February was much like January. Up and down and up and down… Days in the high 60’s and even 70’s, then snowing, windy, rainy. We also spent several weeks recovering from some nasty colds, so we spent a lot of time playing at home, nursing runny noses and coughs.
By mid-month we were all-better, and were able to have some friends over to play, as well as able to go to playgroups, church, and music class again! We tried story hour at the bookstore. And we went on lots of fun walks with Mommy and some other friends.
We even got to go outside a few times and walk around on our own. Christopher always wants to head straight across the street to watch the neighborhood kids play basketball (“Ball”!). But Mommy always makes us hold her hands, and then come back inside, which isn’t as much fun as going outside.
We turned 18 months this month! At the end of the month, Katharine was 21 pounds, 2 ounces, and 31 inches, and Christopher was 26 pounds, 9 ounces, and 33 inches! We are walking all over the place, with more and more independence and confidence. We even like to see if we can “escape” Mommy and Daddy sometimes by going really fast. We are learning to hold the railing while walking up the stairs, but still need lots of practice, and are not quite ready yet for walking down.
And we are starting to try saying lots of words, like “more, milk, moo, ball, woof (for dog), and Vvv (for vvroom – car)". It is wonderful to be able to try to tell Mommy and Daddy what we want instead of just crying or yelling until they figure it out! ☺
And this month, we began to learn to love our veggies and trying some new foods! Our new teeth are making it easier and more fun to chew, so our food adventure continues!
Here is a site for some fun photos from this month. You can copy and paste it into your browser to see the pictures. Enjoy!
http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/creativeapps/slideShow/Main.jsp;jsessionid=04418D8160151A1DE99EB35535D97E08.ecom403_main?sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=Share-_-Personal-_-Email-_-Sharee-_-Images&token=8521053731105%3A1203815124&_requestid=2585
Love,
Katharine and Christopher
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Happy 2012!
January was a split-personality month! We had 65-degree days with sun and 32-degree days with ice. Up, and down, and up, and down it went. So we had an interesting mix of playing at home and heading out for adventures!
We welcomed in the New Year with a morning at the park. It was so warm, and we had so much fun, leading the way this time. Mommy and Daddy followed us wherever we wanted to go! Walking is SO much fun!
We went for walks together and even went on a hike with our friend Zachary’s family. We played with friends at playgroup, and together at home. And we got to try lots of fun new games on our “snowed-in day!” It was great, because it was on a Saturday, when Daddy was home to play with us. We got to play in the tent, read books, and we even got to try out our new crayons!
We continue to grow and change a lot (surprise!) Katharine is 20 pounds, 11 oz, and Christopher is 25 pounds 6 oz. We both are working on four new teeth – two top and two bottom molars! And we both learned to stand up on our own in the last few weeks, so we don’t always have to find something to pull up on first. We continue to challenge Mommy and Daddy’s expectations about what we can reach, get to, get into… And we’re getting to be really independent, faster walkers. We even worked on our skills at the park and in our yard, and continue to get more and more confident!
Christopher graduated from physical therapy this month – ALL done!! And we both passed our follow up hearing screening! So now we start working more on speech and language development.
Katharine knows SO many words, and is so helpful about getting and bringing things – except for when she decides to play her new favorite game… of “hide it behind the couch!” Sometimes she even hides herself when Christopher goes to get into the car. She loves for Mommy and Daddy to come and find her. And she is becoming notorious for holding things behind her back to hide them, with a sly, telling smile! Along with developing a good sense of humor, she is also developing quite a vocabulary, by pointing at everything, saying “dis” and “dat”, so she can learn the name for it. She is good at copying sounds, but is not quite ready to say the words yet.
Christopher is also building a wider repertoire of words he knows. He is beginning to follow some directions more reliably, and can go get some things on request, although he mostly gets so excited about finding it that he tosses it (he also likes to see if things bounce, which might be another reason for the tossing). ☺ He is also building his vocabulary, frequently using the word “light” for everything, as his way of asking what something is. He does love the lights, especially when he directs us with “Ah” and “Ough”, to turn them on or off. He loves that he can tell us what to do. He can find lots of things when we name them, and is becoming a great mimic of sounds as well. He is also very funny, and loves to make Katharine laugh, by playing peek-a-boo, making funny faces and sounds, patting his head, doing his “dance”, and pounding on the table at dinner (much to Mom’s chagrin, as lentils fly everywhere….)
Life here continues to get more and more interesting, and we’re loving it!
Here is a link some of our favorite photos from January! Enjoy!
http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/creativeapps/slideShow/Main.jsp;jsessionid=2A2E820EE38438CF80321DF661A487A9.ecom105_main?sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=Share-_-Personal-_-Email-_-Sharee-_-Images&_requestid=108317
Love,
Katharine and Christopher
We welcomed in the New Year with a morning at the park. It was so warm, and we had so much fun, leading the way this time. Mommy and Daddy followed us wherever we wanted to go! Walking is SO much fun!
We went for walks together and even went on a hike with our friend Zachary’s family. We played with friends at playgroup, and together at home. And we got to try lots of fun new games on our “snowed-in day!” It was great, because it was on a Saturday, when Daddy was home to play with us. We got to play in the tent, read books, and we even got to try out our new crayons!
We continue to grow and change a lot (surprise!) Katharine is 20 pounds, 11 oz, and Christopher is 25 pounds 6 oz. We both are working on four new teeth – two top and two bottom molars! And we both learned to stand up on our own in the last few weeks, so we don’t always have to find something to pull up on first. We continue to challenge Mommy and Daddy’s expectations about what we can reach, get to, get into… And we’re getting to be really independent, faster walkers. We even worked on our skills at the park and in our yard, and continue to get more and more confident!
Christopher graduated from physical therapy this month – ALL done!! And we both passed our follow up hearing screening! So now we start working more on speech and language development.
Katharine knows SO many words, and is so helpful about getting and bringing things – except for when she decides to play her new favorite game… of “hide it behind the couch!” Sometimes she even hides herself when Christopher goes to get into the car. She loves for Mommy and Daddy to come and find her. And she is becoming notorious for holding things behind her back to hide them, with a sly, telling smile! Along with developing a good sense of humor, she is also developing quite a vocabulary, by pointing at everything, saying “dis” and “dat”, so she can learn the name for it. She is good at copying sounds, but is not quite ready to say the words yet.
Christopher is also building a wider repertoire of words he knows. He is beginning to follow some directions more reliably, and can go get some things on request, although he mostly gets so excited about finding it that he tosses it (he also likes to see if things bounce, which might be another reason for the tossing). ☺ He is also building his vocabulary, frequently using the word “light” for everything, as his way of asking what something is. He does love the lights, especially when he directs us with “Ah” and “Ough”, to turn them on or off. He loves that he can tell us what to do. He can find lots of things when we name them, and is becoming a great mimic of sounds as well. He is also very funny, and loves to make Katharine laugh, by playing peek-a-boo, making funny faces and sounds, patting his head, doing his “dance”, and pounding on the table at dinner (much to Mom’s chagrin, as lentils fly everywhere….)
Life here continues to get more and more interesting, and we’re loving it!
Here is a link some of our favorite photos from January! Enjoy!
http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/creativeapps/slideShow/Main.jsp;jsessionid=2A2E820EE38438CF80321DF661A487A9.ecom105_main?sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=Share-_-Personal-_-Email-_-Sharee-_-Images&_requestid=108317
Love,
Katharine and Christopher
Sunday, January 1, 2012
A Very Merry December!
December was a fun-filled month!
As always, we enjoyed lots of fun walks, and playing with our playgroup friends this month. Mommy and Daddy took us on some fun neighborhood hikes on warmer days!
We went to visit Santa at the mall, which was not as much fun for us as we hoped, because we both were a little nervous about Santa. Christopher made it through the experience with his pacifier, and Katharine was intent on expressing her discontent. In the end, we got one “not screaming” photo to remember the event by. When we got home, Christopher was so wiped out that he continued to sleep on the floor, even through Katharine’s encouraging pokes, making for some really cute pictures.
We continue to grow and learn so many new things! We went on our first visit to the dentist, just in time, as Katharine is getting in her first two molars (on one top and one on the bottom), and Christopher has lots of teeth getting ready to come in. Katharine is 20 pounds and 3 ounces, and Christopher is 25 pounds and 3 ounces.
Our Big News: Katharine started walking the week after Thanksgiving, and already loves to accomplish great distances! We are both becoming more and more confident walkers, walking all over with great purpose to get to things we want to see. We are great at becoming more confident climbers, and are looking forward to putting the ladder, slide, and legs on our new tree house play set to practice our skills, with lots of help. Along with walking, we are reaching lots more things now that we can stand on our own and get around easier, and are also getting really good at moving barriers out of our way. So Mommy and Daddy are working to get better at anticipating our moves and planning for safety.
We loved to visit and look at the Christmas trees this month (our tree by the table, and the BIG tree in the living room; trees at the mall, at Grandma and Grandpas – trees everywhere!). We’re trying to “be gentle” with the ornaments and the lights, but they make really cool sounds when they hit the floor! We’ve both gotten really good at recognizing some words this month (foot, hand, milk, lights), and one of them is TREE! Sometimes we even say “dah” or “tah”, which Mommy and Daddy will take to mean “tree”. We make multiple daily visits to the trees and will be so sad to see our trees go when January comes. One day we will learn that most trees are outside and do not include lights!
We’ve also become really confident “swimmers” this month, as we finished up our Baby and Me swim classes. We learned to “jump in, outstretch arms, kick, float, and even go under” the water, all of course with Mommy and Daddy’s help. On our last day, we even got to try some fun floaties to feel a little more independence from Mommy and Daddy. We can’t wait to go swimming again!
Mommy and Daddy took us on some other fun family outings this month. We went to Glen Echo Park to see a Nutcracker Puppet Show for Tiny Tots. The puppeteer has worked with the Mister Rogers Show and the Muppets, which Mom and Dad thought was pretty neat. The puppets were really neat! We really enjoyed watching them dance and move, and practiced our clapping abilities with the rest of the audience. We were so impressed that everyone else could clap too!
And we went out to have a nice dinner at Bazin’s, which was SOOO pretty! We took our clip on seats, so we were nice and comfortable. And the restaurant was all decorated with lights around the windows, and beautiful ornaments hung from the ceiling. We loved looking all around at the pretty decorations, when we weren’t watching the game on TV. The best part was that we were the first customers for Sunday night dinner, so it wasn’t crowded or noisy, and we were able to enjoy a nice relaxing family meal!
Mommy and Daddy also got to go out by themselves on a date night, for dinner at L’Auberge Chez Francois. They got all dressed up before we went to bed, and we didn’t even recognize Mommy at first, with her shorter hair down and all curly. It was great that Mommy and Daddy had a fun night out together!
The best part of this month was visiting our families in Ohio. We loved seeing our Grandmas and Grandpas, and Aunts and Uncles, and playing with our cousins. We had fun seeing Zoe Dog and the Kitties, and exploring all the new places we went to, including the back of the church on Christmas Eve.
And when we got home, we went with Christopher for another big first – His very first haircut! We went to Cartoon Cuts, at the mall, where every station has a TV, and kids can blow bubbles and play with toys while they get their haircut. Christopher was very brave as he was strapped onto the booster seat in his chair. He did great, watching the TV, when Mom wasn’t in the way, taking pictures. Katharine and Daddy watched and cheered him on, as he had the little curling tendrils behind his ears snipped off, and the rest of his hair trimmed up a bit. We were all SO proud of him, our handsome, BIG boy!
And on New Year’s Eve, we enjoyed a fun family hike on some nature paths near our house. What a wonderful way to finish out 2011!
Here is a link for our December gallery to paste in your browser. Because we were out and about a lot this month, we used our smaller camera and IPhone cameras more, so some of our “action” photos are a little fuzzier. Enjoy!
http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/creativeapps/slideShow/Main.jsp;jsessionid=A358379F17F51ADFAA4F17BE53F1583D.ecom501_main?sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=Share-_-Personal-_-Email-_-Sharee-_-Images&_requestid=166247
We can’t wait to see what 2012 brings! Happy New Year!
With Love,
Christopher and Katharine
As always, we enjoyed lots of fun walks, and playing with our playgroup friends this month. Mommy and Daddy took us on some fun neighborhood hikes on warmer days!
We went to visit Santa at the mall, which was not as much fun for us as we hoped, because we both were a little nervous about Santa. Christopher made it through the experience with his pacifier, and Katharine was intent on expressing her discontent. In the end, we got one “not screaming” photo to remember the event by. When we got home, Christopher was so wiped out that he continued to sleep on the floor, even through Katharine’s encouraging pokes, making for some really cute pictures.
We continue to grow and learn so many new things! We went on our first visit to the dentist, just in time, as Katharine is getting in her first two molars (on one top and one on the bottom), and Christopher has lots of teeth getting ready to come in. Katharine is 20 pounds and 3 ounces, and Christopher is 25 pounds and 3 ounces.
Our Big News: Katharine started walking the week after Thanksgiving, and already loves to accomplish great distances! We are both becoming more and more confident walkers, walking all over with great purpose to get to things we want to see. We are great at becoming more confident climbers, and are looking forward to putting the ladder, slide, and legs on our new tree house play set to practice our skills, with lots of help. Along with walking, we are reaching lots more things now that we can stand on our own and get around easier, and are also getting really good at moving barriers out of our way. So Mommy and Daddy are working to get better at anticipating our moves and planning for safety.
We loved to visit and look at the Christmas trees this month (our tree by the table, and the BIG tree in the living room; trees at the mall, at Grandma and Grandpas – trees everywhere!). We’re trying to “be gentle” with the ornaments and the lights, but they make really cool sounds when they hit the floor! We’ve both gotten really good at recognizing some words this month (foot, hand, milk, lights), and one of them is TREE! Sometimes we even say “dah” or “tah”, which Mommy and Daddy will take to mean “tree”. We make multiple daily visits to the trees and will be so sad to see our trees go when January comes. One day we will learn that most trees are outside and do not include lights!
We’ve also become really confident “swimmers” this month, as we finished up our Baby and Me swim classes. We learned to “jump in, outstretch arms, kick, float, and even go under” the water, all of course with Mommy and Daddy’s help. On our last day, we even got to try some fun floaties to feel a little more independence from Mommy and Daddy. We can’t wait to go swimming again!
Mommy and Daddy took us on some other fun family outings this month. We went to Glen Echo Park to see a Nutcracker Puppet Show for Tiny Tots. The puppeteer has worked with the Mister Rogers Show and the Muppets, which Mom and Dad thought was pretty neat. The puppets were really neat! We really enjoyed watching them dance and move, and practiced our clapping abilities with the rest of the audience. We were so impressed that everyone else could clap too!
And we went out to have a nice dinner at Bazin’s, which was SOOO pretty! We took our clip on seats, so we were nice and comfortable. And the restaurant was all decorated with lights around the windows, and beautiful ornaments hung from the ceiling. We loved looking all around at the pretty decorations, when we weren’t watching the game on TV. The best part was that we were the first customers for Sunday night dinner, so it wasn’t crowded or noisy, and we were able to enjoy a nice relaxing family meal!
Mommy and Daddy also got to go out by themselves on a date night, for dinner at L’Auberge Chez Francois. They got all dressed up before we went to bed, and we didn’t even recognize Mommy at first, with her shorter hair down and all curly. It was great that Mommy and Daddy had a fun night out together!
The best part of this month was visiting our families in Ohio. We loved seeing our Grandmas and Grandpas, and Aunts and Uncles, and playing with our cousins. We had fun seeing Zoe Dog and the Kitties, and exploring all the new places we went to, including the back of the church on Christmas Eve.
And when we got home, we went with Christopher for another big first – His very first haircut! We went to Cartoon Cuts, at the mall, where every station has a TV, and kids can blow bubbles and play with toys while they get their haircut. Christopher was very brave as he was strapped onto the booster seat in his chair. He did great, watching the TV, when Mom wasn’t in the way, taking pictures. Katharine and Daddy watched and cheered him on, as he had the little curling tendrils behind his ears snipped off, and the rest of his hair trimmed up a bit. We were all SO proud of him, our handsome, BIG boy!
And on New Year’s Eve, we enjoyed a fun family hike on some nature paths near our house. What a wonderful way to finish out 2011!
Here is a link for our December gallery to paste in your browser. Because we were out and about a lot this month, we used our smaller camera and IPhone cameras more, so some of our “action” photos are a little fuzzier. Enjoy!
http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/creativeapps/slideShow/Main.jsp;jsessionid=A358379F17F51ADFAA4F17BE53F1583D.ecom501_main?sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=Share-_-Personal-_-Email-_-Sharee-_-Images&_requestid=166247
We can’t wait to see what 2012 brings! Happy New Year!
With Love,
Christopher and Katharine
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Thankful For A Great November!
Wow! November just flew by!
We played a lot at home this month, and with our playgroup friends. We enjoyed some pretty days by taking walks, and even tried a (very chilly!) hike at Harper’s Ferry, WV. We had a great time trying out a couple of new music classes, and are excited to start taking one in January! We also started taking our first swim classes, which took a little while to get used to, and now we’re starting to really have fun!
We turned 15 months old this month, but didn’t have our checkup with the doctor until almost the end of the month. Christopher is 25 pounds, 4 ounces, at 31.5 inches and Katharine is 19 pounds, 7 ounces at 29.5 inches. Big news - Katharine is now in the 20% range on the weight chart, which is really exciting, because she wasn’t even on the chart in August! Hooray!
Most exciting this month has been all the cool new stuff we’re learning to do! Both of us love to clap our hands, and wave “Hi”. Katharine will sometimes start waving as soon as she hears Daddy coming down the stairs or hears his car in the garage.
Both of us like to copy sounds we hear, and talk with great animation, even when we’re “just babbling”. We are starting to recognize the meanings of some words, like foot, sock, milk, tree, and so on by pointing at things or holding up a particular body part. And we will sometimes even acknowledge “no” or a warning tone. Often times we will say something that sounds like a word or words we’ve just heard, even though pieces of the words may be missing. Katharine will sometimes respond to prompts, when you say “Can you say…” She has mimicked saying “Hi” a few times (usually sounding like “Ahy”, seems to say “Dat” and “Dis” sometimes, will shout “Da” when she waves for Daddy, and has said “Yaaay” once when clapping hands.
We are starting to recognize differences in shapes more and like to try getting them into their spots in the shape sorter and puzzles. And we’re on the go! We are much more likely to take off to explore when Mommy wants us to head upstairs or to the car. Mommy was pleased, but surprised to discover that Christopher was paying close attention during our practice going down the step into the living room - One day, when returning from putting Katharine in the car, she was surprised by a waiting Christopher, who’d made his was from the kitchen, down the hall, down the step, and just sitting and waiting by the door! So Mommy and Daddy completed Operation Cabinet Lock just before Thanksgiving, just in time, as we had become very interested in what’s behind all those doors, and we LOVE getting things out. We’re still working on “in” or “put back”. ☺
We are on our way to WALKING! Christopher began letting go of his push toys and the furniture to take one or two steps at a time toward the end of the month. And by the end of the month, he has been taking as many as five or six steps in a row, and is starting to be able to stand himself up from the floor without help! Sometimes he is very aware of his new tricks, and beams with pride, giggling. Other times he is just rolling along with a toy and suddenly goes on his own. Katharine is also on her way, walking while holding on to only one fingertip, and standing on her own for short periods. We got our first real walking shoes just before Thanksgiving, and they are helping us feel even more balanced and secure on our feet. Mommy and Daddy are doing a lot of cheering and clapping right now to help celebrate our achievements! When we get really good, they’ll be able to capture our efforts in pictures.
And we had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We got to try some of the yummy “Very Whole Foods Thanksgiving” this year, and enjoyed playing with Mommy, Daddy, and Grandma and Grandpa Keller! While they were here, we visited the historic caboose by the W&OD in Vienna for some picture taking fun, and we helped decorate our first very own Christmas tree. What fun we had!
We can’t wait to be in Ohio soon to visit with everyone at Christmas!
Until then, here is the site for our November Gallery:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/creativeapps/slideShow/Main.jsp?sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=Share-_-Personal-_-Email-_-Sharee-_-Images&_requestid=364951
Love,
Christopher and Katharine
We played a lot at home this month, and with our playgroup friends. We enjoyed some pretty days by taking walks, and even tried a (very chilly!) hike at Harper’s Ferry, WV. We had a great time trying out a couple of new music classes, and are excited to start taking one in January! We also started taking our first swim classes, which took a little while to get used to, and now we’re starting to really have fun!
We turned 15 months old this month, but didn’t have our checkup with the doctor until almost the end of the month. Christopher is 25 pounds, 4 ounces, at 31.5 inches and Katharine is 19 pounds, 7 ounces at 29.5 inches. Big news - Katharine is now in the 20% range on the weight chart, which is really exciting, because she wasn’t even on the chart in August! Hooray!
Most exciting this month has been all the cool new stuff we’re learning to do! Both of us love to clap our hands, and wave “Hi”. Katharine will sometimes start waving as soon as she hears Daddy coming down the stairs or hears his car in the garage.
Both of us like to copy sounds we hear, and talk with great animation, even when we’re “just babbling”. We are starting to recognize the meanings of some words, like foot, sock, milk, tree, and so on by pointing at things or holding up a particular body part. And we will sometimes even acknowledge “no” or a warning tone. Often times we will say something that sounds like a word or words we’ve just heard, even though pieces of the words may be missing. Katharine will sometimes respond to prompts, when you say “Can you say…” She has mimicked saying “Hi” a few times (usually sounding like “Ahy”, seems to say “Dat” and “Dis” sometimes, will shout “Da” when she waves for Daddy, and has said “Yaaay” once when clapping hands.
We are starting to recognize differences in shapes more and like to try getting them into their spots in the shape sorter and puzzles. And we’re on the go! We are much more likely to take off to explore when Mommy wants us to head upstairs or to the car. Mommy was pleased, but surprised to discover that Christopher was paying close attention during our practice going down the step into the living room - One day, when returning from putting Katharine in the car, she was surprised by a waiting Christopher, who’d made his was from the kitchen, down the hall, down the step, and just sitting and waiting by the door! So Mommy and Daddy completed Operation Cabinet Lock just before Thanksgiving, just in time, as we had become very interested in what’s behind all those doors, and we LOVE getting things out. We’re still working on “in” or “put back”. ☺
We are on our way to WALKING! Christopher began letting go of his push toys and the furniture to take one or two steps at a time toward the end of the month. And by the end of the month, he has been taking as many as five or six steps in a row, and is starting to be able to stand himself up from the floor without help! Sometimes he is very aware of his new tricks, and beams with pride, giggling. Other times he is just rolling along with a toy and suddenly goes on his own. Katharine is also on her way, walking while holding on to only one fingertip, and standing on her own for short periods. We got our first real walking shoes just before Thanksgiving, and they are helping us feel even more balanced and secure on our feet. Mommy and Daddy are doing a lot of cheering and clapping right now to help celebrate our achievements! When we get really good, they’ll be able to capture our efforts in pictures.
And we had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We got to try some of the yummy “Very Whole Foods Thanksgiving” this year, and enjoyed playing with Mommy, Daddy, and Grandma and Grandpa Keller! While they were here, we visited the historic caboose by the W&OD in Vienna for some picture taking fun, and we helped decorate our first very own Christmas tree. What fun we had!
We can’t wait to be in Ohio soon to visit with everyone at Christmas!
Until then, here is the site for our November Gallery:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/creativeapps/slideShow/Main.jsp?sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=Share-_-Personal-_-Email-_-Sharee-_-Images&_requestid=364951
Love,
Christopher and Katharine
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Boo! October 2011
October was a fun month!
We played at home, and played with friends; we went for walks and rode the carousel at the park. We had hosted two playdates for our twin playgroups and one with our Vienna playgroup at our house. Our friends Lily and Helena turned two this month and we had a great time playing with them at Clemyjontri Park! At the Vienna Moms Halloween party, we got to see some of our playgroup friends in their costumes, and joined in some songs with Music Together. And at the Multiples Halloween Party, we saw some of our twin playgroup friends, met some new friends, saw Rocknocerous play, which was really cool, and got our picture taken by a photographer – Here's a link for all the adorable pictures of twins in costumes. You will see an appearance of our sweet little witch and skunk!
http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/sharing/slideshowFinishPage.jsp?sourceId=179909816903&cm_mmc=Share-_-Event-_-Email-_-Invitee-_-Add&upload=1&token=G723192163213%3A432476163213&_requestid=516805
(FYI - This is slightly different from the gallery we attach every month - that one is later in this post. For this one, paste this link, then click "Play Slideshow" when the page pulls up.)
We unfortunately ended the month with a week of being sick (darn party germs!), and then we were better, and then sick, and then better, and then sick, and then better again – and we’re all better now, which is the best part! BUT we had to miss out on trick or treating this year. So we were glad we gave those costumes some mileage first at the parties!
We passed our 14-month birthday this month, celebrated the one-year anniversary of our homecoming, on October 16, and our actual/gestational one-year birthday, on October 21! Katharine is 19 pounds, and Christopher is 24 pounds, which is amazing, when we think about once being 3 pounds, and 3 pounds, 5 ounces a year ago!
We spend most of our time playing together. We love to walk around with our push toys and sometimes we even push each other around, with a little supervision. We love to take things out of containers, and this month we started enjoying putting things back in, too, which sometimes is very helpful, and other times means that Mommy and Daddy find strange things in strange places. We love the “open & closed” game, where we open and close things while Mommy and Daddy say “open…..closed… oope….cloooos.. open….closed!” And Christopher loves to hide behind books, his sippy cup, almost anything he can peer from behind and surprise you with a game of “peek-a-boo”.
We love to make “talking” sounds even more now. Mom and Dad have heard us exclaim a few things, which were clearly meant to mean something important, including Dadada as Daddy leaves the room. We are becoming great mimics and love to repeat things you say or noises you make (especially clicking our tongues and blowing kisses). Katharine’s favorite is “Laddle-Laddle”, and Christopher varies, from “guggle-guggle” (and other things we can’t pronounce), to “Aah-Aah-Aah-Aah”.
And our personalities seem to emerge more every day. Our facial expressions and body language say so much for us, the captions for our photos tend to write themselves. ☺
We’re still working on walking, while holding onto one or both hands or our push toys. Mommy and Daddy have seen us balance while standing without any help, for 30 seconds or so, and then we need to sit down again.
We’ve started taking baths together in the tub, which is a lot of splashing, and fun. We’re learning to stay seated, but there is so much fun stuff to see, it can be hard to remember.
And we’ve started practicing with spoons at the end of meals, learning to put our spoon in our mouths, dip it in the bowl, and back to eating. So far, thickened yogurt, oatmeal, and hummus have worked the best. And Katharine is holding her sippy cup all the time and is off of thickener, as of the end of the month! Time for a victory lap for our little girl!!
We are looking forward to November and December, because these months mean time spent with our Grandmas, Grandpas, Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins. And we can’t wait to see everyone!
Until then, here are pictures of some of the fun things we did in October. Enjoy!
http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/creativeapps/slideShow/Main.jsp?sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=Share-_-Personal-_-Email-_-Sharer-_-Images&_requestid=655920
(The format of the email Kodak Gallery sends us when we want to share an album was a little different this time. Try pasting this in your browser. Please let us know if it doesn’t work! Thanks!)
Love,
Katharine and Christopher
We played at home, and played with friends; we went for walks and rode the carousel at the park. We had hosted two playdates for our twin playgroups and one with our Vienna playgroup at our house. Our friends Lily and Helena turned two this month and we had a great time playing with them at Clemyjontri Park! At the Vienna Moms Halloween party, we got to see some of our playgroup friends in their costumes, and joined in some songs with Music Together. And at the Multiples Halloween Party, we saw some of our twin playgroup friends, met some new friends, saw Rocknocerous play, which was really cool, and got our picture taken by a photographer – Here's a link for all the adorable pictures of twins in costumes. You will see an appearance of our sweet little witch and skunk!
http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/sharing/slideshowFinishPage.jsp?sourceId=179909816903&cm_mmc=Share-_-Event-_-Email-_-Invitee-_-Add&upload=1&token=G723192163213%3A432476163213&_requestid=516805
(FYI - This is slightly different from the gallery we attach every month - that one is later in this post. For this one, paste this link, then click "Play Slideshow" when the page pulls up.)
We unfortunately ended the month with a week of being sick (darn party germs!), and then we were better, and then sick, and then better, and then sick, and then better again – and we’re all better now, which is the best part! BUT we had to miss out on trick or treating this year. So we were glad we gave those costumes some mileage first at the parties!
We passed our 14-month birthday this month, celebrated the one-year anniversary of our homecoming, on October 16, and our actual/gestational one-year birthday, on October 21! Katharine is 19 pounds, and Christopher is 24 pounds, which is amazing, when we think about once being 3 pounds, and 3 pounds, 5 ounces a year ago!
We spend most of our time playing together. We love to walk around with our push toys and sometimes we even push each other around, with a little supervision. We love to take things out of containers, and this month we started enjoying putting things back in, too, which sometimes is very helpful, and other times means that Mommy and Daddy find strange things in strange places. We love the “open & closed” game, where we open and close things while Mommy and Daddy say “open…..closed… oope….cloooos.. open….closed!” And Christopher loves to hide behind books, his sippy cup, almost anything he can peer from behind and surprise you with a game of “peek-a-boo”.
We love to make “talking” sounds even more now. Mom and Dad have heard us exclaim a few things, which were clearly meant to mean something important, including Dadada as Daddy leaves the room. We are becoming great mimics and love to repeat things you say or noises you make (especially clicking our tongues and blowing kisses). Katharine’s favorite is “Laddle-Laddle”, and Christopher varies, from “guggle-guggle” (and other things we can’t pronounce), to “Aah-Aah-Aah-Aah”.
And our personalities seem to emerge more every day. Our facial expressions and body language say so much for us, the captions for our photos tend to write themselves. ☺
We’re still working on walking, while holding onto one or both hands or our push toys. Mommy and Daddy have seen us balance while standing without any help, for 30 seconds or so, and then we need to sit down again.
We’ve started taking baths together in the tub, which is a lot of splashing, and fun. We’re learning to stay seated, but there is so much fun stuff to see, it can be hard to remember.
And we’ve started practicing with spoons at the end of meals, learning to put our spoon in our mouths, dip it in the bowl, and back to eating. So far, thickened yogurt, oatmeal, and hummus have worked the best. And Katharine is holding her sippy cup all the time and is off of thickener, as of the end of the month! Time for a victory lap for our little girl!!
We are looking forward to November and December, because these months mean time spent with our Grandmas, Grandpas, Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins. And we can’t wait to see everyone!
Until then, here are pictures of some of the fun things we did in October. Enjoy!
http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/creativeapps/slideShow/Main.jsp?sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=Share-_-Personal-_-Email-_-Sharer-_-Images&_requestid=655920
(The format of the email Kodak Gallery sends us when we want to share an album was a little different this time. Try pasting this in your browser. Please let us know if it doesn’t work! Thanks!)
Love,
Katharine and Christopher
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
September 2011
We are 13 months old (translation one year, one month)! And Katharine is now 18 pounds and 13 ounces, while Christopher is 23 pounds and 8 ounces.
September was punctuated by wild weather and wonderful fun! We had a lot of rainy days, with some wild flooding! (One weather report said there was one day in the month without rain!) So we broke out the rain shields for our stroller! We had some chilly days, and some nice, sunny, warm ones. So we enjoyed quite a variety of indoor and outdoor activities, as well as just playing together at home.
We celebrated Mommy’s birthday with dinner out on a beautiful day, and took a walk by the Potomac in Old Town Alexandria. We had lots of fun looking at the boats and all the people around. It rained a lot (and flooded!) the week of Mommy’s birthday, so we went to two demonstration music classes, which were a lot of fun. Katharine liked observing, while Christopher loved throwing his arms in the air and crawling around the circle to try all the other babies’ instruments. All-in-all, a good time was had, and Mommy learned some new songs to sing with us.
Then Mommy took us with her on a pilgrimage to Georgetown Cupcakes, associated with the DC Cupcakes show on TV. She’s always wanted to go, so we braved driving into Georgetown on a very wet day. We were fortunate to get a parking spot right in front, during a break in the rain. We were one of the first 100 customers to get a free cupcake for knowing the Secret Flavor Of The Day, thanks to a tip from Mommy’s smart friend, Cristen. ☺ We had plenty of time to sit and enjoy playing with spoons while Mommy enjoyed cupcakes, because it poured and poured once we got there. Eventually, it slowed down enough for us to make our escape, but we were there long enough to take plenty of fun pictures! And we remembered to take some yummy cupcakes home to share with Daddy too!
Finally, the rain stopped, and it was sunny, but chilly. So we put on our jackets and warm fall outfits for our very first trip to the National Zoo! Daddy took some time off from work to meet us there, and we had so much fun! We were lucky enough to arrive just in time to see the elephants walking past us at the bottom of the hill. They were SO big! Then we got to see the apes, along with the little baby, out playing in the grass! And best of all, we arrived just in time to see the lion cubs open their birthday presents. They are one year old also, but they’re a LOT bigger than we are, and louder, too! They got to open colorful boxes with an icy meat treat to chew on, and were very excited about their gifts. We were SO interested in watching them, especially Christopher. Katharine sometimes gets nervous about big animals, but she was very brave on our trip! We can’t wait to go back again soon to see more!
We also went to a couple of picnics. The first was our neighborhood picnic in Clark’s Crossing. We got to meet some more of our neighbors, and saw our friends, Chase and Ashton, who are also one year old twins. They live up the street from us and we can’t wait to play together this fall!
The second picnic was to celebrate the beginning of the fall season at church. Mommy and Daddy took us to play in the nursery for the first time. Mommy kept us company for a little while, until we got to know the nice ladies there, and then we had a great time on our own. There are SO many new toys to play with there, and we can’t wait to go back! After playing, we went outside for the barbecue picnic. We had lunch on our picnic blanket, and got to meet some of the girls in our church who came over to play with us.
We celebrated Daddy’s birthday by going out to dinner at Lebanese Taverna, which was so pretty. At home, he got to open our gifts – our first bike helmets - so we can start getting ready to go biking with him! He was really surprised and excited about them.
One morning last week, we woke up to loud pounding and whirring sounds at our house! And there was no front door! The painters were here all day cleaning up the trim and repainting our shutters and front door – Mommy’s favorite color! You’ll have to see the pictures of our “new” house!
The first weekend of fall here was partly rainy and partly sunny (like most of the month!). In between rain showers, we were able to go out and enjoy some fun together at the Cox Farm Fall Festival. We saw lots of animals, went on a hayride, and took a lot of pictures as we explored all the neat things there for kids. We can’t wait to go back next year when we can ride the giant slides!
And the last day of the month, we went for a walk in Reston with Mommy and Miss Cindy. And it was so nice out, we went to dinner in the Town Center and see the fountain and listen to the School Of Rock concert warming up and doing sound checks. It was very interesting - our first exposure to electric guitars!
What a busy month we had! Also, we were really proud this month to see that Christopher started crawling, pulling up, and cruising the furniture all in the same week! Katharine has been crawling and pulling up for some time now, but not really cruising (taking steps while holding onto the furniture). She started cruising when Christopher did, almost as if she had been waiting for him! We continue to practice taking a few steps while holding on to things, or Mommy and Daddy. We even have let go of support for a second or two before grabbing hold again!
Photos for all of our September fun are in this Kodak Gallery:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/sharing/shareRedirectSwitchBoard.jsp?token=8899813890105%3A445723754&sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=Share-_-Personal-_-Email-_-Sharee-_-Top
You can copy and paste this into your browser to see the photos.
Enjoy, and Happy Fall!
Love,
Katharine and Christopher
September was punctuated by wild weather and wonderful fun! We had a lot of rainy days, with some wild flooding! (One weather report said there was one day in the month without rain!) So we broke out the rain shields for our stroller! We had some chilly days, and some nice, sunny, warm ones. So we enjoyed quite a variety of indoor and outdoor activities, as well as just playing together at home.
We celebrated Mommy’s birthday with dinner out on a beautiful day, and took a walk by the Potomac in Old Town Alexandria. We had lots of fun looking at the boats and all the people around. It rained a lot (and flooded!) the week of Mommy’s birthday, so we went to two demonstration music classes, which were a lot of fun. Katharine liked observing, while Christopher loved throwing his arms in the air and crawling around the circle to try all the other babies’ instruments. All-in-all, a good time was had, and Mommy learned some new songs to sing with us.
Then Mommy took us with her on a pilgrimage to Georgetown Cupcakes, associated with the DC Cupcakes show on TV. She’s always wanted to go, so we braved driving into Georgetown on a very wet day. We were fortunate to get a parking spot right in front, during a break in the rain. We were one of the first 100 customers to get a free cupcake for knowing the Secret Flavor Of The Day, thanks to a tip from Mommy’s smart friend, Cristen. ☺ We had plenty of time to sit and enjoy playing with spoons while Mommy enjoyed cupcakes, because it poured and poured once we got there. Eventually, it slowed down enough for us to make our escape, but we were there long enough to take plenty of fun pictures! And we remembered to take some yummy cupcakes home to share with Daddy too!
Finally, the rain stopped, and it was sunny, but chilly. So we put on our jackets and warm fall outfits for our very first trip to the National Zoo! Daddy took some time off from work to meet us there, and we had so much fun! We were lucky enough to arrive just in time to see the elephants walking past us at the bottom of the hill. They were SO big! Then we got to see the apes, along with the little baby, out playing in the grass! And best of all, we arrived just in time to see the lion cubs open their birthday presents. They are one year old also, but they’re a LOT bigger than we are, and louder, too! They got to open colorful boxes with an icy meat treat to chew on, and were very excited about their gifts. We were SO interested in watching them, especially Christopher. Katharine sometimes gets nervous about big animals, but she was very brave on our trip! We can’t wait to go back again soon to see more!
We also went to a couple of picnics. The first was our neighborhood picnic in Clark’s Crossing. We got to meet some more of our neighbors, and saw our friends, Chase and Ashton, who are also one year old twins. They live up the street from us and we can’t wait to play together this fall!
The second picnic was to celebrate the beginning of the fall season at church. Mommy and Daddy took us to play in the nursery for the first time. Mommy kept us company for a little while, until we got to know the nice ladies there, and then we had a great time on our own. There are SO many new toys to play with there, and we can’t wait to go back! After playing, we went outside for the barbecue picnic. We had lunch on our picnic blanket, and got to meet some of the girls in our church who came over to play with us.
We celebrated Daddy’s birthday by going out to dinner at Lebanese Taverna, which was so pretty. At home, he got to open our gifts – our first bike helmets - so we can start getting ready to go biking with him! He was really surprised and excited about them.
One morning last week, we woke up to loud pounding and whirring sounds at our house! And there was no front door! The painters were here all day cleaning up the trim and repainting our shutters and front door – Mommy’s favorite color! You’ll have to see the pictures of our “new” house!
The first weekend of fall here was partly rainy and partly sunny (like most of the month!). In between rain showers, we were able to go out and enjoy some fun together at the Cox Farm Fall Festival. We saw lots of animals, went on a hayride, and took a lot of pictures as we explored all the neat things there for kids. We can’t wait to go back next year when we can ride the giant slides!
And the last day of the month, we went for a walk in Reston with Mommy and Miss Cindy. And it was so nice out, we went to dinner in the Town Center and see the fountain and listen to the School Of Rock concert warming up and doing sound checks. It was very interesting - our first exposure to electric guitars!
What a busy month we had! Also, we were really proud this month to see that Christopher started crawling, pulling up, and cruising the furniture all in the same week! Katharine has been crawling and pulling up for some time now, but not really cruising (taking steps while holding onto the furniture). She started cruising when Christopher did, almost as if she had been waiting for him! We continue to practice taking a few steps while holding on to things, or Mommy and Daddy. We even have let go of support for a second or two before grabbing hold again!
Photos for all of our September fun are in this Kodak Gallery:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/sharing/shareRedirectSwitchBoard.jsp?token=8899813890105%3A445723754&sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=Share-_-Personal-_-Email-_-Sharee-_-Top
You can copy and paste this into your browser to see the photos.
Enjoy, and Happy Fall!
Love,
Katharine and Christopher
Monday, September 12, 2011
Our First Year Album
We are SO happy to be one year old! We had a great time celebrating our birthdays with everyone last month!
As we looked back on our first year of life, we enjoyed reflecting on how much we grew and changed, and looking over photos and blog posts of everything we did, and saw, and learned. It was quite a year!
Mommy and Daddy decided it would be nice to make an album for us to remember it all when we get older.
And we thought you might also enjoy seeing the photos, with the highlights and major milestones of our year compiled into one gallery. Hopefully you'll see some of your favorites and some others that we loved too!
Here is the web address for it. You can copy and paste it into your browser.
http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/sharing/shareRedirectSwitchBoard.jsp?token=3965697390105%3A363730015&sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=Share-_-Personal-_-Email-_-Sharee-_-Top
Enjoy!
Love,
Katharine Leona and Christopher Lewis
As we looked back on our first year of life, we enjoyed reflecting on how much we grew and changed, and looking over photos and blog posts of everything we did, and saw, and learned. It was quite a year!
Mommy and Daddy decided it would be nice to make an album for us to remember it all when we get older.
And we thought you might also enjoy seeing the photos, with the highlights and major milestones of our year compiled into one gallery. Hopefully you'll see some of your favorites and some others that we loved too!
Here is the web address for it. You can copy and paste it into your browser.
http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/sharing/shareRedirectSwitchBoard.jsp?token=3965697390105%3A363730015&sourceId=533754321803&cm_mmc=Share-_-Personal-_-Email-_-Sharee-_-Top
Enjoy!
Love,
Katharine Leona and Christopher Lewis
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