Twins Turn 1!

And now for our first actual entry...My friends with kids know how exciting it is when your baby turns one. My friends with twins (okay, that's just you, Amanda) know what a feeling of accomplishment it is that you have survived the first year. Somehow we made it through the first few months of sleepless nights with feedings every two hours (and it took over an hour to feed them and get them back in bed so we were left with 45 minutes of sleep at a time!) and we functioned like zombies. Over the past year we have had to deal with the challenges of premature infants, endured two surgeries, countless visits to the doctor, and a recent trip to the emergency room. We have easily changed 5,000 diapers, fed over 700 jars of food and 3,000 bottles. Our couch is covered in spit-up, our coffee table has about 30 dings from plastic blocks being banged upon it and the child-proofing never seems to stop. Our house is overflowing with baby stuff, we have had to get two of everything and four of some things. We have had to come up with creative ways to do the simplest tasks such as going to the grocery store (and yes, we LOVE Peapod). We have over 100 episodes of Jeopardy to watch that are saved on our DVR, we no longer know the meaning of “free time,” and we have a lot less money in our pockets. But 365 days after our itty bitty twins were born, everyone is healthy and happy, Dan and I are still married and man do we love those babies! And we owe a huge THANK YOU to those who have helped us make it through this year, don't know what we would do without you!
Enjoy some pictures from the babies first birthday!