beach in Sept and I don't want to have to worry about pit stops! I bought another potty yesterday and we're just going to casually see what happens. I foresee Emma making this into a little game, because now she always wants to be on the potty. :)

The new house is great and the girls love it. A great backyard to run around in and a deck. They are always asking to go "ouwside". The also love running around in the basement.

They are talking more and more every day and growing likes weeds. This Friday we're taking them on their first real train ride! As I always promise, I will post new pictures soon. The move has us even more behind on things we were already behind on!

I'd love some potty advice if anyone has any!