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Thursday, March 15, 2012

Where the name Isabella comes from & 21 month update...

The girls turned 21 months on our last day in Italy.  It was very fitting that day to go to the place that almost 8 years ago we decided if we had a 2nd girl, we would name her Isabella.  See we already had 1 girl name picked out at that time so I laughed and told Marc he could name the 2nd girl!  Did you know that Marc prayed to have twin girls since right after we were married!!??  God is good.  Here is Isabella in front of "her" Chapel. :)


She loves to knock on doors and so this picture makes me smile.  Who's there Isabella?

These girls have such cute personalities (Isaac too!).  It is so much fun to see them grow and develop.  These girls have really been on the move this last month.  They are both full time walkers and are really getting places!  Although, Ava is walking she is still a little wobbly and Isabella is very steady.  We call Isabella our walker and Ava our talker!  Just this morning Ava said "Mommy, I want more grapes".  She is starting to say more and more sentences and the girl talks all the time...we don't understand every word but she just chats away! :)

 Ava flashes her toothy grin at everyone that passes by. Isabella often hides her face so people can't see her.  They both love to play with Isaac and it is fun to see them interact more and more.  It is funny, recently we realized that Isaac refers to Ava as "sister" and Isabella as "Bella."  Just yesterday I said "Sisters are downstairs" and he said "and so is Bella".  :)  it looks like Isabella is trying to get a bite of him in this pic! :)

Everyday it seems like these girls come up with something new.  They are into EVERYTHING and we collapse on the couch once they go to bed!  We always put Isaac down an hour later than them so that we can "all" get a little break. :)  The girls continue to be awesome sleepers and go from about 7-7/8ish.  They have had their fair share of colds lately but it seems to be the season...they were all sick this last weekend in Italy but they are troopers!!

The girls are interacting more with each other all the time and just a couple of days ago I found them playing peek-a-boo in their carseats with each other.  They are still learning the fine art of sharing but that lesson will continue FOREVER! :)  

Isabella, who is in there!?

They are in 24 month clothing and these girls LOVE their shoes!!!  It starts SO young!  They especially love boots just like their Mommy!  They are constantly wanting to put on their shoes and jackets...we will have NOWHERE to go and they still want to wear them!!! But of course they LOVE to take off their shoes & socks while in the car...is there any glue for keeping those on!?  It takes an extra 5 minutes to find the socks & shoes and put them back on at every stop!

I love this picture because you can tell how fast they are getting...where are you running off to Isabella!? :)

More catching up to come...

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