Here are some photos...
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| "I feel alone in this stroller! Where's my brother?!" |
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| "Sister??? Hellloooooooooooo?" |
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| "It's okay Dylan - you fell on my mattress. It's soft!" |
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| "SURPRISE!!!" We took a surprise trip to see Grandma and Zayde - but Grandma wasn't home. :( |
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| "We love Ikea!" |
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| "Hi!" |
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| Mommy is soft to sleep on... |
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| Twins! get together April 2012 Lillian, Adam holding Lily, Susan holding Lily, Sheryl holding Asher |
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| Twins! get together April 2012 Stefanie & Josephine, Graham (in front, green shirt), Brian and Lillian |
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| Twins! get together April 2012 Lillian (left), Graham (right) |
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| Twins! get together April 2012 Dylan, playing in his girlfriends jumperoo |
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| Twins! get together April 2012 Dylan & his girlfriend Lily, laughing together |
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| Twins! get together April 2012 (left to right) Lillian, Lily, Asher, Graham, Josephine, Dylan, Lily Eve - not pictured |
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| Twins! get together April 2012 (left to right) Lillian, Lily, Asher, Graham, Josephine, Dylan, Lily Eve - not pictured |
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| Having our friends Graham and Lillian over for a play date! |
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| Hello! |
Here is a video, because we are so darn cute and fun!
Make sure your speakers are ON before pressing play!
So, since we last gave you a big update, here's what's new:
Josephine has learned how to hold her bottle, and will tilt it upwards when it needs to be tilted. When it is full, it's heavy and therefore hard, but she uses the high chair tray to balance it on. She drops it pretty often, so she hasn't held it in a store high chair yet. She is also able to sit up for a much longer period of time now, instead of just a minute or two - she's at 20+ minutes! Plus, when she falls she doesn't scream like she used to, so she is either getting used to it or it doesn't hurt her as much anymore. She has been trying very hard to roll over - we think she is getting jealous of Dylan. She still loves her Lettersaurus, and has been having fun making music with the stacking cups that her Great Uncle Paul and Great Aunt Jessica (and their first cousins, once removed?) got for her. She claps them together and gets a great big smile on her face because she made music! She also loves to sit and read books with Mommy or Momma - as long as someone else is doing the reading, she's happy! Her favorite book is hard to pick, since she has so many, but we think it's "Just Josie and the Lucky Number" - can you guess why? She is a thumb sucker, and has strong feelings that that is the only way to go. When Dylan is nearby and using his pacifier, she will reach over and grab it out of his mouth and put it on the other side of her, where he cannot reach. She will be an asset when it comes time to wean him! Josephine recently learned about a red monster - his name is Elmo. When he comes on the screen (we watch Sesame Street during super cranky times when nothing else will calm the kids down in the evening - usually after a skipped nap), Josephine lights up and stares at the TV. She otherwise couldn't be bothered with the show, but likes to relax on us.
Dylan has not yet mastered the bottle holding, but he is getting very close. He knows how to hold it, but doesn't seem to have the strength (or maybe its the independence) to hold it up on his own. He loves all his foods though - can't seem to stop eating them. He enjoys puffs, bagel chips (we let him suck on the Garlic flavored ones and he tried to eat the whole bag), lettuce, pasta, basically anything we give him - he loves. Mommy took him and his sister to Grandma and Zayde's for a surprise visit and when we sat at the table to eat a pizza, Claude (Zayde) was holding Dylan. Dylan reached, pushing Claude's arm away and grabbed at the pizza. Mommy gave him a little piece of the crust and he only wanted more. He can sit up for just about any amount of time, and can reach about a foot in front of himself without falling over. He is still really enjoying the ball that his Grandma Liz and Dale got him, and also enjoys the stacking cups and the stacking rings that his Great Uncle Paul & family got them. He especially likes to taste them. His newest thing is, as you saw in the video above, to say "ba ba ba." At our Twins Meetup for April, he began saying it while people were getting their stuff together. Perhaps he was trying to say bye-bye?
This past weekend was our April Twins Meetup. We've got another set of twins that has joined, Lillian and Graham and their parents Sarah and Brian. We also met (but didn't get to invite to the meetup) Liam and Aaden, who are 9 days older than Josephine and Dylan, and their mom Benjie and stay at home dad Mike. They live just a few blocks from us, so we will probably see them often. This latest meetup was at Susan, Lily & Eve's home. Lily and Eve insisted that we be given a copy of their favorite book "Two is for Twins" - and the kids really enjoy it!
As you know, this May marks the 18th year of Sarah's father, David, passing. So, next week we will be joining many others in the walk for Pancreatic Cancer - there is one week left to donate if you would still like to! You can donate by clicking here. You can also join our team, if you would like to walk with us (required pledge is $50, which can come as donations from others or yourself). We have so far managed to raise $600! And we have another $50 that is coming, as our friend (and nanny to Lillian and Graham) is going to walk with us! We are very excited to have made such a donation for the Lustgarten Foundation possible. They are working hard to end PC and we couldn't thank them enough! But the real people we can't thank enough is YOU. You have done the donating! You have opened your hearts and your wallets! You've done this for us, and we thank and love you for it!
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