CATCHING UP...

It has been a while since I have posted anything, so here is a little recap of our recent activities (in chronological order):

Saturday: We had our first non-family, non-friend babysitter. She is a sophomore in high school and was adorable. All went well, though apparently for next time we will need to go over how to put diapers on tightly as both girls woke up with their diapers pretty much off of them!

Sunday: Weather was wonderful and I took the girls to the park. This was Brooke's first time to walk around outside (read on uneven surfaces) and she did pretty well. They both enjoyed the swings, but the slide was the big hit of the day. They both loved to go down it (it is a tiny little slide for tiny people) and Brooke would turn around and try to climb up it! The ground was pretty wet and both girls ended up riding home with no pants on cause they were too gross to get into the carseats!

Monday: We went to have professional pictures taken, but it was a totally unsuccessful outing and I can't write too much or I will get all worked up again!

Tuesday: We went to visit our friend Erica and son Spencer. Lots of fun was had by all. The girls love their basement and their toy front door.

Wednesday: Had a playgroup at the library where Audrey decided to take her first steps!! HOORAY...of course she will only walk to Renee, but at least this is progress. There is a video of this at the end of the post. We also went to the gym...that's right I had to join a gym even though I abhor exercise. Unfortunately, I also abhor the fact that all of the clothes that I can fit into have been purchased post babies. Apparently when people said that "one day my metabolism would slow down" they meant when I was 33 and had had 2 babies.

Thursday: Today we had our MOPS group (or as D likes to call it "vacation bible school for adults") It was fun catching up with everybody and we made a neat craft!

Developmental updates: As mentioned, Audrey has at least begun the process of walking and Brooke is about a 90% walker. They both understand a huge amount of words. We can tell them to go find their drum and off they go to get their drum - even if we are in a totally different room. At night we tell them that it is time to go to the nursery and they are off to their room and will each go to their crib and try to get in. They are really loving books and will bring books and crawl into your lap to have them be read. As far as actually saying words, they both say mama, dada, bye-bye (with a hand wave), and uh-oh. But they chatter in nonsense words constantly. They are both great eaters, and Audrey especially is our little carnivore. Their current favorite veggie seems to be broccoli, they love all meat, and they have been enjoying kiwi, strawberries, and mandarin oranges. They are not big pasta fans, but will eat the pick-ups and kraft mac-n-cheese. Audrey's favorite toy is currently her pooh bear and she is super cute hugging it and rolling around with it. They are adorable in the bath tub - they will both lay down and kick wildly (on either their tummies or their backs). We have been working on body parts and they know their eyes, ears, hair, mouth, belly, hands, and feet. They actually love to go find our belly buttons and find it hilarious to lift our shirts!