GO TWAD SQUAD!!!!

The walk was a HUGE success... the rain even held out!!!!
Pictures can be seen here - http://picasaweb.google.com/caitlin.twaddle/20100425#
We helped out Mommy raise $2,650 and the team as a whole has raised $5,470 . GO US!!!!!! There is still plenty of time to donate - http://www.marchforbabies.org/TwadSquad

Thanks to everyone who has supported us!!!! A bigger update with more details to follow!

WOAH!

So our walking team is so close to reaching $5,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks so much for everyone who has donated...... We are looking for $158 till she hits $2500... come on we can do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Time is almost up, the walk is on sunday... oh and pray for sunshin on sunday, right now it looks like its going to rain again this year.

Donate now - http://www.marchforbabies.org/TwadSquad

Thanks!!!!

Another video blog

It's 9PM and everyone is awake. Alex has a double ear infection and Nate looks like he may be following in Alex's footsteps. So what does one do at 9pm??????
BLOG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



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Big Weekend

So this weekend we hung out at Nana and Grandad's house while Daddy had a boys weekend with Uncle Todd and Uncle Bryant... Don't know why WE weren'y invited... but Thursday is when all these fun videos were taken of Alex telling Nate "NO TIME OUT" and acting all crazy.. Nate had a few minutes as well. Then on Saturday Mommy and Nana and Grandad took up to the Air and Space museum near the Dulles Airport and guess what we saw.... AIRPLANES!!!! We had waaaay too much fun and even got to sit in one. Those pictures can be found HERE

Now on to those videos

Nate wrestles Alex and if you listen closesly you can hear Alex shout Time Out Nate!


Nate having some fun with Grandad


Nate taking a big bite of ketchup and mustard


Alex is going to be a decorator when he grows up


Alex tells Nate to "Come Here!"


And in case you haven't heard yet we are walking in our 3rd annual March for Babies walk to help raise money to cure prematurity and promote healthy babies... only 6 more days to donate!!!!! Click below to donate... Every dollar helps!!!!

We are adorable!!!

Not much going on here, just being normal 3 year olds! Mommy took pictures and we had to post them because we are so stinking cute!!!!!!!!!

Nate says CHEEEESE!!!!

Alex says YOGURT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (all over his face!)

And if that wasn't enough we got into this who video blogging thing... check us out!



Also we have only 11 days till our big walk and we need your help. If you haven't donated yet to this great caused that helped save our lives then do so now. Time is running out!!!!!! - Donate by clikcing the image below!!!!

Please watch this video! We have 2 weeks still to raise money for the March of Dimes for our big walk on the 25th! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67gAtU29JJA

Also don't forget to donate here - Without March of Dimes (and our awesome nurses!) ... we wouldn't be here today!

What a difference -

2 years make!!
Us on April 1, 2008


Us on April 7, 2010 - the back story is we were eating dinner and a green cheerio fell off the spoon so Mommy said "where'd the green one go?".... and well... the rest is history :)

March of Dimes

Hi, Alex and Nate's Mommy here. A big thanks to everyone who has donated so far to the March of Dimes walk I am a part of this year!!! Every dollar helps me reach my goal of $4,000 and also helps the March of Dimes reach their goal of letting every mommmy have healthy babies. I went to a kickoff yesterday for a company and the 2010ambassador family for the March of Dimes was there to tell their story. Josh was born at 23 WEEKS!!!! And is now a fairly healthy and normal 7 year old. And many people have asked me what it's like to have a preemie (or 2) and I have never been able to put it into words but Josh's Mom phrased it beautifully, and even admitted she had heard this from someone else.

Having a preemie is like planning a big trip to Paris, you and your partner book your flight, make all the reservations, plan your itinerary, brush up on your high school french, do research, pack your backs, go to the airport, get on the plane take off for the trip of a life time. You are so excited, but once you land the captain comes on over the intercom and says "Welcome to Holland!" HOLLAND?? You didn't want to go to Holland, you wanted to go to Paris, you dont know the language or the culture, everything is so foreign and kind of scary. But you make your way around Holland, and while it's very different than Paris, it's still a beautiful place and in the end it turned out to be a long and tiresome, but heavily rewarding trip, with a great souvenir (or two!)

If you haven't donated already, please donate now, every dollar helps. Thank you so much! ~ Caitlin

3 years and 1 day old

It's tough being a 3 year old. Mommy got a call at work from daycare, Nate had a fever and she had to go pick him up. He was pretty pathetic till he got a nap and some juice, then he was feeling better. Daddy is staying home with him tomorrow since Mommy has meetings.





EDIT :Mommy GOT the pictures online.. at least the best of them check them out by clicking HERE

Oh and you know what a GREAT birthday present would be... if you haven't given us one already.... helping other babies not be born prematurely! Only 20 more days till our big walk!!!

Donate Now!!!!

Happy Birthday to.....

US!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We are 3 today! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We had a blast yesterday with all our friends and today we are celebrating our birthday/easter at Grandad and Nana's house with Aunt Coco and Uncle Todd and Kerri and Mommy and Daddy and Ms. Sara and Mr. Justin and Mason and Valerie and Pop-Pop.

Pictures to follow, possibly tonight but probably not till later in the week!!
However here is us this morning showing off one of our new gifts from Mommy and Daddy!

Clean Sweep

So yesterday Alex and Mommy took a trip to Target to get some stuff... including a new broom. Alex went into the kitchen and swept the entire kitchen floor!


And don't forget we are still trying to raise $4,000 for the March of Dimes, we are almost half way there and only have a month to do it! So please donate today!!

Happy Birthday Take 1

So in case you hadn't heard yet our birthday is exactly a week away!!!! WE WILL BE 3 YEARS OLD!!!!!! So we had our first of 3 parties yesterday, Grandma and Pap, Aunt Heidi and Dave and Great Aunt Helen and Uncle Bill all came down to celebrate with us and Mommy and Daddy. We got tons of gifts and clothes and M&Ms and Chocolate Cake (eggless of course!) and chips and BBQ, YUM!!!!!!!!!!!! Here are some of the photos, we will post more from Aunt Helen's, Aunt Heidi's and Grandma's camera when we get them.

Our YUMMY chocolate cake!!

Mommy decorated our baby jail!

Our theme for this party was "Curious George"

While Alex slept (Nate was too excited to sleep) Nate opened a gift which was these leggo blocks!

Mommy and Nate and a pretzel

Openning gifts

Mommy pulling up our pants while we rip open a gift

Alex doing a new train puzzle

Alex wearing his new shirt and eating a chip

Everyone watching "signing time" before bed

And us getting to blow out candles after everyone sings Happy Birthday to us!

Kiki and Becca's Visit

On Sunday Aunt Kiki and Miss Becca came over to play with us..... oh yeah and go out to brunch with Mommy.... but really to visit us.

Here is Nate wearing Miss Becca's FABULOUS red shoes!


And here is an AWESOME photo of Alex and Aunt Kiki



And don't forget us dancing and putting our shoes on!



Oh and then we went outside with just Mommy and Daddy and Nate got spun around

We are FAMOUS!

We were featured in the March of Dimes News Letter for the DC/MD/VA area. GO US!! Here is our story - http://www.marchofdimes.com/files/MissionFamilyMemoMar10.pdf (oh yeah and they spelled Mama's name wrong... oh well!)

Don't forget to donate here - http://marchforbabies.org/twadsquad

THANKS!

Oh and more about our weekend and our special guests (Kiki and Becca) once Mommy uploads our fabulous pictures!

Just a quick video

Mommy brought out her old friend "Frederick the bear" Alex decieded to feed him lunch. Mommy tried to get it on tape, but he stopped feeding him and instead tried to get him to smile for the camera. Oh and we are all feeling better!

where have we been?

lets just say we are a very sharing family and we have shared with Mommy and Daddy this really fun stomac bug. Nate got it first and he gave it to Alex, who then gave it to Daddy, who came home early from work on Monday, and Mommy took care of all of us and felt great until........ she was up all night on Monday night and was on the couch all day Tuesday, which was OK cause Daddy was feeling better and took care of all of us. Did you follow that? Yeah, so more later when we are all recovered!

hi

Yeah, it's been a busy week. And guess what.. Nate is sick... we aren't talking like a cough type of sick either.... he is SICK as in change the sheets and his clothes kind of sick. Which is fine since it's been raining all weekend and we can't go outside anyways.

Nothing too exciting... minus our Birthday is only exactly 3 weeks away!!!!! YAY!!! We will be 3 in 3 weeks! Can you believe it??

We have been having tons of fun at school, and even our friends come to visit us, Miss Kathy, Miss Laura and Miss Angela.... we still go visit Miss Cheryl at her school, which is fun.

Oh and Nana and Grandad came back from their 2 week cruise in the Carribean this week so we went to visit them and Aunt Coco and Kerri came over. She is 9 months old now.... isn't she so cute?

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO....

Alex did a new trick this weekend. While Nate does an impressive alphabet song.... Alex does an impersination of DJ Lance Rock -

Happy Birthday

DR. SEUSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! At school on Tuesday we celebrated on of our favorite author's birthday. We came home with hats we got to wear at school. Just so you know they both started looking like Nate's.... but you can guess what happened to Alex's

Us putting our hats on

Cutie Alex

Cheese!



Nate's hat

Cheeseburger!

Where did you go?

Not much else to report. Mommy has been sick all week, hopefully we don't get sick too.

Oh and we have raised over $1200. Go Us!

Another Preemie

So Kerri has a new cousin..... NO Mommy didn't have a baby..... Uncle Todd's Brother Mr. Chris and his wife Miss Ellen welcomed their 3rd son Nicolas on Thursday. However he was born just a little too early. His Mommy's water broke earlier in the week while she was 33 weeks pregnant, and she was lucky and did such an awesome job keeping him in her belly till he was 34 weeks along. YAY!!!!! So he is chilling in the NICU, but not as seriously as we were.. for now... still being watched. Hopefully he won't have to stay in the hospital very long before he gets to go home and meet his big brothers Nate and Seth. To find out more go here - http://kerringtonsadventures.blogspot.com/

Just another reason to donate to the march of dimes.