Leah

I was trying to get a picture of her hand but she was such a ham that I had to post all of these :)

First trip to the ER

Little Leah had her first trip to the ER yesterday!! She was playing in the kitchen during the afternoon, stuck her hand in the recycling bin (she is getting too tall!!!) and pulled out the top of a can that had been opened the night before. OUCH!!! I hope she learned not to do that again (ha ha)...I certainly learned a lot...

Things I learned yesterday:
1. Never leave sharp objects in the recycling bin...even if I think my "little" babies can't get to them!
2. Leah is a STRONG little girl...she was such a big girl and barely cried at all!!!
3. Leah has been eating A LOT the last few weeks! She is up to TWENTY pounds!
4. Kelly, our Nanny, is GREAT under pressure!! She handled the whole situation perfectly...she didn't even freak out about getting covered in blood (I think that would have put me over the edge!!).
5. I still love Frederick Memorial Hospital! Every experience we have had there has been positive. We were getting treated within 10 minutes of arriving at the ER and all the people we came into contact with were great (as has been our experience with all we have been through there).
6. Cesar is such a great Daddy (I knew this already...but it was confirmed even more yesterday). He was so sweet and so concerned for his little girl!! I love love love to see him father these girls :)
7. I have great co-workers who took over for me immediately and without question so that I could go home and take care of my baby!
And most importantly...
8. I REALLY want to put my kids and a bubble and protect them from anything that can cause them harm!! I definitely think it hurt me way more than her to see her covered in blood like that. However, I also learned that I don't freak out at the sight of my own kids blood as I do with anyone else AND I can handle situations like that better than I had assumed. Hopefully I won't have to put that theory to the test anytime soon!!

For Grandma...

Grandma can't see the push video for some reason, so here are some still shots of it!!

Pushing

Cesar took this video of the girls while I was at the grocery today. I LOVE IT :)

Urbana Park

After lunch on Monday (see post below), we went to a park in Urbana. The girls really just love to explore. They crawled all over the place. I love to see them get so excited to find new things!! Leah even got to go on the playground with Daddy!!

Dinner

Monday we went out to dinner with our friends Gabe and Ashley! The girls got to sit in high chairs for the first time and they had a great time! Well...it was fun for about 30 minutes..then they decided it was time for a nap and wanted to get back in the stroller...but until then, it was great!

The girls were playing peek-a-boo with each other for about 5 minutes on the deck tonight. I tried to get it on video but once I got the camera out, they pretty much decided they were done. Here is the end of the game...

Fun Day!

What a great Sunday we had! The girls woke up at 5am (which seems to be the new norm...ugghh), so I wasn't real sure how the day was going to go. BUT...they took a 90 minute nap (and so did I) before breakfast and everyone was refreshed and happy after that! We went to church and Leah made it all the way through the service in children's ministry!!! That is the first time that has happened. Isabella made it for 20 minutes before breaking down...still an improvement from previous weeks. Then we took the girls to Baker park for the first time. I just love that place and the girls really did too! I forgot to take my camera but I am sure we will be spending a lot of time there, so we'll just have to get some pics next time. When we got home, we played outside for a while. The girls were just so excited to be outside..the weather was PERFECT. Here are some pictures from the day...

Leah at breakfast

Isabellita "all done" with hers

This is why we can't ever load or unload the dishwasher when the girls are awake! If you open the dishwasher (or the fridge), they are in there faster than you can shut the door and then they scream and cry if you shut it! They even do this at other people's houses...

Isabella hamming it up with Daddy

Twins!

Beautiful Leah

Leah helping Daddy fix the car

Me and My Isabellita

Isabella LOVED crawling up and down the sidewalk. She went up and down over and over and over again! Here she stopped to stand up and take a look around...

So happy to be out there...

The result of all the sidewalk crawling...whoops! My poor baby! She really didn't seem bothered by it at all though. When we came inside she just wanted to go out on the deck and crawl around some more!!

We LOVE Grandma

We are beyond grateful to Grandma who has taken amazing care of all of us so much the past few weeks! She came and stayed with us while Daddy was in Ecuador so that Mommy would have some help. Then, she came over to watch us so that Mommy could take back the rental car when we got back from Savannah. AND THEN...she watched us for THREE WHOLE days while Mommy went back to work! Ms. Kelly was not able to come back to be our nanny until the second week of school, so Grandma volunteered to come out and stay with us. She even stayed over-night and helped give us baths and put us to bed!! We had such a fun time hanging out with her and getting spoiled!! Thanks Grandma for everything. We are so blessed to have you (and Mommy thinks your pretty amazing too!!!)!