Obsess much?

Leah has become OBSESSED with climbing in chairs. They have these little wooden chairs that go with a little table and she will climb in and out of those for hours. She is as content as can be if you let her sit in her chair and bring toys to her. (pitiful I know). The problem with these chairs is they are actually difficult to climb in and out of and the tend to tip over easily. If I try to take it away while she sees me she goes into hysterics. Also, if I just lay the chair on its back so she cant sit in it anymore, she also goes into a full blown tantrum. I have never seen anything like it.

So what do I do? I went to Target and found some soft chairs for my girls. They are so happy with them! Again, they are climbing in and out of them relentlessly but seem to have no problems falling out of them and getting right back in!

The climbing in and out of things is also a great joy. They like to pull out the bottom drawer of the chest that is in the playroom and then sit in it. It cannot hold them though so I had to come up with another idea. The laundry basket is not only great for holding laundry, but also for letting 2 babies lounge in.

I think the climbing is their new phase. Because we have these new chairs and I have temporarily hidden the other ones, they can now climb on top of their table! And today I caught Leah climbing out of her HIGH CHAIR! they have never tried to get out of it and so I have never strapped them in. But today I turned around for a SECOND while they were having a snack and the next second Leah was on top of her tray leaning over looking at our dog. Of course I freaked out which freaked her out, but I rescued her safely. Looks like she will be buckled up from now on!

Here are some pics. Yes I know it looks like they never get out of these pajamas but lately with my work schedule the only time I have been seeing them is after their baths when they are in their PJs. They are dressed sometimes too!

Happy (belated) Birthday, Daddy!

Matt's 26th birthday was last Friday, Oct. 10th. We had not made plans (which was good) because my work schedule lately has been unpredictable to say the least. Of course I ended up working late, getting home around 10:30. Matt was pretty disappointed.

Last year the girls were only a week old on Matt's birthday, and we were in that groggy state from having 2 newborns. In fact, our main memory for his birthday last year was the lovely present Hannah gave him.

As Matt was holding her (he was laying in bed without his shirt on), Hannah threw up all over him. This was a common occurrence back then since she had such awful refux. The kicker was, when he got up in a slightly frantic state to clean up the entire regurgitated bottle that was now on his chest, he realized his shorts were soaked. Hannah had also had a complete blow out and he was covered in poop. HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY say Hannah!

So this year I think he was hoping for something a little different. He had taken off half a day to spend time with the girls and me. He was going to take them out to lunch. Unfortunately I did not even think about it that morning and took the van which has the carseats, so he was stuck at home.

It was kind of sad too because I did early case that day in an attempt to get off early. And I did not get home until about 2am the night before, and then got up at 5, so at least it can be said that I tried!

We decided that we would pretend his birthday was Sunday, and the whole family went to Sumo to celebrate. It was a wonderful dinner. Walker and Eli went and it was their first time at a Japanese restaurant and they were adorable to watch. (If you know Matt, you know that it was NOT the girls first time at a Japanese restaurant).

We took home some birthday cake and the girls enjoyed some the next day. It had blue icing and they were a mess. I had to take some pictures of them in the tub after they covered themselves in icing.

Still loving the playroom

I have said it before, but I love the playroom. Granted, its not very large, and a lot of toys are still scattered throughout the house, but this little room can easily be destroyed and cleaned up. In fact, I love having the playroom so much it is a good deterrent for having another baby! Then I would end up losing my playroom :)

Every day the girls empty out every bin, their toy chest, and scatter things throughout the room. But they have fun!

This is the morning after their birthday, and even though I picked up the room the night before, it did not take 5 minutes before the girls had organized the way they liked :)

Its fun to sit on Millie-dog


Look at all those teeth!

A not so successful photo shoot

Now that the girls party is over I now have a little time at night to post some pictures. For their party invitation I tried desperately to get a good picture of the girls wearing their AU outfits.

That night was right before I took Hannah to the doctor and found out she had an ear infection, and needless to say she was in a horrible mood and not cooperative. Leah was in her typical goofy mood.

I got them all dressed in their little dresses with bows in their hair and draped an AU blanket over our ottoman and got ready to snap a few pictures for their invitation.

To get Hannah to MAYBE smile we tried offering puffs, letting them play with a phone, or whatever else we could think of. It would have been more humorous to have video taped my sister and I dancing around and making faces just to get them to laugh, and the constant attempt to get them back onto the blanket after the countless times they crawled away.

I got a few good ones of them individually but did not do too well on the together shots. Anyway here are a few of the good, and some outtakes.

12 Month Check-up

The girls had their 12 month check up (and shots) today and everything looks great. They are right on target as far as what they should be doing physically and cognitively. I asked about their wonderful chunkiness and he said he was not worried in the slightest, and they would run it all off soon enough. (So I know I have chubby babies, but its perfectly ok people!) :)

For my records, here are their "stats"

Hannah
Length - 30 1/4 inches (75-90th%)
Weight - 24lbs, 10oz (90-95%)
Head Circumference - 18 1/8inches (75%)

Leah
Length - 29inches (50%)
Weight - 24lbs 7oz (90-95%)
Head Circumference - 17 3/4 inches (50%)

The doctor broke my heart today though. When he came in he said "I just cant believe they are already a year old!! They are no longer infants! They are now children" Yes, I know this is an obvious statement, but they are still my babies!!! I guess I now understand it when my mom always says we are still her babies, no matter how old we get :)

An Auburn themed birthday party

Well the night ended with Auburn losing to Vanderbilt, but the birthday party was great despite such a tragedy.

There was a lot of preparation that went into this little party and there is no way I could have pulled it all together without the help of my parents and Matts parents. So a HUGE thank-you goes out to them!

We planned an Auburn birthday party for the girls. There was blue and orange everywhere. I made a tiger cake for the party and they had little pink and white smash cakes with a tiger paw on top. My mom provided all the appetizers and Matts mom brought all the stuff for burgers and sides! It was nice to just do decorations and the cleaning, which took all day Friday and up until the party started at 4:30 on Saturday.

We ended up with about 30 people here in our house plus 10 kids or so, and that was mainly family. I did not even invite my girlfriends for fear of overrunning the entire place. A few neighbors came but the rest were mostly relatives. It was a great time to visit with the family (even if I was mainly dealing with 2 babies the entire time) :) Everyone was so generous and the girls racked up! :)

They did very well too in the midst of all the chaos. Hannah has been rather needy lately, probably due to her cutting the 4 teeth, but even she was happy go lucky. They really enjoyed the bags, boxes and tissue paper that their gifts came in.

I was rather disappointed with their lack of enthusiasm over their cakes though. I think it was all the excitement, but they very daintily picked off the icing and just licked their fingers. Very little smashing, except for when I cheated at the end and put their hands in it. Hey I made the cakes to get messed up! I wasnt going to throw them away in tact!

I really enjoy the fact I have a playroom now. All the kids basically stayed in there and played (or destroyed). I did not think I had anything to entertain 2-7 year olds, but apparently they are easily amused. I took some pictures of the playroom when everyone had left but they do not do it justice. It was a wreck and was hilarious to see. I needed a panoramic view to capture it all.

They are still digging into all their new toys. Right now their favorite is their shopping cart/ walker. But they try to both push it from opposite ends which is not very productive.

They also got some tu-tu's made by their Aunt Katy. They wore them after they got their baths even though they had pajamas on. But they are just too darn cute. I think I will let them be ballerinas for Halloween since all I need is a onesie and some tights!

I tend to go a little overboard with the whole party planning thing but it was worth all the effort. I loved hosting this and all the work that went into it. Even though they will not remember it, it was a good celebration for Matt and I as well. I mean, we survived the first year with twins! We can do anything now!

outside all decorated (and Matt working of course)




Leah having fun after opening some presents

Is there anything better than boxes and cards?

Apparently not...

Good grief Hannah


MMMM, YUMMY

Leah and her tutu


So much fun


This was just one corner of the playroom... wow

The girls turn a year old

The girls turned a year old on October 3rd. That is just amazing to me. I can remember almost every detail of how the day went a year ago from that day, not to mention I have it written out here: Labor Day
How our lives were changed. How do they grow up so fast? You go from thinking they will never get to where they smile, sleep, roll over, stop eating every 3 hours, crawl, feed themselves, drink from a sippy cup, or take that first step, and in just a short year they learn and accomplish so much! They are still my babies, and yet they are not really babies now.

There have been so many joys from this past year. I love my little angels more than life itself and this has been the craziest, yet best year of our lives.

Here is a video Matt put together in remembrance of a year with our girls. Warning: it's about 10 minutes long but I wanted you to be able to see it if you wanted.

Happy birthday Hannah and Leah!

The Girls Turn 1! from matthewmccay on Vimeo.