Our Second Easter!

Today is Presley and Kourtney's second Easter! We really celebrated Easter yesterday since Travis was home (he has 24 hour duty today). Yesterday we had a little Easter egg hunt in the front yard and the weather was absolutely perfect! It was a "warm" 65.As I was gathering the camera and a blanket up to take downstairs, the girls got into a fight. Earlier in the day, Kourtney had pushed Presley down and decided that she was going to stand on her. So she did. Poor Presley had imprints from the play mat on her face. I warned Kourtney that Presley would get her back one day. And Presley sure did. A couple of minutes after setting them down in their Easter outfit, Presley grabbed Kourtney's headband and snapped it right on her head! It is elastic so I am sure that it didn't feel good! Haha! Let's just say that if they were a little older, maybe they wouldn't have been going outside to Easter egg hunt and would have been in time out instead. Haha!! Here they are looking really innocent right before the fight:

After we got Kourtney settled down, we headed downstairs where we laid a blanket out and just hung out for a while in the nice warm sun The blanket we used was actually Travis' baby blanket so that was kind of sweet to use. We played with the girls for a while with all their Easter goodies and the plastic eggs were of course the biggest hit!

We also made glittered tie dye eggs which of course the girls couldn't help with because that would have been a big mess! I look forward to when they are a little bit older and can help with Easter crafts because I have a whole lot of things in mind that I would love to do with them! Of course, I am not rushing time along as I am perfectly content with them staying my little babies for as long as I can.

This past week we also got some professional Easter/Spring pictures of the girls done by Jennifer Dickey and they came out so cute! I am never disappointed with the pictures she takes of the girls ever and just when I think she cannot do any better she does! I will put up all of the pictures in another post but here is what I have so far:

I also wanted to take a minute and post a before and after of where we were exactly a year ago today. I count my blessings everyday. Thank you God for allowing my girls to thrive. Here are the girls on their First Easter where they were 4 weeks old (29 weeks gestation) with their first bunnies, Cupcake and Hopscotch):

Our Very First Picnic

Travis and I took the girls on their first picnic a few days ago at Cuernavaca Park which is about about 4 blocks away from us. It is a beautiful park with a great few of the San Francisco Bay and huge lawns to sprawl out on. I love picnics and after being cooped up all winter and during RSV season it is nice to be able to go out and get some fresh air all together and enjoy the warm spring sun. Being cooped up is really starting to get to me but I fear that if I give in too much or become too lenient that the girls will catch a bad cold and that we would end up in the hospital again. So, the girls got their last shot of Synagis two weeks ago and so by the end of May we should be able to go wherever we want freely but also limiting our time spent with other kids. I packed chicken wraps, chips, and strawberries and we took one of my favorite comforters to lay on. I packed some Baby Mum Mums for the girls and they enjoyed those very much while we ate and just took in the fresh air and the view. It was a great day and really helped to lift my mood and take my mind off some of the many things that have been getting me down lately.

Kourtney the Cookie Monster!

I was cleaning today and noticed that it had gotten unusually quiet for a while so I peeked my head around the corner and found this:

Kourtney had gotten into the unopened package of cookies that Daddy left on the table! It was a big mess and I cannot believe she opened them all on her own! She loved them and she gave her Daddy the sweetest little face when he went to go clean up after her. We let her have one little cookie for a few minutes but I'm betting that she will love chocolate chip cookies just as much as her Daddy does!

Standing!

The girls are getting closer and closer to walking and it should be any day now! Kourtney is a little bit more steady on her feet than Presley but I think that is because Presley gets so excited that she is standing unassisted that she tries to jump in excitement and loses her balance.

Presley is so hyper these days and it is no wonder why she cannot gain any weight! We are all going through a rough patch these days as teething is making the girls really uncomfortable and we have been getting up multiple times a night with them. It usually ends up with Kourtney in the bed with us which I know is a bad habit to make but I love the extra cuddle time and she goes right to sleep with us. I love knowing that I can calm her and soothe her even though she is so uncomfortable.

The tooth update:

                                Kourtney: 4 teeth (2 bottom and 2 top and cutting a canine on her left side)
                                Presley:    3 teeth (2 bottom and 1 top and cutting her other top tooth)

Hopefully these teeth cut soon as we are all very sleepy during the day! Presley is now saying Ba-Ba and I am still trying to get it on video. Kourtney has added another new word: Pa-Pa. I think we should change Grandpa Vick's nickname to Pa-Pa. What do you think Grandpa?
In other news, the girls will get to meet their other Great Grandma which we call Great Nana and also Grandpa is coming to visit us as well in about a month. We are all so excited to see them again and we really hope it is beach weather because Travis and I are dying to go to the beach again!

Mimi and Great Grandma Visit

Mimi and Great Grandma came to visit all the way from Texas. This was the first time Great Grandma got to meet the girls and she was beyond thrilled. Here are K and P with their Great Grandma:

Mimi was so happy to see "her" girls again and couldn't wait to give them hugs and kisses.

Of course, Mimi brought presents like she always does-a big Texas sized suitcase full. They were wrapped since she had originally planned to be here for the girls' 1st birthday but came down with a cold so she had to postpone her visit until now. The girls had a blast celebrating their birthday again and they got their first Barbie dolls from Mimi--Mermaid Barbie. I loved Barbies growing up and I remember playing with them for hours with one of my best friends, Liz.

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For us?

 Mimi also bought the girls bath squirters and they officially graduated to the big girl tub. This saves time and they like the water and bubbles. Presley loves to splash and Kourtney hates when her sister splashes her in the face.

Splish Splash!

Big girl tub!

Kourtney getting mad at Presley for splashing water in her face

Mimi also ordered the girls their first scooters. It took us a while to figure out just the right ones to get because most of them are for average sized one year olds and Presley and Kourtney are the size of 6 month olds if that so we decided on the little giraffe and zebra ones because they were the cutest and the shortest. Turns out they are also too tall! That's OK as they will grow into them. They love to be taken around the house in them and we do "diaper change stops" in them. When it is time for a diaper change, we put them on them, and wheel them to their changing table. They love it!

In other news, Kourtney now knows three words: Ba-Ba (bottle), Da-Da, and Ma-Ma. She said Ma-Ma first and definitely says it more often than Da-Da and always tugs at my pant legs and says "Mom". It is so cute and melts my heart! Presley is just getting started on Ba-Ba but I am sure she is going to catch up quickly. Here are some videos: