1st Birtday! Hooray!

Feb 9th was Trinity's and Terra's first birthday. That morning we all went to have our pictures taken with Troy's parents who came up from Phoenix to celebrate. The party was held later that day in our apartment. My sister Teresa and her husband Bob came by along with our friend Brook. The girls were stripped down to some onesies that we didn't mind if they got covered with cake and the party began.

A video of them and their cakes HERE
Cute video of a tummy attack HERE

Christmas

Hello all. Wanted to share some pictures of the girls and wish you all a Happy New Year. (even if it is a few days late.) We spent Christmas morning with my sister Teresa and her family. Then two days later we flew to Spokane to visit my other sister Merri and her family. We went sledding and Troy couldn't be kept from the slope! Katrina went down a few times but froze her fingers off almost instantly. The girls, despite having coats, hats, gloves and blankets, got too cold after about 45 min and were much happier in the mini van with the heat on full blast. We loved seeing Carson and Jack (Merri's kids) and were told they missed the 'babies' terribly after we left.

On Jan 9th the girls will be 11 months old. We can't hardly believe it - almost a year old. Now we have to start thinking of planning a first year birthday party. OMG! Terra now has cut 5 teeth and Trinity has taken about 6 steps on her own. She'll be walking soon. Aaaahhhhh!!!!!! Love to all.

Christmas morning at Teresa's
HERE is a video.

Katrina and Terra in Spokane watching everyone else sled.

Kat and Terra New Years eve.

Kat and Trinity on New Years eve.

The girls in their crib - hanging out.

Big Daddy - O getting ready to sled while in Spokane.

Cheerios everywhere

In five days Trinity and Terra will turn 10 months old! As every parents says 'how time flies.' Trinity crawls everywhere, pulls herself up and grabs whatever she can and puts it straight in her mouth. I've got to keep a close eye on her now! Thank goodness Terra can't quite crawl yet. She's getting close though. I have a friend whose child didn't crawl until 10 months so I'm not too worried. Terra enjoys standing at the coffee table and banging the remote loudly while giggling gleefully. She still needs to learn to fall properly because she'll fall back straight as a board and knock her head resulting in a cry fest for several moments. So her and I are working on her falling on her bum and then clapping and yelling 'hooray'.

They both have two bottom teeth and are just now breaking in the top. Which equals very grumpy and crying. Solid food is now an 2-3 times a day adventure. (Cheerios are now found regularly throughout the house amid various toys, Tupperware, wooden spoons, pacifiers and sippy cups.) They've eaten everything we've offered and love cheese. They still drink formula but we are slowly weening them off. As far as talking they continue to say 'dada', 'mama', and 'baba' but no real words yet. Although they have begun exploring new sounds such as 'nana', 'riri' and *bbbrrrr* said with spit flying wildly.

Funny video HERE

That's all for now. Love to you all.

Getting ready for bed

Trinity
*Wwwwaaaaa*

What?

Almost 8 months

Hello all. We've been a busy bunch and haven't had time to post to the blog. At one of the girls check-ups the doctor heard a heart murmur in Terra's heart. We go in on Oct 8th to have it checked out by a heart doctor. I'm a bit concerned but it could turn out to be nothing and the heart is still just developing. Terra has also broken in two bottom teeth!

HERE is a cute video of Troy singing to the girls.
HERE is a video of the girls playing on the floor.
HERE is Troy feeding Terra.

We went to Sears and got our first family pictures taken. Here is a collage and some others too. Enjoy!

6 months and counting...

The girls are a little over 6 months old now and growing like weeds. At their check up Terra was 13 lbs 4 oz and 25% for both height and head measurements. Trinity was 15 lbs 5 oz and 52% for height and 50 % on head measurements. They eat solid foods daily that I make for them. Yams, peas, green beans, apples, carrots, bananas, pears and even avocado. Thank go to Julie, aka Nana, for the 'Magic Bullet'. It grinds up the food just right for the girls and is super easy to clean. For Troys birthday we went to the museum to look at the Rembrandt exhibit. The girls went with us and slept through most of it. Some woman there couldn't believe that they were so good! Yep thats our girls!

HERE is a random video of them.

Terra was having a melt down and Troy calmed her down into mush! Cute

Trinity and Daddy

Didn't want to leave Trinity out on the side by side comparison.

Growing and learning

We've been working with the girls on familiar words such as Mama, Dada and Bottle or Ba. Trinity just started saying this in the morning and I got it on tape in the afternoon. So cute!
Ba Ba Video HERE.

And HERE is a clip of Troy and Terra hanging on the couch.
And HERE is a random clip of the girls playing on the floor.

I can remember chewing on my toe nails, too. Ahh the memories!

Just look at how big Terra is getting!

A funny video I found of YouTube - HERE.

5 1/2 Months old

The girls are now 5 1/2 months old. They are chattering, drooling, rolling and smiling just about non-stop! They keep us busy that's for sure. Trinity can now stand with assistance. In fact she prefers to stand rather than sit. Terra likes to eat solid food more than trinity but her tummy doesn't quite like the little bit of fruit I've added. Think I'll hold of on the fruit for another week or two. Trinity reaches for food we are eating and has sampled my bagel and some coffee.

Click HERE to see a little video I put together of some pics and some video. Enjoy.