Happy New Year!!

We’ve been busy busy since Christmas! Our first Christmas was a great success and we can’t wait until the next one!! We started off our vacation from “school” with brand new breathable crib bumpers! Mommy and Daddy were tired of coming in to find us like this:




Plus sometimes we’d wake up in the middle of the night because we were kind of in a bind and had to be rescued. But not anymore!

We went to an adult party with Mommy and Daddy at Diana and Ignacio’s house. Kevin and Angela were there too. We went to bed REALLY late that night, but we did well, and even managed a nap during all the commotion. Here is all of us minus Diana – she was taking the picture.




The next day we went to Grammy & Grampy’s lake house. Here is Grammy and Grampy giving us our bedtime bottle so we could go to bed and wake up and see what Santa brought!




We made quite the haul with lots of really cool toys that make LOTS of noise. We also got some clothes and really cute boots.






Christmas Day we had a party at our house with all of Daddy’s side of the family and Grammy & Grampy. Here is us with Uncle William:




Us with all our cousins – Anna is sitting with Junior, Grace is with Nick and Hayden is in the middle.




We really liked playing with Hayden! She’s so cool and we can’t wait to follow her around and do everything she does!




Here is us with Aunt Jennifer, Uncle Donald and Hayden (see us watching Hayden – she’s so cool).




Then all the cousins had to take a picture with the 2 Grandma’s.




And here is a family picture of Aunt Mary, Uncle William and our 2 cousins Nick and Junior.




And Grampy and Daddy wanted to get in all the picture fun too!




Here we are with Nick – he was so good with us!






We had a great time with all our family around, and we were EXHAUSTED when it was all over and quickly whisked off to bed. It was a GREAT 1st Christmas!

Anna thinks Santa brought her the coolest new toy ever (she seems to have discovered it over the holiday anyway and now we see it TONS)



























During our days off from school we went to Mommy’s work and helped her make some badges. That was lots of fun, and here we are goofing around on Mommy’s boss’ chair!




You’ll also notice another first – Grace’s PIGTAILS! Mommy is SO excited that she finally has some hair to play with. She’s been telling Daddy forever that it will be pigtails all the time as soon as possible. I think the day has come! And Grace is surprisingly tolerant of Mommy putting her hair up.






That about wraps up 2011! It has been a great year, and we are sad to see it go!




But 2012 is sure to be even better, and we can’t wait for all the new firsts that are just around the corner! We are going to attempt a new project and it is called Project 366 (leap year = 1 extra day this year!!). We’ll be taking 1 picture EVERY DAY of the year! The plan is to do at least a weekly post with a recap of the previous week in pictures. We’ve got 3 days in a row so far so hopefully we can keep at it. It would be so fun to look back at the end of year and see a year in pictures. So far its been a great year. We got to meet our 2nd cousins Katie and J (and hopefully we’ll get to be flower girls in their wedding in 2013!!).




We got a new ball pit that is TONS of fun (notice the tongue has made another appearance).




And we turned 36 weeks yesterday! Here are some outtakes of Mommy’s attempt at getting this latest picture.

















36 weeks….we’ve officially been outside babies longer than inside babies now!






We’ll be back next week (hopefully) with an update and Project 366!

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Fun

We sure are having fun with all of the Christmas decorations and things to do!! We went to Bass Pro to get our picture taken with Santa. As usual, Anna was pretty laid back, and Grace thought Santa was going to eat her alive. This was our first Santa picture! We tried to get there as soon as they opened thinking we would beat the rush. Well, that didn’t work. The line was out the door waiting for the store to even open. Rookie mistake! We got in, and managed to get in the 2nd group who’s time slot was 10:30-11. 30 minutes, not a big deal. We were at the front of the group. Things seemed to be getting off to a slow start. Santa was wandering around talking to everyone. Mommy joked that the camera was probably broken. Then they made the announcement that the camera was broken and that anyone who wanted to use their own camera, could cut to the front of the line. We decided to hold out for the real deal because it was supposedly on its way. Mommy and Daddy stood there holding us for at least an hour. We get kinda heavy after an hour! It all turned out ok though and here is our picture. I think we made it worth it!!




Then we made our way around the store and found a cool saddle to pose on. We each took a turn, then rode on it together.






This is how pictures typically go with us….




Then after half a bazillion attempts, we get a keeper!




This past weekend we got to meet Cindy! The high school of the town she lives in went to the State Championships and they played at Cowboys Stadium so we got to check that out too. Anna loves watching football, and was pretty fascinated with the GIANT screen and she sat pretty still and quiet and watched the game. Grace was a little more hesitant. She wasn’t a big fan of all the loud noises and took a lot of snuggles to keep from a meltdown every time one of the teams did something good! She eventually warmed up a little bit. We walked around a little bit with Mommy and Daddy and stopped to pose for a picture before heading out.









Then we headed to Austin for a quick trip to meet some more family in Pflugerville. We did have a little time to play with Grampy.




Got some balloons from Central Market with Grammy.






Catch some light up snowflakes on our tongue.




And pose in Grammy and Grampy’s Nativity Scene!

32 Weeks

Can't forget our 32 week picture!!

Writer's Block

Our blog posts seem to be slacking off don’t they? We blame writer’s block and not enough free time! Sorry about that….we haven’t abandoned the blog totally!

Yesterday we turned 32 weeks! Some new things we have been up to….we are both sitting up really well now. We’ve tried LOTS of veggies. Mommy says we have cauliflower and broccoli left to go, and then we can try some fruit! Grace has two bottom teeth now and apparently is an excellent teether. We are both rolling in both directions and are both tummy sleepers. They tried to fight us on it, but we eventually won. Tummies it is! We make all sorts of new noises. Grace has a high pitched shriek that will make your brain rattle. Both of us like to suck in like we are gasping for air and scare the pants off Mommy. Grace was the first to learn that one and decided to test it out when Mommy came in to get her from bed one morning. She couldn’t keep a straight face though, so Mommy caught on pretty quick. Now when Anna coughs or sneezes she makes a cute little “whoooooooo” noise afterwards. So as to say, “Man, that was a good one!” We laugh all the time. Mommy and Daddy will just do anything to get us to laugh! Both of us are pretty ticklish, but Grace is EXTREMELY ticklish. She tightens up her tummy and makes funny noises when you tickle her. Both of us have ticklish legs. We will almost always laugh if you give us “haaarsey bites.” (That’s what Grampy says….AAAAARRRRRR….also heard in words like fark and carn)

Anna got her very first energy drink. Here she is opening the can…




And after she had a few swigs…




And now she’s addicted.




Anna got her helmet to correct her little noggin’.



She’s got positional plagiocephaly. Fancy speak for a flat spot. This was caused by her torticollis. Basically one of her neck muscles grew short in the womb causing her to look one direction more than others so we have to do stretches all day every day to loosen her up. This will get her to where she doesn’t look one direction more than the other. The helmet has to stay on 23 hours a day. Basically it stops the growth in certain spots, and encourages the spots that are flatter to grow and round out. Kind of like molding her head to be round. She doesn’t seem to mind the helmet too much. She isn’t too patient for taking it on and off, but that is probably because those times seem to coincide with changing in and out of pajamas, which is also usually around breakfast and dinner time and she’s already hungry, sleepy, or both! She does great with it otherwise though. It stopped her from sleeping on her tummy for a couple of weeks, but last night she figured it out and back onto her tummy she goes!





We just gone done with our first Thanksgiving. We spent it at Grammy & Grampy’s lake house. We had a lot of fun. Our Thanksgiving feast included squash, green beans and potatoes!








We seem to be getting closer to crawling. We can move around, but haven’t taken off just yet. Anna is a pro at throwing it in reverse. Mommy put us down for tummy time, and Anna decided to take an adventure off the carpet.




Mommy attempted to make some headbands and used us as models. What do you think?












Well, that about sums it up. We hope everyone has a Wonderful Christmas!!