Into mischief

The other night after baths, Hannah crawled from the nursery to the den, and stopped midway to pull the magazines off the sofa table. It was very exciting. I thought it was funny how she just stared at those magazines for a while before attacking.


gotta love her expression...




She is going to do a little reading on Twins and about her health I guess...

After the magazines were arranged just how Hannah liked, she and Leah decided they had not been paying enough attention to poor Kody who happened to be lying in the middle of the den. Leah started off being relatively gentle, but then they gave up on that idea and went full force, climbing on him and pulling at him. He actually was fine with this whole ordeal. (Abby would have gone nuts if she were in his position). The girls have a fascination with the dogs. Leah will have entire conversations with them from across the room. They crack me up :)

The new backyard pool

Very quickly the girls outgrew the small little baby pool I bought them in April. We have now upgraded to a much bigger pool with a nice padded side that they LOVE to pull up on. In fact, thats the favorite pool game. Crawl over a sister and reach the edge and try to lean all the way out of the pool to grab the protective sheet underneath.

The girls have no fear of the water, which I am thankful for. Hannah likes to start from the sitting position and throw herself on her belly which causes a little sliding action. She also likes to drink the water, which is not something I would like her to do, but at least she is not breathing it in. Leah is very content in her pool and enjoys "swimming" on her belly too. She really tries to pull up on the sides, but ends up just kind of hanging out with her arms on the side and her legs danging behind her.

We go in and out of the pool all day, so I do not bother with bathing suits. It is so much easier to sport the swim diaper for our 30 minute swims. Who are we trying to impress?

It has provided some great fun! As much as we love the big neighborhood pool, this is a little more convenient on those lazier days.




this cracks me up


The mission...


mission achieved...

Ba Ba Ba Ba DA

Leah is my little verbal one. She has developed some new sounds! In the last week she has perfected the Ba and Da sound and loves to say them over and over... and over and over... It really is cute. Hannah is still stuck on AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH. She likes the A's. Though Leah may be behind her sister in the mobile skills, she has a lot more to say!

Picture Crazy

Well Allyson and I finally got a Digital SLR, and boy do we have the bug. The first night we (Allyson mainly) went nuts with the camera. She took in the range of 200 images.

We got the Canon Rebel XTi, with a couple lenses -- a fixed 50mm and a 28-125mm IS. I already really want a flash..all the pictures having an yellow tint to them or being blown out by the very underpowered built in gets a little frustrating. First things first though, i just want to learn how to use what i have to its best ability. Learning all the manual settings to make the pictures great.

Either way we have the bug and I am sure you will see a lot more pictures of the girls.

Here are a few from our first night.

Crushing Dandy

Note: Dandy is the name of my grandfather (on my dad's side), so we are working on it for my dad.

The other night my parents came over to give us a little Valentines Day present, Leah was swinging so dad got down on the floor and was just talking baby with her. As of late though Leah has a little bit of stranger anxiety from time to time, especially if you startle her. So when dad leaned down, she broke out into histarics...crying that went on and on, so much even her mom and I could not console her till about 15 minutes later.

I felt so sorry for Dad, he looked crushed, it was absolutely horrible...almost looked defeated and depressed :(.

Well there is a happy ending to the story, later that week, my parents came over and babysat for us, and sure 'nough Leah was back to smiling and giggling for Dandy.

I just thought it was a story worth telling, since the girls grandparents love them soo much.

Bathtime fun with Leah

Both of our girls love baths...it is part of their night time routine to get them calmed down and ready for their last bottle. Here are some fun moments we caught giving Leah a bath.


Leah Bath Time from matthewmccay on Vimeo.