18 months old

Audrey
31 inches
20 lbs, 9 oz

You are smart, fearless, tough, and can be just plain mean.  You love to be outside, and can climb like a monkey.  There is not a slide out there too tall for you, and you love to play "ball".

 Another new love in your life...Elmo!  You love Sesame Street and playing Elmo games on the computer.  You are a very musical little girl and we love it when you try to sing.  You are still a great eater and you get so excited about food that you dance (actually you dance when you get excited about anything).

Speaking of food...you still eat anything, and you want to eat all the time!  I don't know where it goes.  Favorites: raisins, strawberries and avocados

You are still very routined.  When you get up in the morning you have to go straight from your bed to the high chair, and must watch Sesame Street.  When we get home in the evening, you must have dinner by 6:00, then you will go straight outside to play.  By 6:30 pm,  you are ready for bed.  Before bed, we sit on the floor and read.  You will tell me "book. Sit", and then get in my lap.  Your favorite books right now are Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, and Brown Bear, Brown Bear. You are very territorial, which doesn't work very well when you have a twin sister.  You are a little bit of a biter, and turn bright red when you are mad.  You also don't really seem to care if we try to discipline you.  You look so unassuming with that pale skin and blonde ringlet curls, but I am watching you close.

Landry
32 inches
22 lbs, 10 oz

You have become such a sweet heart, and a Momma's girl.  You have got to be one of the loviest, huggiest little girls out there, and are always happy. You have such a tender heart, and get your feelings hurt very easily.  If anyone is upset, you always put your toy down and go try to hug them.  However, not everyone, mainly Audrey, likes to be hugged all the time.  If she is throwing a fit, you go over and try to hug her, and that usually enrages her even more.

 You already keep track of people.  For example, if we are all in one place, and Daddy leaves, you will look around and say "Daddy go?", or "er Daddy at?"  You are quite the little water bug in the pool.  You have figured those floaties out, and you will just float around on your back and look so relaxed.  You tend to be a little cautious with new situations, and it takes you a while to warm up to people. You will not sit for me to read you a book, but if you have a toy with buttons on it, you will sit and tinker with it all day until you get it figured out.  The other weekend at Aunt Jana's, Audrey and Jana were doing Wii Just Dance, and you were trying to figure out the controller.  You have already mastered eating with utensils, and love to write.

Talking on the phone and doing Face Time are also favorite activities.  Anytime you hear the phone ring, you say "hello".  The other weekend we were in church at Saint Mary's, and they always ring bells during the blessing of bread and wine.  They rung the bells, and you hollered "hello".