Flying Time

I'm not exactly sure where the time is going, but I know it's going fast! My babies are turning into little girls right in front of my eyes. This holiday season has been so much fun to watch them look at Christmas trees in awe, scream when visiting Santa, watch the Parade of Lights with amazement, and open presents with unknown excitement. They are not only growing as individuals, but their relationship with each other is growing stronger every day. I feel at peace when going to work because now, more than ever, I know they are perfectly okay being together. On Friday (12/14) night, Molly went pee on the potty! She has recently become obsessed with sitting on the potty and telling me she has to go poop. She is still way too young for this, but it's fun to watch her excitement and enthusiasm with potty training. Hopefully it will just make the process that much easier! Within the past couple of weeks, Molly started pronouncing "Mollllie" and "Ollie," and enjoys pointing out who everyone is..."mama, dada, Molllie, Ollie, Jacksssi, etc." Ellie has started to catch on to trying to say "Ellie," as where before she would just refer to herself as "Maaa"--Molly. But she is very sweet with Jackson and finds his toys and then runs around yelling "Jackssssi" so she can deliver them back to him:) I will say that Jackson has prepared us quite well for this phase of their life. I feel like I'm constantly cleaning up spilled messes, cleaning up "accidents" when running around without a diaper, and for staying calm when anything does happen so they don't get scared. I am still a firm believer that dogs are truly the best preparation for kids! Here are some pictures from this Holiday season...I'm quite behind on my blog and may start overlapping or going backwards in order to catch up! I'm finding out that a blog is nearly impossible when working full-time, keeping up with the holidays, and having 2 little munchkins who get into everything! My little turkeys

Thanksgiving Family picture:)

Molly loves baby Jane

Love this picture:)

Nothing makes a mommy happier than this!

High Tea at the Brown Palace

This is what happens when Molly eats chocolate...

This is what happens when Ellie eats the same piece of chocolate...

:)

We need to start locking that doggy door!!!

Daddy play time!

November, December, oh my!

18-19 months:-)

We have had a busy beginning of winter and have fun with holiday festivities. We enjoyed the presidential debates, had Ayla and zoey visit Colorado, celebrated our cousin, Justin's, 13th birthday at lucky strike, enjoyed black Friday, and our most fun experience was visiting Santa!

The girls are becoming closer and closer every day. They love to cuddle with each other and hold hands. When Molly wakes up in the morning or from her nap and Ellie is still sleeping, she will constantly ask for "Ollie" and she will worry until Ellie wakes up.

Ellie has become quite the chatter box, however we'd like to inform you that she is fluent in Mandarin and not English. She speaks very matter of factly and knows exactly what she is telling you. When it comes to Molly, Ellie just walks around yelling "Maaa" referring to Molly. I think she thinks they are both Molly, which I would assume would be pretty confusing being a twin!:-)

Happy Halloween!!!

For our 2nd Halloween "trick or treating," the night was an overall success! We got the girls in the "motion" of going from house to house to collect their candy, which would only end up in MY tummy! Molly was a determined little thing and marched from house to house with her bucket in hand. Ellie was more satisfied just holding my hand and walking up and down the sidewalk. But they were very good and made sure they said "tant tou" to each person after receiving their fair share of candy:) Here are some pictures from our annual tradition of Halloween spent with our dear friends, the Buckley's, and Lucy and Zach... Playing at the kitchen...I think its pretty clear what these two little munchkins will be getting for Christmas!

Ava, Ben, Molly, and Ellie sorting through their "Trick or Treating" candy!

Ellie the Elephant:)

This is the best picture I was able to get with the two of them...

Molly the Ladybug:)

Who knew elephants could fly!?

My flying bug!

Our family Halloween photo:)

Meagan came by to see the kids in costume--this sums up a whole lot!

Catching Up

My little munchkins are almost 17 months old! I hate them getting bigger, but everyday is so much fun watching them grow and learn so much all the time. They are starting to be professional animal noise makers (lions, bears, owls, dogs, cats, snakes, elephants, horses, cows, lambs, pigs, monkeys, and probably several I'm missing!) They also love to be quizzed on their body parts, which they are good at, but there is the occasional mistake that their eyes are their ears, and their mouth is their head:) Their personalities get stronger as Molly is very independent and will go make friends with a stranger, while Ellie is bashful and shy and doesn't wander too far away from my side. However, even though they are both very different, it is so cute to watch them love each other so much and have so much fun together. They truly do entertain each other, which is nice for me that they have a built in, permanent, play buddy! I love to watch their enthusiasm...when someone exciting walks in the door (I like it when that person is ME!) They play hide and go seek with each other and get into rolling giggles, and when they wake up from naps, you can hear their full conversations going on behind the door:) Here are some pictures from lately, and then some from this Summer...I'm a little behind!!! Super cool chick!

Molly walkin' in the park...

Ellie didn't like it so much!

Kash's 1st Birthday party--down the bounce house slide!

They like to hold hands...when no one is telling them to:)

Cutie cousins!!

Molly took a nose dive on the driveway, but only cried for a second and then was back on her feet!

They love bath time and reading their books!

Cuddle buddies:)

Happy October!!

I just realized this was never posted!! Oops, just a month late, not too bad!:-)