Wow! One!

 Maggie and William are one!  YAY!!!!  

We celebrated twice (how perfect is that?) - in San Antonio with Nana and Papa and in Beaumont with Annie and DonDon. 

 As always, Maggie dove right in with both hands and enjoyed every bite of her cupcakes.  William on the other hand was very careful, taking small, clean bites.

"Mikey will eat it!"  has been changed to "Maggie will eat it!!"

Here's what they're up to these days!

Mags:

-You're favorite thing to say is, "No!"  You also say Wow, William, NumNum, Hi & Bye

-When you say "Hi" you hold your hand up to your ear like you're talking on the phone

-You are such a sweetie, and you smiles light up the room! 

-You point at whomever you want to hold you and scream bloody murder until they do

-You love your mommy and daddy, and are happiest when you get one on one time.  I think you were meant to be a singleton!!  It's hard to share mommy/daddy time with a brother and a sister!

-You LOVE LOVE LOVE to eat - the intensity with which you say "NumNum" when you see puffs is hysterical

-You love books almost as much as you love eating - you will sit on the floor and just look at books and point at all the pictures

William:
-You are SOOOOOO chilled.  You don't get worked up about much at all...not even dirty diapers!
-You say "light" and "this."  I think that you are saying "What's this?" because you say "this" when you point to different things and when I name to object, you point to something else and say "this"
-You love to clap and wave and play peek-a-boo
-You can walk with the help of only one hand...we think in another month or so you'll be doing it on your own!
-You are a snuggle bunny which I absolutely love!!!
-You make great "Ojitos"
-You are all boy and just barrel over anything/anyone in your way
-Your favorite thing to play with is whatever Maggie is playing with

Happy Birthday, sweet babies!!!

 

Cute cousins!

These are two of the cutest, sweetest girls I know!  Kirby and Georgia are going to Camp Treehouse together this week.  K has loved hanging out with G!!!  She was so sad this morning when I told her that I was going to take her instead of going to play with Georgia first!

Tuesday.Twins.Tubes

Bye bye ear infections...hopefully!!  Poor Maggie and William have had one ear infection after the other for the last 5 months or so.  Today, we took care of it with tubes!  They both did great - thank you for your prayers for M & W this morning.  They're as good as new already and amazed, I'm sure, at how well they can hear without all that fluid in their ears!

Pre-op...

Post-op...

 

Happy Birthday, Baby!

Kirby, I can't believe you're 3!  You are such a joy, and your excitement about this littlest things continues to be one of my very favorite things about you!  You've learned so much and changed so much in the past year, and while it's been amazing to watch you, it's also a little sad to know that you are so grown up.  You are the best big sister to Maggie and William - they are so blessed to have you, and I am so blessed to be your mommy.

Here are some things you do at 3!

- you sleep in a big girl bed, and you love it!
- you still sleep with your blanket and pappy at night (the pappy's days are numbered, though!!)
- you love going to swimming lessons with Miss Michelle
- you are a great scooter rider
- you are an incredibly picky eater now a days...all you eat are frosted miniwheats (with milk and a spoon and a bowl), peanut butter and honey sandwiches, and chicken nuggets (with french fries and ketchup)
- you had a great year at school and made lots of friends.  Your best friend, your "boyfriend" as you call him is Ethan.  He defended your honor on the playground when Harris bumped into you with the tricycle.  I think he's a smart boy - you're quite a catch!!
- you love to "go to church and sing songs and talk to God" and have just learned The Lord's Prayer
- you still throw some pretty serious fits but it's getting better
- you wear big girl panties at night
- you are very, very careful and cautious physically and get lots of bo-bos that require band-aids and hurt cream daily
- you love Annie and DonDon and Nana and Papa and they love you just as much!
- you love Sid the Science Kid & Madagascar

- you say that everything in the past is "last weekend" and the future is "tomorrow"
- you would wear a tutu 24/7 if we'd let you
- you say the funniest things and have the memory of an elephant
- you are the most precious, beautiful, perfect 3 year old we know!!

Some pics from your birthday!!

Party girl

Kirby went to a dress up party this weekend.  All the other little girls picked one maybe two outfits and during the party...Kirby picked 5.  What can I say?  The girl loves to dress up!  She looks pretty precious in all of them if I do say so myself!!

  outfit #1

#2

#3

#4 

(can't you just see this one in the rehearsal dinner slide show)

#5

10 months!

Seriously, where is the time going?  It's been a busy month!!  Here's what M&W have been up to!

group shots are impossible these days!!

Maggie:
- you have 3 teeth - front 2 top and bottom left.  you got all three at the same time a couple of weeks ago... while you had 5th disease, a cold and an ear infection.  You really are a trooper sweet girl!
- when we sing "Ay-ya-ya-ya" as in Cilendo Lindo, you mimic us - you are such a great singer!
- you might be beginning to think about crawling.  you've started getting on your hands and knees and rocking back and forth.

- you LOVE puffs, and you grab fistfuls and cram them all along with your fist in your mouth.
- you're still wearing your helmet, but I don't think you need it anymore.  you're head looks perfect!  We go back for a follow-up in a month and I totally expect to be done with it!  We've been pretty laid back about you wearing it lately - your one hour/day without the helmet has turned into 2 or 3 and sometimes you even get to sleep without it!
- you and William talk to each other after you finish your bottles - you just chatter back and forth like you totally understand each other - too cute!!

William:

- you are a great crawler - you started right after you turned 9 months, and you haven't stopped moving since!  you're a little bit of a bully, though - you crawl to Maggie and take her pacifier or whatever she is playing with. 
- you're still fascinated with holes...electrical outlets are covered, thank you very much.  i'm not sure there's much we can do about Maggie's nostrils and belly button, though!
- you are pulling up on everything; we moved your crib to the lowest setting
- you consistently wave hi and bye (that precious backwards wave is my fave!!)
- you are a fan of puffs, too, but you are very careful about eating yours - you pick up and eat one at a time with your thumb and pointer finger
- you have one tooth - top left
- when you play with your toys, you sit on your knees
- you had your 3rd ear infection this month (while Maggie was sick and you were getting your tooth, of course).  dr. s says one more infection means tubes for you!!

I can't believe these babies will be 1 in 2 months.  It'll be so fun to see how they will change in the next couple of months, but perhaps the most exciting thing about them turning 1(besides the fact that we will have survived the first year of twins!!!) is that we bought a bunch of formula while it was on sale this month, so we might not have to buy anymore formula...ever!!!!   This will be a ~$300/month raise for the Gray household - whoooohooooo!!!!!!

Happy Anniversary, Jim!

Wow.  7 years!  I love my sweet husband!