Creepin' but not yet Crawlin'

Look who I caught trying to pull up on their knees tonight!


My sweet Emma Gracie trying so hard to get up on her knees!
 

And she was So proud of herself when I made a big deal about it too! :)
 

And here is Molly on the same night, trying to do the same thing!!!
 

I am very proud of the progress my girls have been making developmentally. To be so early, I really felt like they were pretty much on target where they should be. However, when I recentley took them to story time at the library with other babies their age, I noticed that they were not doing what other babies could do.

Clapping, reaching for you, sitting independently, crawling, pulling up on things, etc...

I talked with my mom and with the Early Interventionist that comes once a week to work with us, and both of them told me that my girls are right where they are suppose to be for their Adjusted age.

And I know that my girls are early, and technically they are only suppose to be 5 1/2 months old but other parents dont know that. So I feel like when they look at my girls they wonder why my kids aren't as advanced as theirs.

Unless you have a baby that was born before what is considered "fullterm" at 36 weeks, then it probably doesnt make sense to see my girls and lable them as a 5 1/2 month old when they were born 7 1/2 months ago.

But when I find myself feeling discouraged that they haven't met certain milestones, I try to keep reminding myself that when other 7 1/2 months old were growing on the inside of their mommy, mine were growing on the outside in an incubator. So, those 7 1/2 months old...are 7 1/2 months old AFTER being in their mommy for 9 Months....mine are only 7 1/2 months old because they couldn't grow in me for 9 months and had to finish their growing on the outside.

So I would say for babies that weren't suppose to be here until just 5 1/2 months ago, they are doing exactly what they are suppose to be doing and a little more. And for every little new thing they learn to do, I get so excited for them.

One thing I have noticed that my babies do have...that not a lot of babies have...is PERSONALITY! They are the happiest, giggliest, little girls.

Unless they are ready for bed of course! :)

I am so very proud of my little ones. Not a day goes by that they just dont Melt My Heart!!!

Happy Birthday Daddy!!

Today my Husband turned the Big 3-0!!
With the help of some friends and family, I threw him a suprise party for his birthday. We had a pretty nice turn out.

We walked in and everyone yelled "Suprised" and had a birthday cake lit singing to him, he was quite embarassed!

Infact, it worked out for him because when walking in, the noise startled Emma and she started crying...and since he was holding her, he got to hide his face behind her while everyone sang to him. haha


Emma Signing Daddy's Birthday card :)


Molly signing Daddy's Birthday Card. Can you tell by her hair that she just woke up?



Here we are walking in!


Some of the guest yelling "Suprise!" When we walked in!


Daddy Blowing out All 30 Candles!
 

Finally a somewhat grin from this embarassed birthday boy! :)
 

For Rick's birthday present from the girls, I took them to get their pictures made in their USC Cheerleading Dresses and then made a collage out of the pics for him.

Daddy was very excited about his birthday present from his girls!


Some of the Guys...
 


Love My Sweet Husband! Happy Birthday Baby! I look forward to spending many more Birthdays with you!
 

Daddy with his babies at the end of a long birthday celebration weekend!
 


Thank you for being the kind of Daddy every woman wants for her children!
And Thank you for being the kind of Husband, I always dreamt of having as a little girl. We love you so very much!

You can see more Birthday Pictures under the girls pictures link!

Fall-tivities!

Here are some of the "Fall-tivities" we did with our girls last week!

For those of you not from here, our Zoo has what is called Boo at the Zoo every halloween for kids. And at night the zoo is all lit up with halloween lights, booths set up for candy, games, entertainment, etc...so we went on Thurs (10/28) with my mom, and my brothers, our cousins, etc...


The Pumpkin Reads Boo at the Zoo but our heads are covering it. :)
 

The Girls Sportin' their Boo shirts at Boo! :)
 
I had to share this picture below because when we were walking around "Boo at the Zoo" they had booths set up where kids could trick or treat and YES we took our girls to every booth. haha But the story behind this picture is that Molly, as you can see here held her bag all by herself to EVERY booth! I couldnt believe it! And Emma, well she just tried to eat her bag. LOL
 

PUMPKIN PATCH

On Friday,(10/29) We took our girls to the Pumkin Patch. We got some GREAT fall pictures of the girls.

This is my FAVORITE one of Molly!
 

And This is my FAVORITE one of Emma!!
 
 
 

Miss Molly
 

Emma Grace
 

And I absolutely ADORE this picture of them together!
 

Happy Halloween!

Well if you have spent 5 minutes alone with my husband you would know that he is a HUGE Carolina Gamecock Fan! So it should be no suprise that for the girls 1st Halloween we dressed them up as Carolina Cheerleaders! :)

Emma Grace
 

Molly


For Halloween we went to what is called The Hallelujah Hoedown at my sisters church.
We walked around while her kids "Trunk or Treated". It was a cute set up every one passed out candy from the backs of their trunks and each "Trunk" was set up as a different theme. There were Flintstones, Alice and Wonderland, etc...Very Cute!

Here is me with my girls and their cousins. I LOVE these kids!


Since Molly is way too cute to be scary, she is giving every one her Scary face for Halloween! haha


Aunt Toni Loves her some Emma and Molly!


Emma and Molly with their cousins Megan and Emilee. Megan and Emilee LOVE my girls too death. They are always wanting to hold them :)


Hope All of you had a Great Halloween as well! I have updated their 7 Month album with tons of pictures. Check them out!

And just a side note-on 11-3-10 the girls weights were as follows:

Emma- 14 lbs 9.5oz
Molly-13 lbs 8.5oz

Have a great Weekend!

Grandma Laughs

These are the faces of the laughter and fun shared on one of the best nights of my entire life. We were laughing so hard it hurt.
My Grandma is such a comical person. So fun to be around. She really had us all rolling that night!

I could really use a good Grandma laugh these days.
People say grief gets easier with time, but so far nothing has been easy about this for me. I miss her with every beat of my heart.


As my Paw Paw said to me just last night "it was one of the funnest times we have ever had together" It was 4th of July 2008. I will never forget the fun we shared that night and so very many others.
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 

And this is just a typical moment with my Grandma. Always had us laughing.
I love her so much. And my Paw Paw, is just absolutely a phenomenal man.
I am really looking forward to seeing him in a couple weeks!
 

I love you Forever and Ever Grandma and I can't wait for the day that I get to see you again! I'm going to run and jump in your arms and laugh until I cry...just like the days of old.