Happy (late) Fourth! We had a fabulous day of parade watching and barbecuing at the new house! We can't wait until the babes are big enough for the fireworks- they are literally a block and a half away...



I have been hearing and reading that twins often lag behind in language skills (we still haven't heard a real word) so we have started teaching the babes sign language. Sounds kind of crazy but babies who sign tend to talk earlier and have larger vocabularies. We're trying to learn 'mother,' 'father,' 'eat,' 'drink,' and 'blankie' right now...we'll see how it goes. Both the babes are pseudo-walking- they can stand up by themselves (not holding on to anything) and can walk while holding something (they will walk along the wall or push something) but aren't quite ready to let go. Every once and awhile they will go short distances but we're lacking the confidence to really go for it. We are over baby food (as of about a month ago) and now only eat finger foods- soo nice that we can go to Bread Co. and order a kid's meal! Yay! We are starting to wean them from the formula. God I hate formula. They love the way whole milk tastes but aren't quite sure about the temperature. Still not so sure about sippy cups- we've tried about six different kinds. Are my kids going to be the four year olds that still tote around a bottle?!