Updates and lots of pictures!

It's been so long since I have updated, and something very sad has happened since then. My babies have turned into Toddlers!! I mean REAL toddlers! They are definitely not babies any more and I can hardly remember when they were. I watch videos of them from when they were tiny, just to remember. BUT... it is so fun and exciting to watch them learning every single day - it is amazing!

Their vocabulary has really taken off. It's funny to hear them say a new word all of a sudden, when you weren't even trying to teach it to them. Here are some of the words they say:
Mommy (a real MOMMY, not mama! Love it!!) Daddy, Mimi, Papa, cheese, chicken, hot dog, beans, more, cookie, bear (teddy grahams), apple, juice, sip, PLEASE (yes! they say please!!), night night, bye bye, train, duck, ball, car (one of Ryan's favorite!), plane, boat, tractor, shoes, socks, bath, Pee Pee and Tee Tee (yes, they know they have different parts now), purple, blue, green, baseball, and one of Ryan's all time favorites: SISTER! He says it all the time and points to Emerson. If she's crying he'll come over to me and point to her and say it. Also, if I pick him up in his crib first, he will point over to Emerson and say "sister"(so I won't forget "sister")I guess!). Emerson has learned the word "sorry". Now if she is doing something she knows she's not supposed to, all I have to do is give her the look, and she say "sawwy".

They know all the animals and can make the sounds. They don't really say any animal names except cat, dog and cow. They also know any part of the body that we point to. I know I'm leaving so much out, it's just amazing how much they know now!

I started them in a "Tiny Tots" gymnastics class. They have never been in a structured setting with a teacher, so it is interesting. They told me it will probably take about 4 weeks for them to start listening a following her directions. We'll see how it goes!