Scott decided to take Friday afternoon off, so our holiday weekend started a little early.  Scott took Addison and Fischer to lunch, and to do some other things, while I stayed home and worked on a few projects. Then later that night, I got another break and went to see a movie for the first time since last June. I almost forgot how much I love seeing movies in the theater!

Saturday morning, my parents came for a quick one night visit. As usual, Addison and Fischer loved the extra attention, and we all had a nice, relaxing time!

In between thunderstorms on Saturday, we went over to Jim and Dianne's house to look at all of the flowers they've planted - it looks like it should be in a magazine! Addison loves going over there because they have a lot of dogs, and she loves dogs! We took a family picture with the flowers as a background, and their dog Raven decided to join us. Raven is Addison's favorite, and I think Raven is pretty fond of Addison too.

As soon as we got there, Addison took off chasing Raven and Coco...

Fischer immediately found the sprinkler, so Scott turned it on for him and he had a blast playing in the water. He loves playing in water!

Here are Addison, Fischer and Raven playing together.

Yesterday, we spent the day relaxing at home, and gearing up for our big outing this morning! We decided to try out Addison and Fischer's new floats and went swimming at Jim and Dianne's lake lot on Lake Wateree. We ate lunch there, then headed home for the rest of the day. Our original plan was for Scott to get in the water with them, while I took pictures and just watched them have fun (I'm not a huge fan of lake swimming).  Once we got them in the water though, Addison was crying (we think because the water was a little cold at first) so I decided to get in so we could each swim around with one baby.  After a couple of minutes, she was loving it. We stayed in the water for about 30 minutes and we all had a great time. We'll definitely be doing it again soon!

Even though it stormed everyday over the weekend, we managed to get in a lot of outside time in between storms.

In other news, Addison's 9th tooth has broken through - the first of her molars. I'm pretty sure she's getting another one tonight because she's been crying on and off for the past hour. Fischer still has 11 teeth but I think his 12th (his 4th molar) will be here soon!

I have been working on this for awhile, so I wanted to share it with you. Addison is doing it now too, but I haven't gotten it on video. I am a huge college football fan, so this makes me very proud! :)

There are a few new words to add to Addison and Fischer's word lists. Addison is now saying "pen" for open, and she says "nah" for no all the time. I think I put that on her previous list, but she now says it A LOT. Today I said, "Addison, bring me your shoe." And she said "nah" and walked away from me. Let the "no!" fun begin! Fischer now says "ga" for car (it sounds like he's from Boston), "lello" for yellow and "baa" for bowl. He has also said "on," "off" and "up." It just amazes me how they are saying new words almost daily.

What also amazes me is how many things they understand that we say to them. They are now following directions (sometimes). On one of their toys there is a light switch... they have both turned it on and off after I asked them to! They've also put their letters in their play mailbox, and opened and closed the door.

The other day, it was around 11:30 am. We eat lunch at noon... I said "what do you want for lunch?" to them, and they both started crying and going to the table. Oops. Now I know I can't say lunch or snack unless I am prepared to give it to them very quickly. They also know what "You need a new diaper" means and have recently started walking or crawling away form me when I say that. I can't believe we are already having to spell things!

Each night, we let them play in their diapers before bath time. They know what it means when I say "are you ready to take your clothes off?" They will both start pulling on their shirts and get frustrated when they can't do it without help. I'm sure they will be able to take their clothes off soon enough. They can already take their diapers off, so that's a lot of fun too. :)

They are both getting better at holding my hand while walking, so I think we'll have to try it out in public soon. It seems that they revert to crawling if they are in a new place or situation, so I'm not quite sure how it will work out, but it's worth a try!

We had a fun day today! We had a "playdate" with Madison and McKenzie. McKenzie is almost 5 months old and Addison and Fischer loved looking at her and saying "bebe."

Here is a video from this morning.

It's hard to believe it's Monday already. The weekends go by so fast! Saturday, we had some friends come visit for a few hours. We all went to the local horse show where we learned that Addison and Fischer love watching horses! It was raining so I didn't take my camera, but I wish I had some pictures. They were both laughing and bouncing while we were there. It looks like we'll be going back there soon! 

Sunday we relaxed at home, then met some friends for dinner. It's becoming harder to take Addison and Fischer out to eat. We had a good time,  but we definitely reached their time limit of being in the high chairs. They are fine as long as food is in front of them, which sometimes results in them eating way too many cheerios and/or goldfish.  Thanks to Melissa and Ryan for being patient with all of us. :)

Yesterday, Addison and Fischer got to wear their kimonos that Scott got them while he was in Japan. 

We've also been "practicing" holding hands while walking. I figured they should get used to it, so we've been walking around the house with them while holding their hands. The first few times, they automatically pulled their hands away and wanted to walk on their own. After they realized what we were doing, they've been much better about actually holding on to our hands. Hopefully this prepares us for when they are walking in public, which I'm sure will be very soon! 

Addison and Fischer are 15 months old today. I feel like we just had their first birthday party, so it's very hard for me to believe that it's already been 3 months since then! Here are two pictures from today - one where Addison is looking at the cameara, and one where Fischer is sort of looking at the camera, but more at Scott who was trying to get his attention. It's becoming very difficult to get a picture where they are both looking at the camera!

In honor of turning 15 months old, here are 15 fun facts:

1.  Addison wears a size 4 diaper.
2.  Fischer wears a size 3 diaper (we tried size 4 and they were too big).
3.  They both drink about 18 ounces of milk a day (whole for Fischer and soy for Addison).
4.  They are both still napping twice a day, at 9 and 2.
5.  Fischer loves any kind of chip as a snack.
6.  Addison loves pickles.
7.  Fischer has 11 teeth.
8.  Addison has 8 teeth.
9.  Both Addison and Fischer are walking most of the time now!
10. They both had their first taste of juice last week (aside from the tiny bit of apple juice they had, and didn't like, a few weeks ago).
11. Addison thinks dogs are the best thing ever.
12. Fischer loves loud noises.
13. Fischer seems to have a crush on Giada de Laurentiis on The Food Network - he stops in his tracks if she is on TV.
14. Addison still loves to be held.
15. We are extremely lucky that both are good eaters. We realize they will probably become pickier with time (Fischer has already gotten pickier than he was) but for now we enjoy that they eat really well!


Here is a picture from a year ago! They have changed SO much!

I couldn't help but laugh when doing this video as Addison "politely" informed me that her diaper was dirty. :)