15 Months!

I do miss doing your monthly posts, but feel like after the first year they are not needed monthly.  15 months seemed like a big milestone so here you go!  You guys are so much fun these days!  Lots of pointing and curiosity.  It is so neat as a parent to see the world through your eyes. We just recently went to the beach and it is so different with y'all around...so much fun!  Y'all are still great eaters and sleepers.  You have recently started to have a special little bond.  Y'all will follow each other everywhere.  You are starting to hit and steal toys from each other....its rough being a twin sometimes!  You will give each other kisses and hugs and that melts my heart!  My favorite part of the day is the morning when you wake up and you look at each other in your cribs and "chat" back and forth.  I occasionally will hear a squeal or a laugh and hope you guys are always close and love each other that much!

My little helpers!

 There are also moments like this that just make me laugh.....never a dull moment with twins!

Our schedule at 15 months:
7AM wake up.  You still sleep great at night! You drink your milk while I make breakfast and have some coffee.  You eat breakfast around 8 and then we play and I chase you around.    You take a nap from 9:30-11.   Yes you both still love your morning nap so we are going to keep it as long as we can!  We change clothes and usually go run errands during this time.  You eat lunch around 12:30 and drink 6 oz of milk with lunch.  We play a little while and read books.  You nap again from 1:30-3:30.  You have a snack when you wake up and then we play/walk with friends. 6PM we feed you dinner.  Then we take baths and play some more until bedtime at 7:30.

Graham: We still call you Graham Bam and Bobo
You weigh 22 lbs!  You have 5 teeth. You are still in size 3 diapers and mostly 12m clothes with a few 18m.  You have the cutest blonde hair and tan skin.  You are my summer baby.  You love water- the beach, pool and bath (and sometimes the toilet).  You talk a lot!  You mostly say dada, but will say gaga and sissss, and nana.  You walk everywhere.  Took you a while to build up the confidence to walk a lot, but you are almost running now.   You are a great eater and these days liking carrots, nanas, blueberries and muffins.  You sometimes put your foot up on top of your tray when eating...not sure why, but it cracks me up! You mostly get in trouble for hitting your sister, but we are working on that! You love hide and seek.  The thrill of being scared makes you laugh the hardest!  You love to shake your head yes and no.  Sometimes I just ask you questions to see you do it!  You still suck your two middle fingers when you sleep and hold your love with the same hand.

Ellie: We call you bug and peanut
You weigh 22 lbs.   You are wearing size 3 diapers and size 12 month clothes.  You have 8 teeth and we are working on the biting issue! You are very smart.  You notice if a cabinet is not baby proofed or if a door is open or something is on the coffee table that you aren't supposed to have.  You are very sneaky and mischievous, but I think its from you being curious!  I definitely have to watch you like a hawk. You still get upset easily if Graham takes a toy or you can't have something and the best part about your mini tantrums is Graham mocks you and that makes you stop and laugh!  You love reading, puzzles, Elmo and your sunglasses.  You are still attached to your pink elephant lovie and have to have it to sleep while sucking your thumb:)

Ellie and her glasses!

Little Miss Ellie is such a girly girl these days!  She has recently been obsessed with her glasses!  It is hilarious now when I put mine on she wants hers.  She will actually put them on and wear them....for a long time.  Its funny when she is in public and just chilling with the glasses on:)

 I thought only celebrities wore sunglasses in public!

I guess girls love of accessories starts at an early age!  Love my little fashionista.

Family Beach Pictures

My bonus mom is an amazing photographer.  I think this would actually be her dream job!  She took advantage of a beautiful morning on the beach and took some amazing pics of our family for us while we were at Bald Head last weekend!

 This might be my favorite pic:)

 Sweet sandy toes!

 Love her kisses!

 So mad I forgot to take off my hair tie in these pics!

 My handsome boys!

 It truly doesn't get any sweeter than this!

 He loves his daddy.

 My three favorite people in the whole world!

Love having these amazing pictures to capture this sweet stage and memorable beach trip!

Bald Head and Memorial Day Weekend

We are just getting home and unpacking and recuperating from a long weekend in Bald Head with my family.  Every time we see my family it seems like it is rushed so it was nice to spend a few days at the beach together.
The weeks leading up to the trip were full of anxiety over the car and ferry ride.  Our kids hate the car and this would be the longest trip we had ever attempted.  I asked all my mommy friends for tips and advice.  I spent lots of time and money buying new toys, snacks, dvd and entertainment for the ride.  We decided to get up and go.  We woke the kids up early and put them directly into the car.  I gave them milk and breakfast in the car.  This was the best idea for us.  Our kids are happy in the morning, but not great car sleepers.   A lot of people suggested leaving at nap time, but this has back fired for us in the past.   So thankful they did so well in the car this time!!
Graham fell asleep to Chugginton:)

 Ellies favorite new toy was the doodle sketch!

No cars are aloud of the island so you park your car, unload all your stuff and take a ferry over.  The ferry ride to Bald Head was a huge hit!!!!

 Lots of pointing to boats and birds!

 The kids loved the beach too!

 Ellie ate about a pound of sand the first day.  Poor thing had a few issues that night, but we kept her away from eating sand the rest of the trip.  I was actually worried she wouldn't like getting dirty and being in the sand....who would have known she would love it so much she ate it by the handful???

 We took all our baths outdoors with daddy!

 Bald Head doesn't have cars so we had to take golf carts everywhere.  Ellie was a handful on the golf cart, but Graham loved it!

 More beach time with the fam!

 These two spent a lot of time in the water!

 The first night we made a low country boil for dinner.  Love these two goof balls!

 Day two beach day was gorgeous and so fun!  We brought lots of snacks to fill Ellie up so she wouldn't eat sand again.

 The biggest hit was a whole we dug and filled with water.  They loved it!

 We did a drive by the light house.

 We made Mexican with a festive Memorial Day table setting night two!

 I played lots of games with these little guys!

 snack time again!

 She was so happy on the beach!!!

 We walked ALOT!  These two just wanted to hold our hands and walk around the beach:)

 During nap time each day we would run to the grocery store and ice cream shop.  The amazing ice cream shop had "Spiked Shakes"  we had lots of these guys!

 These two were so sweet together.  They are becoming best friends.  Ellie loves to give him hugs:)

 Ellie has also started constantly sticking out her tongue!  Its so cute!

 We got stuck going home on the 7:30 AM ferry home....not a great way to end a vacation, but these three were troopers!

 They again loved the ferry!!!

Car ride home was not as easy as the ride up (probably had to do with the early wake up and having to hold them/stroller for over an hour before putting them in the car), but still not as bad as it could have been.  These glasses kept her entertained for a while:)

Bald Head provided beautiful weather and a great chance for us to catch up and spend time as a family.  So thankful for two beach loving babies!!!!  Hope everyone had a wonderful Memorial Day!!!