Happy 1st Birthday Morgan and Maddi

Well we made it through the first year!! Hooray for us...haha. The girls had a great day today, we had the family over and let them open presents and go at their own cakes. Maddi was the first to "dig in" She started nice and slow just dipping her finger in the frosting and licking it off then all of a sudden she decided it was much more efficient to just bite the cake! Morgan tried to pick up the entire thing and bite it. They both had fun and had cake all over them from head to toe! Even up their noses, it was great! They are both doing well however they are both getting teeth yet again so we have our moments now and then. They have also started "fighting" it is crazy - - mostly over me. One is sitting in my lap then the other comes over and gently pushes that one out of the way then all heck brakes loose! Maddi has started head butting, I couldn't believe it the first time I saw it but now I know when she is getting ready to do it and I say loudly "NO" and she stops. Morgan has started biting, so far she has only bitten me and hopefully she won't get to Maddi or else that would be ugly. We bring them tomorrow for their one year check up so I will post the stats tomorrow. Cooper is doing well - I am trying to keep him as busy as possible. His first camp starts next week, it is Bugs camp and he is very excited about that. Overall we are doing well - lots of changes going on around here so busy as always!

What a difference a year makes....

Thanks Auntie Lisa!

Here are the girls in their birthday outfits that Auntie Lisa sent, they are so stinking cute. And the girls LOVE them, they feel so pretty. We had to try them on for pictures but you will be see more pictures on their birthday of course.

Maddi - Miss Personality

Here is a pic of Maddi from our cookout yesterday, she has become quite the little ham these days. If she sees a camera she poses and has a big cheesy smile, she is too funny. She also loves trying to get the attention of any guy - she is a guys girl. Yesterday at the grocery store the sushi chef was talking to her and next thing I know she is blinking her eyes real quick at him, it was the funniest thing I have every seen. They just keep changing everyday. Morgan has not been in a good mood over the past few days, we think she is cutting her molars, she is very irratable and clumsy as well. She has a black eye from falling in the tub, then she fell again today and has a bruise on her forehead she is a mess. We had a cookout yesterday for memorial day it was fun - didn't have time to take a lot of pics but hopefully we will get some from other cameras and post them later.

Back home...

Well - it has been a while since I have updated. But we have been putting pics up on the picture pages just have not had time to write a blog. Here is the scoop. We had a wonderful vacation at Rosemary Beach in Florida last week. We rented a beautiful house on the water and decided to bring Cati our sitter and we had a blast! We will not be traveling without Cati now - we love her and we all had a great time. It was so awesome to have a extra set of hands with us at all times and Stephen and I were even able to go out at night after the girls were down, it was great! We all enjoyed it so much. We have know the girls are very different but vacation brought out all the differences. Morgan and Cooper have similar personalities, they love the beach, water, sand, pools everything. Maddi on the other hand hated sand, the beach, pools. The first time we put her on the beach I thought she was being bitten by bugs or something I could not figure out why she was screaming!! Then I realized she hated the sand. It was too funny but we all adjusted and still managed to have a great time. We arrived home to a visit by Stephen's parents which has been so much fun. They are so great and such a huge help. They are here until Sunday and I don't want them to leave! Today was Coop's last day of preschool so Summer has oficially started - - now I have to figure out what our schedule will consist of for the summer. He will be going to a few day camps which will be nice for him and me! The girls are crazy - they go in two different directions all the time but are really starting to communicate with eachother now. It is a lot of fun to watch them. I can't believe they are going to be 1 in a few weeks. Wait for pictures of their birthday outfits from Auntie Lisa - they are going to be SO stinking cute! I will put more pics up later and try to update more.

Fun Packed Saturday

Mommy ran a 5K in Davidson to start the morning off (came in 2nd in age group!). Cooper, Daddy, and us girls cheered Mommy on. After that we hung out at the town green. There was a big town festival and Cooper had a lot of fun. He went on the moon bounce, a fire truck slide, through a tunnel, climbed a rock wall, and put out a fire with a real firehose....all before 10 am. Us girls went home for a nap and then we all went to a second festival at the hospital where we were born. It was a great day.

Nonna and the girls

Looks like I have not posted in a while - that is because I have two crazy girls both walking and going in different directions ALL day long. Oh then add a high energy 3 year old to the mix and hmmm well that is my day. And why didn't anyone tell us that 3 is SO much harder then 2?? My goodness I feel like all we do is discpline all day long, and they are so smart they just know how to get you. Hopefully it will pass soon because he is driving us crazy! The girls are absolutely nuts, I really didn't think walking would be too much different since they have been crusing for a while now but it is a lot different. Morgan is into everything - the pantry door was open a crack and I watched her, she took her hand and knew exactly how to open it and in a matter of seconds had taken about 10 things off the shelf all onto the floor. Then goes onto another room to see what she can get into there. Needless to say we headed to Babies R Us today to get some good gates. We asked Cooper where we should put the gates and he said he thought we should put the gates and the girls outside. Well the weather is getting nice hmmmm. Hopefully I will get some good pics this week of the girls walking and I will post them.

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And Maddi is right behind Morgan

Chicks DIG me!

Morgan is Walking

Have you ever seen one of those dogs that walk around on there back legs.

Maddi is not far behind.

Crazy Cooper

So yesterday we were all getting ready to go out, we told Cooper to go get dressed he grabbed the wrong pair of jeans and comes out to us looking like this - yes these are the girls jeans! We cracked up laughing he actually got them over his legs and around his waist but couldn't quite get them buttoned up. He is a mess!

Mohawk Maddi

2 Hours Flat....

Well thanks for all the support, it is over. I finished my first(and last) half marathon (13.1 miles) My goal was A. To finish and B. To finish in 2 hours. So I am very proud and glad it is done! I trained for 4 months and it all paid off. I have to say it was a lot harder than I expected the course was extreamly hilly at one point I thought I was running up a mountain! (ha ha!) Stephen and the kids were their cheering me on at the half way point and then waiting for me at the finish and I think that is what got me thru it. From now on I will stick to 10k's and 5k's this marathon stuff will kill ya!

Hippie Chicks!

Summer weather!

Today was just perfect weather - about 78 degrees and sunny. We spent most of the day outside playing. Cooper spent a lot of time collecting caterpillars which seem to have taken over out backyard. He is 100% boy - if it wasn't caterpillars it was covering himself with sand or digging in the dirt. Morgan's top teeth have finally decided to come thru, they have been showing for over a month now but just didn't break the skin, hopefully she will find some relief now. Maddi's are still showing but have not broken thru quite yet. They have both now tried to eat mulch, rocks, sand and pineneedles, they really like chewing the rocks and mulch the best. They are nuts, they put everything in their mouths, hopefully they will learn soon. I think we must be starving them; poor things. Hopefully the weather stays nice outside I have so many new summer outfits for the girls that they have to start wearing before they grow out of them! I updated the picture page again tonight - more to come.

We love to walk!

Well - it has bee a while since I have updated. Let's see both girls are VERY mobile now, they are taking about 7-10 steps at a time then they fall on their bums gracefully. If we turn for a minute they are gone, we caught Morgan playing in the toilet water last week, thank god it was clean!! She is just a wild one, she screams and chases Cooper around the house;it is too funny. They still do this funny crawl where they use one leg and one arm and fly around the house finding anything and everything to stand up on. They are really starting to communicate to eachother as wel,l mostly when we leave them in a room by themselves, they look at one another and "talk." Sometimes they like to see who can be louder (Maddi wins these days) and other times they just laugh at eachother. It is so fun to watch. They still love food(imagine that!) and want to try anything that we are eating. Morgan loves to read books, every morning after her bottle she goes over to the books and picks a few out and sits and turns the pages, sometimes she eats them as well but mostly likes to look at the pictures. I swear she can say apple, Stephen thinks I am crazy but she has said it to me at least 5 times, even Cooper heard it. Of course she won't do it on demand but I will get it on video one day. Cooper is doing well - he is off from school this week, trying to keep him busy but he has a lot of energy, I am exhausted by the end of the day keeping up with all 3. My half marathon is on Saturday, I am getting nervous....I am just ready to get it over with. Check out the picture pages I have been trying to update them each week.

Diaper Heads

So this is what happens when I leave Stephen home with the girls......

Hanging out on the fresh cut grass

Happy Easter

The weather this weekend was great. Today we went to Grandma and Granpa's and had lots of fun with all the cousins. Check out the picture page. There were some really cute pictures of the kids.

Happy Almost Easter

Giant Babies

Three kids-one overweight dad-one bike

While mom was rocking at the Bon jovi concert, dad was huffin 100+ lbs of baby and toddler around "

These snosberries taste like snosberries!

Look No Hands!

Well our girls are officially mobile now....lots of changes! They are both standing with no hands and balancing for up to a minute, they have both tried to take steps and usually end up catching themselves. Morgan is doing the army crawl and can get anywhere in a matter of seconds, she is crazy. If she sees something that she wants there is NO stopping her, she will find a way to get it no matter what. Stephen says it reminds him of me, I can't understand why he would say that?? Maddi is much more reserved and very scared of falling so she is very careful but is starting to get the army crawl down as well. They love food - anything and everything. They want to try whatever we are eating....and for the most part we let them. They love pancakes just like big brother Cooper. They think he should share everything with them and he does most of the time. We have been slack on the picture taking lately so this is the only new pic I have of Maddi but I will try to take more this week. Stephen has been traveling a lot so that makes it hard! I did take them for their 9 month check up today and below are the stats.
Morgan - 23 pounds 10 ounces
Height - 29 inches
Maddi - 24 pounds
Height - 28 1/2 inches
They are both in the 90th percentile all around but our doc says he has never seen twin girls that big!

Easter Bunny Pictures

We went to a event today sponsered by the twins club that I am in and we took these pics. Coop found lots of easter eggs and had a blast, the girls had a great time watching all the kids. I will post more pictures; however there is not one picture that all 3 are looking - that is just impossible!

Snowball Fight

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