Push-ups

Arin has been really into exercising lately. Her favorite exercise is to lay with her legs on the piano bench and her arms on the coffee table and then do a push-up.

Ella Jane's New Trick

Today, while in her crib, Ella Jane pulled herself to stand for the first time!

My Mother's Day

My Mother's Day was fantastic! It started on Saturday night. My dad called and invited us over to their place for pizza. My older sister and her family, my little sister and one of my nieces were there. We ate pizza and hung out for a while. My parents gave my older sister and me a gift for Mother's Day. Thanks Mom & Dad!



Ella fed herself avocado for the first time (not first time eating avocado, just first time feeding them to herself). She is still new at the self-feeding, but she seems to enjoy it.

On Sunday, we met up with our good friends, the Pendraks. We toured a winery/vineyard and then took the kids to Burger King to play together. We had a great time catching up (haven't seen them since Abigail and I were both pregnant with our little ones). The kids had so much fun playing together.

Sunday evening, Andy took the girls and me to Symphony Under the Stars. It was the first time that we had been to it. It is an annual Mother's Day event. We really enjoyed ourselves. The weather was nice and the event was just nice and relaxing, even though there were thousands of people there. The symphony lasted about two hours and then it was followed by fireworks.

The local Ford dealership gave out free ice cream.

Watching as they performed the National Anthem.

Doing the Chicken Dance.

Mommy & her girls.

Teething on broccoli...

...and celery.

The Ford dealership also gave the kids glo-sticks.

Ella slept through all the fireworks. Arin met a friend and she sat with them for the fireworks. She kept her hands over her ears the whole time because it was so loud, but she said that she liked all the colors.

Bikini Babies

This morning I filled up the baby pool and took the girls out to play. Arin didn't want to wait for the sun to heat the water, so it was pretty chilly. I put Ella in the water and she started crying because it was too cold for her. She had fun just sun bathing. Arin loved playing in the water and cried when it was time to get out.

Eating a Pear

Little Miss Independent loves to feed herself (with close supervision, of course). It's really more like gnawing on the pear rather than actually eating, but don't try to take the pear from her!

Mommy's Helper

I work from home. So today, I was writing up a report and Ella Jane was being very fussy. I put Ella in the stroller while I was working. Arin thought it was fun to push her. Arin pushed the stroller around the house until Ella fell asleep. What a great helper!

Orange You Glad...

Today, at lunch, Ella tried an orange. She loved it. She was upset everytime we tried to take it away from her.