Cleveland Zoo

We went to Cleveland for a friend's wedding and Gram and Gramps met us there! We had great fun at the Cleveland Zoo. Check out Sylvia's face when she discovers the gorilla! Gramps took control of pushing the stroller. This was the girls 5th airplane vacation, so 10 flights! They did great.

It was interesting because just a few days before we decided to transition the girls to one nap a day. It worked out perfectly on vacation too!

1 Nap

The girls hadn't been taking 2 naps consistently, so we transitioned them to 1 nap a day (12-2pm) in about three days. I thought it would be a huge ordeal, but it wasn't.

Lounging Poolside

Check out Evelyn lounging poolside! All she needs is a sippy cup of milk and she'd be in heaven.

15 Months!

Oh gosh, this picture taking thing is getting difficult. The girls are hilarious! Here they are in their chair, sort of! Evelyn wouldn't let Sylvia in the chair, can you tell?

At their 15 month checkup they received a clean bill of heath. Here are the statistics.

Sylvia's are listed first and then Evelyn's

Head 18.25cm -- 60% 18cm -- 25%

Height 30.25in -- 45% 30.25in -- 45%

Weight 22lbs 14oz -- 45% 21lbs 50z -- 30th

Note they are the same height!

Evelyn's 6th Tooth

Evelyn got another tooth! It's the left upper lateral incisor! Since everyone is so well versed on the correct naming of teeth, I attached a picture!

Sylvia's working on her right lateral incisor for her 6th tooth, but it hasn't come in yet!

At the Concert

From Angela: "We had a great time at the concert. Sylvia danced in front of the band! Evelyn ran around like a crazy girl! They loved it. We talked to the singer, she has 3 year old twin girls too." Here are 2 of the 4 pictures she emailed us.

Our Little Readers

Angela sent these pictures today on their way to a concert in Old Town (she assures us she was parked). The girls love their books.

Just Cute Pictures

Team Work

They seems to always want to be together and do the same thing at the same time, often not with a very good result. Before, After.

First Haircuts -- 14 Months

Before

The girls' hair was getting too long! Just in their eyes all the time! And, they pulled out their barrettes and hair ties immediately (while pulling out their hair too!). Evelyn's bangs were to her chin! She looked like a shaggy dog! So, much to my chagrin, I got their hair cut. We took them to cartoon cuts, which was a huge success. Evelyn sat still watching cartoons! I think it was the first time watching cartoons. Evelyn now sports a totally cute bob; Sylvia's hair is just a little shorter than before, but with bangs! [The after-shots were taken later at dinner, ignore the food on their faces.] What do you think?

Evelyn and Mommy

Evelyn likes to be "helpful."

Finally a Smiling Shot

Gram (the girls' maternal Grandmother) says Sylvia is pensive. She is not overly smily or a ham, like her sister. She's a thinker. She soaks it all in, even though he doesn't seem to be paying attention. The other day Sylvia and I were alone driving around and I started asking questions, what sound does a cow make, she replies mooo. She answered with the correct sound for dog, bird, duck, monkey, cow, cat. I know I'm missing a few. I was blown away.

Here is Sylvia, almost for the first time on camera, being a completely silly girl. She is often very silly, but if she knows she's being watched or photographed, you'll be hard-pressed to get it on film.

Good work to her Great Uncle Kirk (Gram's brother) for taking this picture over the 4th of July while at the cottage in Michigan visiting Great Granny and the rest of the family.

Trip to the Cottage

As you may recall, the blog was initiated on August 30, 2008 (my birthday), when I found out at "the cottage" I was pregnant. "The cottage" was built by the girls' maternal Great Granny and Grandad in 1967 in Pentwater Michigan on Bass Lake. I spent all my summers there as a kid. It's a pretty special place that holds amazing memories. My nearly 90 year old Granny lives there full time. My Uncle lives nearby on 28 acres where he's soon building his authentic log cabin.

We had to take the girls! It was a fun weekend over the 4th of July -- we swam a ton at our lake and Lake Michigan. The girls HATE sand!

Granny, Gram, Gramps, Great Uncle Kirk, and cousin Alexis were all there.

Spa Treatment

I received an email from Angela today with this picture entitled "Sylvia's Spa." The message read "Mulch is the new mud treatment. I guess. Who knew. She keeps rubbing it on her legs."

She's a crazy baby.

I've said it once, I'll say it a million times. The pictures and notes she sends us make our day. It's so nice to be in constant contact with the person caring for your children. Also, we've given Angela a new name for the girls "La La"...how cute is that? There's no way they will be able to say Angela and I guess other kids have called her La La. Love it.

14 Months

Here they are at 14 months!

Trip to the Chesapeake Bay

Our friends Julia (Mom) and Wyatt (her son, 11 months) invited us to her parents house on the bay in Annapolis. The girls weren't having much fun in the bay so we retreated to the baby pool. As you can see, Wyatt was very proud of spending the afternoon with his two babes.

Playing in the Pool

The girls love the water, especially in this heat. Sylvia loves to splash. Here she is just chilling....and looking very chubby.

Happy Father's Day

This Sunday is David's 2nd Father's Day. He's such a proud, loving Daddy!

Birthday Party Videos

FINALLY!

Birthday Videos--Finally Posted

On their actual birthday we went to dinner and they enjoyed coloring, spaghetti, and cupcakes!

Puppet Show

Everytime we take out their finger puppets, Sylva wants her own. She imitates what we do when we put on a show. It's super cute.

5th Tooth For Evelyn

Just 2 days after Sylvia sprouted her 5th tooth, Evelyn got another one too. This is her right upper second tooth.

Puzzles!

Sylvia loves to play with puzzles and quickly figured out how to put the round piece where it belongs. She also stacks rings like a pro.



As you can tell, there are many more videos with Sylvia because she actually sits still for a moment or two. Evelyn is way too busy walking around to be bothered with videos!

Cute

Just a cute video of curious Sylvia.

Sylvia Walking -- 13 months 11 days

At 13 months 11 days, Sylvia is pretty much walking, but just doesn't stand up without pulling herself up. I will update you when she starts doing that.

Evelyn's Words

Evelyn loves to say dog, tickle tickle, hi, hey, and banana. Here's dog and banana.

Evelyn's Kisses

Signing

The girls are signing several words and especially like it when we sign songs to them.

Tooth 5 for Sylvia

We discovered a new tooth! It's Sylvia's 5th and it's the left one next to the front tooth. It's totally in and we didn't even know she was teething! Yeah for Sylvia because the other ones were very hard for her.

Evelyn has 4 teeth, which is funny since she had teeth a few months before her sister.

Getting Ready For the Pool

Sylvia LOVES her new sunglasses. She had her lunch wearing them one day.

Sylvia Cleans Up!

Sylvia Climbing

Sylvia is a great climber. She'll climb on anything, if she can do it. And, she tries until she can!

Sylvia's Walking

Check out Sylvia's walking skills.

Trip To Charleston

We went to Charleston, South Carolina over Memorial weekend. What an amazing trip. The girls were GREAT! I really can't believe how good they were. They kept to their schedule, slept 12 hours, ate tons, and still took 2 naps a day (mostly out and about!). They are such good girls! Mommy and Daddy even enjoyed two evenings out on the town while the hotel's sitter watched the girls. It was a very nice trip.

Here are pictures of Ft Sumter, Evelyn walking, girls playing in a fountain, naked girls digging through their luggage, and hanging out with Mommy in a historic theatre.