Toph's Birthday

All three in the same frame! That is an accomplishment.Feed me chocolate

Grady was flirting with Toph's girlfriend the entire time. He is just checking with Toph to see if she is still taken.

Grady looking at Toph's girlfriend through the door.

21 Months Old

I cannot believe I will soon be planning the twins second birthday party. Gwen is talking up a storm. She is beginning to repeat just about everything I ask her to. She is very attached to mommy and Grandma. I hope to get her involved in some more activities. I want her to be confident in herself. Her favorite words are dough (aka no), sexy (aka suckie), peek, mommy, dad, peas (aka please), papa, Luke, Grady, side (aka outside), shoes and bye. She is so much fun to be around. She loves to be outside and swing on the playset. She is starting to throw some small tantrums, but nothing too bad yet. She sleeps wonderful and loves her blanket. If I let her, I am pretty sure she would take it everywhere.

Grady has started saying hi , dad, mom and sssss (aka please). He is a very happy child. He loves to explore and play everything. At the playground, he just takes off. The slide is his favorite thing to do. Grady is very observant. He is always looking for birds, bugs, squirrels, you name it. In the fall he was obsessed with picking up leaves, now it is on to flowers (aka dandelions). We cannot walk more than a step without picking up a flower. If an airplane or train go by, he is the first to hear it. Grady still loves his fruits and veggies. When it is time to give Grady and kiss goodnight, he puckers up! Grady has a good attention span for most things he does, well as much as a kid his age could possibly have.

This is by far my favorite age, although I have said that about every age, so I am excited for what is to come. Gwen and Grady love each other so much. They do everything the other is doing, both the good and the bad. I am really enjoying being their mommy.

Vrooooom

Before the babies were born I found a car for the kids at a garage sale, it was a steal. I decided to bring it out about a month ago. The babies could not get enough.

Sometimes they would try to ride in it together, but as you can see, it is not quite big enough for two!

Gwen would push Grady in between her turns.

Grady had a blast. When he was not in the car, he was designated gas station attendant and would pump gas into the car with the gas tank my mom bought them. (Please ignore the very dirty window in the background, damn camera.)

I am pretty sure I said about 100 times, "ok now it is ______ turn" or "take turns". I told Neal if they still loved it through the weekend, we would go get another one. Being a twin mom you realize, sometimes it is just worth it to have 2 of some things. Who am I kidding it is easier to have 2 of everything! So of course we had to venture out and buy a new one. I about had a heart attack when I saw the price, but anything for my kids. The first day home, they only wanted to play with the new one and did not want anything to do with the old one. I heard myself repeating the same things again. Ahhhhhhhhhhh! Since then, they could care less for either of them. What to do, what to do. Perhaps I should wipe some peanut butter on the steering wheel, that will get them in there.

A Walk in the Park

Flu 2011

Unfortunately we had a visit from the flu this week. Gwen started on Saturday night. See was up for about 2 hours throwing up then finally went to sleep tossing and turning, the next night, she only got sick twice. Monday morning I called the doc and was warned it is extremely contagious and not fun. Monday night around 9:00, I heard someone else getting sick. Unfortunately Grady got me. I took my very dirty shirt off and called for Neal. First he got a little excited seeing his half naked wife in the hall waiting for him, then he walked in to the nursery to see a disaster. Within an hour, I was in the bathroom. I could barely take care of myself let alone anyone else. Poor Grady was up for 6 hours getting sick every 20 minutes. This is serious people, stay away from it! Flu shots apparently did not cover this monster. Grandma was not so lucky either, she was hit on Wednesday around noon. One word that describes it, violent. We are finally on the up swing. Here are some pics pre and post.

Finally happy and eating!

Gwen's version of the look. Crazy Daddy!

Apples!

BFFs