Trip to Old Mine Farm

We went on a trip today to a petting zoo with Angela, and our friends Wyatt and Julia. The girls loved this wagon (Angela says they are presenting it "Price Is Right" fashion) and all the animals. They had a blast on their hay ride too!

Water Table Fun

The girls' were given this very cool water and sand table by their Grandpapa and Grandmama Romley. They had so much fun and got sooo dirty!!! We invited our friends Wyatt and Mattie over to play too, then we ran around the house in our diapers! Afterwards, all soaking wet, they went swinging! These girls are loving life!

Last Infant Carseat Ride

While we switched our carseats out a while ago, Angela was still using the infant seats (they are good up to 22 lbs, we're not there yet!). Angela sent us this picture and wrote "Our last car ride ever in our baby infant seats. I told them that and Evelyn clapped. Guess she's ready for the real deal. " Too funny!

Most days Angela sends us pictures of the girls. It brightens our day to no end and we are so thankful for that! In fact, many of the pictures I post on the blog were taken by her and sent to us!

Open Cup

The girls are getting better drinking from an open cup! Here's Evelyn showing off her new skill.

We Love to Swing

Evelyn and Sylvia love to swing. Now, Sylvia is getting really into slides! She actually pushes herself down! She's such a big girl.

Pudding Art

They girls loved fingerpainting with pudding! And, they liked eating it!

Birthday Wagon

Gram got the girls a red Radio Flyer wagon for their birthday. It is decked out with a canopy and cup holders. We had to show it off to our friend Wyatt yesterday.

Another Tooth For Sylvia

Sylvia got another tooth! Her right lower. She now has three. She has her front uppers and right lower. She does not do very well while teething. She cries and cries. No sleep for Mommy and Daddy, and hard days for Angela. Not fun at all.

Evelyn has 3 teeth too, but she has her two lower and right upper.

Fun Times with Family

We had such a great time with our Great Granny, Gram and Granps while visiting for our birthday.

Playing with Gram and Great Granny

Although the girls' wouldn't stay still enough to sit on Great Granny's lap, we got some good pictures of them playing together with balloons. Sylvia LOVES balloons! Evelyn was busy playing with Granny's flashlight.

Best 1st Birthday Party Ever!

Evelyn and Sylvia celebrated their 1st birthday party with lots of friends and family on May 1st. Great Granny (nearly 90 years old!), Gram and Gramps visited from Indiana and Michigan. Their cousin's came from Philadelphia and lots of local friends! It was really special to have everyone there.

We had a big party at our house. About 10 of their friends came and 22 adults. All the kiddos were under 18 months except for one who's 6. It was good fun! We played a little, ate a lot, sang happy birthday and then turned them onto their yummy and pretty smash cakes (made by Angela!). Check out Sylvia's cake -- she finally enjoyed cake! And, she ate more than Evelyn!

Within three hours, the girls were ready for naps! What a good day, and an incredible year!

Fun at the Park

The girls love to go to one of the many tot lots in our neighbhorhood! We took them to the park after their birthday party and naps with cousin's Laura and RJ (we're going to call them Aunt and Uncle from now on).

Cuties!

Aren't they so big and cute these days?

New Hair Styles

Keeping the girls' hair cute and clean is always a challenge. They love to run their dirty fingers through their hair while eating lunch. They can't stand to have a ponytail holder in their either. These new do's lasted about an hour. A record!

Sylvia at 1 Year!

At one day before Sylvia first birthday, she weighed 20lbs 5oz (40th percentile), measured 29 inches (48th percentile), and her head measured 18 centimeters (15th percentile). She is very healthy and right on track according to the doctors.

Sylvia is a huge talker. When she wakes up in the morning, the first thing she says is "bird" and points to the bird mobile. Lately, her favorite word is 'baby." She calls everything a baby, even us! She points at flowers and says "baby." It's super cute. She also uses other "B" words, including bear, bye-bye, ball. You can tell her to go get the baby, bear or ball and she does. She uses mama, dada, and baba too (Momma and Dada for us). She signs please and more.

She loves music today and will use one finger to play her piano. She actually is very careful about the keys she hits and does not just bang it. She loves maracas, tambourine, and our homemade shaker bottle. She will definitely play an instrument.

Sylvia takes about 3-4 steps when she's standing -- all unprovoked! She's made great strides lately and will stand up from sitting on her chair and will walk towards you. She also has extremely good fine motor skills and can pick up the smallest object (and typically put it in her mouth). When she gets her hands on a remote control she pushes the buttons very carefully, unlike other kids who just stick it in their mouths.

She's a very good sleeper. She loves to have books read to her. She will point at the pages and usually say "bear or baby." Too cute. When you lay her in the crib, she will stay put, allow you to put a blanket over her, rub her forehead a bit. Most of the time she won't move. She twirls her hair and makes a very loud, uuuuhhhhhh sound to put herself to sleep (we've posted videos of this already). She almost always wakes up happy. She will give you the biggest hugs after naps.

She's a good sleeper, but is a bit dramatic when she is put down for the night - she cries for a few seconds at the top of her lungs and then calms down. She is very clingy and loves her Mommy.

Sylvia is a good eater, but a little picky. But, she is not consistently picky about not eating one particular food. She does love avocado, cheese, cottage cheese, bread, crackers, and corn. She now insists on hold her own spoon. It's a very messy eating adventure!

We love her more than words can express! We can't wait to see what excitement the next year holds!

Evelyn at 1 Year

At one day before Evelyn's first birthday, she weighed 19lbs 2oz (20th percentile -- peanut!), measured 28 3/4 inches (40th percentile), and her head measured 17 1/4 inches (15th percentile). She is very healthy and right on track according to the doctors.

Evelyn is still our busy little girl, but surprisingly this chair has slowed her down a bit. After falling off of it a few times when ignoring Mommy's requests to "sit on your bottom", she really enjoys sitting in this chair. She will sit in it and play with her purse (and it's contents) and her dolly. She may get out of the chair and play with other toys, but if Sylvia tries to get in the chair she is suddenly only interested in it. She will push Sylvia out of the chair in a flash. Yes, I know, I need to get another chair. I had no idea this one was going to be such a hit.

Evelyn takes about 6 steps when we prop her back to a wall or the couch. She will stand for about 5 seconds. Given how early she crawled (7mos), I'm surprised she's not walking yet. But, I am not rushing her! She has extremely good fine motor skills and can pick up the smallest object (and typically put it in her mouth). She's a good sleeper, but is a bit dramatic when she is put down for the night - she cries for a few seconds at the top of her lungs and then calms down. She is very clingy and loves her Mommy. She's the first to whine if you are out of her sight for a second or two. However, at the same time, she is very independent. She will play by herself for a long time. She is also very loving and will give her sister a hug and kiss anytime we ask her to. She's recently learned how to sign "please" and it's so cute! Evelyn is a very good eater. She loves strawberries, meatballs, peas, beans, corn carrots, lasagna, and cheese especially. She has 3 teeth and working on a 4th.

She says mama, dada, baba, tickle tickle (and actually does the motion to tickle us, herself or her sister), and bird. She often repeats words, but not consistently, like "kick it," "go," "get it." She's a very good imitator or actions and words. We think she is a very smart little girl. She is super smiley and knows how to make the cutest little faces to get you to laugh. Note, the last picture, prime example of this.

We love her more than words can express! We can't wait to see what excitement the next year holds!