These girls I tell ya. I need to start writing down the things they do and say (well babble) more or I know I will forget. They have such strong personalities now and I just love watching them every day.
They are 14 months old on April 21. I haven't posted pics since they were 12 months. So this is a bit of a picture overload from the last two months. Although, it's not really an overload. I attempted to make a Shutterfly book and have like 3000 pictures of them. Holy pictures and they aren't even from a fancy camera. I'd be in trouble if I had one of those.
Some things they do that I absolutely love:
At noon when they hear the garage door open, they jump to their feet and start yelling "Da Da Da" or they just squeal with excitement. They know that when that door opens it's dad and it's the cutest thing ever. They also do the same thing at 5:00 when the back door opens. I love when they get tired at night and all they want to do is crawl up on momma and snuggle or lay their head down. When one does it, the other sees and comes running and climbs on top of me too. And I love it. Double snuggles are the best. They also get so excited to see Momma and Dadda when we leave for a date night and come home. I love how excited they get (I think they inherited that from mom for sure).
They both clap really well. If we raise our hands in the air and say "yay!!" They will start clapping or if anyone starts clapping they will too. Like at Noah's games they love watching and clapping and yelling. It's pretty cute. We've been teaching them to kneel with us for family prayer and fold their arms and Delaney is starting to fold her arms when we do it. So adorable. They are great at waving bye bye and night night and hi. They love to wave at random people too. It's cute, they are getting used to people coming up to them and every time someone says "are they twins?" both girls turn their heads. I think they've heard it so many times that they relate to it now. But they both have stranger danger so that makes me feel better. If someone tries to talk to them directly, they get a scared face and sometimes start to cry. They both copy mom's surprise sound, the one you make when you suck air in...like if you see a car almost in an accident, you make that noise....well it's hard to type what that noise is and well, the girls both do it. It's funny. They both love being outside and get all excited to run out the door when I let them. They love listening to the dogs next door and I caught a picture of them looking through the crack of the fence at the neighbors Chihuahuas. They were careful enough to stay far enough back but still wanted to see them. They both will bring me things, like socks or clothes or diapers and when I say Where's your binky? They both start looking. They both play peek a boo really well. They both love dancing to music when they hear a good beat. They like to hear their feet while they are wearing shoes and stomping on the hard floors. They also love their tutus and when they pull them out of their room or closet or wherever, they bring them to us and turn around so we can tie them around their waste. Typical girly girls and I LOVE that! So that's some of the things they both do. Now I have some things they do individually listed below. It's a long list and is really for journaling purposes but it's cute things to read and remember. Someday they will like it right? Well, I will atleast so that's good.
Delaney is such a funny and cute little girl.
She makes all sorts of sounds and says a lot of words.
She makes the sound of the dogs (which is a yippee dog next door so it's more that sound), she copies almost everything you do (that could get scary, gotta be careful what we do now).
She reads books and says " blah blah blah" as she reads them.
She loves climbing up on her little chairs, or grandmas fireplace step.
She runs everywhere she goes.
She loves Diet Pepsi and insists on drinking mine if I have one. Silly girl.
When she wants you to read her a book or just hold her, she will come up to you and turn around then back up onto your lap. She needs a little beep signal on her like a truck. Haha.
She LOVES being outside and also eats dirt (like Aunt Jazz). Ha
She has the funniest teethy grin especially when she knows she's being naughty. She scrunches up her nose and shows all her cute teeth.
She picks on Paisley by pulling her hair, pushing her, sticking her fingers in Paisley's mouth and occasionally tackles her and smacks her. I promise I try to intercept her naughty ways often but she is sneaky and fast. Scary. But these things happen very rarely. Like maybe once a week. Don't worry.
She does know "No" but she chooses not to listen when we say it. She waits for us to say No then she giggles and does what she's not supposed to do.
She gives Hi-Fives.
She will hold up 1 finger when you ask how old she is, then you ask her where her nose is and she promptly points to her nose. We are trying to teach her tummy but every time we ask her where her tummy is she points to the wall and says Da. Not sure what she thinks we are asking her. Ha.
She is great at blowing kisses.
When you open your arms up wide for a hug, she will come running and give you a big hug.
She also lights up when she sees her grandma Pam and Grandpa Todd, she loves when they babysit and gets all giddy to see them. She points to pictures of them and says "uh uh UH!"
Some of Delaney's words are: dada, momma, Jesus (she sees his pictures and points and says his name. So cute!), ball, papa, doe doe, Au-um (autumn-she can't quite get the t in there) Dah (dog), blah blah, jazz, hi, baba (bottle), bebe (binky), baby, sisser or sis (for paisley), bye bye, peek-boo, its-bits(for itsy bitsy spider and she puts her little hands together when we do it) ticka-ticka-ticka (when we tickle her), choo-choo. And today Wade was saying Apple to her and she said "appa". It's kind of freaky how well she copies us. It's a ton of words for her age. Paisley doesn't say nearly this many.
Delaney is a little sponge for learning and she picks up things so quickly. It kind of amazes me. I love her spunky little personality but she has the most tender heart and can get her little feelings hurt instantly. She makes a pretty good sad face and it gets her what she wants most of the time. I sure love this little mini-me.
Paisley is such a sweetheart.
She really puts up with a lot from Delaney so it has made her pretty easy going.
When Delaney starts playing with her they both start giggling pretty hard. It's so cute and then all of the sudden Delaney whacks her and she's crying. Poor thing. It's hard to chase them both around to make sure they are always playing nice.
Unfortunately or fortunately Paisley has a sassy side too.
She loves stealing whatever Delaney has. Perhaps she is really the instigator of the wrath of Delaney and I just don't see it. Which would make sense because I was totally that sweet angel child who provoked my sister and she would hit me and she would get in trouble instead of me. Haha. Guess I've got a little of both in my girls. Yikes.
Paisley has the sweetest morning smiles. When she wakes up, the look she gives you can almost melt your whole heart. Its Autumns favorite thing about Paisley.
She only has two teeth but she has the biggest smile. She will flash you the biggest flirtiest smile and it can turn a bad day good instantly.
Paisley takes to men more than Delaney. Like she's more of a daddy's and grandpas girl and Delaney is a momma and grandma girl. In a crowd of family, Paisley likes interacting with the boys more. Strange....possibly scary for the future.
She loves her pink shoes, she will find them in the diaper bag and bring them to me to put them on.
She is like a puppy and begs her daddy for food all the time.
She is my sugar girl. When dad has cookies, candy, ice cream, she can almost sniff it out and comes running and makes a whimpering noise begging for a bite.
Paisley loves loading and unloading just about anything. She is currently unloading an entire box of fiber plus bars and trying to carry them all at once, and then she puts them all in the bottom drawer of my cabinets. She loves free reign on our sock drawer too.
Paisley does the funniest walk, we call it the gorilla walk because she slumps her shoulders and lets her arms swing freely. She really looks like a gorilla when she does it. It's so funny.
She loves throwing balls and trying to catch them. Whereas Delaney prefers kicking them.
Paisley prefers to snuggle before bed and does not go down easy without it.
She is such a sweetie pie and is in her own little world of play and toys and reading books.
She could sit and turn the pages of books for so long. She studies each page and looks at all the pictures on the page.
She also loves studying people too. She's a thinker and perhaps she just isn't verbalizing it like Delaney does.
She also is obsessed with TV. She loves watching anything on TV. It puts her into a zone or something.
She loves singing songs with momma and in church.
She is a little helper and brings me things when I ask her.
Paisley loves to talk a lot. She sits there with a book and just babbles a ton. She will then come up to whoever and just babble. It's cute because her little voice will raise and lower like she's really talking to us about something.
Some of Paisley's words are : dada, momma, Jesus, hi, yeah. Like I said she doesn't say nearly as many as Delaney but she still tries to communicate so I'm not worried.
Paisley is such a joy. She's more mellow in a lot of things but has lungs of steel when it comes to a loud long scream. Sheesh. That girl can hit some high notes too.
I can't imagine my life without both of these little girls at the same time. They are so different but they seem to compliment each other so much so there's no doubt they needed to come together at the same time. Being a mother to these itty bitty sweethearts is a joy that I never knew was possible. I take moments one day at a time and try to hold them when I get the chance. and I really try to find the chance more often than not. I waited a long time to hold a sweet baby in my arms and I was doubly blessed and thankfully I have two arms because they are both full often. They still love to be snuggled so I still do it. I hope they never grow out of that. I can't thank my Heavenly Father enough for blessing me and trusting me with two of his most choice spirits. They truly are special girls.
And now...for the picture overload. Enjoy!
