Graham and Ellie's Birthday!!

Today was the twins birthday.  Their parties are not until this weekend so we soaked up this special day as a family!  I keep finding myself thinking about what we were doing at each moment in the day this time last year.  My friend Rachel text me at one point and said she was re-reading the blog post from their birth day last year.   Here is their birth story and the first special moments during their arrival!
Back to their 1 year Birthday! We woke them up with balloons!!!

We took them to breakfast at one of our favorite restaurants! *Thanks for the birthday shirts Aunt Rachel!!!!

Came back home and opened presents!  We got these special birthday plates from Aunt Rachel and Uncle Andy too!  Her boys have similar plates and she was so thoughtful to give them to us so we can start this family tradition! These are so special and we will be able to use them year after year!

Now for the twins big gifts......

 Graham got a grill and Ellie got a kitchen!  Our family loves to cook so we wanted to start them young!!!

 They also got monogrammed aprons!

Then we took a nap, ate lunch, played a lot with all our new toys, took another nap....and we tried to take them downtown to discovery place....but we got there at 4 and they close at 4 :(.  Quick plan B was ImaginOn.  Not quite as fun and interactive as Discovery Place, but the kids LOVED it!  It was just nice to let them crawl around and get into stuff.

 Ryan was a good sport about posing in front of the Dr sign!

 While it was cold and rainy outside E read a book by the fire place:)

 We headed to the market next door for dinner and were surprised by how yummy and fresh the food was!  Here is a gluten free deconstructed pulled pork pizza and a gluten free fancy grilled cheese with beverages to toast the twinkies bday!!!

 Cheers!

 Watched the train in the rain....

 Even though it was cold and rainy our hearts were warm and full of joy all day long!  So glad Ryan had most of the day off to enjoy quality time with the twins on their special day.  Now we are resting up for a few parties this weekend!!!!