Labor Day Weekend

We spent the holiday weekend in St. Louis. A big thank you to Grandma & Grandpa Smith for the hospitality! They are fully baby stocked for our visits as they now have 2 high chairs, 2 pack 'n plays, and toys!

Here are a ton of pictures.

Morning Ba-ba's

This was their first stair attempt ever and they didn't even think twice!
Video:


C, my little model, wind-blown from the ac vent



Grandma Linda bought them new TOYSSSS!!!

O in white, C in purple

With their Aunt Nee-Nee

Family Picture!

My Aunt Sharon and new baby cousin, Natalie Kate.

Isn't she sweet!

And an impromtu FIRST HAIR CUT!

This was long overdue. Aunt Sharon did us a huge favor

and they looked so cute with their freshly shorn coiffs!

Caroline was up first

"How does it look, Mom?"

Keeping her preoccupied with stuff to chew on.

And then it was Livi's turn.

Give that girl some food and she's happy!

Mmmm.... more snacks!

Group shot: Me, Rob, a sleepy Caroline, Aunt Sharon with Olivia, Vanessa and Katie.

Grandma Linda & Grandpa Richard

They sure did enjoy spoiling those twinks!

Grandpa & a pouty Livi

Grandma and a sleepy Caroline

Enjoying some time where we're NOT holding babies.

Mommy & Liv

Aunt Nee Nee with Caroline

Eating again! That's pretty much all these girls do.

Liv showing Grandpa that she's a big girl

and can climb the stairs by herself.

AWWwweee!

Staring out at the backyard

C in grey, O in pink

Liv loving this walker toy

Bathtime!

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Mommy & Liv

Aunt Nee Nee and some clean-smellin' girls

Uncle Jeremy & Liners

Hanging out one morning

They are really starting to look more alike. Check out these next two pictures, the first is of Caroline and the second is of Olivia. They are making the exact same face in these and it took me a few seconds to realize which was which!

Just videos

Caroline: "Sooooo Big" (Take II)

A couple of the girls playing

First Ponytail & Other Weekend Fun

So as you all have seen, the girls hair is out of control. I'm afraid to cut it in fear that it will look like the "Peppermint Patty" cut (as Rob calls it) that my mom gave me when I was little - kind of squared off bangs and boxy. So I'm experimenting with different clips, bows, barettes. And this weekend was our first attempt at a ponytail. Caroline was the only one that would sit still enough to allow me to do this, so you won't see Miss Olivia with one here as she was NOT having it.

hee hee.. she looks like a little sumo wrestler.

The girls donning their most appropriate

"Stop Copying Me" onesies.

Helping daddy with the dishes

And a video:

Another video daddy took:

And I had to get a picture of this - they are always sitting in this position. Doesn't it look like it hurts??

Liv pouting in the corner

And Caroline giving a funny face

Oh yah! And after 10.5 months of making mom hold the bottles at EVERY feeding, they FINALLY agreed to hold it themselves.

(Doesn't sound like that big of a deal, but this a MAJOR feat in our house).

Sunday morning Rob made blueberry waffles so we gave the girls some for breakfast. You can't really tell from this picture just how blue their mouths and hands were after the damage was done.

I had to google "how to get blueberry stains off skin"

and then rubbed down our little smurfs with hydrogen peroxide.

Updates

The girls are getting so big and doing so many new things I can't even keep up with them. I failed to post a couple weeks ago that they turned 10 months!

Let's see.. they are both still turbo crawling and climbing up on every piece of furniture we have. Had to disassemble and take down the wine rack and our bookshelf in the living area because the two little squirts were practicing their acrobatics on them. They are now standing on their own for a few seconds at a time and are getting so brave at trying to balance on their chubby little feet. I think they'll be taking thier first steps very soon. They both clap their hands and added a semi-word to their vocab -"Ahdugdug" which in Twins' speak means "doggie".

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Here's a video I caught of Liv clapping:

And one of Caroline kind of doing "Sooooo Big!"

And here's Livi terrorizing her sister

We're working on sharing. They LOVE the TV remote.

A video of the girls practicing "sharing"

The squirts getting into everything

they are NOT supposed to

"Whaaat??"

"Caroline did it, see!?"

"Nuh-uh!"

A video, even a coffee table can be entertaining... who knew!: