What Haven't We Done Lately?

Not much!!! We're only 1/2 way through September, and the girls have already had such a busy month.
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We've been to the lake for Labor Day. And the photos we have are from a walk across the dam to let water out of the lake as needed. What a view!

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We've been to Centennial Park to walk around and play (on the grass and on a playground). Then, we've been to CNN Center for some cool air. You'll notice in the park pictures that their little faces were getting pretty red. HOTLANTA, that's right!!!!

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We've been to Little Gym. We do that weekly, but hey, it still counts as an activity. You'll notice the LG influence in several of the pictures I've chosen for this blog entry. At LG, they have learned how to forward roll. Well, it's quite hysterical (and possibly embarrassing, but how could any mom be embarrassed by her kids...love them). It doesn't matter where we are...they will just stop and bend over and "tuck their heads" (that's the famous line we use when we forward roll...tuck your head). They can't complete the roll on their own. I guess they don't know how to propel their feet over their heads yet, so they just end up standing there with their heads toward the floor in a pike position, where ever we are. Too cute and too funny! They both do it too.

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We've been to Sesame Street LIVE! That was a fun one. And it brought about a second trip to CNN Center in only 5 days. Wow! They're downtown pros at this point. :-) They definitely enjoyed this, decked out in their new Elmo shirts that were purchased just for this occassion. And just when it was was looking as if all hope may have been lost due to a wiggly Kaitlyn, they called for intermission. PERFECT! They got to get out of the seats and walk around, thus mentally preparing for the second half. And it wasn't crowded to begin with, and many left at intermission. So, there was a bit more room for the second half. They both applauded at times. I don't know if they were expressing their appreciation or just applauding when they saw others do it, but it was cute. Good times. And up past their bedtime. NO PROBLEM! YEAH!
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We've had our second trip to Six Flags.

Katilyn getting ready to forward roll just outside the area for the Merry Go Round.

Both getting ready to forward roll in Thomas Town.
Nature Nicole with her stick.

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We've been to a neighborhood playground in Mableton a few times. What they like most about the playground isn't the actual playground (although they do love the swings). The parking lot is in a wooded area, so it looks like they blow the leaves to the curb fairly regularly. They both loved stomping on the leaves, listening to them crunch. And of course my nature lover Nicole would look for just the right leaf to pick up and carry around. :-) You'll notice in a lot of shots (where ever we are) that she'll probably have a leaf or a stick in her hand - see above. She loves them!

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We've been to our friend Nolan's birthday party (where Nicole fussed from the inside of the screened in porch because she wanted to get back outside)!

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Here's a borning one...we've been to the doctor since we both got colds around Labor Day that turned into coughs. And it turns out that Nicole had a mild ear infection in both ears. So, that marks our first and second ear infections for either one of them. Not bad to have made it 15 months. And it didn't and doesn't even seem to bother her. The doctors told us they were so mild and since she wasn't miserable that we didn't even have to go with an antibiotic unless we wanted to. We opted for the medicine though.
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And we've had both the first UGA game and Falcons game of the season. They didn't go to the games or anything crazy like that, but they dressed for the occassion. :-)

What a month, and we've still got a ways to go. Who knows what the rest of September holds for the Barbree Family? Oh, and there are WAY too many pictures to capture all of these fun events thus far. I can't possibly put them all on the blog. Here's a link to a shared album in Snapfish if you want to see some more (coming soon...not finished with it yet...check back later).

General Update

Both of the girls are walking machines. From here to there and everywhere! :-)

Not a whole lot of talking still, which kind of worries me, but not to the extent that I'm losing any sleep over it or think about it all the time. Our doctor told us that twins are usually later to talk because of two things:

1) they kind of develop their own language with each other - no, I'm not crazy, studies have been done and the term for it is Idioglossia or "twin language" and

2) limited individual communication with us, the parents - a singleton is coo'd over and ooohhh'd and aaahhh'd over on an individual basis whereas we've had to share our time - and you might think, well, I have a second child and they're learning just fine - it's not the same thing when a second singleton has a an older sibling because your first child can already talk, again strengthening what the second one hears and observes.

Now, on to some positive thoughts about their speech. They both immitate us a ton. If we do the ssssss like a snake, so do they. If we roar like a lion, so do they. In fact, they're both starting to get it before Mike and I do it for them. For example, if we say, "What does a snake say?" they will sometimes sssss before we do. And Nicole has the lion thing down. She will roar if we ask her what a lion says. For Kaitlyn, she's starting to say Daisy when she sees our dog. And of course they both say DaDa and can say MaMa although it's not a popular word. :-(

Our doctor said by 15 months, she'd really like to hear them both saying three purposeful words, meaning say DaDa when they see Mike, say Daisy when they see the dog, etc. Unfortunately, we're not there yet. We've got about 2 1/2 weeks until 15 months, but their dr appt is more like 4 weeks away. Wish us luck.

On a fun note, we took them to their first movie on Friday - Kung Fu Panda. It was playing at the dollar theater in East Cobb. We wouldn't have gone otherwise. So, we spent about $2.00 on our tickets and only stayed about 1/2 hour. They enjoyed walking around more than they did looking at the movie. Nicole did stare right up at the screen when we first got in though and started to applaud. I think she was impressed. :-)

We've got Sesame Street LIVE next Thursday. Kung Fu Panda made us a bit nervous about the whole sitting down and watching the program; however, they really like Sesame Street and know the characters. Not to mention we'll be packed in like sardines at Phillips, so there won't be anywhere for them to go. I think it will be a whole different experience. I'll let you know.