Smith Twins: March 2009

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Lazy Sunday - 13months old today!

Here's a video of Caroline and Macie playing this morning. You can see the SUN! Hopefully, we'll spend the day playing outside and going to the park!

Yesterday (March 28) was my grandma Lucile's 98th birthday - WOW - and a year after my original due date.

Big blues

What a great picture of Macie and Caroline from Emily! Max is off running around somewhere in the background - it's virtually impossible to get the three of them in a picture together!

Friday, March 27, 2009

We had a great week filled with lots of new things!

Macie picked up a little German and has been saying, "Bitta bitza, beetsa. Bitta." (Translation - please, something something please.) It's really cute to listen to her tell stories in her own language.

Caroline is really INTO balls. She can roll them to you and kind of catch them when rolled to her. The other night, Mike was playing ball with Caroline and Macie was reading a book to herself. We couldn't help but wonder if their very different interests will hold in the future....

Both girls have gotten more adamant with their pointing and love looking for squirrels, birds, airplanes, cars, trucks, and of course dogs when we're outside. Another really fun activity has been standing on the couch waiting for Dad to come home - they get sooooo excited when they see him through the window and lean this way and that to get a better view!

On Saturday, we celebrated the 1-year birthday of our youngest set of PEPS twins - it's so fun to remember when we first met and they were all so little. Now, they're all crawling or walking or running around - in different directions!

Caroline and Macie made and signed a birthday card for me on Tuesday - it was so sweet! Ama was here babysitting and Mike and I got to go out that night to celebrate, which was great.

On Wednesday, we had Max (who turned 1 on Tuesday - we share our birthday) and his mom, Emily over for lunch. He and the girls had fun chasing each other around and eating cupcakes.

We went to the zoo on Thursday with Kai and his mom, Elizabeth. Caroline and Kai spent much of the time trying to hold hands between their strollers. She also called every animal she saw, "Dog!" No real surpise there! Macie "moo-ed" when we saw the cow and loved pointing at the little monkeys.

Today, we had some PEPS peeps, Finn, Grey, Ava and Jonas over to play because it was raining outside. Then, when it cleared up in the afternoon, we went to the park and met the girls' friend Noah. They loved playing on the seesaw and in the little house. What a great week of playing with their friends!!!!

Next week, Granpa Charlie gets here from Atlanta and we can't wait!

Monday, March 23, 2009

Our little "Sleestaks"

For some reason, we think that Macie and Caroline snoring is pretty funny. Enjoy!

Caroline falling asleep sitting up....or is she?

Is this right?

I left Macie alone to go get Caroline up from a nap and she found a bag of wipes. She made a GIANT pile of wipes by pulling them out one at a time and she was SO proud to show me when I got back downstairs. Good job, M! Now, if you could just learn to put things back....

just playing

Macie loving on her sister a little too much!!!!

Macie must have slept on her hand - see the finger marks on her cheek?!?!

Trying out the BIG bathtub! We like it! Macie is tickling Caroline's back - too funny!

Mom, why is there snow in the middle of March? OOOO - I think I see a squirrel!!!!

Taking a walk with Jack! Everybody wave :)

Thursday, March 12, 2009

Big Girls....

....eat quesadilla's off mom's plate - nice cheese, Macie.

....drink from sippy cups (well, we're learning how, anyway!)

....sit (stand) in a big kid chair!

....climb dad and tell him who's really boss :)

....wear big girl pajamas with a pajama shirts and pajama pants!

....show little girls what it's like to be big girls! Bea looks a little frightened of Macie's bouncing! And, she's actually not so little (only a pound less than Macie), just about 5months younger. The girls love having playdates with their little friend!

We love being OUTSIDE!

Caroline acting like Clark Kent - going off to the Phantom Zone (for all you Smallville fans out there!)

It's still cold, but at least it's SUNNY!

Uh OH! Where's my hat? (The girls have been practicing saying Uh OH for a while, but it usually sounds like "uh uh" with a big open mouth for extra clarity!)

Macie likes sharing - want a bite of my leaf?!

Caroline is so excited to be on the back porch - freedom!!!!

Those carseats were so last year

Macie at 6 days, in her carseat for the first time to come home from the hospital.... (where are her legs?!)

Caroline at 8 days, in her carseat for the first time....

Macie and Caroline at 3+ months, starting to fill these seats out!

Macie and Caroline at 12 months - getting a little cramped! It's time for a change!!!!

M and C in their new BIG GIRL carseats - nice!

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

One Year Old Stats

We had our doctor's check-up last week and here is the run-down (with some side-notes from me):

Caroline
- 20lb 3.5oz (40th percentile)
- 28.75in long (45th percentile)
- 45.5cm for head (65th percentile)
- more hair than she used to have, especially the little curl in the back
- taking up to 10 steps at a time (to get from me to dad!)
- 8 teeth! That's right - she surpassed Macie's tooth count by getting 2 in one week!
- Loves to bounce up and down while she's standing - like dancing
- Shakes her head yes and no
- Gives HUGS!

Macie
-18lb 3.5oz (10th percentile)
-27+ in long (5th percentile - they didn't get a good measurement bc she was kicking!)
-45.7cm for head (70th percentile)
- getting more hair, too! it's fuzzy everywhere....
- sometimes stands on her own, but has no interest in walking (which our pediatrician said is fine) because she's got too many other things to do!
- 7 teeth! I can see #8 trying to push through!
- Loves to play peek-a-boo with her hat
- Has a 'grown-up' laugh that she does whenever all the adults are laughing about something
- Loves to bob her head to the music
- Shakes her head yes and no
- Gives HUGS

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Macie likes, Caroline likes....

Macie likes Titus Dog!

(Caroline was a little scared of this 5lb dog!)

Caroline likes TOGA parties!

Caroline likes taking off hats! Hers or Macie's - we love the turtles, Uncle Brock!!!!

Macie likes laying on her sister's lap!

Caroline likes hoarding the trucks!

Macie likes climbing furniture....

and getting stuck....

and she even likes climbing WITH her sister!

Monday, March 2, 2009

525,600 minutes

I heard one of my favorite songs from Rent last week and it made me think about our first year with the girls. Here are some fun ways of looking at it....

How do you measure a year?

In diaper changes.... 4,610

In bottles.... 3,580

In bruises.... not too many, but they are good ones!

In nighttime wake-ups.... 700

In Cheerios eaten.... 4,800

In rides on the swings.... 200

In playdates.... 150

In trips to Whidbey Island.... 2

In trips to Atlanta.... 1

In trips to Colorado.... 1

In visits from family outside the state.... 10

In visits from family in WA.... 50

In steps taken alone.... 8

In loads of laundry.... 128

In new houses.... 1!

In new teeth.... 14

In smiles.... soooo many :)

In laughter.... we love it!

In babies.... 2!