First Birthday!

Our sweet baby girls are ONE! It's very hard to believe that they are one and my parents were right, time flies by when you have kids. I am so thankful to have these two little blessings! Here are their one year stats:

Camryn:
16 lbs 12 oz
28 1/2 inches

Chloe:
11 lbs 7 oz
25 inches

We had a wonderful first birthday party with family and a few friends (pictures to come)!

Let's catch up!

So I need to catch you all up on the last few months! Here's what we have been up to:

Camryn

• started walking just before Christmas and is pretty much running now!
• loves her blanky and passy
• can blow bubbles in the bath tub and loves to lay down in the water
• loves to throw the ball for Presley and they are best buds (she loves when he licks her in the face)
• will eat just about anything but really loves fruit 
• can say: momma, dada, thank you, uh oh, more, bye bye, hi, baba (bottle), meow (when asked what the kitty says), moo (when asked what the cow says)
• does not enjoy going to sunday school at church - cries most of the time :(

Chloe

• so close to walking! 
• can walk around holding on to something and will stand by herself for almost a minute
• can say: momma, dada, uh oh, bye bye, hey
• loves to wave!
• her smile is contagious!
• will eat just about anything but loves chicken and fruit
• still itty bitty but growing and healthy
• loves going to sunday school at church even though she is in the "baby room" since she is not walking yet

Cole

• works so hard for his family and we love him for that
• loves his job and often goes bike riding with some of his coworkers
• did an amazing job building a fire pit in the back yard 
• will begin training for the MS150 and really excited about it

Me

• still adjusting to being a stay at home mom....its a lot of work!
• currently looking for a job...scary!
• love getting to see my girls grow up, every day they are doing something new
• thankful for the new friendships I have made this year

9 months!!!

Well the girls are growing up faster each month! They are now 9 months old and boy have my days been busy! I have one climbing on me now to get to the laptop so this will be a short and simple post to update everyone.

Here's what we can do!

Camryn:

• Crawl very fast!
• Pull up and stand on everything
• Stand up all on her own
• Taking 3-4 steps at a time
• Walk if you hold her hand
• Says mama all the time
• Wave bye bye

Chloe:

• Crawl very fast
• Pull up and stand on everything
• Says mama sometimes
• Wave bye bye

Chloe Update

Well, miss Chloe had a check up with the surgeon yesterday to determine if and when she would need her second heart surgery. After several tests it was determined that her re-coarctation is very mild and will not require surgery at this time!!!! We go back in 6 months to check up and see how she is doing and they took her of the blood pressure medicine since her BP has continued to stay normal! We are very excited with this news and it's exactly what we prayed for. 

8 Months!!!

I can't believe it.....Camryn and Chloe are 8 months old!!!!
Why do they have to grow so fast?!

Here's what Camryn can do:
Crawl really fast
Pull up and stand on everything!
Stand by myself for several seconds
Scream really loud!
Making all kinds of new sounds with my mouth
Wave bye bye
Clap
Walk when pushing my toy
Climb on almost anything

Here's what Chloe can do:
Scoot and almost crawl
Pull up and stand in my crib
Scream really loud
Making all kinds of new sounds and talk to my sister
Wave bye bye
Throw my ball and whatever toy I may not want


The girls are getting to be so much fun! They interact with each other so much more which I love! My favorite is when they both stand in their cribs and "talk" to each other, it melts my heart! They move so much now that changing them has become a wrestling match! Hard to put a diaper on right or button a onesie when they are flipping in all directions or trying to crawl away LOL. They are both teething now which is not so fun for mommy! Hopefully they will hurry up and cut their teeth and we can move on to the next milestone! I am still making their food which I actually enjoy because I love to cook. Next week they will be starting on chicken!

Summer is over....

Well it was a great first summer with our girls! We spent many weekends at the lake and a few trips to see family. I'm disappointed that I have not been documenting more of the special moments (even the not so special ones) so that I can always look back and remember them! So, I am starting now and hope that I can keep up with documenting them even though our life is crazy. 

 "On the pontoon"

 Visiting family in Brenham

 Billy & Sarah's wedding

 Swimming with daddy!

 At the splash pad!

 First mini boat ride (we were still docked so they didn't have their life jackets on yet)

 Hanging out with Uncle Chase!

 Swinging at the park

 New swing at the lake!

It's amazing to me how even though my girls are twins and they are only 7 months old, they have two completely different personalities. Camryn, well she is a drama queen to say the least! That girl knows how to turn the water works on when she is upset or wants something and she puckers that bottom lip out to get extra attention especially if she got hurt LOL. She is very sweet and loves to give hugs and loves to be kissed. She is our clown too. I don't know what it is about her little giggle but it's contagious and never fails to make me laugh! She loves to make sounds and has come up with some pretty interesting ones lately. For example, if you give her some cold water from a straw she makes this really funny sound where she sucks in air and acts like she has a brain freeze. She will do it before you even give her the water now LOL. We have a climber! She is obsessed with climbing on everything and it's scary. Her favorite is to climb on the bouncy seat and then stand up in it and if it's near the couch she will try to climb on the couch from it. She even tries to climb on top of the activity table but can't quite get her leg up on it yet. Needless to say Cole and I have our hands full with her alone! Camryn is a speed racer in her walker, and can navigate around just about anything in her way (even if she has to run it over). She loves to try and run over our dog and my mom's cat. Her favorite is to come in the kitchen (which is tiny) and pull my dish towel off and then leave it on the floor. Her most recent accomplishment at making a mess was pulling the small cooler bag off the bar stool (guess I shouldn't have left the strap hanging) and all of its contents (water, ice, empty baby food container, empty bottle) fell to the floor! My favorite part of all that is the simple joy that she got from stomping her feet in the water puddle LOL. 

 Look mom I can stand up!

 Climbing on top of sister...I see lots of booboos in our future with these two!

 Found the dog bowls!

Hard to see but she is stomping her feet in the water mess. (Presley is in bottom right licking up water)

Chloe is such a little sweet heart (with a little bit of diva) she loves to smile at everyone and I'm pretty sure its the cutest smile ever. The diva comes out when she doesn't get what she wants and she is a girl that know what she wants! She has to have HER wubba nub passy, I tried to replace it with the same one but an elephant instead of the caterpillar (hers was getting really dirty) and she just threw it down and cried knowing it was not hers....guess I will just have to wash hers daily! She prefers to sit back and watch everything especially what sister is doing and then she will try it herself. For example when Camryn started rolling over, Chloe would just lay there and watch her for days doing it and then one day out of nowhere Chloe started rolling over. The same with crawling, but she has difficulty holding herself up for very long because of her heart. Chloe loves animals especially dogs and will laugh and smile every time she sees one (I guess there will be puppies and kittens in our future LOL). 

 Trying to crawl!

 Love that smile!

At the lake with Neenee!

My absolute favorite time of day is the morning with my girls. I love to hear them chatting and playing on the monitor when they wake up (I let them do that for about 20 minutes) I love the big smiles when I do go in their room it makes the late nights so worth it! Camryn is usually sitting or standing in her crib so I see her first and she will usually give a little giggle then Chloe will be on all fours and she gets so excited to see me she falls over LOL. I love those moments! My next favorite would be drinking my coffee because I usually need it LOL. 

Happy Half Birthday!!!

Time is FLYING by!!!! I can not believe our girls are 6 months old now! It's been a very busy, frustrating, exciting, crazy, fun, scary, you name it 6 months.

Camryn Nicole Mulder

13 lbs 5oz

Size 2 diapers

3-6 month clothes

What I can do:

• Roll over from front to back and back to front, I even roll all over the living room!
• Sit all by myself 
• I just learned how to get up on all fours, now if I can just figure out how to crawl!
• Go backwards in her walker.
• Eat my own feet!
• Take my passy out and put it back in

What I am learning:

• Sign language so I can tell my mom and dad what I want! 
• How to sit myself up.
• How to crawl.
• How to move around with purpose in my walker.
• How to drink from a sippy cup.
• How to sleep through the night! (still wakes 1-2 times)

I Love:

• Talking in the morning.
• Being tickled.
• Going for walks in the neighborhood.
• Watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
• Books
• My passy
• Putting everything in my mouth including my sisters hands and feet
• Hearing my daddy's voice
• To eat food!
• Bath time

Chloe Ann Mulder

8 lbs 12 oz

Size 1 diapers

Newborn-3 month clothes

What I can do:

• Roll over from front to back and back to front
• Sit up with my boppy pillow 
• Take my passy out and put it back in

What I am learning:

• Sign language
• How to sit up by myself
• How to drink from sippy cup
• Not a big fan of eating solids but we are working on it!
• How to crawl

I Love:

• Being lifted in the air
• Going for walks
• Watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
• Books
• Watching my sister
• Being in the exercauser and walker (even though I am short and have to use a pillow to touch)
• Being held
• My passy
• My butterfly night light
• Bath time