Our Big Accomplishment of Summer of 2009!

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Valentines Weekend in Chicago

We spent Valentine's Day weekend in Chicago with our good friends, Salli and Jason and their children Lillian and James. Salli and I took Lilli and Lauren to the American Girl Place downtown (they both received AG dolls for Christmas this year), where they both were able to pick out a new outfit, while the boys checked out the Auto Show. We had a great time!!

Getting ready to leave..Lillian with Natalie, and Lauren with Dorothy.



The girls talking to their Grandparents on the way, thanking them for Valentine treats!



Working on a Valentine craft...







Making the big decision...



Exploring the rest of downtown Chicago...





Resting after having so much fun!



The whole crew..together again!



The long ride home from Chicago...

Walking!

As they took a little while figure out crawling, the twins have also taken a bit longer to master walking. And much to our surprise, Aiden was the first to start cruising..on Christmas eve! So he got to surprise Nana and Papa who arrived that day from Georgia. The first part of the video is Aiden showing off his skills around Christmas. Audrey followed, a few weeks later, and today is cruising around, not quite at the speed of her brother who will soon be running if he has anything to do with it, but she's gaining speed and ability. So the end of the video is Audrey showing off, of course carrying her purse, and a mini Dooney & Burke one of course!

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Bath Time

Here is Audrey and Aiden enjoying their baths. I'm not sure how much Audrey enjoys her bath..as she is usually drenched by Aiden's obvious glee when it comes to the bath tub..but she manages! And not to worry, Aiden was not harmed in the filming of this video--he barely got his hair wet on that little slip!

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Silly Big Sister

Here's a little moment I caught last night. Aiden has always been our silly, smiley, easy to laugh little guy. Audrey, on the other hand, well you had to work really hard to get her to even crack a smile. Until recently (like in the last month), however, we have actually started to hear her giggle and laugh for the first time, really! So here's the giggle, courtesy again, of big sister Lauren's strange antics...(don't mind her minimal clothing-yes, she is wearing her bathing suit cover-up and its only 30 degrees out with 10 inches of snow on the ground-that's normal Lauren-wear, I'm actually lucky she had any clothes on at all!)

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New Tricks

Another little video-this is Audrey's new way of getting around, 'walking' in her own way, not necessarily faster than crawling, but now she can carry (or get away with!) something in each hand! FYI, this video was taken after her eye surgery at the beginning of November, for those of you who are used to seeing her, you can see a definite difference in how her eyes align. You can also see the now 'outward' wandering tendency she has in especially her left eye, something we are working on with exercises.


Audrey "walking" Nov 08

Video Clips

I'm going to try and add a few video clips for those of you far away...random happenings in the daily life of us. The twins have been experimenting with standing and even taking a few steps, so we'll try to get a few of those on too. Enjoy!


The first clip is Audrey in the Kitchen..just after we caught her standing for the first time in the middle of the room, she decided to show off, picking up a stool.


Audrey October 2008

In the second clip, try first to ignore the large crash in the background, that would be Brent dropping several cups/glasses out of the cupboard, and secondly, I apologize for the level of noise...playtime isn't usually a quiet scene of togetherness!

A Lesson in Sharing...or not.