What a year.....

My little mini me, Charlie-girl. She loves, loves, loves to walk around and talk. Non-stop! She loves her daddy, and the doggies, she gets our dogs to come right up to her and she acts like she is going to give them kisses, but pulls away at the last second and laughs.... She carries around a blanket, any blanket, sometimes two blankets. Loves her rocking horse and anything musical. But still not sleeping through the night on a daily basis. Dios Mio!

Cake time at their 1st Birthday party. Grayson was all about getting dirty, but his sister wasn't that into it.

We were really trying at getting a "Family" photo.. I think I am going to have to breakdown and go to a portrait studio? But these pics are fun, Grayson was hammin it up.

Charlie in Piggie-tails

My handsome little Grayman he is so smart, and fearless. This child BUMPS his head just as often as I change his diaper. He scares me sometimes.. Grayson is my little singer, he walks around mimicing, the TV, a musical toy, or singing along with me when I sing them songs. Loves his daddy and his mommy, very much, a cuddle bug, yet so independant.. Loves a silky blankie whenever, wherever, and still doesn't sleep through the night either..... But we are working on it.

Winter at Hawkshead

She loves her toy box, she is in it all the time, and is content playing in there all by herself. When Grayson gets in there with her, forget it! She gets very upset!

Office chair again

Christmas time

Smooches

So, here is a sample of what's to come....

I have been slacking in the Blogger department and apologize... I have so much to tell, and show you all. but for now, this will have to do... This is a picture of us at Grayson and Charlotte's 1st Birthday party.... Hope you all enjoy.

Loving the food...............

Grayson enjoying PB&J, spaghetti and Kraft singles! It took Mommy over a half and hour to clean up this mess. Both babies got an early bath!
At 1st Charlotte seemed to be the "cleaner" of the 2, but she decided to run her fingers thru her hair, and everywhere else!

Classic Grayson. He has 6 teeth! They just keep coming through. He takes steps, but would rather dive at you. FYI, this is why his nickname is bruiser! Any day we should have full fledged running, the way he crawls, and "furniture surfs" he is quick!

Raghhhrrr! Look at that face. She's like a lion hiding in a bush, waiting to pounce on you!

My little Charlie girl, still 2 teeth, taking steps also, but not walking. She is so careful, she knows when to sit or grab on to something, she doesn't like to fall. I would bet all the Cheerios in the world, this child could beat any other in a crawling or furniture surfing race! My dad tried to race with her last weekend at their house, and couldn't keep up. It's like she turns on the super-octane baby go juice!!

Not enough words to describe these two here! Ham-bones, rolling around on the floor.

72 degrees in November!

Charlotte was crawling into the sunset, and she was movin'!
She was excited to crawl uphill, and beat daddy!

Grayson's profile

Ohhhh, soft grass!

Toes in the grass!

Well, we all know that Michigan's weather is unpredictable, but today was absolutely gorgeous! The twins and I went for a walk earlier today, but when Jared got home from work the lighting outside was so perfect, so we decided to take the babies on the golf course and let them crawl around.

Happy Halloween

Since our babies weren't happy with the giraffe costume, we decided to just let them be comfortable. We passed out candy to our trick-o-treaters, which may have been 10 kids and then they played inside with grandma and daddy. Busy night C & G, try to take it easy ok? Next year we will have fabulous costumes (cross your fingers it goes over better)

Bright eyes and happy smiles

Little man hanging out on the bench seat over looking the ravine
Both babies banging on the screens making music.

Hello momma, what can I do for you? I just love his hair! WILD MAN!

Elaina came over for dinner and found the bench seat to be a quiet place!

What? We didn't put all those smugs on the TV! The dogs did it..

Help the Baby Einstein music table has got me! She was so mad at the table and me for getting on the floor to take this picture. But how did you get under there child?

Time to put the dirty dishes away Daddy. Grayson was helping Jared clean the kitchen after dinner one night. He was all about the machine!

O how she loves her little brother. Slapping him around first thing in the morning!

Go Blue!

Daddy's football partners in crime.

So the babies are going to be 10 months old on the 7th of November, and they are so big... Grayson has 4 teeth, 2 on top now and his bottom 2, he is going to have the cutest smile.. Charlotte still just has 2 on bottom.

Both kids are ready to walk but just won't take the step, they laugh at us when we try to coax them into it and then they politely sit down on their humps!

Today Grayson figured out how to climb into the swing and bounce in it! Then he flipped backwards right back out of it, no tears, just got up and started playing with something else. This is why we call him "Bruiser"! Charlotte would rather be making lots of noise with her toys. She is also a climber, but on us or furniture. She figured out how to pull herself up on the bench window seats yesterday! Great, we childproofed this room now we need one big padded room for them! Monkey's I tell you!!!

So Charlotte says Hi Dada, and will repeat after me when I say "Hi you" in the morning when she wakes up or waking up from a nap. Grayson cries every morning when Dada leaves for work. He cries Dada, Dada, Dada and hangs on the baby gate waiting for Jared to come back-poor little man. Well I guess those were the highlights of our last 3 weeks.

We hope you all are well and in good health.

Happy Halloween

The Knox Crew

Nine months old & playing at the pumpkin patch

Today we went for the twins 9 month check up. Doctor was very happy with how much they have grown and alert they are. Charlotte weighed in at 19 lbs. 10.5 oz. and is 28 inches long. She is in the 75% for her height and weight and her head circumference is 45 3/4 and she is in the 90%. Doctor said she was a very inquisitive and observant little girl. We started off thinking how high maintenance she was, but now she is super calm and quite until she really needs something i.e. sleep, clean diaper, or bottle.

Now for the little brother (not really). He weighed in at 21lbs 4.5 oz. and was 29 inches long. He was in the 50% for weight & 75% for his height. His head was also in the 90% like his sisters @ 46 3/4.... He has now taken charge of life (so he thinks) and is super aggressive and an extreme little boy. He was helping the doctor do his physical today. Guiding the lights for his eyes, the ear scope and tongue depressor. She thought he was such a charmer. She couldn't believe how he just stands up and hangs out. She said he was too young to walk!! Anyway, our little chickadees are doing great, and they are very happy babies.

Just got home from the doc's office and causing havoc already. Charlotte busted her lip two days ago. You can see it a little bit-top left lip, she cried for a whole 10 seconds.
So this was going to one of the kids costumes, so I figured I would try it on both of them to see how they did, but neither of them wanted anything to do with it, it was fun at first for Grayson, but quickly turned into no laughing matter..
Now Charlotte on the other hand was immediately very upset with her mother for putting this contraption on her! Grayson was back to thinking that the situation was funny.....
I know some of you may ask yourselves why I am putting this on my blog. But I couldn't not let this one go without being seen.. She will not stand still on the changing table and this is what happens each and every time. But she wouldn't let me get her diaper on her so I took a cute pic!

Magic Pumpkins?
Oh, what do I do with it Mommy? Look at his eyebrows? Perplexed.
She loves textures, and the pumpkin patch was full of new and colorful ones.
I want this one...
Or maybe just a nap?

Hope all is well with you and yours~

Kisses from the Knox Crew

8 months old and oh my, we have busy babies!

So we ordered this mat floor for the babies, they absolutely love it. When we put all the tiles together, they were all over it, colors, textures and we have the alphabet and shapes too. This is what they sit and play on. Easy clean up and padded for those accidental falls.
This is the new thing with the twins, pulling themselves up on anything or anyone! Charlotte has fully mastered this cool trick, Grayson is still trying. Charlotte stood up twice a few days ago without furniture! I called Jared at work and said we should start planning their 13th birthday, he asked why? I told him his daughter stands up now! Before crawling forward folks!
So 8 months old now, they scoot, crawl backwards, Charlotte last night mastered crawling forward, and she is fast, let me tell you. The baby gate is up and they are sectioned off into our living room which is pretty empty now, just furniture!

So happy together!
He is my ham-bone!
She is my cheese-ball!

Like father like son. This was the babies first wedding. Their cousin Stella got married on Saturday. They did great. They loved the church!
Hello world! Standing on mommies lap!
Aunt Theressa and Charlotte. This is Charlottes typical camera face!

Talk, talk, talk! 7 1/2 months and growing!

So if you can't tell by now, the children were born into a U of M family! Grandpa is going to the game Saturday, maybe someday he will get to take Charlotte and Grayson. Have fun at the Big House!

All they really wanted to do with their jerseys was eat the pretty shiny fabric! They will understand the true meaning of Saturday afternoons football games in a few years. Will be teaching them the fight song as soon as they can sing! Go Blue!

So Grayson has overcome his first viral infection turned ear infection. He was at the doctor's office, ER, and back to the doctor's office in 4 days time, but managed to gain 2 pounds in a month-19.1 lbs. His poor bottom is paying the repercussions now. Chapped, hot, miserable. Poor little man, but he is all smiles and a happy little man again. He gladly says Da-da now, which I think was way too much fun for his daddy. Grayson loves to rock back and forth on all fours, and has taken a couple of strides, but to no avail. Any day we will have a rock star crawler amongst us. Go Gray Go!

Our little Charlotte, finally broke her 2nd tooth threw, it just didn't want to poke threw, but she handled it like a trooper! Sleeping through the night 4-5 nights last week, we were on cloud nine, as her brother was so sick and up every 1-2 hours. She might just stand up and walk on us, she likes to get on all fours and and stand with her butt in the air, legs straight, arms straight, but can't quite lift up that head of hers! She has also started to enjoy calling her dad Da-da, non-stop. She no longers asks for her Ma-ma though?

Too funny, they wrestle each other to get to the camera! Pretty funny to sit and watch. Grayson actually clotheslined her and plopped right down on her belly like he was pinning her for the count 1-2-3! And she screamed, until she saw the camera! All smiles after that..

Shiny happy people! What a year it has been so far. They have changed so much, they look more and more alike each day, but still different. Their personalities keep evolving and is enchanting to watch. They hold conversations with each other and we wish we could understand their babble. We hope you all have a great Labor day holiday. Take Care.