Our twelfth month has been full of exciting and fun things!
The weekend of our birthday, we got to go to an ice cream social for Northern Virginia Parents Of Multiples, where we met a lot of other twins.
The next day, we went to our very first park, Clemyjontri, near here. It is a very special park for children, brightly colored, soft surfaces, and completely handicapped accessible. We got to try out swinging for the first time, and explored some of their other fun equipment. The next time we go, we want to ride the carousel with Mommy and Daddy!
Later that week, we went with Mommy into DC to meet Daddy at work. We got to meet some of his co-workers, and we all went out to lunch together at Firefly in DuPont Circle. The crazy thing was that it was restaurant week, and we were seated right by the hostess station in front. But this was a great vantage point for us to study everyone in the restaurant, and for Christopher to monitor “command central”! Mommy and Daddy did a pretty good job of grabbing all the extra china and knives before we could, and even helped us decorate cookies with sprinkles our waiter brought us. After lunch, they brought them back, all baked, and they were a very messy, yummy treat! ☺
And then last week, we had our playgroup friends over, and we had special treats (animal cupcakes, and some goldfish and puffs!) to celebrate our birthdays and our friend Lexi’s birthday! We played inside, and then sat out on the lawn to eat treats and play with bubbles and our cool birthday bubble machine! We learned that Katharine is afraid of the bubble machine, but we both love to watch regular bubbles being blown.
The next day, in the middle of our pre-afternoon nap diaper change, we were listening to music and picking out a book when our windows began to rattle. When Mommy saw the huge TV in front of us begin to shake, she grabbed us and headed for the closest doorframe. It lasted about 45 seconds, and then a phone call from Daddy confirmed that we had just experienced our first earthquake (Mommy’s too!). It was the biggest earthquake in this area since the year 1897, and tied that one at 5.8 on the Richter scale. There were two aftershocks, but we did not feel those. Daddy was able to make it home on the metro, but it took two hours. We didn’t have any damage. An elephant fell off of the Noah’s Ark in the kids’ room, and a picture fell off our mantle downstairs. But we were fine, and had great naps afterward!
And then this weekend, we had our first hurricane! Sort of. Hurricane Irene caused lots of excitement for all the grownups. When Mommy went to get groceries for the week, the lady at the store laughed when she asked what aisle the water was in. We took one of the last three containers of water left, and mommy found extra batteries the next day at another store. The morning of the hurricane’s arrival, it was gloomy but warm, so we went to the farmer’s market and the store, and then headed home for the rest of the weekend. Irene luckily downgraded to a level 1, and it was just really windy and rainy here at our house. The lights dimmed once on Saturday and once on Sunday, but we were really thankful not to lose power. And on Sunday, we enjoyed the beautiful sun by sitting out on the front step and blowing bubbles.
And this week, we are going to visit Mommy's school and have lunch with Miss Lauren and our friends Alex and Ela at Miss Kathie's house, and meet baby Mila!
Other big news!
Katharine is seventeen pounds and nine ounces, and Christopher is twenty-two pounds and ten ounces. Christopher is too tall for his infant car seat at 30.5 inches, so we both got new car seats last week. They are HUGE! They are supposed to last us until 59 inches and 70 pounds. Can you believe that? Since we aren’t using our old snap-out car seats anymore, we get to start using our stroller seats when we’re out! They’re so cool, because one of us sits up higher so we can both see. And we can face forward or backward, or face each other, which we think is so fun!
Christopher started truly crawling (although he still sometimes needs some reminders, as he still likes to belly crawl when he’s in a hurry or excited), and pulling up on his own last week. He loves to stand, and seems to be thinking about taking steps sometimes! Daddy even caught him dancing a little bit at the music table tonight! He is getting the hang of the snack trap, and is almost a pro at holding his own sippy cup after only about a week of practice! Katharine loves her snack trap, but is not loving the sippy cup as much. We recently tried drinking milk without thickener, and lets just say it’s not her favorite thing. We’ll keep working on that… We’re hoping the reflux is behind us! And both of us are bringing in another new tooth in our bottom front row.
Well, that pretty well catches us up for this month! We have a photo gallery for our birthday celebration with our playgroup, and another one for all the fun stuff we did at home for our birthdays this month. Here they are…
August and Our Birthdays At Home
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Playgroup Birthday Celebration
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Enjoy!
Love,
Katharine and Christopher
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