We made it!

About 17 months ago Jonas and I walked into Dr. Vogel's office preparing for her to say, "Nope, that at-home pregnancy test was wrong. You're not pregnant." But instead we got, "You see this? That is Baby #2." WHAT???? We started laughing in disbelief and walked out of the office in a trance. We were going to have twins? Oh! My! God!

Fast forward to September 5, 2008 and our adorable daughters, Hayden and Taylor, turned ONE! The hardest part was Thursday night, I really did not want to put them down to bed because when they woke up it would be their birthday and my little babies would be closer to becoming little girls.

Friday came and we visited our doctor for their 1 year check up...Hayden is weighing in at 23 lbs 8 oz and Taylor is a rock solid 19 lbs even. They got a perfect report from Dr. Trujillo execpt that Hayden has decided that she likes to make funny faces at people and gave Dr. Trujillo "the look" after he had finished looking in her ears and throat. It was a sign of things to come I am sure.

Saturday was the party with a GIANT cupcake and all. The girls decided that they wanted NOTHING to do with the cake. Jonas and I tried our best to get them into it, but I think they didn't want to mess up their cute birthday dresses. (Thanks girls.) We had a great BBQ and opened up a magnum bottle of wine that was given to us the night before our wedding from my brother and his wife. It was a great day, thank you to everyone for making it such a memorable journey. I was so exhausted last night (or tipsy) and was ready for bed at 8pm. So, as the birthday festivities come to a close, I look back to me on Thursday night sad and scared to put them to sleep to last night when I went to bed a very proud Mommy.

Here are some pictures from the day!

I made Cupcake Cakes for my little Cupcakes!



Hayden with Crazy Uncle Ryan



Hayden is getting ready to walk!



My birthday girls!



Jonas & I trying to get them "into" the cake



The morning after..."Where'd all the people go? At least we have these balloons!"



Hayden on one of her favorite new toys!



Taylor will not stop smiling when she is on this thing!