Moving on!

Today was sweet Elizabeth's last day of physical therapy! We have done about 10 months of physical therapy for her gross motor delay. When we started and she was 7 months old, she couldn't even roll over yet! 

In the last 3 months, she has made huge improvements in her coordination and muscle tone. She started pulling up and cruising and in just the past few weeks started walking. She is still a little wobbly but is gaining coordination and confidence every day. 

We love her PT and EI therapists and are so thankful for their help. I am sad that i won't get to visit with them each week, but am so excited to see Elizabeth do so well. She'll be 17 months old in a few days and is such a big girl now. We are so proud of you, Elizabeth! 

Leaves and Light: Exploring Fall

Who needs toys....

....when you can play with magazines and eat shoes?? 

His happy place

The beach is James's happy place. Honestly, he has been more content and relaxed at the beach than anywhere else he's ever been. He loves the sand, loves the water, and plays so hard that he naps and sleeps without fussing. Happy happy indeed! 

And today, he took his first steps!! I'm not at all surprised that he did it at the beach. Our Little charmer; he's so much fun! 

Look How Much They Grew in One Year!

Happy First Birthday!!

On Saturday, James and Elizabeth turned ONE!! 

I can't believe it's already been a year since these sweet babies were born. It's been the longest, fastest, hardest, most exhausting, most exciting year we've probably ever had. In some ways, it seems like we are still in the new stage of figuring out how to handle two babies, and in other ways it feels like a really long time ago that they were snuggled together sleeping in a crib in our room. 

I always feel like once we get to the first birthday though, that I kind of exhale. Things settle into place a little easier and it's not the constant change of routine with sleep and eating every other month. It seems to get a little easier, and I'm looking forward to that as we head into this second year with them.

   We celebrated, for them and for us, on Saturday.

We had a small party with family and a couple of friends to just enjoy the moment of getting through this year and celebrate how God has sustained us through it and how precious these two are to us.

And it was a lot of fun to watch them eat cake!! At first they weren't really sure what to do with it, until I gave them each a little lick off my finger. Then they dove in, especially sweet Elizabeth who was just face planting into her cake while James grabbed it by the fistful. 

Happy Birthday James!
Happy Birthday Elizabeth!
We love you!!

Kitchen helpers

I have two very eager kitchen helpers these days!!

I've never been one to put child locks on the cabinets but these two are making me reconsider. The cabinet doors are currently being held together by rubber bands and that seems to have slowed them down.

They're a mess---really cute, but still a mess!