Grins & Giggles

Joel is such an awesome dad and will do anything to get the girls to laugh. It is one of his favorite things to do. He does this silly voice when he talks to them sometimes and one afternoon he decided to sing the ABC's in his voice and Kennedy thought it was hilarious!!! Natalie is not all that amused. Anyway, here is the video - LOVE IT! :-)

This is video of Joel making Natalie laugh... I love that big ole smile!!!

New Friends

Recently, we've been getting together with a new friend who has boy/girl twins just 12 days younger than Natalie and Kennedy. Their names are Hutch and Anniston and they are so, so cute and fun! We meet at each other's houses and play for an hour or two. It's great for the kids to have a change of scenery and interact with each other and also nice for us mommies to have a chance to talk, laugh, and exchange stories, especially about the adventures of having twins. We have really enjoyed our new friends and our fun together! Here are some pics of the kiddos playing :)

Natalie checking out Hutch

Tried to get all the kids in the picture, but it didn't work out

Here they all are, but Anniston's face is hiding behind the beach ball

Natalie & Anniston "sharing" the ABC spinning wheel

Anniston crawling through the tunnel, had to squeeze by Kennedy

She made it through, though!

Hutch & Kennedy... love her hand on his shoulder!

Our two crawlers - Anniston & Natalie

Playtime with Daddy

Natalie & Kennedy adore their daddy and he just loves getting down on the floor and playing with them! Here are some pictures of the good fun the girls have with their daddy!

About our Natalie

Here are some things we love about Natalie ~

Her big, gorgeous smile that you just can't help smiling back at
Her adventurous spirit
How happy she gets when she looks at herself in the mirror
She snuggles with you right after she wakes up
She is on the move most of the time now (daddy calls her a crawling machine) and pulls up on anything and everything she can (including us and her sister!)
The way she sticks out her tongue
How she shares with Kennedy
How she moves her little arms and legs so fast when she is excited
She opens her mouth to give you a big kiss
She likes chewing on anything cold
Her determination (which may be also called stubborn at times, but that's our girl!)
That she loves to make Kennedy laugh
The noise she makes when she wants more to eat (mmm, mmm)
She's just plain silly :-)

Here she is checking out herself in the musical mirror

She pulled herself up to the ottoman and was pretty proud :)

Now she does it all the time!

Trying to pull up on the bumbo seat

Bath time!!!

Going for a spin on the corn popper

That big smile that we love

Asleep with her sippy cup in her mouth

Playing with the bouncy ball at her friends birthday party

She started to fall asleep in the jumperoo - precious baby...

Here is a video of her making sounds with her mouth with mommy helping (another one of her favorite things to do, make funny sounds!)

WE LOVE YOU NAT-BUG!!!

About our Kennedy

Here are some things that we love about Kennedy ~

She is such a content & happy baby
Her smile is so sweet and melts our hearts
She is very entertained by her sister and likes to laugh at her
She does the cutest snorting thing with her nose
She still can't get enough of the jumperoo
She continues to be a great eater
She likes books and her current fave is Dr. Seuss's "There's a Wocket in my Pocket"
She will turn over her toys and pat them underneath
She's kind of shy and cautious and will watch someone new 'til she warms up to them
Her squeal of delight
The look on her face when she plays on the computer
Shaking her toys
She usually wakes up in a good mood and sometimes I don't even know she is awake because she will be playing quietly in her bed

Playing in the bathtub

Ready for bed

Wearing her froggy slippers that Nana gave her

Just so cute!

Chewing on everything

Asleep on the car ride home

Wearing a birthday hat at her friend Mary Margaret's first birthday party

Knocked out asleep in her bed

Here is the video of her doing the really cute thing with her nose

WE LOVE YOU KEN!!!!!

Some things we like to do...

We stay busy around here, with lots of fun things to do. Here are a few that the girls enjoy:

Natalie is totally crawling and pulling up on things now... yikes! So here she is trying to stand up with the support of the tv stand

Playing with our toys that sing & light up

Kennedy driving around town - beep, beep!

My sweet girls playing together

One of Kennedy's favorites - riding the corn popper!!!

Going for walks around the neighborhood

Natalie's got her shades on and is ready to go!

Kennedy is excited

Eating!

Love this picture of daddy feeding both girls :-)

Natalie loves chewing on a teething biscuit - the evidence is on her face :)

Taking naps... my Kennedy

I went to go lay K down, and when I got back, Nat was snoozing on the floor

And of course, they love falling asleep on their daddy

Natalie riding the corn popper

Sunday Afternoon

We tried our best to get some good family pics after church on Sunday, but it didn't quite work out like we had hoped. Kennedy didn't smile and Natalie wanted to crawl away or grab at the camera. Oh goodness... well, here are our best attempts - the girls look so cute, as always!

Our pretty daughters

Natalie giving us a big smile

Kennedy & Natalie

We all were looking at the camera, at least!

Kennedy was fascinated with the water feature on the front porch