Happy Birthday!!!

Boy have we changed!! Claire was born at 4:09 a.m. weighing in at 4 lbs 10 oz, and Jack was born at 4:10 a.m. weighing in at 5 lbs 15 oz. Now both are pretty much 4x their original weights. Claire is 19 pounds 11 oz and Jack is 22 pounds 3 oz. Jack has 8 teeth. Claire has 4 teeth in (and it looks like 3 more on the way very soon). Both can crawl, pull-up, jabber, feed themselves, drink from a cup, wave bye, clap their hands and more. Jack can practically run (Claire is definitely working on it...today they gave mommy a run for her money by going as fast as they could in opposite directions). Above pictures -- birth, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months, and today!!

Birthday Party!

The babies turn one on Thursday. I can't believe it has been a whole year!! We had a party for them yesterday. We had an awesome chocolate cake for the adults, but I gave them little sugar free cupcakes for their cake (too young to have them all hopped up on sugar--Jack is crazy enough without it!) Anyway...here is a picture of them enjoying their birthday!

Claire can crawl!

Finally!!! Less than a week before her first birthday, Claire is on the move! It is an ugly crawl (kind of like how Jack's was when he first started). She kind of drags her right leg a little, but it does get her from point A to point B, so who cares. I am just so proud of her! I included a picture of Jack too (can't forget about him). He now has 8 teeth! What a big boy! Coming soon...pictures from their first birthday party!

All by herself!

Claire bear stood up in her crib all by herself today (Nick found her this morning in her crib standing up and playing with Jack across the way). This is a big deal! I have been waiting for her to crawl/pull up for quite a while now. She has been "cruising" on furniture for a few weeks, but only if you put her there (she couldn't pull herself into standing position alone). I had said that if she wasn't pulling up or trying to crawl by a year old, I was going to put her in physical therapy. I guess she heard the challenge and decided that she didn't want to go to PT. Before I know it, I will have two babies going different directions!

Babies watch history!!!

I don't usually let them watch television, but today was a historic day. Here they are watching Barack Obama get sworn in....

She can almost do it!

So close...Claire can almost crawl. She has been standing and "cruising" on furniture for a while now, but she has never crawled. I thought she probably would just go straight to walking, but I guess she has proven me wrong. The last few days she has been getting on her hands and knees and rocking back and forth like she wants to crawl. She also has been going from sitting position to crawling position and back a lot. I think she is tired of her brother being able to do it while she just has to sit there (until Nick or I carry her around). We will see what happens in next few days to weeks. Hopefully she will crawl before her one year birthday!

Strange Security Blankets...

So both babies actually have a "security blanket." Jack's is a little blue dog head attached to a blue fluffy blanket and Claire's is pink and is a bunny (but same concept). Problem is that they don't seem to want to use these...they instead have to have other things when they go to bed. Claire needs to be holding a pacifer in her hand and have one in her mouth (although lately she is starting to sleep with the teddy bear that Uncle Curt gave her for Christmas). Jack is much stranger. He needs his hairbrush...he gets mad when you take it away from him. Pictured above is Jack with his hairbrush and the hairdryer (which is also obsessed with). Claire is in the bathtub casually reading a book...

By the way, both of them recently had a growth spurt. Claire is now almost 19 pounds (18 pounds 15 oz) and Jack is 21 and 1/2 pounds.

New Pony!

"Uncle" Jeff and "Aunt" Miranda got the babies a Fisher Price pony for Christmas. They love it!Claire can't quite reach the ground on it yet, but she tries to bounce anyway. It is really cute.
Jack is jealous when she is on it and tries to knock her off of it (just like he does with anything she is trying to play with. He is learning to be a bully!)

Here are a few pictures. Notice also that Claire has gotten her ears pierced! She barely noticed when she had it done (she cried for a minute, and I gave her a cheerio and she forgot all about it).