Happy Friday!!!

We hope everyone enjoyed their short work week. We didn't do anything major this week.... I mean minus celebrating the Penguins going to the Stanley Cup Finals!!!!!!!!! WOHOO!!! We can't wait.. hopefully we can take back the cup this year.

Hopefully it stops raining this weekend... it has been raining every day since last Sunday and we haven't gotten to go outside and play. This weekend we may join Mommy at a BBQ with some of her high school friends... we will see if Daddy wants to take us... and next weekend we are going to go visit the NICU nurses who took care of us for 4 months.... or 123 days if you want to be specific!

There is also something else going on next week.... DADDY'S BIRTHDAY!!!!! He is turning the big 3-0! That's ancient.... well to us at least! Also Grandma and Grandpap get back from their trip and will come visit us as well to help Daddy celebrate his b-day.

That's about all that's going on here. Aunt Courtney is still pregnant and due in like 9 days... so any day now we will be introducing our little cousin to you all.... we can't wait!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Another Video

We had a BBQ at Nana and Grandad's house on Sunday with the family and look at the neat trick Nate learned how to do.

New Video

Just wanted to share a new video with you guys.. taken today... of Nate going down the basement stairs and Nana and Grandad's house.

lots of news!

Hi Everyone... we will start with sad news first. Great-Grandpap T died this weekend (that's Grandpap's Da-Da)

Now on to lots of exciting news.... first of all.... last night Dada did something to our car seats and we got to face forward finally. It is so cool... we can see Mama now while she drives us around! Look at what big boys we are.....

Nate

Alex

Also in news we got big boy travel beds for when we go to the beach and visit people. We napped in them at Nana's house to try them out. We really didn't fuss as one might imagine when we got zipped in. It's basically like a big tent with an inflatable mattress to sleep on. Here are some pictures of us checking them out the day we got them.

Alex

Us checking them out

Nate leading the way into the cool new toy

Also this week Miss Becca and Aunt Katie came to play on Sunday at Nana's house. We were fairly fussy so we don't have any good pictures to post. Oh well. Alex is pretty much a full time walker. He doesn't do long distances but he really enjoys walking everywhere... sometimes he still holds some one's hand, but it still counts!

We have had runny noses this week. We seem to be better but last night Nate didn't sleep well and Mama and Dada now have sore throats. What Fun!

That's about all for now. More later! Tomorrow we are going to Nana's house to meet Great-Great Uncle Bruce and Miss Barbara (Pop-Pop's brother and his friend)... we will definitely post pictures of that when we get a chance.

And Aunt Courtney is still very pregnant and is due in a little under 3 weeks. We cannot wait to meet our first cousin!!!!!!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!

Happy Mother's Day to all our readers who are mothers (or are moms-to-be!) Alex was so excited about Mother's Day and giving Mommy her present that we got her, so he woke up extra early! YAY HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!!! So we gave her a beautiful new apron and some cards, then we all had breakfast, we had egg free waffles while Daddy made Mommy Nutella filled pancakes. Then Mommy went to the gym while we napped, then we had lunch and took a walk to the park, where we weren't in the mood to do anything like go down slides or climb things, we just wanted to go home and play... but we enjoyed being outside in our strollers. Now all we need is dinner and a bath and we will be ready for a (possibly) good nights sleep.

So here are pictures from what we got our fabulous Mommy!

A view of the roses!

We did good!

Mommy and her new apron!

Happy Friday!

So nothing new here... except Nate figured out how to open baby jail last night, luckily Daddy caught him doing it for the first time so he didn't get too far. After we went to bed Daddy tied the gate so he can't unlatch it again... much to his annoyance this morning. We sent Mommy a dozen pink roses for Mother's Day which arrived today..... and no we won't tell you how we managed to 1) escape baby jail unnoticed 2) steal Daddy's credit card 3) order the roses 4) let no one know what we were doing. Yeah we are just THAT good!

Nothing much going on this weekend... we are going to attempt to stay awake to see the Penguins take on the Capitals.... GO PENGUINS!!!!! But Mommy and Daddy never let us have any fun. Oh well.. as long as they win we don't care!!

Hope everyone has a great weekend! Happy Mother's Day to all our friend's mommies and our Godmommies!

WE DID IT!

This morning was our walk for March of Dimes..... which our team as a whole raised over $2500... $2000 of which was from what Mommy raise... wohoo!!!! We had a blast... even if it rained the whole time.. that didn't put a damper on our walk. We walked 4 miles and saw so many people and a few dogs... including Aunt Katie and Uncle Ben's puppy Sasha! Aunt Maureen, Miss Jeanette, Miss Jenee and Grandma and Grandpap all walked with Mommy and Daddy and us. We can't wait for next year's walk... maybe the weather will be better. Enjoy the photos.

Daddy and Grandpap walking in the rain

Mommy being goofy trying to get a picture of her and Daddy

Our story was displayed during the "Miracle Mile"

The Twad Squad!

(L-R) Miss Jenee, Miss Jeanette, Daddy, Grandma, Nate, Grandpap, Mommy, Alex, Uncle Ben, Aunt Katie, Aunt Maureen and Sasha

Us having some lunch afterwards

YAY!!!!

Thank you to everyone who donated to March of Dimes... as of last night Mommy hit her $2000 goal... YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Feel free to keep donating before tomorrow morning.... surpassing our goal isn't a bad thing at all!

We are very excited about the walk and seeing all our friends tomorrow.

Gotta go back to playing with Grandma and Grandpap now!

Happy Friday!

What a week we have had! Well... we really haven't done anything too exciting.... well one of us has... Alex took his clothes and diapers off when we was going to bed and decided to take a big poop right in the middle of his bed and fall asleep. Mommy found him... butt up in the air sleeping like... well a baby. He was rudely awaken when we was thrown in the shower. That was Monday night. Tuesday we went to the gym to play while Mommy and Daddy worked out, then came home to nap and then Miss Lori came to play and we showed her all our neat tricks, like Alex walking more and Nate saying "No-No". Then it was off to the mall to get new monkeys... again... cause they are starting to smell funny since we like to chew on their noses... that and Alex's was sleeping butt naked on his the night before... so time for new monkeys! Wed. was Nana and Grandad's house, we have WAAAAAAY too much fun running around their basement. And yesterday was just a normal day, went to the gym in the morning to play with our friends and then Mommy has been busy working on team shirts for the big walk this weekend... speaking of which look to your left.. you should see a March of Dimes link/picture with Mommy's goal and how much she has earn... look how close she is to her goal... just under $200 away! It's not too late to donate... every dollar helps!!

So this weekend should be fun. Grandma and Grandpap are coming down tomorrow, and we are all going to watch the Penguins (YAY) take on the Capitals (BOO... sorry to all our friends who are Caps fans.... Uncle Bryant, Aunt Katie and Uncle Ben, Aunt Maureen.. etc) then Sunday we are off to Baltimore for the March for Babies walk with all of our friends. There will be about 10 adults and 4 babies in our group... and we will all be wearing matching shirts that Mommy is making... we will definitely post pictures as soon as we can.

Well off to play on this rainy Friday.... oh and Happy No Pants Day..... we may try to celebrate later when Mommy isn't looking!

What a weekend!

Could we have been any busier??????

So as you Friday was play with Sofie and Jacob and Miss Erika as well as Miss Jeanette day.... yesterday was Aquarium with Aunt Katie and Uncle Ben day!!!! WE HAD SO MUCH FUN...... Some of us would have had MORE fun if we had decided to nap.... :ahem: Nate..... So Nate didn't nap at all before we went to the aquarium and he didn't get to run around as much as he would have liked... Alex was fairly content with being carried every where... there are no strollers allowed in the aquarium. We saw TONS of fish.... as well as sharks, sting-rays, dolphins, birds, sloths, and a tarantula... very cool! We also walk a little bit around the Inner Harbor and saw a bunch of boats.... Uncle Ben steered the stroller like a mad man... but it was fun. Then it was back home for dinner and bed. We were exhausted! But do you think we slept through the night? Of course not... Alex woke up right as everyone was going to bed (Aunt Katie and Uncle Ben spent the night) which was about 1130ish and didn't go to bed till almost 2... poor Mommy was rocking him trying to get him to fall asleep in her arms so he wouldn't cry when she put him down and disturb our guests.... luckily when she did finally put him down... even though he wasn't completely asleep he only fussed for a minute.

This morning Daddy ran us around outside and we saw Sofie and Jacob as well as the other set of twins that live two houses down. But we stayed inside most of the day because it has been very hot out.


*BREAKING NEWS* Alex just hit a HUGE milestone that Miss Cheryl his PT wanted him to do... Alex started walking on his own with no encouragement... walked up to the ball, picked up it threw it, kept walking, walked to the ball, bent down to pick it up again, kept walking and threw it... YAY he can balance himself enough to walk, bend over, pick something up and keep walking... AND throw it....... YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And in the world of Nate... this weekend... his Godmama...Aunt Katie....whom Mommy loves with all her heart...... taught Nate to say "No-No"...... Mommy currently still finds it amusing... however she mentioned something about payback and it being a female dog.... not sure what that means... but there is a video on Aunt Katie's camera so when we get it we will definitely be posting it.

Ok dinner time. Yum!!! Pictures from this weekend can be found here - http://community.webshots.com/album/570626898wFbIeI

Happy Friday

So we had a very very busy day! We woke up, ate breakfast and played for just a little bit... then we had baths and went next door to play with Jacob and Sofie.. our twin friends. We had so much fun, we ran around their basement for a good hour and a half. Then it was home for a quick snack and a nice long and much needed nap. Then we woke up and had lunch and next thing we knew Mommy's friend Miss Jeanette was here and wanted to play with us. We played for a while and tackled her and Mommy and pulled some hair and bit them a bit... completely out of love of course! Then we went for a walk to the Snowball stand and hung out there for a little bit, we did get a couple bites of the icy treat and then it was back home for some more playing and eating... boy are we exhausted.

Tomorrow is another busy day. Aunt Katie and Uncle Ben are coming up for the weekend and we are going to the aquarium after our naps. YAY!!! We will post pictures from today and tomorrow hopefully on Sunday!

Oh and yesterday Miss Cheryl came by and Alex walked ALOT for her... and today he has been walking on his own more.... YAY!!!!!!!!!!! Lots of time to practice tomorrow at when we see all the fishies!!

It is so rough to be popular!!! Hope everyone has a great weekend and don't forget to donate to Mommy's team for the March of Dimes - March for Babies... we are hoping that one day ALL babies will be born healthy. http://www.marchforbabies.org/twadsquad

Finally!

We finally got the laptop cord back from Nana's and Grandad's... so we just posted Easter pictures here - http://community.webshots.com/album/571366577jJVFDb - enjoy!

And as of this morning Mommy is only $505 away from reaching her $2000 goal for her March of Dimes - March for Babies walk on May 3rd. If you want to help Mommy reach her goal go here - http://www.marchforbabies.org/twadsquad - every dollar helps!

More later.. it's nap time before Miss Cheryl comes for PT

Rain Rain go away

Well it was BEAUTIFUL this weekend.. and boy what a busy weekend it was as well. Saturday Mommy left super early to head to Virginia to start getting things ready for Aunt Courtney's baby shower which was on Sunday. Later in the morning Daddy packed us up to head down and see everyone who came in from out of town for the shower. Our Great Aunt Marsha came down again and she brought her daughters/Mommy's cousins Sara and Aimee down as well, so we got to meet them for the first time. Also Nana's best friend since high school Miss Diane came down and we got to meet her, she and Great Aunt Marsha took us for a looooong walk and we had way too much fun pointing out all the cars we saw on the walk, plus a puppy came up to our strollers for a visit as well. Aunt Courtney stopped by with her best friend since 8th Miss Christine. It was so nice outside that Aunt Courtney and Uncle Todd and Daddy and Miss Christine took us outside and ran us around while Mommy baked her famous cookies for the shower.

After Daddy ate dinner he took us home and we got to spend all day Sunday with him while Mommy was having fun at the shower. We went to the park and for a walk. The weather was still pretty nice.. unlike today.. it's rainy and a bit colder... but things are looking good for this weekend's big outing we are looking forward to. Aunt Katie and Uncle Ben are coming for a visit and are going to take us to the aquarium with Mommy and Daddy.... we know what fish are... they are yummy cheese crackers... as well as pictures in our books.. and sticks we eat for dinner sometimes... so we wonder which 2 of those we are going to see on Saturday.

Sorry we haven't posted Easter pictures yet... Mommy has been super busy getting ready for the baby shower.... and now you will have to wait a bit longer cause guess who left the laptop cord at Nana and Grandad's house... that's right.. Mommy.... so now we have to use the basement computer to hack into our blog to update.... so Wed. when we go visit Nana and Grandad Mommy will be able to plus her laptop in and charge up the battery and we will get those online for you then.

Also don't forget it's not too later to donate for Mommy's March for Babies walk... she is only $500 away from reaching her goal of $2000 for March of Dimes. The walk is May 3rd. For more info and to donate go to http://www.marchforbabies.org/twadsquad


Oh and big news from last week... Alex went down the stairs by himself back wards!!! GOOOOO ALEX!!!!!!!!!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!!!! Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend! We did, we went to church then off to Nana's house where EVERYONE was.... Nana, Grandad, Pop-Pop, Aunt Courtney and Uncle Todd, Uncle Stephen, Great Aunt Mary and Mommy's cousin Maya, Great Uncles Greg and Chris and Mommy's cousins Meghan and Rachel and even Miss Sara and Mr. Justin came with baby Mason. We had waaaaaaaaaaaay too much fun! Mommy took lots of pics but hasn't posted them yet... we will let you know when she does... cause we were looking quite handsome in our Easter outfits.
That's about all for now. Hopefully Mommy will get on the pictures by this afternoon, here is a sneak peak though... we did manage to upload one while she wasn't looking!

March of Dimes

As you all know we were born at 26 weeks gestation, that’s 14 weeks too early! We are now happy and healthy and just celebrated our 2nd birthday. However it has been a long road filled with 4 months in the NICU at St. Agnes where we got wonderful treatment from some very loving nurses, including our favorite Miss Kelly and Miss Celeste. Even now we are still seeing an occasional specialist and weekly visits from physical and speech therapists. Mommy would give anything to be able to snap her fingers and stop premature births from occurring. She wouldn’t wish what we have been through on anyone, and we are the lucky ones who got to go home. While she can’t snap her fingers and make it better, she can walk in the annual March of Dimes walkathon – March for Babies and raise money so someone can find a way to prevent prematurity and other birth defects.

We all know the economy is less than fabulous, however ever dollar you can donate will make a difference and it could be your dollar that puts the March of Dimes over the edge and helps them figure this epidemic out. We are also looking for people to walk with us on Sunday May 3rd at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland. Registration is at 8am and the 4-mile leisurely walk around Baltimore starts at 9. We will be there, being pushed by Mommy and Daddy and some of their friends. We went last year with our Aunt Courtney, who is now about 32 weeks pregnant with a little girl, and we had a blast, we even ran into some of our friends from the St. Agnes NICU. Last year Mommy raised over $1,000, please help her reach her very ambitious goal of $2,000.

To join us for the walk or to donate please visit Mommy's March for Babies website - http://www.marchforbabies.org/TwadSquad

Now on to some fun things... our 2nd Birthday Pictures! FYI We posed ourselves!!!!

Nate

Alex
Aren't we adorable?!?!

PICTURES!!!!!!!

Here are the pictures from Mommy's camera from yesterday and this morning! Enjoy!!!
http://community.webshots.com/album/570829053RtupKD

WE'RE 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yesterday was our birthday... we our officially two year olds! We had such a crazy busy day. Mommy was up at 3:30 cause it was really windy outside and she couldn't go back to sleep. So she heard Alex wake up at about 4 and Nate was up at 5, so after she heard we were both awake she came in to our room and got us. We were just so excited it was our birthday. We opened our gifts from Mommy and Daddy (a kid's digital camera... very durable.. we already tested that out! and some books.. plus our swings we got a couple weeks ago) Then Mommy and Daddy packed up the car and we headed to Nana and Grandad's for our birthday party. We got there, ran around, opened more gifts and then took a short nap. When we woke up it was just about time for our birthday party. It was much smaller than last years big party....but still a lot of fun. Nana, Grandad, Aunt Courtney, Uncle Todd, Uncle Stephen, Grandma and Grandpap, Pop-Pop, Aunt Helen, Uncle Bill, Aunt Heidi and Uncle Dave, Aunts Katie, Maureen and Laura and Uncles Ben and Bryant were all there..... oh yeah and Mommy and Daddy... and our favorite puppy Felix was even there. So our family and god parents.... fun crowd. We ate pizza and a special cake mommy made us. We got soo many gifts we havent even opened half of them.

Mommy will upload pictures later when she gets a moment... currently she has no voice and is whispering.... we think its funny.

Thanks everyone for your birthday wishes.

Don't forget that Mommy is trying to raise money for the March of Dimes walk she is doing in a month. If you would like to help support us raising money to help all babies be born healthy please click the link to your left or go here - http://marchforbabies.org/twadsquad - every dollar helps!

Guess what?!?!?!

WE'RE GOING TO BE 2 ON SATURDAY!!!!!!!!!

We don't have much to update. We were going to post 2 new pictures this weekend... but Mommy went out of town to a baby shower in Va Beach (we are supposed to send a shout out to all the nice ladies she met down there!) for Aunt Courtney so we had to wait till she got home. So two pictures below are of us at N&G's house last week and our first birthday present... BEAN BAG CHAIRS!!!!!!! We love climbing all over them and sitting on them.... Mommy and Daddy have enjoyed having something to lean against while sitting in our baby jail.... which possibly has a new name thanks to Uncle Stephen... since we are no longer babies... have we mentioned our 2nd birthday is on Saturday? Uncle Stephen came up with the name "Play Penitentiary"... get it?? It's like a big play pen/jail.... we thought it was funny. Anyways... G&G came down to help daddy take care of us this weekend... and it was a yucky weekend to go out and play, though we did get a nice walk in with Daddy yesterday. Hopefully next weekend is nice for our birthday.... have we mentioned Saturday is our birthday??

Now we know....

.. what swings are.... after we posted the pictures last night Mommy and Daddy took us out and gave us our birthday presents early... WE LOVED THEM.... They pushed us so high and we laughed! Here is a video....

IT'S SPRING

Well.... sort of spring.... its nicer outside so Mommy brought us out while daddy was doing something..... we don't know what... but we got the feeling it has to do something with our birthday... and Mommy keeps talking about swings.... anyone know what these "swing" things are they keep talking about??? So we ran around outside... and by we... we mean Nate ran around and Alex stood hanging on to Mommy for dear life... but explored a little bit.. especially the tree that is starting to bloom. Mommy took pictures... they are HERE

Here is a preview picture though!