Bad Babies

OK..so we have been working on "no." The girls have been working on disobeying. It's just fabulous :(

I decided to just choose a few things to really focus on "no" with them on. One of the main things is when they climb from the couch to the table. The LOVE to do this but it is very dangerous, so I decided we would really work on trying to get them not to do it. Ha Ha Ha...

Instead of learning "no", the girls have learned to say "get down" (in their own cute little way) and to point at the ground. Every time they jump up on the table they now laugh and say "get down" while pointing at the couch. Well...at least they are learning something, right? I guess we have a long way to go with the whole "no" thing!

Here are some pictures demonstrating my misbehaving angels!

This is how they get up on the couch...start with one leg...

Get into push-up position and fling entire body onto couch.


Do a little celebration dance once you get up there...

"What mommy..you want me to go where...down? Umm..no thanks"

"What you talkin' bout mommy?"

"Come on Leah...this is fun!"

Here is Leah doing the "get down" point.
(Please excuse her hair here, I don't know where the comb

forward thing came from...she kind of looks like Justin Beiber)

And laughing because she knows that she is being naughty

"hmm...are we doing something wrong mommy??"

"There are two of us and one of you...we win!!"

And one unrelated picture of Leah...she looks like she is totally throwing a tantrum here but really she was just having fun!

Pretty Hair

So, in a previous post I talked about how much Isabella likes to pretend she is straightening her hair like Mommy. I got a really short video of her doing it here.

Snow week!

Finally we got some significant snow!! Unfortunately, I had a NASTY flu all week, so we didn't get to do too much, but we did manage to get outside yesterday to play "in the snow" a little. We really played on the sidewalks and parking lot because the snow was too deep for the girls to really play in, but they were SO excited to get out of the house and walk around!

Getting ready to go outside

Leah immediately found some snow to get in to!

Not so sure she made a good decision :)

Isabella trying to stop traffic so she can cross the street!

She is so precious!!

My little snow bunnies

15 Months

We had our 15 month doctor's appointment today!! The girls are doing great. I was afraid they had ear infections because they have been fussy..crying a little at night..and tugging on their ears (same symptoms from their other ear infections). BUT...turns out it isn't an ear infection..it's MOLARS! The girls are cutting some teeth :) Such a relief that it isn't another infection!

Anyway...on to the stats...

LEAH
Weight: 21lbs 14oz. (25-50th percentile)
Height: 31.5 inches (75th percentile)
Head Circumference: 45.8cm (50th percentile)

ISABELLA
Weight: 20lbs 2oz. (10th percentile)
Height: 30.75 inches (50th percentile)
Head Circumference 46.3cm (50th percentile)

In Summary: Tall, Skinny babies with normal heads!!

Leah continues to out weigh her sister and has increased her lead by a few ounces. Might be the fact that almost every morning, she drinks her milk and 1/2 of Isabellas :)

At 15 months the girls continue to amaze me. Since they were about 9 months I have said "this is the BEST age." And I mean it every time. They just keep getting more and more fun.

A few random notes about the girlies at 15 months:

They are saying about 5 words. Mama, Dada, Ball, Down, and Bye bye (with a wave every time!). I wish they were talking a little more but the doctor said they should be between 3-6 words at this age, so they are doing fine.

They are using sign language very well. They use the sign for "more" all the time! It is very cute. They will patiently stand in front of the pantry and do the sign when they want a snack. The only problem with this is that I feel bad not giving them a snack when they do it, but they are learning to be major snackers and not great meal eaters. They do eat their meals, but they also want to snack A LOT! They also sign when they are "all done" and when they want "down".

They LOVE to imitate everything. They watch me dry and straighten my hair every morning, so now they love to take my brush and "brush" their hair and mine. Isabella also likes to take the straightener when it isn't on and pretend she is straightening her hair.

They still love to dance. They really get into it now. Leah loves to do the "twist." She twists her whole body around so much that she often falls over :)

We started fitness classes with them two weeks ago. It isn't great because there are kids from 1-4 in the class and the girls are by far the youngest, but they have learned some cut things. They love to run across the room and pound on the wall (something they do in the class). They also like to pound on the floor. All these things sound a little weird out of the context of the class :)

They just started really bullying each other. Not all the time, but they will push each other out of the way, bite each other, pull hair, etc. The other day Isabella was sitting in front of the sink and Leah grabbed her shirt, pulled her out of the way, and sat in the same seat (granted, there would have been plenty of room for them to sit next to each other, but I guess she really wanted that seat!).

Other times, they are very sweet and loving together. They will sit together and play with the same toy now. This is something they just started doing recently.

I am sure there is a lot more, but that is pretty much all I can think of right now! Overall, they are nothing but a joy for their mommy and daddy!!

i love sunday!

Every Sunday after church we have a family date and I LOVE IT! It is my favorite day of the week. We leave church around 1 and the girls sleep on our way home. We go to the pizza place across the street from our house and Cesar and I just sit in the car and talk for 20-30 minutes while the girls finish their nap. Then we go in and have our date. The girls are getting used to it and have so much fun! They play with the waitresses, color (or eat crayons...they just can't get over the fact that crayons are not for eating!), and just really seem to have a great time! I usually don't like to spend money on going out to eat, but this is totally worth setting money aside for every week!!

Nap time a la Isabella

And...yes, I now know, I need to get rid of that thing she was climbing on. I can't believe she hasn't thrown herself into Leah's crib yet!

Play time

Nothing special about this video...just capturing some morning play-time. You'll notice all the "stuff" all over the floor...as much as I LOVE everything about the girls at this age, I will be so grateful when they are done pulling everything out of everywhere they can get to! My favorite part of this video is around 3:03 when Leah feels that she needs to give the dishwasher a kiss. She is such a sweetheart :)

More...

A few more pics from yesterday...

First Play Date with Demi (Lilly)

Yesterday, the girls and I went out to Casa Hudson so that the girls could meet their new cousin. We had a great time hanging out with Kai and getting to know Demi. She was such a trooper and pretty much stayed awake and very content the entire time we were there!

I can't believe my girls used to be smaller than this. Look how much bigger Bella is than this little peanut. Crazy!

Randoms

Yesterday, Leah walked up to me in the kitchen and made this face over and over. She did it so many times that I was able to go get the camera and snap a shot of it. Don't really know what she was trying to accomplish, but she did make me laugh if that was her goal! She continues to crack me up!

Then she started doing this one. She does this occasionally and I love it. She makes a low pitch "Ooooohhhh" noise when she does it!

On Wednesday, we had a 2-hour delay so I got to stay home with the girls a little extra. I was doing something in the kitchen and looked over at the girls and this is what I saw...doesn't seem like a weird picture, BUT...I didn't put Isabella in the seat. She climbed in herself :)

Yesterday the girls snuck out into the snow for a minute...

Schedule

I haven't posted the girl's schedule in quite a while. I want to have record of this so that I can remember if (BIG if!!!) we have other kids and just so I can remember more about what my babies were like at this age...
Most of these times vary about 15-30 minutes from day to day, but at least it will give me an idea.
Schedule at 15 months
5:45: Wake-up & Drink about 7 oz. of milk
6-8: Play, eat a snack at some point during that time (example snack would be crackers or cheerios)
8-9:15: Nap #1 (time can vary from 45 min. to 1.5 hours)
9:30: Breakfast (example breakfast would be waffles, sausage & banana)
9:45-12:15: Play
12:15-1:30 Nap # 2 (time can vary from 1 to 2 hours)
1:45: Lunch (example would be turkey, cut up cheese sticks & fruit or vegies)
2:00-5 Play time (snack around 3:30)
5:00: Dinner (whatever we are eating for dinner)
6:00-6:30 Bath time
6:30-7: Playtime upstairs (translation=tear apart the entire upstairs)
7:00: 8 oz. of milk, read a book, say prayers & bedtime.

"Baby Girl" Hudson

This beautiful baby made her debut at 9:56am on Thursday! I was so excited to get to meet her today! She couldn't be cuter! She's already giving us that sly wink...as if to say, "ha ha mommy...watch out, I'm going to be a handful." I already love her so much!

Getting her first hearing screening...she passed with flying colors!

Grandma and "Baby Girl" Hudson (that's right...still no name yet!)

I LOVED holding her.

It all came back to me! Only difference was my girls were about 2.5 months old when they were this big!

Kai came and visited while I was there. He is such a good boy. He just hung out the entire time. No fussing, no whining..just enjoying time hanging out with his Mommy and little sister! He is just so cute with his new haircut!!

No thanks!

An example of what Isabella does when she doesn't want to eat something...

Christmas Gift!

Grandma got us a fun Christmas gift this year! It has had some upgrades since this picture was taken...there are more fish and more "stuff" in it. Daddy is very excited to let his babies see his "aquarium decorating skills." The girls are so cute with it...they point to it all the time and say their favorite line "whas at"?! Thanks Grandma!!!

Santa!!

Here is our trip to Santa from before Christmas. I tried to scan it into the comptuer at work and for some reason it wouldn't work properly. However...I still wanted to put it up, so here ya go!