Pony Tails!!!

They are pretty darn cute when they leave their har styled. Alexandra prefers to put the elastics around her wrists. We have to keep an eye on her when that happens a those little things can cut of the circulation in her hands when there are 2-3 around.

Annellice is in the pink shirt and Alexandra is in the blue. Note, the reason for the head tilt is that they are trying to see the camera screen before the photo was done being taken.

Any you wonder how they know how to hold a cell phone? :)

August brings us to 23 Months!

Alexandra thought she was the cat's meow drawing in her special place. That was until her sister found her hiding spot and stepped in for some fun too. This turns into the only photo-op we had for marking the 23rd month in the appropriate time frame. Having them mobile and independent now has its challenges but life is way more fun!

There was a race?

The end of July brought brutal temperatures and race to the Richmond area. Kevin signed up and I toted the girls down to the venue at Rocketts Landing. The air temp was in the upper 80's and the water temp was a balmy 91F. The girls did well to brave it out in the elements as did Kevin. They were able to last until about 5 minutes before Kevin finished before melting down. Then is was a quick wakl back to the car and into some much needed AC.

Alexandra was giving us a little bit of her attitude look before bed that night.

Pictures too funny looking not to post...

July with their friends!

The first weekend in July Cadence came over for a visit while Kevin and his buddies went out for a long bike ride. The first which would have hoped to be many but so far that has not panned out well with the travel schedule this year. None the less everyone had fun cramming their faces with food and learning how to share (well really trade) their toys.

The next day the girls were a little wired in the evening. I think is was do to the nearby early July 4th partying. At first Alexandra was scared of the noises produced. Annellice of course was her in her standard position of pointing and "ooh-ing" in the direction from which the noise came. These are pics from later that night.

More June Pictures

They are getting big! So big they thought my running shoes would fit them.

Fun photos from June

Loving the hair barrettes... and then not so much. Annellice likes the girls hair products more than Alexandra does these days: Shortly after the above photos we found this creature on the tire of the trailer:

The Bath County fight. When you walk away from your sitting place it should be known that is it up for grabs for anyone else, right?!? Annellice didn't get the memo apparently.

June's posting - 21 months

So this is actually the last picture we have of the girls sitting down for their monthly photo in the picture taking chair. You will see why in the photos that follow!

20 Months - about 2 weeks late

Cuties with rubberbands and a remote control - why they like to play with these things is beyond me!

Water Babies!

With the warm summer days just starting here in Central VA the girls are taking to the water quickly. They are now old enough to understand that we have made them silly hairstyles while they play in the tub. They also now that when the hose comes out all all water spraying begins!

Bath tub fun and games:

Washing the car with daddy:

April was busy!

These little busy boddies are in full motion now. While they are not in a full on run just yet there little legs can power walk with the best of them. Not really sure how tall the girls really are right now but we do know that when they visit childwatch at the YMCA they stand as tall as 2.5 to 3 year olds. Not bad for these skinny winnies!

While the art of speaking still eludes them they hare starting to master a few words. Where ever they see the yellow bird with the orange bill in a book they say "Daaahh - khheee". The sounds of barking sets them saying "Daaaaawww-gee". Some times they sound very much the same but the long drawn our vowels are usually the give away.

The girls have mastered finding their body parts - head, ears, eyes, nose, mounth, chin, belly button, feet and hands. We are still working on shoulders, knees, fingers and toes. Sometimes they will understand face and cheek but they really depends on their mood and or how tired they are. They understand that their feet go into socks and shoes. Sometimes they will go into a tizzy if you say shoes as they then want them on their feet or what the ones on their feet changed out for another pair.

Meal time has become more of an adventure. Now we are living the warnings that the doctor told us with termpramental eaters. Whether it is texture, taste or both one of the girls is always finicky... usually it is Alexandra on texture. Oddly enough Alexandra really dislikes the texture of regular bread, so much so that the only way we get her to eat it is by toasting it a little bit. Annellice could care less about the texture but take away her independence of holding her spoon/fork and feeding herself and you might have WWIII on your hands. Sometimes we feel that we are feeding them the same foods every single day - when actually it is probably every other or every 3rd day. We are praying that they start to become better at chewing things down soon so we can given them smaller meals of what we eat currently.... easier said than done when you have a sensory specific child though.

The easter bunny came and went - the girls had a blast finding the eggs that Kevin dispersed in the yard! They had their first dose of easter at the beginning of April at a RAMOM picnic. There they played with other twins at the playground and then hunted for eggs in the soccer field. Having never been exposed to the "hunt" before they picked up on it quickly... so quickly that they had full on fits of anger when we made them wait until it was their turn to go (those few moments felt like an eternity in front of all the other parents with well behaved kids).

We are glad that May is here now and that the cold weather bursts are behind us. Now if only we could keep the shorts from falling off their tiny behinds!

Pictures of PB&J time!