Twins turn One

We had a rather fun party this past Saturday afternoon to celebrate the twins first year out of the womb. My sister flew down from Indianapolis and both of my brothers and their families showed up as well as both sets of grandparents and many friends.

Adrienne is walking. She is not walking exclusively but she will stand up and waddle over to something if it convenient. She can walk across the room if she wants to but she will mostly still crawl if she wants to get there quickly.

Atticus is taking steps but definitely not walking.

They had their year checkup at the doctor and did very well with the three shots. We waited for what seemed to be an eternity for the doctor to show up and then for the nurse to return with the shots. All this was happening during their morning nap time so they were very tired and grouchy.

After I got home from work and we ate I put out the new water slide that mom got for the kids. Lolo absolutely loved it. She would sqeal with excitement every time she slid down the slide. Of course the twins had to get in on the action so they crawled over and up to the top of the hill as well getting completely dirty with leaves, bark, mulch and mud. On top of this they both were soaked from head to toe.

We filled up a large pan with warm water and gave them all three baths. I had to change the water once it became so dirty from all the mess all over them.

Since they are a year old we tried to put them to sleep without a bottle. It was no problem for Adrienne, she went straight to sleep without any fuss. Of course Atticus screamed continuously for about 45 minutes so we gave in and gave him a bottle of milk and he went right to sleep.

Adrienne Takes Steps

Adrienne took a few steps yesterday. She is standing very regularly on her own accord without holding on to anything. She took several steps to get to the sofa, to a toy, and to her little lawnmower on the tennis court last night.

Atticus really doesn't want to walk yet. That is fine with us.

As our friend with 7 year old twins told me.....

Push them down!!!

Atticus wants to walk

Atticus is standing on his own unsupported fairly regularly when it is convenient for him. He actually took one step today when Mom and Dad were here. I actually didn't see it but he took one step and I think he really didn't realize it.

Beautiful day today- sunny and breezy. I hung out with Lolo, Adrienne and Atticus on the tennis courts. We took all three of them to Sams club to buy diapers and potting soil.

Lolo was a flower girl in Kristy's wedding last night. She was so damn cute that everyone kept talking about her. She did fine walking down the ailse purposefully dropping rose petals one by one and blocking out the ring bearer when he tried to stay beside her.

I was sitting down at the very front so I could keep her occupied during the ceremony since Tamara was a bridesmaid. The first thing she said to me was that she needed to go pee pee. I told her that she was going to have to hold it.

When it came time to walk back down the aisle out of the church she took one look at all the people looking at her and ran back to Tamara. She ended up walking out with Tamara. She was the hit of the wedding.