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.

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

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!

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!

We bought a house!

Which is a reasonable excuse for not posting for awhile right? We have been out with both girls almost every night for weeks searching for a new home. Our sold only a few days after being on the market! We found a great home for our family with four bedrooms, 3 baths and a finished basement. The selling feature is a great, level back yard for the girls to run around in!

The girls are doing great and are really into climbing right now!

I will post again soon, but thought I should definitely get in a quick update. We close on our new home in two weeks!