15 months

The boys went to the Doctors yesterday for their 15 month check up. They are both doing well. Joshua weighs 24lbs 14ozs and is 31 inches long. Jared weighs 24lbs 2ozs and is 30.5 inches long. Both boys have doubles their length since birth and the weigh about 8x as much as they did when they were born.
For Mother's Day I bought Wee Bundle dolls. The dolls are a representation of just how little preemie babies can be. I ordered them to match the sizes of the boys when they were born. The dolls arrived about 2 weeks ago. Sometimes I forget just how little Joshua and Jared really were. Dave and my Mom think that they are weird looking. I dressed the dolls in preemie clothes that the boys actaully wore the first time they wore clothes in the NICU. I look at them and it is a joy to see how far each one of my little miracles has come.
Some people see twins and they automatically say "Double Trouble" I tell people that I am "Doubly Blessed." I got 2 for the price of 1 and would not change anything about that.

Secret Language

If you sit in another room of our house and just listen to the boys talk to each other it is an amazing thing to hear. I was always told that the boys would probably develop their own language since they were twins. I love listening to them "talk." Jared is a little more talkative but Joshua gets his voice heard (usually by yelling).
They are both saying "real" words too. They both say Mama, Dada and book. Jared is also now saying bird (not sure where this came from). They love to sit and "read" or be read to. When they are playing in their playyard there are time when they will both be in the book corner looking at books, sometimes together and other on their own. I love it.

Water Babies

The boys started their Parent-Tot swim lessons yesterday. Mommy and Daddy are int eh water with them so it makes it a little easier on them. They were a little scared at first but warmed up fast. It is a big bathtub. Daddy got both Joshua and Jared to splash. They even went under water. We dunked them both and to our surprise they did ok with it. No tears the whole class. The teacher put out noodles and boats but Joshua and Jared were not really interested in those toys yet. They just stayed with us. Being as though I was a lifeguard and I taught this class I have a heads up as to what types of things we will be doing. Daddy had the boys farther down in the deep end where he can stand better and he was going under water and the boys were laughing because Daddy disapeared. The boys did great for their 1st lesson. We didn't have anyone to take pictures but for our next class we will get someone.

Off and rolling

My dad calls about once a week to check in on Joshua and Jared. The most frequent question is what kinds of things are they doing now. We are going to NY in June for carnival weekend and my dad just asked last week if the boys would be walking by then. I told him maybe maybe not. Now I know that NY is a month and a half away but who knows what can happen between now and then. Yesterday when I was putting Josh into his highchair I turned around to get Jared and he was up walking around with his walker. WOW. Dave and I have picked the boys up and helped them walk with their walkers but no one has done it on their own. Josh must have seen this and felt left out because when I went to get them for their bath Josh was up walking around with his walker. They were showing off for Dave when he got home from work, they were both up and moving all around and "yelling" at each other when they were in the other ones way.
After the boys went to sleep I felt I needed to call my Dad and change the walking status for June. I am pretty sure they will be up and mobile by carnival weekend in NY.

Giggling Babies

Well I have never seen 2 little boys who were so excited about being free. We went to Raymour and Flannigan to buy a new bedroom set yesterday. The boys were doing so well, eating snacks and playing with the balloons that the nice lady gave them. Daddy was talking to the lady when all hell broke loose. Joshua and Jared both started yelling and crying. I took them out of their stroller and put them on the floor and off they went. Their mood changed instantly. Instead of crying now we were laughing and giggling away. They were free to go where they wanted (we were in a furniture store so they had lots of room). Thankfully they went in the same direction. Thank goodness for big open spaces.
On another note Dave is officially a college graduate. He finished his online Associates degree this week and I am so proud of him. His shift work prevents him from going to school like a typical person so he started the online program a few years ago and got word this week that he is officially done and has a degree. He never gave up, he had a really bad professor at one point but he did the best job he could, the boys came early and threw him for a loop with a class but again he never gave up. we are so proud of him.