New Toys!

Aunt Vikki sent them a walker-to-wagon toy. It starts out as they are modeling it below, and then when they're older, it will convert to a wagon.

Kimberly is up to 9 steps now and Rebekah got to 15! (Not using the walker -- with it, they walk way more than that!). You can see Kimberly's shadow in the photo of Rebekah. Kimberly got to push the new monkey that Uncle Jimmy got them, too!

12-month checkup

Okay, so three posts in two days... that better keep you all happy for a little while!

They had their big 1-year checkup this morning. They're both doing really well. Still progressing on the height and weight charts -- they're higher percentiles now, much closer to where they were at three months before the GERD took them backwards.

Rebekah: 28.5 inches (25th %-ile), 18lbs 13oz (10th-25th), head circumference 18.8" (>97th - off the chart!)
Kimberly: 28.75 inches (50th %-ile), 18lbs 14 oz (10th-25th), HC 18.5" (90th)

They are officially three times their birth weight at age one, so they're doing good! We still can't face them forward in their carseats until they're 20 pounds, so we'll see when we get to that milestone.

And a few more photos with them in their Husky basketball uniforms. These were at the party, after being cleaned up from their cupcake extravaganza! Kimberly's just in the jersey and Bekah is modeling the warm-up jacket as she runs out the door.

Birthday Bike Ride

Yesterday was party time & today it was time for their first bike ride!! In their pajamas checking out their new helmets from Mom & Dad, in their new sweatsuits getting ready to go, in their bike trailer, Kimberly with "helmet head" after the ride, and the girls playing with their wrapping paper. Sorry there are no photos from the ride, but they weren't too thrilled with having the helmets on and the bike standing still. All 5 of us went around the neighborhood park and both Marty and I got a chance to pull them behind the bike.

Happy 1st Birthday!

We made it! Year one with twins has now successfully come to an end. Rebekah is up to 10 steps, and Kimberly (who started walking right after my last post) is up to 6 steps at a time now. They had their birthday party yesterday with over 40 guests (plus the 5 of us!) with decorate your own cupcakes followed by Kimberly and Rebekah getting their first taste of pure sugar and having their own cupcakes. Rebekah is in blue ("Bekah in Blue") and Kimberly is in the pink. Thanks to Bryan Plog for some of the party photos below.