Water babies

Chelsea's Arnold Schwarnegger impression

We took the kids to the pool in the Grandparents' neighborhood. The kids really enjoyed it. Despite not having a nap for about 8 hours, the kids did well. Colman likes walking around the waterfall mushroom. He does not even care the water splashes down on him. Chelsea did not enjoy it as much - does not want her hair messed up. They both enjoy being pushed in the floats.

We are looking forward to taking them to Lake Ossippee in New Hampshire to visit Doug's Aunt Judy and Uncle Dallas. Hopefully they will enjoy the lake as much as the pool.

Bye-bye bottle...

... Hello sippy cup!
The kids are exclusively drinking out of sippy cups. Hooray! There are things about baby-hood that we will miss, eg. gummy smiles, crawling, frequent naps. But we will not miss the bottles and formula. We used Avent bottles, which were great in growing with the kids - the nipples increased in the number of holes from 1,2,3 or 4. So we just increased holes as the kids got older. And Colman was always slower than Chelsea so we could keep Colman at one higher hole count than Chelsea so that they would finish around the same time. (Very helpful during those late night feedings that are happily a distant memory now.) So out of a 5 star rating, we would give Avent bottles a 4 rating. The one and very annoying draw back to them were that they would leak from under the rim, for no apparent reason, no matter how tightly we screwed on the cap. No matter - bye-bye bottles! They have served us well.

Sippy cup seems a little messier than bottles but we gotta get a milk moustache somehow, though it is more like a gotee right now.

Montgomery Zoo

Apple sauce break

Which way to the elephants? I found the elephants!

Come here, little elephant....

It was finally a nice Saturday without rain and before the crazy heat is upon us. So we slathered on the sunblock and took the kids to the Montgomery Zoo. We had a blast and were very impressed with the zoo. Chelsea loved looking and pointing at the animals. Colman was pretty chilled about the whole thing. He did enjoy getting out and walking around.

Memorial Day Weekend

We had hopes of taking the kids to the pool for the first time Memorial day weekend, but due to lots of rain and cooler temps, we did not make it. Maybe later in the summer.
We did a one year tradition that we missed on the twins' actual 1 year birth day. A pencil, string and money are placed in front of the child. They symbolize intellectualism (will be smart), will have long life and will be rich, respectively.
First we had Chelsea pick. She chose the pencil - not suprisingly. She seems to figure stuff out on her own, as well, as picks up stuff she sees others do. She is trying to figure out the cabinet locks, after realizing that they are keeping her from opening the cabinet. She has started stacking blocks and likes to put things into containers. She loves to push furniture so she helped push Halmunee's wheel chair and also did some redecorating by moving the kithen chair.
Colman chose money! We did this test twice with each kid, the first to video tape, the second to take pictures of. On both occassions, the kids chose the same things. Colman picked up the money, looked at the string of yarn, then turned and walked off with the money. We are hoping his idea of getting rich does not consist of "take the money and run." He also loves when daddy chases him; he giggles and runs away. Grab money, be chased...hmmm?
We don't know what the kids will become. As parents, we have dreams that our kids will reach their fullest potential through hard work and perseverence. More importantly, it is our prayer and hope that CnC will grow up to know the love and grace of Jesus and the joy of sharing that love with others.

Big Birthday Bash

Double the cake, Double the fun. Chelsea and Colman have just turned one !!

Blooper reel

I have attached some Easter pics. The kids are so cute dressed up in their Sunday best. But getting pictures of the cuteness is sometimes a challenge. Occassionally the challenging moments can be endearing... though that sentiment quickly fades. We endure a lot for the hopes of that shot that captures the sweetness... or we settle for kids that sat still. We are glad for the digital camera era.

Pics before a nap, what were we thinking??

When they start moving, we gotta strap them down to get pictures of the two together...

The winner.

Chelsea gets in step

For turning one, we took pics of the kids in traditional Korean gowns. More to come... Chelsea is officially walking. In honor of her birthday and Mother's day, she learned to walk. She had been taking a few steps on and off for the last few weeks. She would take a couple of steps and lunge toward whomever she was walking toward. By Mom's Day, she was plodding around Carol's parents' house, no lunging. As of today, she is almost exclusively walking, although it is not a very steady gait. Amazing what a couple of days can do.

We think that Colman being able to grab a toy and run, was some motivation for her to walk. She is normally the one that wins in the toy grab contest. But when Colman walks away with the toy, crawling after him was not very effective. Colman is a pretty good walker now. He still stumbles. It is funny watching the momentum get away from him; he can usually still put the breaks on before a face plant ensues. He likes to do laps around the family room, carrying a toy or two.

Now when Chelsea walks and hears music, she stops to dance by bobbing up and down or shaking her little butt. Don't know where she got those moves, but she makes them look good.