One Year Old

Sunday, January 3, 2010

We made it! We all survived the first year. Charlotte and Logan are one today! This year has really flown by! Logan and Charlotte have really changed in the past year. Both babies are cruising around furniture and crawl up stairs. They eat 3 meals of table foods a day. They drink on their own from straw cups and sippy cups. I am proud to have made my goal of nursing them for a year and we are still going strong. (Yes, it is possible to successfully nurse twins, but it is a lot of work in the beginning).

We are blessed to be Logan and Charlotte's parents. It has been amazing getting to know these two little people. We can't wait to see what is to come in their second year.

12 month stats (the babies have more than tripled their birth weights):

Logan - 21.5 lbs (birth weight was 6 lbs 2 oz)
Charlotte - 20.5 lbs (birth weight was 5 lbs 4 oz)
Charlotte is taller than Logan by an inch or two.

Birthday party pictures will be coming soon! For now, here are some pictures from the past month:

Fun at the park

I love this picture of my sweet girl.

Still not much hair. Hopefully she'll get more in her second year.

Our little man

Playing with his dump truck

Climbing slides already

Gotta love Costco!

Kevin's birthday ... Charlotte was really into his cake. She was prepping for her turn.

First birthday as a daddy

Logie loves bathrooms, especially toilet paper. Hopefully he'll want to clean them someday.

Charlotte is into everything!

Our friends from Maryland, the Lapointes, came out to California for a visit. We were fortunate enough to see them twice! The babies had fun playing with 2.5 year old Audrey. Audrey is smart and has a lot of energy.

We couldn't get a decent picture of all 3 kids together.

Charlotte just being cute

Logan has started putting unwanted food on the top of his head.

Logan enjoys drinking bathwater from a cup and throwing tub toys out of the tub.

CJ and her big, beautiful eyes.

Kevin is wearing his new beanie made by his brother, Michael, who crochets custom beanies. I have a lavender and brown one. Order yours today!

Christmas 2009

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Logan and Charlotte had a great first Christmas! First we went to a Christmas Eve service at our church. Then we spent time with the Wiens side of the family. We stayed overnight at the Wiens home on Christmas Eve. The babies woke up a full house of 14 people at 6 a.m. on Christmas morning. (They couldn't wait to open presents!) Midday on Christmas, we drove to the Grant home to celebrate Christmas with Kevin's family. The babies have had a lot of fun playing with all of their new toys over the past few days. Here are some pictures:

Charlotte opening her first gift on Christmas Eve.

Charlotte with Auntie Laura

Reading a Christmas card together

Trouble? Who, me?

Logan trying out his new backpack. (Charlotte got one, too). We made fun of them too, but yes, we are going to have leash kids.

Logan was really into his new clothes.

Reading a new book

Christmas at the Grants

Charlotte plays "queen of the mountain" on top of any large box.

Charlotte is excited about her new toys!

Merry Christmas!

Friday, December 18, 2009

Here's our Christmas picture! You wouldn't believe how difficult it is to get two babies to look at the camera at the same time. We are looking forward to spending time with both sides of the family next week. This will be Logan and Charlotte's first Christmas. They are going to love all of that wrapping paper and fun, new toys! Have a blessed Christmas, everyone!

11 Months Old

Thursday, December 3, 2009

Logan and Charlotte are 11 months old. I can't believe we are almost at the end of their first year! This month Logan weighs in at 21 lbs. and Charlotte weighs 19.5 lbs.

It's exciting to see Logan and Charlotte's personalities develop. Logan is our little explorer. He tries to figure out how things work and loves to rummage through drawers. Charlotte is always on the go and now cruises around furniture. She is quick to express her displeasure by throwing down something she doesn't want. When she doesn't want to nap she lets us know by throwing everything out of her crib in protest. Charlotte also love to pull hair, so watch out!

Logan and Charlotte both started saying the same first word this month: "hi!" I sure feel welcome at home with all of the "hi's" I get. Charlotte also says "up".

Kevin, Logan, and Charlotte were all sick this past month with what we suspect was H1N1. I was sure I was going to get it too, but somehow I escaped it for now. We had a lot of sleepless nights, but everyone is feeling better now.

We had a nice Thanksgiving at my aunt and uncle's home, with lots of family to see. Logan and Charlotte loved the food! They tried everything and loved it all, especially our family's famous "Orange Goo" mandarin orange salad and the pumpkin pie! Then we spent a couple of days at my parents' home. The babies are very interested in their three kitties.

Here's our most recent pictures: