So the babies are 1! I honestly can not believe it! So much has happened this year! We are truly so blessed to have such wonderful family and friends and 2 amazing babies!
So it has been a while, and I apologize for that. It has just been so busy! So in September we had a lot going on! The four of us went back to Avalon for a few days for a second vacation. The weather was wonderful and the babies were very well behaved - they even slept for us!
We spent some time visiting some great friends, and the babies even had their first sleepover at Granny and Pop's. They were very well behaved and even slept through the night! Mike and I enjoyed a night out celebrating a close friend's wedding! We also hired a photographer to take some pictures of the baby. We have over 500 pictures and they are all truly amazing. I can not believe how amazing they look.
The next weekend the babies turned 1. We had a party for them and it was great. On their actual birthday we went to the NICU to visit the nurses and doctors and we also went to see Dr. Manara. Everyone was so excited to see the babies, and both Jack and Ellie were eating it up. They were full of smiles and even reached out for some of the nurses to hold them - it was too cute! It was an emotional weekend with lots of memories coming back to us. It amazes me that it was just a year ago..sometimes I feel like it was yesterday and other times it seems like a lifetime ago.
The babies are doing so well and learning new things all the time. They are both super crawlers and are all over everything! Ellie is also clapping now and pulling herself up on everything....she loves to stand! She is also sitting up very well now too. Jack loves our cat George and chases him all over the place. Both babies are also starting to really talk - even to each other. They both say da da da very well and lots of other things we can't make out. But they definitely understand each other because at times they are both cracking up laughing and Mike and I are left thinking "what is going on over there." It is by far the cutest thing ever when they interact.
We have a big week this week. Ellie goes to the neurologist tomorrow, for her yearly follow up - I am hoping this is her final follow up as we don't see any need for a neurologist at this time, but we are not experts. On Wednesday we go for their 1 year appointment and on Friday we have a follow up at the developmental clinic. So needless to say lots going on this week. We are hoping for all good news!
