Our 1st birthday party

We had a great birthday party yesterday for Ada and Emmet. Their actual birthday isn't until tomorrow but we had a small party yesterday for them. Neither napped very well in the morning (go figure) so they were a little "off" and not at their "best" during the party. Ada loosened up after a little while. Emmet preferred to snuggle with Nana and then enjoyed reading books by himself for a while. After everyone ate lunch we opened presents. It's all such a blur as we did it quickly with squirmy babies on our laps! Emmet decided he had had enough of it all (that and I attempted to put a party hat on him...bad idea) and broke out in tears. He cried through singing Happy Birthday and blowing out candles but the tears dried up quickly when he got his very own piece of cake! He repeatedly said "mmmmm" while he ate the frosting. Ada was quiet but appeared to enjoy her piece of cake just as much. Neither Ada or Emmet went crazy with it, no cake in their hair or on the floor. I think they were just too tired. We visited a little while longer and then it was nap time. They were happy to be in their cribs, snuggled up in their blankies for some quiet time. The day was busy with a lot of commotion, which they are really not used to. Overall it went well and we were so happy to spend the day with family and close friends. Everyone was so generous and Ada and Emmet are having fun exploring their new toys and books. THANK YOU!!!!!

After party fun with grandpa!

After the party Ada and Emmet watched grandpa play frisbee with Matdie! They loved this!

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Birthday Party Pics!

Pictures from mommy's birthday

Mommy and babies pose for the camera above. Below, takin' a walk in the beautiful weather (sunny and 50's).

Grandpa comes to play!

We had a great time playing with Grandpa last week. In the top picture Grandpa is army crawling with Emmet (butt down soldier!) In the bottom picture Ada and Grandpa play fetch with Matdie, while Emmet looks on. Fun, fun, fun!

Playdate!

A week ago we had a playdate with Troy, Andee and her son Diego and Erin and her son Joseph. It was a crazy fun-filled event with babies galore! Joseph is 3 days younger than Ada and Emmet. Diego is 2 months older. It was so much fun to spend some time with my friends, which doesn't happen often enough. Having all of the babies together was a riot. At one point they were ALL crying at the same time - LOUD!!!! In the top picture (which I stole from Erin's blog!!) clockwise from the top is Diego, Emmet, Ada and Joseph. In the bottom picture Andee reads to Diego and Emmet while Joseph plays with tupperware. Troy is safely on the couch in the background! Troy is such a trooper to have put up with all of the madness! Our next visit will just be adults only...no babies!

You fed your baby chili?

After our outdoor adventure the babies were delighted to have some chili! They loved it and luckily there were no reproductions of scenes from Mr. Mom.

Snow, snow, snow!

During our last huge snow storm we decided to take Ada and Emmet out for an adventure. The fun lasted for about 5 minutes before they were both crying and ready to go back inside! I would imagine that next year will be another story!

Fun with Nana

During a recent visit with Nana, Emmet was bound and determined to get the camera from her. So determined that he literally climbed right up her!

Visit with Grandpa & Julie

We had a nice visit with Grandpa and Julie a few weeks ago. They brought lunch for mommy and had some snuggle time with Ada & Emmet.

Way behind!

I have fallen so behind on my updating. Where does the time go? I will post some pics from last month and most recent but will have to save the written update. I will say though, that we have all recovered from "The week of the stomach flu" here. Emmet came down with it on Monday morning, Ada in the middle of the night on Tuesday, me all night on Wednesday and Roger on Thursday night. I missed almost an entire week of work! We all recovered in time to celebrate my birthday! Below is a list of why I loved my birthday this year...

1. It was SO SO SO much better than last year when I was uber uncomfortable, miserable and praying to not go into labor on my birthday!

2. Spent the day with my terribly adorable babies, husband, Greg and Gina and Mom and Doug. Mom made an awesome pasta salad and angel food cake and brought croissants and cantaloupe. YUMMY! I was spoiled with gifts (an iPod Nano, a new Nalgene water bottle a fleece vest and some $$ from dad). Spoiled rotten!

3. We are all feeling MUCH better after our run-in with the stomach flu and I was able to clean/decontaminate finally.

4. The weather was BEAUTIFUL! Sun, sun, sun and 50 degrees. We cracked some windows (helped with the decontaminating!) and went for a walk. AHHH! Fresh air!

5. I finished my homework (for class tomorrow night) and therefore don't have anything to do tonight! YIPPIE!

6. Oh and daylight savings time...love the extra hour of daylight! Hoping the babies can get on a later bedtime/wake-time schedule. We'll see. I'd love it if they'd sleep until 6:30/6:45am so I can work out (using my new iPod) without having to get up at 4:30am...which by the way, won't happen.

So, for now I will try to get some pictures posted. 8 more days until Ada and Emmet turn 1!!!!