April

We love going on walks - well, they love the "freedom" and we love how exhausted they are afterwards! :)





April started the race to climb. Climb on anything, the toy chest, the couch, the chairs, each other. Ava won the race to climb the couch but Noah won the race to climb into the toy chest - I just didn't get to the camera fast enough. You name it and they have tried to climb it. My job has gotten a lot more complicated since then!

Catching up

So we've been a little busy lately. We went to Colorado in April and the twins are all of the place (more on that later). Here's a few fun pictures from March:

Ava:
Her shirt says it all:


Isn't she pretty?


Helping Appa at work:


So stylish:


Noah:
He was very busy with his post-it notes at Appa's work:


I need sunglasses!!!


Much better:


The expert cup stacker:


Noah also has stinky feet.
Before the sniff:


After the sniff:


They think this is hilarious!

Need for silliness

It's been a really tough week for our family so I wanted to post some happy pictures. Some of them are just ridiculous.

There are so many things that I thought were socialized into our gender identity and behavior... apparently this is not one of them! :) Nathan swears that he didn't put Noah's hand there.



When Laura and I were getting up to dating age, Dad had some sage wisdom for us: when a boy tries to talk to you, or look at you, or think about you, Plan A is the right finger in the right nostril, Plan B is the left finger in the left nostril, and if necessary, Plan C calls for both fingers in both nostrils. Those of you who have met Ava in person know that is a little bit of a flirt so I am happy to see that she is working on Plan A. Of course this also means that I had to clean bananas out of her nose as well as off her face but in the long run, I think it's worth it!



Ava loves playing dress up!







Noah loves reading, cleaning and being silly:

New photos

I just uploaded a huge batch to flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25323000@N02/sets/72157625941148569/. And as you all know, I love comments, so don't be shy :)

Here are a few of my favs:

We'll call this the "what was mommy thinking?" section. Blueberry pancakes for breakfast? Pasta for lunch? How many baths can a kid get in one day?





Ava loves to accessorize.




Aunt Laura & Uncle Roy came to visit then the next weekend Uncle T'Errance came to visit!






Playing around:


Ava's got a lot to see at the museum!


Noah's studious look:


Ava's flirty look:


What a nice hug!


My absolute favs?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/25323000@N02/5451201608/in/set-72157625941148569/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/25323000@N02/5449400345/in/set-72157625941148569/

Doesn't get much better than that!

SaJa!

Ava has been trying to say some words for the past week or so. Today she officially said "saja" which is lion in Korean. Nathan was telling her about the animals by the changing table and she really picked up on saja. This isn't the first time she's heard the word but certainly not something she hears every day. A little bit later she said "no" which I'm sure won't be fun to hear later on!




We also picked up a Motown for babies CD from the library. I'm not sure how it's any different than Motown for adults but either way, they loved it!

Hello

Up till now, Noah and Ava have said Appa (daddy), Mama, and Da (dog). They are pretty accurate with who gets called what but we haven't had any non-name related words... until today that is!



*Yobosayo is how you answer the phone in Korean.

Funny things

The twins have been cracking me up lately. Yesterday I was holding both of them and Noah took Ava's foot in both his hands and brought it up to his nose and smelled it. He did this over and over again until all three of us were cracking up. The day before, Ava decided that since Noah was eating his snack while sitting on the pillow, she should join him and so she sat in his lap. As you can see from the pictures below, it didn't go quite according to plan. They love looking under the couch for cheerios, they make so many funny (and dramatic) faces, and they both tried to walk Forrest this weekend. They also like to try to put on and take off clothing. Noah has mastered unzipping his jacket and Ava is a pro at putting on hats. However, we are having some issues with socks. Thanks to Appa (daddy), they think that socks can either go on your hands or your feet. Thanks Nathan. And of course, the adventures in food continue.

In other news, every time Facebook posts an update to their privacy agreements, I get more and more sketched out. So we will no longer be linking our blog to our Facebook. Call me paranoid but it's a simple fix. So if you want to see pictures of the kids, I'll try to update our blog more regularly!