Bouncing

It's Margot! I'm back with another video. Mom and Dad think it's funny when we bounce together in our "offices"....we haven't done it in a while because we're getting too big for them, but mom found this video from a couple of months ago.

And here is a funny one of Dad throwing David in the air....and of me causing some mischief with GAM!

Video star

Hi everyone, it's Margot! I did some googling (google-ing?) and found out how to put videos on the blog. I thought I'd start with this great one mom and dad caught of David playing peek-a-boo. It's pretty funny. He's such a teacher's pet!

There will be more videos coming....stay tuned!

TTFN,

Margot

We're taking over

Okay, so mom has been so busy that she has been a total slacker on our blog. She makes excuses like work, life, chasing dad and us around now that we're all three crawling and almost walking, but we don't buy it. We want people to know what we're up to, so we are taking the blog over! We drew straws, and I (David) got the longest one, so I get to write our first entry.

We went out to breakfast with our friend Avery Davenport (you can check out her blog here) and learned all about this blogging thing. She said it was pretty easy, so we thought we'd try it.

Summer has been great. We were too little (and too in the hospital) to fully enjoy last summer....but boy are we making up for lost time now! Da put up these great swings in the courtyard so we can swing ALL THE TIME! How cool is that?

And look at the pool Ba got for us. It's like bath-time but better! We like sitting in our pool or getting in the big pool with the other kids. GAM (Great Aunt Mary) gave us each a floaty seat so we can float around the big pool and stay out of the sun. Mom still finds the need to slather us with sunscreen all the time, though. Ugh.

Margot wanted me to put in this picture of her with our soon-to-be cousins Braden and Calen. We have been able to spend lots of time with them this summer which has been fantastic. They are really busy with baseball, but they like to come over and swim with us, too!

In honor of father's day, Margot picked out some recent pictures of dad with us. Here's dad helping me use a rocking chair at Great Uncle Pat and Great Aunt Cheryl's. I told him I had it down, but he is such a worry-wart! Parents, what can you do?

Here's one of dad and Margot at the annual NICU reunion from earlier in the day. Between you and me, I think Margot had had enough of Mommy's camera wagging. We had a great time there seeing the kids we met in the hospital! Well, actually, we didn't meet them back then....but we heard a lot about them from mom and dad. We got to meet them this year. We also got to see some of our old doctors and nurses. Most of them still remember us, duh. I'd be surprised if they didn't! We think it will be even more fun next year when we can play in the inflatables and enjoy face painting and other kid stuff.

Sunday night we went to Aunt Martha and Uncle Chris' house for Uncle Chris' birthday. It was a blast. We got to eat pizza crust and play with Braden and Calen. Plus, Aunt Martha had just moved all her stuff from her condo and we found this cool mirror she had put on the ground for us. Don't laugh at my pilgrim outfit, you know you love it.

That's all for now. Margot is in charge for the next one, and she's going to try to figure out how to post videos because mom has been getting lots of good ones.

Catch ya later alligator,

David

Birthday pictures and SWINGING

Here are some pictures from the fabulous birthday bash we had for Prince David and Princess Margot! Ba created the most wonderful throne area for them to preside over their audience (and open presents). They LOVED all their gifts and their birthday cakes. David at ALL of his!!!

One-year-olds go to the park, so Bubba, Aunt Lindsey, and I took David and Margot to the park to go on the swings. They absolutely loved swinging! I have taken them every nice day since, and they are still so excited every time.

On Mother's Day, we did the Mother's Day 5k with Aunt Mary Vicky......and saw Great Aunt Mary there! David and Margot are wearing their "my first 5k" t-shirts GAM gave them (hard to see under all their layers - it was COLD) and the berry hats that Lisa knit them!

David and Margot are ONE!!!

One year ago today David and Margot came into our lives!!! They are such blessings.

Here are some pictures from their birthday:

Easter update

Margot and David have been growing so much! They turned 11 months old, and Margot got two teeth! David already has six teeth and is VERY mobile. He's not walking yet, but is crawling everywhere and is pulling up on (and chewing on) everything. Margot isn't crawling yet - she prefers to sit and play.

We had a fantastic time at aunt Martha and uncle Chris' house for Easter!

Margot having Easter "linner":

Getting ready to open Easter baskets:

David playing at Chris and Martha's:

David loves to pull up on everything:

Margot eating Aunt Mary's hair:

We've been enjoying the nice weather with lots of get togethers and parties. We had a party for our friend Peter's birthday and have attended several family dinners.

Pics from Peter's party:

Margot at play:

David ready for a nap?:

Relaxing after Peter's party:

Margot with Uncle Doug and Aunt Mary:

Calen and Braden with the twins:

David "meeting" Bailey:

David with Aunt Cheryl:

Action shots

David is on the move! He is crawling around and pulling up on everything. And miss Margot is loving to sit and play with her books. See the below "action pics" that Ba sent me while I was at work. Such fun!