So You Think You Can Dance?

GnG are developing a love for music and a little rhythm as well. Check out this video and watch as they get their groove on.

Hide 'N Seek

Over a month ago we bought GnG a hide 'n seek tent tunnel play zone.
(http://www.amazon.com/Hide-Seek-Tent-Tunnel-Combo/dp/images/B000KHH5H4).

Chris and I set it up the day it was bought and GnG had no interest, they just stared at it..I even demonstrated how it should be used. Yes! I actually squeezed my way through the tunnels. Well it wasn't until today they showed some interest...We are so excited!! They actually crawled through the tunnels and tents and played hide and seek with us, it was lots of fun. Hide and seek may seem like just a simple fun game, but it is also a developmental milestone.

Cuties 4 Life!

A picture is such a wonderful thing, it can capture an emotion and tell a story. So this weekend we decided to dress up Grant and Gabrielle and take some pictures here at home. This is bittersweet, my babies are getting so big, so fast. But I will forever be able to look back on these photos to remember how they used to be..so they will be my "Cuties 4 Life".

What the pictures don't show is the background commotion that was going on during the photo shoot. This so-called photo shoot was a workout for me. I was jumping jacks and doing all kinds of antics to get them to sit still and smile, we got some good shots, so the the workout was not in vain.

p.s. Thanks to daddy for his skillful picture taking :-)

More Pics From This Weekend

I just have to post some more pics from our visit with my Great Aunt Ira and my grandmother Oricent, I just think it's wonderful to see the two together, the very young with the not so young :-).

Gabi wearing her Great-Grandmother's hat

We Love Holidays!

Holiday weekends are great, it allows us to spend extra time together to do fun things. The weekend started out with a trip to Lifetime Fitness to participate in Tornado Toddlers, a class for kids to participate in sing alongs and other gross motor activities. GnG are still a little too young to enjoy all this class has to offer (i.e trampoline, arts and crafts) but it's definitely something they will enjoy in the future. One cool thing they did was create a tree using their painted hand, very cool. On Sunday Nana came for a visit and we watched our favorite team demolish the Detroit Lions...GO REDSKINS!

After the game we visited my cousin to meet the newest member of our family, Briana. She is tooo cute. On Monday, my grandmother and Great Aunt came to visit along with my mother. GnG put on quite a show for them. They were all smiles and up to all sorts of antics.

By the way, this weekend Gabi waved for the first time. Did I also mention that Grant is a full time walker now. He is rarely on his knees anymore, it's all about the foot action. Both GnG love to clap too, Grant claps for himself whenever he walks and Gabi claps for him as well. They are like sponges these days....I feel like I should take advantage of this sponginess (is this a word?) and teach them their alphabet, 1,2,3's and Spanish...but I'll start slow...Right now we just read to them and talk a lot, I think this is the best I can do for now...But, if it were up to me they'd be programming SAS code tomorrow to help pay the bills around here..LOL!!

Beautiful Baby Briana and her mommy, Sanny


Grant Walking


Strolling through the mall while Gabi chews on her socks...(don't ask)


My Great Aunt Ira (Left), My Grandmother Oricent (Right) with GnG