We are 13 months old!

since there isn't 30 days in february, we can officially say that preslee and mason are 13 months old today. for the last month i have been clinging to the joy of being able to say that they are only a year old. i realized this morning that i couldn't say that anymore. they are officially toddlers and are really older than a year. they are 13 months old! life in our house has gotten busier and busier. they have this energy that if you could bottle, would power a city. to catch you up on our little ones:

*lift the flap type board books are their new favorites. they love books with animals, but their favorite is baby faces. i think oprah should put it on her best seller list for babies. i read it about 12 times today. i read it, we laugh at the faces and then they hand it to me to read yet again. i love that they love books at such a young age. we read for 15 minutes before every nap, plus other times during the day when they grab a book and hand it to me.

*they are really into pointing at things to hear their names. they want to know what everything is called. they say mama, dada and heidi all the time. preslee says ba for ball and they both say dog really clearly. they understand so much, and have an affirmative grunt sort of thing that they use when you ask them if they want to do something like go outside, go for a walk, swing, etc. it’s amazing to watch language develop in them. they learn so many new things every day.

*mason's 7th tooth just popped through on the bottom left. preslee has apparently decided that 2 will get her through life pretty well. they love to brush their own teeth and will crawl into the bathroom and point for me to get their toothbrushes down for them.

*mason is walking all over the place. no crawling anymore for that girl. preslee is still taking her time. walks a few steps everyday, just enough to get us running for the video camera, then she crawls. i think she teases me because she knows i get so excited. she can do it, just doesn't have walking at the top of her list right now.

*and my most favorite thing of all....the hugging and the kissing. they just walk up out of nowhere and grab you around the legs or around the neck and hug. preslee gives kisses all the time! i love it! they are the sweetest little babies. they kiss drew and i, heidi (when she lets them) and each other.

i can't wait to see what they have in store for us next month!

Little Mommy!

today while the girls were playing, i noticed preslee take one of her dolls and put it in her lap. she rubbed its face for a minute, then reached over and grabbed the other doll and put it in her lap too. she was just babbling away at them both and rubbing their faces. i wonder if the girls will think it's strange to see a mommy with only one baby or will they just know that their mommy was extra lucky because God gave me two!

Now we know our ABC's......

for Christmas preslee and mason got some of those magnetic letters. they haven't really paid much attention to them until recently. most nights drew and i spend picking them up off of the kitchen floor, but today.........

Dancing with the Stars

My Girls

So cute!

these girls…they get cuter by the day, i swear! the things they come up with just make us smile all the time.

they each have their own chores that they do now. mason picks up the dirty diapers, including her own, walks them over, and drops them in the diaper genie. then she points and grunts until i turn the handle and they fall into the bag. then everybody has to clap and wave bye-bye. it is the cutest thing that i have ever seen and she is so proud of her little self.

preslee's job is to turn out the lights and turn off the sound machine when we leave the nursery. she takes that tiny little finger and presses the light switch down really hard and then just grins when the light goes off.

they are learning so much and changing so fast everyday. i can't keep up!

preslee, would you like to eat breakfast?
No.
preslee, can we put on your shoes?
No.
preslee, do you want more milk?
No.
preslee, can mommy change your diaper?
No.
preslee, can you eat your green beans?
No.
preslee, let’s go take a bath.
No.
preslee, can mason see that toy?
No.
preslee, are you ready for a nap?
No.

guess what preslee's favorite new word is…