Well, 1 year old’s now! What big girls they have become. The girls first birthday was a pretty big milestone for us and them. The first year of their life started out pretty tough, but has slowly been getting better and better. The party was awesome. Monica made way too much food and other stuff, but I guess I’ll have that to look forward to every year. She really wanted to, and had fun doing it all. We had a pretty good guest list, and the girls got way too much, but I guess I’ll have to get used to that as well.

Emma seemed to really LOVE her cake! Ella, not so much, but she did eat some. Emma ate or maybe wore, probably half of her’s. It was awesome to watch them try to figure out what to do with it. Monica wanted to make their cakes and did an awesome job! It was great.

The girls first gift from us was their Dora chairs. We tried them out in them in the store, and they seemed to like them. When we broke them out, they sat in them the whole time they opened all their other gifts. It was pretty funny. They opened their gifts like they’d done it 100 times before. Man, they are acting like big girls already!

It was an awesome day for them and us!

But as you can see, we have twins, and they are keeping us busy beyond words!!

Man, so much has happened since our last entry. The girls are crawling, if you want to call it that, more like slimming across the floor, and pulling themselves up. It’s not going to be long before they are walking and getting into everything. They already do.

They took their very first trip to the beach this past weekend. Down to Edisto, one of our favorite places. They weren’t initially huge fans of the sand when they decided to chow down on some, and rub it in their eyes, but after a while, they seemed to love it, which is awesome. It was a good time and we’re sure they’ll love these beach trips in the future!! They’ll have to right?

Well all joking aside, it was about a year and a day ago that these precious little girls came into our lives so much earlier than they were supposed to. And I think back about how scared and nervous we were about everything, especially them deciding to come about 2 months early! We didn’t feel like they were ready yet, hoping and praying to god to please let these little angels survive and bring us the joy and love we prayed for. Ella almost didn’t make it, but as they said, she had the will to live, and fought through what some babies can’t. And I thank god everyday for watching over the both of them, and bringing them into our lives. They are truly the blessings of our lifetime.

Happy Birthday girls! We look so forward to every new day with you!!