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!!!!

Nap Strike

Ada and Emmet are NOT napping lately. It took them an hour to fall asleep for their morning nap today and they never did fall asleep for their afternoon nap. For their afternoon nap I took Ada upstairs and lay her in her crib. I went back downstairs to get Emmet. When we walked into the room Ada is SITTING in her crib. This is a first! To top this off I discovered why they aren't sleeping. About 2 minutes after laying Ada back down and leaving the room I hear belly laughs and giggling...this is becoming the norm lately. So, I decided to peek in. Ada is up on her knees, practically standing up reaching over into Emmet's crib. Emmet was reaching back and they were playing with each other's hands. I was laughing too hard to keep a sober face trying to say "it's nap time, time to sleep". Also, lately I have been noticing that Emmet's stuffed animal from his crib has been ending up in Ada's crib. I had assumed that Ada had been reaching through to steal it (she steals everything Emmet has) but Nana saw Emmet pushing it through the railings into Ada's crib yesterday. I think this all is hysterical and I love how they're interacting with each other, however the non-napping is not so funny. Needless to say we lowered the mattresses and Roger decided to separate the cribs. They were butted up together. The separation makes me really sad actually. I was sad when we put them in separate cribs too. Emmet screamed forever tonight (very unusual) when we put him to bed...I am convinced it's because he was separated from his sister and the room is rearranged a little. So sad. I'm a mush bucket! I am proud however that Ada figured out how to get to sitting from laying!

10 Month photo

Here is our 10 month photo. Ada was more than willing to sit pretty and look at the camera. Emmet was bound and determined to come get the camera out of my hands. Roger and I are absolutely loving this age but I just can't believe how much they've changed and how big they've gotten! Where did my little 5 lb peanuts go???

Brrr...it's cold!

It's been darn tootin' cold out so there has been no outdoor excursions for the babies...not that we take many during normal weather. So, they've been experiencing winter from our patio window. Sometime this winter season I'd love to take them outside to check out the snow but with below zero temps it won't be anytime soon. I was even off work yesterday - the district closed school due to the extreme temperatures! Lucky me!

Ada

"Sweet girl"
"I'll get you my pretty!"

Emmet

"Mama, mama, mama, mama"

"Oh, I'm okay now"

Playing guitar with Daddy!

 

We love books!

I love that both Ada and Emmet really enjoy looking at books. A few months ago it used to be all about eating them but things have changed. They have been turning pages (as long as I get the page ready) for a few months. Ada is starting to figure out how to open books all on her own and Emmet is giving it a try too! And I'm pretty certain that Ada was trying to say "book" today. Her version sounds more like "ook" and "gook". So sweet! Emmet has certain pictures in certain books that he lean down really close to take a good look! And don't they just look so sweet when they're looking at their books?

Play date

We had a little play date with my old friend Joanna and her baby Silas. I met Joanna when I moved to Fort Atkinson when I was going to UW Whitewater. We became fast friends. Joanna has a way of making me laugh so hard my sides hurt. Silas is exactly a month younger than Ada and Emmet and has an older brother Calvin. Calvin stayed home but we had fun playing with Silas. Silas is already crawling and pulling up...made Ada and Emmet look like little, I mean big, turtles. Emmet enjoyed trying to chase Silas around. It was great to see Joanna as it's been a couple of years. Jo-Mama, I miss ya!