As of yesterday Ada is officially scooting! While playing catch with the dog yesterday Ada discovered that she could chase the ball (and the dog) too! What an amazing development! She's not up on her hands and knees yet but she's doing the "army crawl". She also took several steps while I was holding her hands. She was so excited.
Emmet's preferred mode of transportation continues to be rolling. I walked away for a minute last night and returned to find him under the desk eating my shoe, so he gets around too. He's got a modified army crawl going on, which involves rolling up on his head and shoulder then scooting his butt up in the air. It's not quite efficient yet so rolling is his first choice.
Everyday I am amazed at the changes that occur with these two. I LOVE MY BABIES!
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Thanksgiving
It was the babies first Thanksgiving! I only have one picture to post right now (Aunt Gina & Ada who would not look at the camera, above) as the batteries in my camera pooped out. I'll post some more from Nana soon. We went to Nana and Pops house for some YUMMY food. Uncle Greg and Aunt Gina came, along with Great Aunt Barb, her friend Frank, cousins Pat and Sam and Pat's girlfriend Allison. The weather was beautiful so we all went for a walk after eating. By the end of the evening Ada and Emmet were CRANKY from skipping a nap (we thought they would sleep on the walk but apparently the scenery was too exciting to sleep through). Emmet eventually (after some loud screaming and a bottle) fell asleep on Nana in the rocker. Ada snoozed for a bit with Pops while watching the movie Cars. The food was delicious and it was nice to get out of the house and spend some time with family.
Mommy & babies
Daddy took a picture of mommy playing with the babies....swimming in the sea of toys in babyland!
Pre-Thanksgiving
We had a nice visit from Great Grandma and Grandpa Arenz along with Great Aunt Kathy and Great Uncle Jack the Tuesday before Thanksgiving. Grandpa and Julie came too! Kathy and Jack were visiting from Georgia. It was so nice to spend the evening with family that we don't get to see very often. We all some time to spend with the babies before they went to bed and then we all went over to Greg and Gina's (they own the other half of our duplex) for dinner. Julie made delicious ribs. We brought the baby monitor of course! Kathy and Jack brought and ENORMOUS bag of clothes from cousin Jenna for Ada. We're so lucky!
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Crazy outfits and those hats!
"Don't you love our wacky outfits?"
"Hey, what's that thing on your head?"
"You're lookin' kinda goofy yourself!"
Emmet is sitting!!!
We are proud to report that our little man has figured out the whole sitting thing! It's amazing how different the babies are from eachother. Ada has been sitting independently for a month. In Emmet's defense though, he did have the Torticollis to contend with that has slowed his physical development. It's so nice to see him sitting up!
Babyland
We created "babyland" this weekend. The only thing to add will be some sort of gating to keep them contained once they start movin' and groovin'. They really liked scratching and banging on the new mats.
Emmet and his toys
Emmet had fun emptying out the toy bin! Here is he surrounded by his favorite toys.
Monday, October 30, 2006
New Highchairs...thanks Grandpa!!
We finally purchased some highchairs! Thanks to Grandpa, that is, who funded the purchase. They are very nice and they attach to our dining chair, which was ideal for us...no room for two enormous highchairs. The babies seem to like them too! Here are some pictures of them reclining and drinking their bottles.
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Uncle Rob visits the babies!
We had a quick but nice visit with Roger's oldest and dearest friend Rob a few weeks ago. (I'm behind on my posting) Rob lives in Florida so we don't get to see him very often...we cherish the time we have with him. This was his first time seeing the babies. Rob is a twin too! There is actually a pretty neat story that he reminded us of while he was here.
Roger and Rob's families have been closely connected in several different ways for many years. Rob has a twin brother and apparently there are nine sets of twins in his family...none from any of his siblings. Rob's mother had a son. This son had some complications and sadly did not survive...his name was Roger. Rob's mother has always considered Roger her "son", and Roger has always affectionately called her "mom". I'm not telling this story as well as Rob does. Anyway...the moral of the story is that none of Rob's siblings have had twins despite the fact that there are nine sets in the family. And then...of course Roger had twins. Bizarre, huh???
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Photo Shoot
We took the babies for a real photo shoot...as opposed to the fake ones we've been doing here at home. It was quite the adventure. Ada and Emmet did great despite the fact that Ada peed on the floor and Emmet kept barfing all over. Even though friends had urged me to "be strong" saying that I did NOT need to purchase all of the poses they would take, it was so hard to resist! We spent a pretty penny and now have 8 million photos. Ah well. Unfortunately the poses of the two of them together did not turn out very well but I'm pretty happy with the outcome. They gave us a cd with all of the shots on it, which is where I've uploaded the pictures from. They have not been edited so pretend that you can't see our hands in the individual photos. ENJOY!
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