10 Months Old!

Today Addyson and Braden turn 10 months old!!!


Life is crazy!! They are both crawling . . and getting very fast!! They like to go everywhere together and search out whatever trouble they can find!! They are both trying to pull up to everything - and are successful most of the time. The dishwasher is of course a favorite; and they both love playing around the stairs. Boy are we glad we had the builders make a sturdy gate! It is one of their favorite things to pull up to and play around. So most of my day is spent chasing them around and trying to keep them from hurting themselves too bad!! These are the images that flashed through my head when we first learned we were having twins - 2 babies crawling in opposite directions in all kinds of trouble. It is definitely exhausting at times - but they are so cute and it is so much fun just to watch them play together. They absolutely love each other - I'm so glad that they'll have each other and hope they'll continue being the best of friends throughout life.


The last couple of weeks have been insane with Christmas get togethers. The kids actually did better than I expected they would - Addyson is starting to get over her extreme fear of strangers (anyone that's not mommy) so that helped some. We made our first trip to Oklahoma with the kids. They did better on the way down than coming back but still did better than we thought they might. I can't blame them - after days of life that is "not normal" you get strapped into a car seat for 5 hours when all they want to do is crawl around and play with toys!! Needless to say they were glad to be home to play with all their new toys and sleep in their own cribs.


Braden got his top 2 teeth the day after Christmas - he looks like such a big boy now!!


I realized that we didn't get that many pictures from their first Christmas - we were spending our time corralling 2 kids and trying to "help" them open gifts. They got a buch of great stuff and were enjoying them even before I could get them out of the boxes. So sorry to some of the family - we didn't get pictures of them with all of you.


Here are some pictures -

Playing in only our diapers, our favorite way to play!!

"Are these all for us?? Maybe it's more cottage cheese containers, spatulas, or spoons!!"

Braden loves bathtime with daddy - he's outgrowing the kitchen sink.

Braden playing with Aunt Beth, Uncle Craig, and Bella (yes, naked again)

Addyson with her beautiful blue eyes!!

Braden trying on Grandpa Dyck's cowboy hat

Saying bye-bye to Bella. They both loved her.

Braden snuggling with mommy

Addyson pulling up to talk to Braden

Braden getting tired of opening presents, and his new favorite thing - sticking his tongue out

Braden sporting cousin Kylee's cowboy hat - we have got to get this boy his own hat!!

Addyson playing with toys with Grandpa Vogt (proof she's not as scared!!)

Playing in the mirror - I was thinking "What would I do with 2 sets of identical twins!!!!"

Playing in the mirror - Addyson discovered it and LOVES that fun little girl.

"Boy, I wish mom would let us play with our toys. Look at all this fun stuff!"