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Lilly is Walking

Lilly is finally walking...she is even moving much faster and more confidently since this video was shot! John Andrew is not far behind her. HELP!

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Birthday Fun

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Happy Birthday Babies!!

I still can't believe it...our tiny little babies are now healthy, happy one-year-olds!! It has been a crazy but fun year! Here are some birthday pictures from their actual birthday (where they actually ate some cake UNLIKE their birthday party). Enjoy!! Oh - and if you have any birthday party pictures...could you please e-mail them to us?? We don't have any!!!

Then (3 weeks old):


Now:

Babies' First Halloween

John Andrew and Lilly's First Halloween!! What a fun day! In the morning, the babies and I visited John at work. The babies had a ball meeting everyone and crawling and cruising around checking out all the new people and sights! John Andrew was even offered a job! After dinner we dressed the babies in their costumes (our little scarecrows) and after a few photos out front - we took a stroll to trick-or-treat at the neighbors right next door to us (who know and love the kids). Lilly was funny. She HATED her hat and kept ripping it off and was really just perturbed at the whole situation. She did eventually warm up to the whole idea and LOVED handing out candy to all of the little kids with me on the front steps. She got a kick out of Razzy (Meg's dog) in his rooster costume too! Now John Andrew - he had a BLAST. He loved all the decorations, his costume, all the little kids dressed up...everything. He chatted the whole time and danced his crazy dance that he does when he gets excited. He even went trick-or-treating down the block with Dad (Lilly wasn't having it) and scored some Rollos - woo-hoo! All and all it was a great day and we can't wait for next year!

First Trip to the Zoo!

Well Sunday was the babies' first trip to the zoo! We met Corinne, John, Isabelle, Ella and Baby Bram at the the National Zoo. It was Baby Brams' first zoo trip too!! We had a great day. It was beautiful weather. Although the babies honestly weren't too impressed with the animals (picture it...us pointing to every animal in each exhibit and them looking at our finger - lol)...they did LOVE the zoo itself. The trees, exhibits, water falls, and especially the little kids! Here are some pics!

Fall Fun

Here are some cute pictures of the babies enjoying the fall! They LOVED the pumpkin patch. John Andrew was really into the gravel and hay and wanted to touch and study each ridge in every pumpkin. Lilly, on the other hand, was just so excited she kept clapping and beating the pumpkins...we think she liked the hollow sound. Enjoy!

It's that time of year again!!

Aren't they cute!!!??? Poor babies though...they may never know what it feels like to see their team win a Super Bowl...why their Daddy would do this to them is beyond me! Don't worry sweet babies - Mommy will buy you Ravens jerseys.

House Update

Here are pics from a recent visit to the house. The last visit the windows were all in and our tubs and showers were ready for install...but I forgot my camera. It is really getting exciting now. Every time we sneak a peek it feels more and more like home. If we could only sell our current home - maybe we could relax a little and enjoy the ride. Keep your fingers crossed for us please!

New House Update

We have come a long way from the pile of dirt that we started with just a few months ago!!! Here are some pictures from this morning...they say we will be in by Christmas!!

More summer pics

Busy Summer

Sorry we haven't posted in such a long time...but we have had one busy summer (as if day-to-day life with twins isn't busy enough)!!! Here's a quick re-cap:

On May 20th, the babies were (finally) baptised!! It was such a crazy weekend - but so much fun and truly a special weekend. We are still flabergasted over the number of people that that made the trek to be here for the babies' special day. We can't even begin to explain how much that meant to us.

Then on June 23rd, we celebrated Johnny's graduation!! We are so proud of him.

We went up to New Jersey for the 4th and had a great visit with John's brother, Marinelle and Little Mikey (who is just absolutely the sweetest thing). It was so cool to watch the three cousins play. The babies also had some fun play time with their Grandma and Poppy...and they finally were able to meet their GG : )

Then we finally met baby Bram (Corinne's latest addition)!! He such a cutie!!

A few weeks later the babies and I were kidnapped (ha-ha) by my parents and taken to SC! We were there about a week before John headed down and we had another 2 weeks of golf (for John) and fun in the sun with Nana and Poppa Boss...and lots of fun with the Warns-Welsh clan!

Then we rounded out August with a fun weekend in Harrisonburg for Bram's Christening and an awesome party for the Warns girls at Pump It Up (John and I had a blast...it is an arena of moon bounce equiptment)...and a trip to NJ for Little Mikey's 1st birthday which was a lot of fun and we got to see all of the NJ family which was great!!

More pics in the post above...

Chow Time! (Part II)

Their faces say it all...

Chow Time!

Well...after some hemming and hawing we finally decided to give the babies their first go at cereal today. Pediatrician gave us the go ahead a few weeks ago but we wanted to wait a bit to make sure they were both really ready. We were pretty sure John Andrew was ready...he has been downing bottles for a while now, seems to be always hungry, and he has been watching us like a hawk when we eat! Lilly on the other hand we weren't so sure about...she still is a light eater and hasn't really shown an interest. Funny though...Lilly did better than John Andrew. She swallowed a bit and even opened her mouth like a little bird a few times. John Andrew wasn't lovin' this at all though...he had no interest and spit out more than I even think went in. All in all - they just aren't ready yet...so...we are going to wait and try again in a week or so. Well here are some pics...enjoy : )

PS-They did great flying solo with Daddy this weekend!!! He did a wonderful job.

Home Sweet Dirt

Well - it looks like we are the proud owners of a big lump of dirt!! We signed the contract to have a home built in Purcellville, VA, today. So exciting and nerve-wrecking at the same time!! Here is a pic of John by our lot sign : )

PS - The babies sat through 3+hours of paper signing and were absolute gems!

Do you think they are really twins????

Sometimes I think they look nothing alike...and then there are other times...

I was folding laundry on the bed while they played and after a lot of hard play they both rolled into the same position at the exact same time to get ready for a quick snooze!

Belly Time!

They are getting so big!! These were taken last week. They really like being on their bellies now and love their Bumbo chairs where they can sit up like big babies!!

Another Picture

Here is a really cute picture of the two of them together. We had a hard time flipping the pics below (photographer has a lock on them) - but we think we have figured it out a way around it and will go back and try to fix them. Until then...you'll have to turn your head - sorry!

First Post

We hope to update this regularly with new pictures and videos. We had their pictures taken today and here are a few of the 150+ pictures they took! After we have a chance to go through them we will post more.