Houston, we have lift off!

Well, we finally have a walker.  I say finally because we thought he'd be walking before his first birthday.  He's been ready for a long time he just didn't want to let go!  He is so proud of himself.  He goes so fast so it has been hard to catch on video.  He took his first steps last Monday but we didn't get any great video until today.  He is really taking off all on his own this week.  He even stands up by himself.

Julianna really wants to "play" too.  She's not quite ready to go solo but it will only be a matter of time if she keeps watching her brother!  She gets so excited to "walk".

I did notice Julianna's first molar today.  She has always gotten teeth before Christian.

We are loving all of these toddler firsts!

Bottles and diapers and laundry...oh my!

It's almost been one year since my email update (pre blog) titled bottles and diapers and laundry...oh my!  I'm happy to announce that we are now bottle free.  They are a-okay with drinking milk from sippy cups and don't seem to even notice the bottles are gone.  And they had just gotten so good at doing it themselves!

 As I've been looking back through the year of pictures I thought these were worth 1,000 words.

We were soooo tired!



A one month supply!



They slept so much!



Thank goodness we had Grammy for six weeks!



  

I miss my tiny babies but WE are loving THEM being one!

Being ONE is so much FUN!

We had our one year check up last Thursday and the babies are doing GREAT!  Julianna was 19 lbs 12 oz and 29 inches and Christian was 22 lbs 12 oz and 30 inches.  They did great when the nurse poked their heal to draw blood but they did not enjoy getting shots!  We are weaning off bottles (which I'm loving) and drinking milk now.  Christian seems to have outgrown his milk allergy, yeah!

The babies are so fun to watch and play with!

Julianna's first tea party.

Christian loves to spin wheels (and crash sister's tea party).

And they both LOVE their cars!  Thank you again Melissa!  (They don't always get in the right color.) 

Here's a video of Christian giving Julianna a ride.

Daddy taught Julianna what a car says.

They've learned how to honk.

We can't wait to add water to our new water table when it cools off outside.

Peek-a-boo is also a favorite game around here.

Our First Year Together

Happy Birthday!

Our first party was so much fun!

Opening presents...

Birthday cake...

And helping Daddy put everything together (twice)...

12 months old

I can't believe it! 
Our J-bird...

Our big guy...

He wouldn't stick around for a close-up.

Our babies aren't babies anymore!

Our first present was from Mrs. Barbara!

And balloons sent from Michelle R!

Otherwise, just hangin' out waitin' for Daddy and helping with laundry.

Happy Birthday little ones!!!  We love you to pieces!!!