Tuesday, July 23, 2013

2nd Birthday....

Yup...they're two.

Where the heck has the time gone??? My itty bitty babies are TWO!!!!

They are the smartest, sweetest, most loving and wonderful little ladies. They know how to work an iPhone. They are speaking in multi-word sentences. Not just two words - more like 5 words! And it's in Armenian, where I feel it's a harder language. Each word is long and the equivalent of two or more simple english words - most of the time! They have their own opinions, and they let you know!! But they are also so very polite. Even when Alex is mad at Sofi, she says "bye" to her or she doesn't just throw what's in her hand at Sofi - no - she says "hametzek". It's a polite/formal way of saying "here you are/please take this/help yourself" It sort of covers all of that. It's stinking cute!

What else? Their true blissfully happy laugh - that gets me every time! I can listen to it for a lifetime - and I really wish every day only consisted of that laughter.

They've also come really far in Potty Training!! OK - so we got them a kitchen for their birthday. My dad and I stayed up until 1:30am putting it together (3 hours with only one small error/re-do). I was worried they weren't going think much of it - well, I was wrong. Their initial reaction was just quiet. BUT they got right down to playing with it and Alex had to pull up her potty so that she could multi-task!! Yes - we cook and pee at the same time. Unfortunately it didn't catch everything - but I take that to mean they were too excited to stop playing with their awesome kitchen!

We were lucky today - Aunt K, Uncle A and GRANDMA!!! All came down to spend the day with us! And my parents were here too. We had some cake, played with the kitchen, then headed down to Newport Beach. Had lunch at Ruby's then hung out on the sand! Then the girls laughed all the way home! I would say birthday number 2 was a major success! Now we need to get ready for their party!!

I love you my sweet girls! I don't even know how to express all the love I have for you. You are more than I ever dreamed of!!! My heart just explodes with love and pride for you both, you are amazing people and I'm truly proud to be your mommy and the one who you run to to hold. One day you'll be big and strong and I won't be able to hold you in my arms like I do today, so I enjoy every moment. May you always have the same sparkle in your eyes that you do now.

Love you to the moon and back and a million times around the sun.

Pulling up

Yeah - so P started to pull himself up around July 10th or so. This kid is really moving too fast - I keep saying he's going to walk before Sofi did - at 10.5 months.