Time Flies

I vowed to start blogging more often, and once again time has flown by and it's been almost 4 months since my last post.  A quick recap to catch everyone up to date:

Summer was fantastic with the twins!  We had not one but two trips to Destin.  The twins loved the pool and were warming up to the beach and ocean.  Summer weekends were spent taking walks to the local Farmer's Market, walking down to Big Rock to swing, and going to the pool.  We also took Scott and George to the State Fair, where they had their first corn dog from their cousin's food stand.  They LOVED corn dogs, and seeing all of the animals at the fair.

Pic from their 1 year photo shoot

George on left and Scott on right

At the end of June, both boys started walking on the same day and haven't looked back!  They are now running everywhere and it really takes two (or more!) people to keep up with them.  They are also talking a lot - you can definitely hear the mama, dada, more, uh oh, and thank you, plus a lot of other sounds that I'm sure will turn into actual words any minute now.  They learn sign language at day care for things like more, hungry, thirsty, and finished/all gone, and are good at using the signs during meals.  They love waving bye bye and giving out big, open mouthed kisses on our cheeks. 

We just hit another milestone - turning the big boy car seats to face forward!  It's SO much easier to get the twins in and out of the car now, and they love facing forward and being able to see so much more of what's going on.   And, I love being able to look back and actually see them now, instead of the back of a car seat.

It's been sad around here for the last few days as we said goodbye to our precious "puppy", Chance.  Even though we always called her a puppy, she was getting on in years and I'm very sad that she won't be around to watch the twins grow up, and that they won't remember her.  She was the sweetest, most gentle dog I've ever met and she'll leave a hole in our hearts forever.  She was very patient with Scott and George and you could tell she loved them, almost as much as she loved eating all the food they would throw on the ground for her!  Scott and George would get excited every morning when they would come out of the nursery and see Chance in the kitchen.  She was big Scott's constant companion when they lived in Key West, and I spent many days snuggling with her when I was pregnant and couldn't do much else.  She is greatly missed.  :(

Chance, a couple of years ago

We are looking forward to Fall and going to the pumpkin patch, dressing up for Halloween, and maybe even tailgating for a football game.  We've spent recent weekends taking the twins to gym class, which wears them out (and equals longer naps in the afternoon!).  This past weekend the music theme in class was Beach Boys, and Scott and George were dancing up a storm!  So I broke out the iPod today, found some Beach Boys tunes and we had Dance Party USA in the living room while I folded clothes.  Definitely something I need to video and show them many years from now.  :)