Jack walks!!

Happy early birthday from mommy and daddy

John and I decided to get the twins a chair for their birthday. We got the actual chair inserts off of ebay for a good price, so we just had to buy the slip cover. And of course once John saw this one we had to get it :-) and we even got it personalized for free.
Unfortunately, Jack has already had an incident with the chair. John set it up and it was just sitting in the middle of the living room. Jack was excited, climbed right up onto it, and fell right over the side (over the arm rest) causing him to have a run in with our entertainment center. He has a mark near his eye and a nice scratch on his forehead. Last night the bump on his forehead was the size of half an egg, and I'm pretty sure it freaked us out more than him. We were trying to clean him up but he just wanted us to let go of him and stop holding him so he could go play on the chair.

Some people have asked what they can get the twins for their birthday. We made a wishlist at http://www.toysrus.com/ if you just click on wish list and enter my name it should come up. Of course thats mostly a dream list :-) and the twins dont need much...a card for their memory book from you would do just as well! But, they do enjoy toys and books, and we are saving up for a toddlerish outdoor playset so giftcards are always nice.

11 months old!!

Babies are 11 months old today...time has gone by so fast-I cant believe we will have 2 toddlers in just one month.
They are both doing well and are very active. Mackenzie is practically running around the house with Jack crawling as fast as he can behind. Jack is working on walking, but will only pracice while holding our hands-if we let go he will sit down right away (even though he CAN stand) and give us a sad face.
They both say Mama and Dada, and I'm pretty sure Mackenzie's next word will be "no" as she hears it often.
They are both eating mostly table foods now-although Jack is working on finishing off the last of the purees we have. Jack will eat pretty much anything you put in front of him, but Mackenzie is a little bit picky-right now she loves peas but refuses any fruits...pretty sure its a texture thing and hopefully she will overcome it soon. They both get a little bit of whole milk a day and really like it; they also like water and Jack likes juice.
Here are a few snapshots I took today...

Buchtel Park

There's a park in Buchtel?! You might ask. Why yes...beside the gas station in town there used to be a run down "playground" but the city recently renovated that area and put in a very nice playground! The babies enjoyed the swing, Mackenzie enjoyed the bridge and climbing in the tunnel (although dad didnt particularly enjoy following her through the tunnel), and Jack just enjoyed practicing his walking on the ground with mom.

Yes, this is often how we communicate with one another

Often Jack and Mackenzie communicate via screaming...so it can get very loud in our house-and this can go on all day :-)
do notice Mackenzie's outfit which she is swimming in-grandma got it for her in Okoboji, its size 12 months. I had to break out the summer 12 month clothes because I'm pretty sure she wont fit in them next summer and I wanted her to be able to wear them...thankfully there are only a few outfits :-)

PS-sorry the video quality is so bad...dont know what happened