SO sorry we haven't written in a long time! You must be antsy waiting for pictures...
But you are patient, and patience is a virtue that always pays off :-)
In the last month or so we have done a LOT. We moved, which is always hectic, and we found new friends and play areas! We also had to say a sad "see you later!" to many friends.
Let's start where we left off - Hanukkah! Grandma, Zayde, Uncle Andrew, Aunt Hope, cousin Clayton, Doug and Aileen all came over for a Hanukkah celebration like no other! We sang songs, we lit candles - Grandma and Zayde even gave us our own super cool electric menorah so we didn't get hurt :-)
A few days later, we went to the temple in our neighborhood and had a special kids story and music time for Hanukkah. They gave us applesauce and latkes MMMMMMMMMMMM
We spent a lot of time not going out places because mommy was packing our stuff. We put everything into storage. Well, we put mommy and momma's stuff into storage and brought EVERYTHING WE LOVE. We have all our favorite toys here with us and we have our bedding that we love. We were good though, and we told mommy she could put our cribs into storage and we would sleep int he nice cribs that Grandma got us when we were born.
We moved to Grandma and Zayde's and that week was nutso! We went out for Christmas Eve to our family friends and they have a little boy, he's three and super cool. He knows ALL the animal sounds! We are going to see him more and he is going to teach us lots and lots and lots more. During the week, mommy went back to our old apartment to finish packing our stuff - like our play gates. We have a great big play area here - a whole room - but mommy and momma wanted to make sure we couldn't get to the stuff that we might get hurt on. We have a great big room to play in!
We did lots of fun stuff at Grandma and Zayde's in the first two weeks. We got to go to a whole bunch of new stores and even ride in the shopping cart car at Stop and Shop. Grandma has got us all our favorite foods - and even some new ones! We didn't know how good blackberry graham cereal bars were! MMMM
We started something that is super duper cool though. We started a music class! We get to sing, dance, play with instruments and see other kids our age and a little older. The teacher Juliana is so sweet and smiley.
Some other fun stuff we've done is we got library cards (our firsts! we even took out books!), we went to a new mall with a new super cool play area - its huuuuge and LOTS of fun-, we went to see Neomie in New Jersey, we got our 15 month checkups (she said "clean bill of health" before sticking us with sharp things and made us cry), we got to Skype with our friend Josephine & her mommy, we got to Skype with Grandma and Dale, we started coloring, and we got our first haircut! One of the most exciting things to happen is our friends Howie and John had twins!!! They are a boy and a girl just like us! They were born on Jan 5 in India and are named Ava and Aiden.
I'm sure there is SO much more that we did in the last month, but lets stop this chatting and get to the fun pictures!
But first...
At 15 months, Josephine is coming up as 30 inches and 20 lbs 8 oz. She is in the 50% percentile for height and 20% for weight. (She recently put herself on a diet and doesn't want to eat as much, so she didn't gain too much.) Dylan is a bit taller, at 30.5 inches and a whopping 22 lbs 2 oz. He is also 50% for height and 25% for weight. (He has put himself on a "see-food" diet, but also runs EVERYWHERE.)
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Our Aunt Catalina, Uncle Jason and cousins
Isaac, Joshua, Elijah and Gabriel |
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| Look what Grandma and Dale sent us!!! |
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| Lighting the big menorah at the temple |
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Our stuff - not mommy and momma's - to bring
to Grandma and Zayde's! |
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| They had toys for us, too |
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| SO MANY TOYS |
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| Hanging with Grandma |
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Grandma and Dale gave us this for our birthdays
It's super fun |
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| Just chillin |
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| Relaxin |
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| That's a lot of candy cane boxes... |
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| ....and bags.... |
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| LOOK AT ALL THE LOOT! |
Every year, around the holidays, momma gives her students at school a little special goodie bag. Mommy buys things on discount throughout the year. This year she forgot she bought stuff, so there was a LOT extra to give them. The kids at school have such big smiles when they get their goodie bags
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| Momma and Dylan playing piano |
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| It's fun! |
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| Josephine & Momma playing |
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| Zayde, reading Josephine her favorite book |
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| which happens to be Dylan's favorite too |
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| Hey! Don't ship us away! |
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| Hangin in my play room |
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This puzzle is so fun!
Thanks JC & her mommy! |
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Being a Florida Gator's fan, like my
great uncle Bob |
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| It's a fun trampoline |
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| Even being next to it is fun |
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| A BOX (from Grandma & Dale) |
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| Look Dylan, there are cards |
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| I'll read the card first |
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| What's in this bag?! |
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| THERES MORE UNDER IT! |
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| LOOK AT ALL THE STUFF |
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| Spaghetti break |
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| Yummy |
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| I WANT TO OPEN IT |
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| Open open open open! |
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| WOW THIS IS SO COOL!!!! |
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| Our new mall play area |
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| It's really big |
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| It has a biiiig tunnel |
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| First time coloring |
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| First time coloring |
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| Unsure what is happening |
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He knew to keep his head still around the scissors
Dylan was VERY well behaved, until the end of the haircut |
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| Josephine wasn't as happy |
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| A rare photo - both of us together |
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| I'll read you this book! |
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Dylan misses his Uncle Matt SO much, he is turning
into him |
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| Not sure how she managed to wiggle into this position |
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| Relaxin' in my tutu |
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| I'm on top of the world! |
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We got a special treat - breakfast in front of the TV -
since we were up all night sick with a stomach virus |
