October - 15 Months

Yesterday the girls had their 15 month appointment so I thought I would share some stats. Both girls weigh exactly 22.4 pounds. I was a little bit surprised by this as they haven't gained too much since their 1 year appointment. This puts them in the 34 percentile. The doctor was happy with that though and I am assuming its because they are on the move non stop--especially since they are such good eaters. Supposedly Quinn is .75 inches taller than Amelia but I am not so sure. I am thinking they are pretty much the same height wise as well. Regardless, this puts Q in the 87th percentile and Miss A in the 73rd. The girls got their flu shot and a Hep A shot and we were on our way. They will go back again for an 18 month check (hopefully not before).

Our days have been flying by once again. Last week I was gone for work to New Orleans. It was great to get away and have a break from the normal routine. I sure did miss the girls (and Kevin) though! 

Kevin had to drop the girls off in the morning, which is definitely a change up for him because he loves to get to school as early as possible. I was able to borrow two car seats to put in my mom's car so she picked up the girls from Sharla's house, came home to feed them, and everything else until Kevin got home from volleyball. New Orleans was fun to see, but I don't think it would be my first choice to go back to. The architecture was beautiful, the food was amazing, the conference was good, but the city was dirty and just had an overall "sinful" feeling if that makes sense. Glad I can say I have been there though and the best part was that my friend and coworker Joni came too!

Coffee and Beignets at Cafe Du Monde

Happy Hour at Pat Obrien's

St Louis Cathedral...GORGEOUS

View from the 38th Floor

The girls continue to make us laugh constantly. They are answering our questions with yes or no by shaking their head one way or the other. Do you want to get out of the bath? No. Can I have your paci? No. Would you like a cracker? Yes.
They love to chase eachother or Kevin and me around the house and they just laugh the whole time. If Kevin is chasing them they will act scared and run to me. Then when he walks away they look at me with their hands up as if to say where did he go? They love to dance. If we have music on they will bop their head or move their body up and down. So cute! When we are in the car we listen to Veggie Tales or other kids songs and they love it. The favorite is "This Little Light of Mine". Both of them, but Quinn especially, will put her pointer finger out all day long. Its the first thing she does when she wakes up and the minute we get in the car. They also love it when we get to the verse "hide it under a bushel, No!" and try to copy me doing that.
Both girls, but Amelia especially, love to read books! They have their favorites and could read them over and over. We love to look for the puppies on the pages and say woof woof. If we ask where the puppy, baby, duck, etc., are on the pages, they can usually point to them. They have also recently learned to say what a tiger, elephant, and fish say. Its non stop entertainment. :)
My parents brought up my old kitchen set and all of the play food and the girls LOVE it. Amelia loves the cupcakes and hotdog bun while Quinn loves the jar of banana baby food.

Amelia is putting her dirty dishes in the sink.

Hi Quinn :)

Pretending to go to sleep.

At the pumpkin patch on a sunny day!

With our friend Maysa

The hay bale is too fun to look at the camera

Anyway, hope everyone is doing well. Have a great week!

Where did September Go?

Wow, I just realized I had no posts in September. I had documented in my last post what our days are like and none of that has changed. Our weekends in September were packed too, but at least they were packed with fun things. I am going to start with where I left off and hit the highlights. Labor Day weekend we hung out with some friends and walked the trails at a state park near Sioux Falls with my parents. Its so fun to see the girls interact with other kids!

Will, Clara, Amelia, Quinn. Yes she really does drool that much some days.

Come on sister, get up there!

Shawna and me with our girls. We have been friends since we were their age.

Blazing the path in their wagon

Can't believe they are both looking at the camera!

The first weekend in September my friend Kari got married. It was a beautiful wedding and so fun to hang out with my friends. Kevin had a volleyball tournament during the day but was able to join us at the reception. The girls spent the night at my parents so we were even able to sleep in for the first time in a long time.

On September 12 I joined a new decade and turned the big 3-0! Even though I had to work I had a great day! My coworkers (mainly Joni) had decorated my cube with all kinds of "30" things and balloons so I felt festive all day. I got flowers at work from Kevin in the morning, Joni took me out to lunch, I got my free birthday cupcake from "Oh my Cupcakes", had a surprise visit from Shawna in the afternoon, and then Joni and Danielle came over for the evening. Kevin had a volleyball game so that was the only bummer. Despite a few moments of little freak outs, I am doing well with being 30. I keep thinking that in the amount of time I have been alive, if I live that long again, I will be 60! Now 30 doesn't seem so bad! :)

On September 14 I went to a baby shower for my friend Lori and her new daughter and then the girls and I went shopping with my mom since Kevin was in Rapid City for volleyball. Then on the 21st a bunch of my girlfriends and I went shopping and out to eat to celebrate our friend Ann who is getting married on Oct 19. Kevin did not have volleyball that day so he got to spend the whole day with his best little girls.

Love to the Loves!

What a fun month of friends!
Last weekend Kevin had a volleyball tournament at my old high school, Western, so I obviously had to go. The girls and I picked up my parents in Rock Rapids on the way to Hull and we spent the day there. Kevin's team ended up losing to Western in the championship but they played so well. It was fun to watch them play schools that I grew up watching rather than the SF schools that we always see. The girls did well and were pretty tuckered out by the time we got home.

The girls have been so fun lately. They are hilarious and make us laugh constantly. I really feel like they are starting to comprehend more of what we are saying and are starting to play more with eachother rather than just along side of eachother. We can tell them things like "go get a book" and they will go to their basket of books and pick one out and bring it back to us. Or we can say "put on your hat" and they will go to the Tupperware cupboard and put a bowl on their head (haha)! At bed time tonight I told them it was time for bed and to get their babies (dolls). Quinn got up, went to the kitchen where her baby was, picked it up and walked down the hall to their room. When did this happen!!!! Kevin and I ask eachother all the time how this is possible. I swear they say things like"yeah", "hi dad" or "what's that?" Tonight we were playing in the basement and there was a little toad on our back patio. I pointed it out to the girls and then they were obsessed. They would play with something and then have to come back to the window to check it out. I ask them where the toad is and then they put their hands up like "I dont know?" When it was time to go upstairs, they had to wave goodbye to the toad the whole way.

Sweetie Amelia putting on her "hat". 

This goofball has fun all day long....she is a corker, character, and a cheeseball. 

They love to chase each other around the kitchen table or through the tunnel. They love to tease each other by "giving" the other one something and then quickly pulling it away so they cant actually have it. They laugh and smile all the time but they are also very stubborn and persistent. They know what they want (usually what the other one has) and know how to whine to try to get it. Luckily for Kevin and me we figured out the differences in their cries a long time ago :)

We are loving this stage and can't wait to see what these two are going to do next.