Gearing up for Christmas

We've been talking to the girls a lot about Christmas since this is the first year they can half-way understand that something big is happening.  My mom sent them Twas the Night Before Christmas with her's and Papa Dave's voice recorded reading it - so cool!  And she also sent us some Christmas music and Classic Christmas movies, which C & O have been watching/listening to for the past few days.  I think their favorite is Frosty the Snowman, since that's the most popular request as of late.  I'm so looking forward to creating lots of Christmas memories and traditions over the years with our little family! 

Here's a picture I snapped of the girls last night munching on snowflake crackers and watching Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer. 

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Oh yah, we're planning on taking the girls to see Santa this weekend. 

Remember this picture from last Christmas?? teheehee.  I wonder what kind of faces we'll get this year. 

Big Girls: 2 year stats and Potty Time

Even though the girls are 26 months now, we were just able to get in for their 2 year pediatrician appointment. 

Here are the stats:

Caroline (aka: Still the Pipsqueaker)

weight - 23lbs, 10oz (15th percentile)

length - 33 1/4 inches (30-35th percentile)

Olivia (aka: My Good Eater)

weight - 26lbs, 5oz (40th percentile)

length - 34 inches (50th percentile)

This is the very first time that Caroline has made it above the 5th percentile for weight!  So even though she's still a pipsqueak, she is making a steady increase in that department.  Both girls are doing very well, are healthy (besides a few bouts with colds), received excellent reports from their teachers at school, and are generally happy big girls.  Olivia's heart murmur was detected again by the doctor this week, albeit faint, so she wasn't too concerned. 

In other news, we're in the midst of slowly but surely potty training these kids.  They LOVE sitting on their potties, and have both made pee pee and poo poo on the potty on several occasions.  Mom and Dad just need to work with them on being more consistent. 

Here's a few cute pictures.