Birthday Party

Here are some photos of the twins' (and Jake's) birthday party. We had manicotti, salad, garlic bread, and two cakes! One cake was Elmo for Ava & Carter and the other was a basketball for Jake. I decided to make Jake his own cake as his birthday tends to get overlooked since he shares it with the twins. He was very excited to have his own cake!

Carter was so happy to get Elmo!

Ava checking her Elmo out
They wanted to share a chair to eat

What did you get? I want it too!!

(She did get her own, she just hadn't opened it yet)

My masterpiece: The Elmo Cake!

Blowing out their candles

2 Years Old!

Can you believe that the twins are already two years old? Where have the last couple years gone? Here's a couple photos of them two years ago and some that I took on their actual birthday. We also already got the 2 year check-up taken care of and the stats are below.

Ava (L) 4# 13 oz, 17 3/4 inches

Carter (R) 6# 14 oz, 19 inches

Who'd have thought two pounds would make such a difference?

Two Years Old
Ava: 29 lbs (80%ile!), 34 1/2 inches (70%ile)

Carter: 36 lbs (off the chart), 36 inches (90%ile)

As you can see, our little duo is doing just fine and have come a long way from the small little things they were when born! They are on track developmentally and we look forward to the next year of growth and changes they will have.

Children's Museum

Today Ava, Carter, and I joined a friend of mine with twins at the Childen's Museum. The kids had a blast exploring all the areas and playing, playing, playing! Carter fell asleep before we were even out of the parking ramp. The World Works gallery was probably the favorite due to the large area meant for water play, including bubbles! The Our World gallery was another favorite with its grocery store, post office, doctor office, house, and dance studio. Ava had a blast loading up her grocery cart with food and pushing it through the entire area. Carter was at the end of his rope so he didn't enjoy it as much. Next time we go, we'll start there so Carter can get his groove on.

Grocery Cashier Ava

The Leaf Blowing Machine

Raking Leaves

Bubbles!

Racing wooden boats

Climbing in the Habitot area

Ava showing a baby how the flower spins

Carter found a slide

We've got a blog!

After two years of contemplating starting a blog, I decided to finally go ahead with it. When you take funny photos and create blog entries in your head, it is best to actually have a blog to post those entries to! So here we are! Enjoy following us through our days and watching us as we grow!