A Birthday we will never forget

I can't believe my sweet girls are one!!! This year has to be the fastest (even on somes days that went by about as slow as molasses in terms of accomplishment) one so far in my life. Three sweet kiddos 3 and under is a fantastic blessing that I am forever grateful for but my feet rarely stop moving. That would explain the speed in which 2010 blew by I suppose ;)

Our littlest munchkins are not so little these days. At their 12 mo. appt. Peyton measured in at 22 pounds and 6 oz., and Kayleigh was 22 pounds and 10 oz. I can't seem to find the paper with the stats (imagine that) but they were in the 50-75th %ile for their height too! This would explain the 18 month clothes we are rocking out these days! And even some of those are snug :) Very different then there big bro, keeping us on our toes...
They are great sleepers and eaters. Nighttime is around 11 hours and naps are 2 for about 1.5-2.5 hours. Kayleigh will eat ANYTHING and lots of it. Peyton is a little pickier and seems to love her carbs, fruits, and most meats. Veggies are already a struggle for us with her. That is a new one around here at this age...They are switched over to whole milk now (love the savings in that dept!) and we are working on the sippy cup. They love juice and water in it, milk is another story. I just got some Nuby cups that I will try this week and hopefully that will go better than the Playtex..Let's just say they FLIPPED out and threw them down with my first attempt..
Peyton is walking these days- short distances- we haven't made laps around the house or anything but she beems with pride as she toddles over to see us or pick up a toy. So sweet to watch, I need to get it on video soon before she gets much farther. Bad momma..Kales is watching her for pointers and has attempted walking between furniture pieces that are a step or two apart. I had to sneek to watch her yesterday but she bravely let go of the couch to get to the train table and made it. If she would have seen me she would have got down and made a beline for me. That girl is a SPEED crawler- bulldog style. She balls up her hands and flys to her destination, sometimes even putting her head down to ram it into you or something. So silly but so sweet! I give her a few more weeks and she will be moving like homo erectus too!
Both girls are saying Ma-Ma and occasionally Da-da. I think we are working on Dog, Meow, Nala, and baby. You know how they are at this stage... Sometimes it sounds right on the money and other times you just hear jibberish...but they pick up on things we ask them pretty quickly, pointing or going to get something like their baby to feed it the bottle... So much fun at this stage!
I just can't believe that they are so far from the helpless little newborn that wore those teeny little clothes and easily fit in the nook of my arm. I just wish I could stop time every now and then and soak it all in. Before I know it they will be running to get on the bus!;)

Here are some pictures from my attempted birthday shots, please note that photographing two babies is NOT an easy feat! I need Photoshop ;)

Kayleigh had a cute little bow but our little tomboy kept ripping it out...So I gave up!

They can tag team and unload a drawer in no time flat!

They LOVE their ride on's!

Here are some birthday party pictures, I am so sorry that all of this is late but I am trying to catch up. My only excuse these days is LIFE HAPPENS and TIME is precious...I wasted a whole heck of a lot of it before we had these babes ;)

Erica's sweet little girls- can't believe they are almost two!!!

Sweet Kales and Ne-Ne

Peyton was super excited about her special birthday cake ;)

Kayleigh was too, she ANNIALATED it!!!

Crazy birthday girls

Singing Happy Birthday, we sang it twice so they each had a turn...

Their giant cupcake birthday cake

complete with special smash cakes for each birthday girl :)

Some if the birthday festivities

It looked like Christmas all over again, these two girls are so loved and we are so thankful for such loving and wonderful friends and family! We slowly opened their gifts over a few days to enjoy each one of them. That was a great idea suggested by a good friend. Especially since they are so little and really didn't know what was going on :)

Daddy and his sweet little girl, well one of them ;)

Ahh, relaxation at the end of a fun day!

Christmastime

Best buds enjoying posing for their rivalry picture! We love you Scarlett- VT and all!!!!

Christmas around here was full of fun, love, family, friends, and laughter! And obviously it was all a "little" hectic but we have come to expect nothing else around here these days. I know one our house is quiet one day I will miss it and all of the chaos that goes along with threee little ones. All in all the tree stayed standing with most ornaments on it (Thanks P & K- I was really forseeing disaster here)...The presents stayed wrapped until the big day...and Santa's arrival was eagerly anticipated by all! It is so much fun to "live" through your child's eyes at this time of year and I have to admit, Lucas brought so much joy to the season for us. I have a hard time this time of year especially but Lucas reminded me of the joy and innocence. We enjoyed many Christmas stories, homemade Christmas cookies, and slowly unwrapping the gifts throughout our lazy Christmas day. Peyton and Kayleigh even seems to enjoy to fun and special time together :)

Everyone loves Stinky the Garbage Truck around here, this was one of the Santa requested gifts from Lucas.

The girls enjoying a leisurely dinner with their BFF- Shelby :)

Playtime!

Lucas jamming on his cat piano, another Santa hit!

Loving his new garbage truck from Ne-Ne

Crusin babies! Minus the silly face from Kayleigh :)

Who is taking who for a ride???

Boxes make the BEST ramps!

We love our new hats Aunt Jean!!!

sharing snacks with Bailey

Pretty girls :)

I had more pictures but Blogger is driving me nutz recently, I tried adding the pics SEVERAL days and didn't get to far. But hope this gave you a glimpse into our fun festivities. Lots of love!