Gettin' More Fun By The Minute!

It's hard to believe that Natalie & Kennedy will be six months old tomorrow! It has been months full of love, smiles, diapers, laundry, little sleep, naps, discoveries, lots of laughter, and grateful hearts. Joel & I say often how glad we are that God gave us twin daughters!!! We wouldn't have it any other way...
Here are some pictures of what we've been up to the past week or two -

Natalie modeling her new bathing suit

It has matching flip flops (I couldn't resist) but she kept kicking them off,

so they didn't make it in the photo

Kennedy in her new swimsuit - she wasn't in the best mood, but I still think she looks adorable!

Joel & Ken


Rub a dub dub, Kennedy's in the tub!

Miss Ken

Natalie excited about getting a bath

Kennedy playing on her surfboard

Natalie playing

Ken taking a nap on daddy

Natalie likes holding her own bottle

Natalie playing in the exersaucer at Mimi's house

Daddy & daughters

This video is priceless. We all went to the Aquarium restaurant at Opry Mills to celebrate Uncle Andrey's last day here in Nashville before returning home to Ukraine. He took Kennedy over to look at the fish - I did not expect this type of reaction from her, but she LOVED it!!! Her facial expression says it all, but she was so fascinated. I tried to capture it on video, but her face melted our hearts. Anyway, here is Kennedy seeing "underwater" for the first time -

Summer is almost here!

Well, summer is not officially here yet, but we've had some really HOT days here in Nashville! And a fun and busy past few weeks. We spent time getting to know Andrey, a missionary with Campus Crusade from Kiev, Ukraine. He was truly one of the nicest guys we've met, and he loved talking to the girls and we really enjoyed getting to know him! We took our first picnic two weekends ago to Granny White Park, and the girls loved it! Well, we all loved it :o) We had fun at Laura & Justin's house a few w eeks ago, and played with cousins Caroline & Anna Kate. Laura has this cool car that the kids can sit in and you can push them around. Well, of course our girls had to try it out and we got the funniest pictures... too cute! Both Natalie & Kennedy are getting so big and grabbing for everything (most things end up in their mouths) and they are finally sleeping through the night (well, mostly) They go to bed around 8:30 or 9 and wake up between 5 or 6. I am very, very thankful to be getting more rest! We have had to deal with two ear infections for both girls back to back the past few weeks, which was pitiful. Poor babies. They took 10 days worth of yucky antibiotic, only to go back to the Dr to find out the infections had come right back. So we just finished another stronger medicine on Sunday and the girls seem to be doing much better. Since they have been on a lot of antibiotics lately, the Dr told us we could give them yogurt, so we have done that a few times, and Kennedy thinks it is the best stuff!!! Natalie is still figuring out the whole eating-with-a-spoon thing, so she ate a little, but Ken could not get enough! Guess we'll be introducing other baby foods real soon. Well, that's all for now... on to what you really look at our blog for - PICTURES!!! :O)

Me & Emily holding sleeping babies
She is holding Kennedy and I am holding Natalie

Mimi with Natalie

Emily with Natalie

Kennedy driving the car

Look at me behind the wheel!!!

Kennedy loves driving the car

Kennedy in cousin Caroline's big girl chair

Sweet Natalie

Andrey holding Ken

Natalie trying to eat the steering wheel

You think she is teething???

Natalie driving the car

Happy Kennedy
Don't you just want to kiss those cheeks?!?!?!

Big smile from Natalie

Can't remember how we got her to smile, she usually

does not like being in her car seat! :o)

Me reading to my babies

They were actually looking at the pages & paying attention!

My sweet girls...