It's all about sitting up in bed!

Piper is now the queen of sitting up from a laying down position. Pretty much every morning and after every nap we find her sitting up. The other night I was watching her on the video monitor and she didn't even start chirping until after she had sat up. The photos are of this afternoon after her nap. Tristan can sit up from laying down too, but we haven't seen him do it in his crib. He mostly does it on the play floor or on mommy and daddy' bed. It won't be long until they both are pulling themselves up to standing!

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More bath time fun!

Who doesn't love bath time? Obviously the twins love bath time. The latest thing between the twins is to take(steal) toys from each other. Whatever one has the other wants it, and for some reason the toy that Tristan has in his left hand is the one they both love to play with in the bath. Tonight Tristan turned himself away from Piper so she couldn't get it from him. She did however get it later, but it was funny to see them sitting like they were on a train.


Kind of an evil looking laugh don't you think?
"he he he, I will get that toy from Tristan!"

"Oh, you think so do you sister, well we will just see about that." LOL

Playing under the tree!

Today mommy wanted to do some weeding in the front yard, so Piper & Tristan got to sit under the maple tree and play. They played so nicely. We must have been out there for almost 2 hours. Mommy may have over-done it!

Tristan really is getting to be quite a camera ham!

Then again so is Piper!

The irises are looking amazing, if I do say so myself. They are actually almost done, so I thought I should get a photo of them. So beautiful!

Teething & drooling!

Today we are all about teething! Piper is working on both top front teeth at the same time. You can see them both, but they are very tiny. She wouldn't crack a smile for me when I was taking the photos this morning. I'm really not sure what teeth (tooth?) Tristan is working on, but boy is he drooling! It was fun to put them in the booster chairs with the trays. They seemed to like sitting and playing (chewing) on the new discovery toy blocks.

No smile today!

But I do like my toys!

I just have to chew!

What you doin' Tristan?

Too busy to talk Piper!

Pool time Fun!

Today the twins and I went to Walmart and got a paddle pool! I was glad I found my yoga ball pump to blow it up. There is no way I have enough air to blow one of these things up! I didn't have the energy to heat up water for it so, I just put the twins in it and they played. They seemed quite happy to play in it without water. Another time we will try it with water.

Not going to bed...just want to play!

We're not going to bed ! What is granny's rule on that one. As long as you are quiet and play nicely you can stay up... and so they did...

...and played

and laughed...

and climbed...

and they chewed...

and laughed...
and played..

New booster chairs!

I've been wanting to get booster chairs for the twins and today there was a sale at Baby R Us. A pink princess chair for Piper and a super hero chair for Tristan. They are meant to attach to chairs so they can sit up to the table with the big people. I wanted to have them to use at the Giles family reunion on July 1st. I didn't think it would be too fun having to hold them through two meals; lunch and supper. Who knew they would have another good use. The twins loved sitting in them up to the new play table. They actually sat and played together for quite a long time.

Of course, Tristan had to stop playing every once in a while to suck his thumb.

We love peas!

We love peas! We love peas! I have been trying to get the twins to eat baby food peas for sometime now, but they hated it. The texture is really quite gross, so I had the idea today to give them cooked baby peas. They are about the same size as the cheerios that they have been chewing so I figured they could handle them. They gobbled them up! Not like my sister Jenn who used to hide them under her plate or anywhere else she could find to hide them, they actually ate them!

Learning to stand up!

Piper & Tristan got a new activity table today. As you can see they both loved it. They are starting to be able to stand for short amounts of time on their own. Their legs do get a bit weak and they wobble, but they are getting stronger. Piper got to play with the table first and I think she thought it was only hers. When Tristan came over for his turn she put up quite a fuss. Me thinks this will not be the last time they fight over toys!

Not going to bed!

Last night the twins decided that they would not go to bed at their usual 7 pm time. Rather they thought they would like to stay up late. The photos are what they looked like at 8:30 pm just before daddy and mommy took them for a drive in the truck! Mommy and daddy got DQ and the twins fell asleep!

Today Piper did a great job of holding both her bottle and her sippy cup.

She likes the taste of water while Tristan cringes at the taste of it.

Tristan didn't want to hold the sippy cup.

He just wanted to eat his cookie! One in each hand!