Happy 1st Birthday to my little girls!

My little girls tuned one June 5, 2013! This post is WAY late, but I really wanted to share some pictures and write down the fun stories of their birthday before I forget. I know the girls wont remember their first birthday but I wanted to throw a big birthday party for them because they love playing with their cousins. We had a birthday party in St. George with my family the week before their birthday and then we had a party in Tooele the weekend after their birthday. Andrew and I also partied with the girls all day Wednesday June 5th to celebrate the actual day of their birthday. It was a lot of partying! On June 5th Andrew and I weren't just celebrating our beautiful daughters 1st birthday, but we were celebrating surviving the first year of having twins! We celebrated all 4 of us surviving the year and all the ups and downs that came with it. It was a crazy year and the best way to describe it is it was a roller coaster! The BEST roller coaster of my life :)

 I did a Thing 1 Thing 2 (Dr. Suess) Theme. I made the skirts and headbands and ordered the shirts online. My CUTE little things!

Emma (Left) and Addie (Right)
My crazy little things! 

Emma Jo

1 Year Old

17 lbs 5 oz

Loves: Balls, Dolls, Playing tag/chase with Dad, Peek-a-boo (even though half the time she covers her forehead or ears instead of her eyes :), Patty Cake, and Clapping.

Favorite Food: Oatmeal and Otter Pops

Emma is such a fun loving happy girl! She has the loudest high pitch squeak that surprises everyone because it's such a loud noise that comes out of such a small body. 

Emma is in the 5th % for weight and 60th% for height. Tall and skinny! She might be small, but she had a BIG personality.

Emma - Thing 1
Born 1st

Adelyn Ann

1 Year old

17 lbs 5 oz

Loves: Baby dolls/ Teddy Bears/ Blankets - anything she can cuddle, Peek-a-boo, climbing anything and everything, clapping, blowing bubbles with a cup of water and straw.

Favorite Food: Bananas and Avocados

Adelyn is an outgoing little love bug! She loves cuddling when she isn't busy playing which isn't often because she is constantly on the move climbing something or getting into something. 

Adelyn is in the 5th% for weight and the 30th % for height. She's my tiny little little love bug!

Adelyn - Thing 2
Born 1 minute after her sister

Addie

Emma

It's my party and I'll cry if I want to!

Adelyn

Emma

Emma Crying (Left) Adelyn (Right)

Adelyn

Ok, maybe it's not nice to get a good laugh at these pictures, but they are just so darn cute when they're mad! Most of the time it's sad, but every once in a while I just have to laugh when they throw a fit over the littlest thing.

Presents!

The girls really liked opening their presents. They were a little confused, but once they noticed everyone was giving them toys and fun stuff they loved it!

St. George Party

Tooele Party

Alaina helping the twins open their presents

We played a bubble game in St. George. The kids ran around and tried to catch the bubbles. The twins love bubbles and they loved watching their cousins run around chasing them!

Cousin Jaxen chasing bubbles

At the Tooele party we enjoyed some yummy watermelon. The twins LOVE watermelon! 

The CakeS!

 

Emma really enjoyed the cake! She dived in face first :)

She loved sucking the icing off :)

Emma Jo

Addie Ann

 We gave the girls some special cute cupcakes for their Tooele party ( I forgot to take a pic of the). They were NOT into the cake! They were so tired they didn't even want to eat any.

It has been such a fun year watching my girls learn and grow. I can't believe how FAST the year went by. I am so blessed to have such beautiful loving daughters! I never wanted twins and I'd get mad at Andrew when he'd joke about it, I was so nervous when I found out I was pregnant with twins. Looking back I couldn't have imagined what was in store for me. It was a tough year. Lots of lost sleep, lots of work and stress, but even more love and happiness than I could have ever imagined! Having these two sweet girls in my life is the best thing ever!