The Life of 13 Month Old Twins

We have been enjoying ourselves in our 13th month of life, and here are just a few things to prove that our world is so much fun!

We forgot to post our AquaDoodle picture. This thing is like magic and we love it! It is great for taking a quick water break too...just suck on the pen!

Dad is getting us ready for the baseball season a little early this year. I have this Cubs hat that finally fits me, but Lily seems to enjoy wearing it a little bit more than I do.

We love to walk, or should we say ride, around our neighborhood at night and check out all of the Christmas lights. There are so many streets to explore that we're probably going to be pretty busy for awhile.

Apparently they make a little thing called locks, for kids who like to open cupboard doors. Whoever invented those is silly; however, mom and dad rushed to install them on our cupboards once we started pulling out pots and pans. They were nice enough to leave one cupboard open though, and we love playing with all of the stuff in it. Sometimes we even empty it out and then climb inside the cupboard.

Lily here! For those of you who didn't know, mommy was a cheerleader in college. I decided I wanted to be just like her so I'm working on perfecting my form while doing a chair lift. I think it looks pretty good! Daddy needs to lock out his elbow though!

Zoo Lights

We have been in awe of Christmas lights lately so mom and dad decided to take us to Zoo Lights at the Phoenix Zoo tonight. While there, we saw a talking giraffe and thousands and thousands of lights. They even had a light show set to Christmas music that was so cool. Most of the animals were sleeping, but we did sneak a peek of the zebras, flamingos, and otters. It was tons of fun and we were able to get all bundled up for the cold weather. I'm sure many of you think we're crazy since it was only in the 40's, but for us that is freezing!

Rhinoceros and monkeys hanging in the tree.

Christmas Party

We went to a Christmas party at the Gooding's house tonight and boy was it fun. You should have seen the snowmen they had, and Lily and I made sure to run around and find each and every one of them. There were tons of kids there too including Braden, Payton, Jackson, Kaitlyn, and Jake. They had a huge backyard too with a train that was all lit up. We were so tired when we finally left, but we made sure to stay awake and check out all of the houses on their street. We've never seen so many lights!

Cookie Party

Uncle Larry and Aunt Pam had a cookie decorating party today just for us kids. It was tons of fun, and the frosting sure did taste good. Lily got to decorate a candy cane cookie with dad and I decorated a snowman with Grandpa Rivera. I think they turned out pretty good.

St. Nick's Day

We woke up this morning to a breakfast of pancakes and bacon, and then daddy pointed out that we had something in our stockings. Mommy told us St. Nick had come while we were sleeping, and he brought us cool Christmas pajamas. Mommy said he usually brings candy, but he must have known we were too young to eat candy.

Visiting Santa

We were pretty excited this morning because mom and Grandma Williams said we were going to see Santa, whoever that is?!? So off we went to the Superstition Springs Mall to meet up with our friends Donna, Landen, and Alyssa. Donna's mom and niece, Emma, met us there as well. Well, let me tell you, and Lily agrees, that Santa isn't so exciting. He scared us to death, but mom made us get our picture taken with him anyway. What's up with that??? Afterwards mom did take us to see the puppies at the pet store and then for lunch at Chick-fil-A so that kind of made up for the picture with the scary man in the red suit, but we may be traumatized for life. We heard the same guy is bringing us presents for Christmas too...Yikes!

Popsicles

We finally had to get our 12 month shots today, even though we are already 13 months old. Dr. Mike said we were both healthy enough to get them although we aren't out of the woods yet. Both of us still had fluid in our ears, although no infection. We have to go back in a month to have our ears rechecked and get a flu booster shot. Lily also got yummy medicine for a sinus infection. She still has a pretty loud cough and runny nose after almost a month so Dr. Mike decided it was time to give her the good stuff. We had to get weighed again too and I came in at 25 pounds 4 ounces and Lily was 21 pounds 10 ounces (with clothes on) so we gained some weight in a little over a week. I think we can thank our Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners for that. Overall the doctor's office wasn't too bad. The shots hurt and all, but mommy and daddy gave us coconut popsicles when we got home which were so good.

Christmas With Our Grandparents

Grandma Williams is still in town, and Grandma and Grandpa Rivera got into town on Friday so daddy had this great idea to celebrate Christmas early. On Friday, Grandpa and dad picked up a tree; Saturday, we decorated the house; and then today, we had a yummy dinner and opened presents.

Last year we just supervised daddy when he put up the lights. This year we decided to be a little more hands on and actually help dad hang the lights, or at least we think we helped dad!?!


This was our second huge dinner this week, and let me tell you we loved it again! Mommy even helped cook some of it, and for those of you who know mommy, she doesn't cook very often so you have to enjoy it while you can. Grandma Rivera made some Puerto Rican rice which is so good and we heard she made a great pie too, but we were already sleeping by the time dessert was served so we didn't get any. No fair!!! The ham, rolls, cheesy potatoes, and corn casserole were all really good though so we can't complain too much

After dinner we got to open all sorts of presents. My favorite gift was Lily's baby bottle and Lily's favorite gift was a toss up between her Many Kisses Elmo and her twin baby dolls. We also got these cool slippers which we wore all night since they were so comfy. We loved opening everything and checking out our living room since we aren't allowed in that room typically. Lily played a few songs on the baby grand, and we got to check out mommy's nativity scene, but we were good listeners and didn't touch. Hopefully when Santa comes we can have as much fun as we had today.

Family Pictures

We went to Freestone Park today in Gilbert to have family pictures taken. Mommy said these also serve as our 13 month pictures just so you know. We were sort of cooperative, and that was okay since we had Grandma Williams as our photographer. We had tons of fun looking at the ducks, and daddy said we'll have to go back and feed them soon. We posted a few of the pictures for you to enjoy.