We had a great day yesterday. We went to the zoo with the girls. It was "Multiples Day" at Southwick's Zoo. They liked seeing all of the animals and were equally as impressed by the ball in the baboon's enclosure and the waterfall in the tiger's enclosure. They wanted to walk a lot of the time which made for a slow move through the zoo, but it was adorable. We met up with some of the other moms of multiples that I know from being in my twins group. The girls were very excited about all of the babies! O learned the word "alligator" last week and it is my new favorite cute thing that she says. So we went to see the alligators, but they were camouflaged in the water. Oh well.

Last weekend we made our first trip of the season to the beach. They really didn't care for the sand, but we had a good time anyway. They looked adorable! (Thanks to Auntie Heather for the super cute headbands).

The girls have been biters for awhile now. Whenever one has something the other wants, she bites her sister. They have been better lately, but today, while Daddy was cutting up the chicken, J decided that she wanted the car that O had. So she bit her face. Poor O has a huge bite mark on her face. I would feel really badly for her, except I know that she has given her sister quite a few nasty bites herself.
They are really into reading right now. They love any books with touch and feel kind of thing. They walk over saying "Book? Book?" and holding out the book for you to take. Then its "up!". And once one is on your lap, the other one comes toddling over "up! up!". It seems that the simplest books (like the ones with 5 pages and 5words) can be read over and over and OVER, while the more interesting books with lots of words just won't do, and get tossed to the floor after a page or two.
They are loving the pool. Memere and Pepere have a blow up giraffe (named Nathaniel) that floats around in the pool. They love to point at it and say "Giafe", but when it comes within touching distance, they lose their tough exterior, clinging and shaking their heads "NO!".
Walking and talking a ton (although not always in a language that I understand). They are so funny and so much fun. Tomorrow (0r today rather, as it is 1:30am) we are going to Southwick's Zoo for the first time. It is Multiples Day, 1/2price for families with mulitples, so it should be interesting!

Our first Plane Trip

The girls did great on their first plane ride! We had a really nice flight attendant who helped us board, got us cookies, offered to watch them if I had to use the restroom and got them a certificate with their names and "wings".
J and O got to meet their newest cousin B. He is so cute and such a good baby! Here he is nestled in his little sling at the zoo...

N's newest obsession is Jeeps, so you can imagine his joy when we came accross this display at the Zoo! He was sooooo excited!

My favorite part of the zoo was feeding the giraffes. It was super cool! Never thought I would get to pet a giraffe!

And back at Auntie Lea's house, we spent a hot afternoon chillin in the pool. What fun!

So all in all a great trip! Can't wait to go back!

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Too long between posts!

Okay, I am becoming a horrible blogger. As Lisa pointed out, it has been forever since my last post! So, in the interim, the girls have turned ONE! (I can't believe I have toddlers!). They started crawling a couple of days before their early intervention appointment (they were approved for services for gross motor), so she will be back in July when the girls are 15months old. They are cruising, pulling up, riding their little cars and horses all around the house and just generally creating mayhem! They are so freakin cute. They each have 4 teeth now (O cut her 4th one today). They had a great birthday. You can see their pictures on Megans blog at
www.perspectives-photography.com/blog and search under April 2009. We had a blast and the girls got tons of stuff. We will be moving to "Big Girl" carseats soon. And we will be taking away the paci's after we get back from our trip. Which brings me to the next thing... The girls and I are flying to Michigan on Tuesday! Lea had a little baby boy (well, not so little 9lb15oz!) on May 15th. So the girls are going to get to meet their newest cousin! We will be gone for a week and I unintentionally planned the trip for over fathers day weekend. And you would think that not getting up early and being able to do whatever you want on Fathers Day would be a great gift, but Steve will be doing a side job, so it isn't all fun and games! But we will get to celebrate the following weekend. They are both saying "down (sounds like don), mama, da da, dog (daw), bubbles (buba). O seems to say things more consistently than her sister. They both sign "more", but O seems to think it just means "I want". She does the sign for more then just points at what she wants. They love looking out the big window in the living room to look for birds, and say "bir... bir?". So that is all for now. Wish me luck on the big trip. I'll try to be better about keeping up with this blog!

First Teeth!

So after 11 months (to the day!) my girls have their first tooth! They each got one tooth yesterday (3/26) on their 11month birthday. Seems like they have to do EVERYTHING together! Olivias is on the right and Jocelyn's is on the left. Poor girls were teething while having pneumonia (Olivia) and an ear infection (Jocelyn) with fevers of 104! But all is better now. They are feeling much better. Early intervention is evaluating them (they still aren't crawling) and we should hear more about that soon. Jocelyn is waving bye-bye a lot now. Olivia started clapping today. She also says "yay" (sort of, it kind of sound like "aaayaa") while she claps... sooooooo cute! That's all for now!

J&O have been doing well. They have another bad cold, but other than that, things are good. Cousin E got baptized last weekend and we went to the party after. The girls were their usual cheerful selves. I swear that they do better in large groups than small intimate settings! They are getting good at scooting around on their bellies. I have gotten a few tips on helping them learn to crawl, so we shall see. Even though they are not feeling well, they still have tons of smiles to go around! O is doing a little worse than J. You can just tell she doesn't feel well. She is actually being a little cuddly (very unlike her!). They have been having fun hanging out with their cousins, but they are all going to Florida today, so we won't be seeing them for a week!

Peek-a-Boo

Peek-a-boo has, of course, been a long time favorite in our house. But just recently, the girls have started covering their own faces with their blankies (or whatever else is laying around) to play with us or each other. It is so cute! Still no forward motion (again, this is totally okay with me!). They can get around okay by pivoting while lying on their tummies. J is best at this. She can really move! They aren't afraid of the penguin blow up toy anymore. In fact they really like it. O started with a virus in her mouth (the doc said it isn't anything serious) and now J has it also. It hurts their mouths to eat, so they aren't eating as well, but they are still nursing fine, so we are sticking with that. Not too much else that I can think of...
Until next time!