Summer Time in Vegas

Summer comes early in Vegas. It started getting warm in April. It was great! High 60's and 70's made for the perfect temperature to play outside. Trips to the park several times a week, swimming, BBQs, popsicles. Summertime has been so much fun with my two little monkeys.
A friend and I took the girls swimming for the first time in April. Emma liked it, Adelyn didn't. :) Opposites in EVERYTHING! The next time Andrew and I took them and that time Adelyn slowly warmed up to the idea and Emma would only go in if Andrew or I were holding her.
 The first time They went.

Emma loving it!

Adelyn not so sure...

The second time They went.

Adelyn slowly warming up, but still a little scared

Adelyn having fun, even though she looks a little surprised.

Emma only wanted to be held.

Family fun swim day!

The girls got to try popsicles for the first time. They happened to be teething at the time. Adelyn already had one tooth. She bit down on the popsicle and it didn't feel too good on her tooth. The picture below is from when she bit the popsicle :)

Adelyn bit the popsicle

Adelyn

Emma trying to eat it. She didn't get he whole sucking thing at frist. 

haha I love this girl's funny faces
Emma

Going shopping with two is sometimes a challenge. The stroller doesn't hold a lot, but shopping carts (other than costco) only seat one. Luckily my girls are small so they share :)Funny side story: Twins tend to be treated like celebrities when we go out. Everyone want to see them, touch them and ask lots of questions about them. Its fun and for the most part I enjoy it, however there are times when its not so great. When people would get too close I started telling people they were sick and I'd ask them not to touch. They weren't really sick I just didn't want a bunch of strangers touching my babies face, hands, etc. especially when they were little. They are preemies and have NO immune system. I don't want to offend people and say please don't touch my babies because you have germs even if you don't think you do, you do in deed have germs so please just don't touch my babies! So, I would just say my girls were sick. This worked all the time! Until.. One day we went to target (picture below) one lady saw them and asked all the questions and ooed and aawwed. And then she said "they are so cute I just have to squeeze them!" I said "oh, thanks!, but sorry they are just getting over an illness so please don't touch them" she laughed and I walked away. Then she said "where are you going, I want to squeeze your babies!" I had already walked around the corner and it was pretty awkward so I just kept walking and hid from her. Then we eventually snuck out of the store. haha 

hiding from the crazy lady at Target!

I found a cool park by my house that has a big pond and lots of duck and geese. The girls were very curious about the ducks and geese. They liked to yell at them unless they got too close then they'd just get really quiet and still and stare at them.

And of course we had to go swinging while at the park. These girls LOVE to swing!

Emma

Addie

One of the best parts of having twins is watching what good friends they are becoming. They love each other so much! It is so cute to see how much fun they have together.

Summertime in Vegas treated us well! The girls loved all the time we had to spend outside. 

1st Family Vacation

We took a family vacation in March during Andrew's spring break. We learned that the type of vacations where you go sightseeing for hours on end, relax in the hotel, and do whatever whenever you want are not the same type of vacations that include kids. At the end of the vacation we went home and took a much needed day to relax from the vacation. Traveling with two babies is a handful. I think the girls had fun, and Andrew and I had fun so all in all it was a good trip.

We drove down to San Diego California in the morning  and we got there in the late afternoon. We bid on priceline for our hotel the day before and we were super happy for the awesome hotel we got since all the pictures looked way nice. When we got there we realized this was not really a family hotel. It was geared more toward the single adult life. There was a DJ in the lobby, the snack tray available for purchase had a lot more than just cookies and chips. Lets just say it was full of a lot of things for a "good night". haha The shower had a glass door, well half door that didn't move. Everytime we took a shower it was a huge water mess! Oh, and there was no bath tub... Two babies who take a bath every night as part of their nightly routine and NO bath tub! We lucked out because our girls are small and the sing was HUGE! So at 9 months old they took a bath in the sink :) We got two cribs from the Hotel. I'm pretty sure we were one of the only rooms with cribs (did you know you most hotels have cribs you can request? Awesome, right!). The hotel was really nice and it was fun.
The first night we walked around little Italy in Downtown. The girls love to people watch and it was nice to stretch our legs after the long drive. The next day we went to Coronado Beach. We spent most of the day playing on the beach. It was warm enough we played in the water too.

Adelyn checking out the sand and trying to decide if she likes it or not

Me and the girls on the beach

Adelyn's rocking the sun glasses

Emma really did like the sun glasses until we tried to take her picture. Such a cute little pouty face!

Did I mention how our girls are poller opposites? Well they are. In every single way possible! We guessed one was going to love the beach and one wasn't. And we were right! Emma loved it! She couldn't get enough of the sand. Adelyn on the other hand, she did not like it one bit! She wanted nothing to do with the sand and screamed every time we tried to sit her down on it. She wouldn't even put her feet in the ocean because she knew at the bottom was sand. Little stinker!

Adelyn is the one crying in case you couldn't guess

Emma pretty much thinks its the best thing ever!

Adelyn pretty much thinks it the worst thing ever!

Emma playing away...

Emma playing and Adelyn sitting on dads lap not touching the sand, not even a toe!

Still playing in the sand.

I buried her a little and she thought it was great. Thats when she learned she could pick it up.

It wasn't long after she figured out she could pick it up that she started eating it!

Yummy sand

Adelyn still chilling on daddys lap avoiding the sand.

We eventually put Adelyn in the stroller and she was happy to just watch everyone else play in the sand.

Teething

Happy girl out of the sand

Emma covered from head to toe in sand and lovin it!

Emma playing with daddy

They are learning to stand up on their own.

She's a little cutie! She climbed all over daddy while he took a nap. She used his belly as  a drum for a good 15 min while he tried to sleep :)

 After playing in the sand we went to the ocean. The girls played so hard (Emma) and Adelyn stressed so much about touching the sand that they wore them selves out! They both fell asleep on our chests.
Here are some pictures of Andrew and Adelyn, and Me and Emma.

 Side note: We don't beat Emma. Thats not a welt on her back. She has a hemangioma on her back. The Dr. says it'll go away on its own in a few years. She has a smaller one by her belly button in the shape of a heart. It's pretty cute.

Me and my sleepy babies. So sweet.

The girls were pretty tired after the day at the beach. They both fell asleep in the car on our way to the board walk. Sleeping babies are so sweet! 

Walking down the board walk at sunset

 

The next day we did my favorite activity of the whole trip. We rented bikes with baby seats and rode them down the board walk and the little town by the beach. The girls took a little time to warm up to it, but they had a lot of fun!

Cute little family riding bikes!

Andrew and Emma

Me and Adelyn

After the bike ride we loaded back into the car and drove home. It was so nice to get home and relax. With two babies it is so much easier to stay home where their cribs are and all their toys. It was SO MUCH fun for a few days to vacation and take our cute girls out and about around California.