Since Whitney has been crawling, she LOVES to go to the changing table and pull EVERY basket out from under it.


Imagine my surprise when I found she wasn't the only culprit... :)

Scott has the thickest hair. I think Lauren will have the same, as she usually wakes up with what I call, "daddy hair."

We were invited to our BFF Sophie Uhl's first birthday party! We had lots of fun and made new friends, but mommy forgot to let us taste some of the beautiful cupcakes. Oh well, next time!

When I was working, a few of us would get together the last Friday of the month for "Lunch Club." As these friends changed jobs, had kids, etc., we still maintained our club for quite a while. Alas, Maria moved to Louisville, I am staying home and it's much harder for us to get together. However, we managed to gather for one last Lunch Club opportunity last week, as Joe is moving on to obtain YET another degree. The girls were invited, as was Vincent and a few other good friends.

Mommy took us on another walk today. We love walking every day...we saw the fountain and pretty flowers!

Now that Whitney is mobile, we've had to put up gates to keep her out of the often-disastrous kitchen.

A pictorial essay...

The swings weren't our FAVORITE part of the park...but we indulged mommy's attempt at making it fun.

The weather was so perfect on Monday (near 76 degrees), that I thought I'd take the girls to our neighborhood park for the first time. The entire play area is full of peagravel and although the thought of dog poo and other festering bacteria entered my mind, I took a chance and sat the girls down. Whitney LOVED it! She dug and dug and ran her hands through the rocks - Lauren on the other hand, couldn't believe her eyes that Whitney could dare touch such a thing.

Since the weather has been so great, I've taken the girls out to walk every day. We see birds, flowers, trees...and it's so amazing to watch the girls take it all in. They love our walks and I can't wait to take them out, every day!

We started off with our usual winter hats, but then we came back by the house and got our (now too small) spring hats.

We tried our best to give mommy our "please, take us outside" looks...we even sat by the doors and windows, taking in the breeze and sunshine.



Finally she packed us up and took us for a stroll. The weather was so great - mommy insisted we wear our dumb hats since we have ear infections, but we didn't mind.

The girls caught a nasty cold last week which left them very congested, runny, cracked and often bloody nosed, watery eyed and cranky. A few days later they were thrown two ear infections. It killed me to hear them cough, unable to eat or be soothed by their beloved "Nuks" because they had to breathe through their mouths. Sometimes they just wanted to be held and cuddled (which I gladly did, one at a time).

"A daughter may outgrow your lap, but she will never outgrow your heart." ~Author Unknown

We made a spur-of-the-moment, hectic, tiring and busy day trip to see Grandpa Zumbaugh on his 60th birthday last week. We only stayed the day, but Grandpa was very happy to see his girls and it definitely made turning 60 much better!