Eatin' Corn on the Cob

Mark and Maria's 1st attempt at eating corn on he cob. I have to say it was 2nd nature for them.

Magyarorszag

Pop-Pop bought the babies these t-shirts last year when he was away in Hungary. Well, tonight after their bath, I put the shirts on them for pajamas. They have many more years of wearing them left, don't you think?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY POP-POP!!

Is this baby doll a beauty or what?

Whatchu talkin' about Willis?

Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!

Civil War & Amish Country

We decided to go to Gettysburg. We arrived later than we had hoped on Sunday and arrived with rainy weather so we decided to go to the Boyd Bear Country, basically the headquarters of the manufacturing of the bears. While there please know that ALL of the teddy bear displays were personally kissed by Missy Lu herself, yes Maria. How adorable she was puckering up and her 'MWAH' to all of the 'quack quacks', yes, everything is a quack quack.
Here are some pics of us on the battlegrounds at Gettysburg.

We went to Hands On Children's Museum. The kids had a blast. There were scientific experiments, face painting, grocery store, dress up area and more. Then there was a garden outside.

Which one is the garden ornament?

My Secret Garden

Maria getting a ride from Mark and Daddy.

Mommy, Help!! Daddy's a c-r-a-z-y driver!

Maria has learned to "pretend" eat her food. It's adorable to hear her go "num, num, num" as she gently kisses the plastic food.

What's up Doc?

Can I come in? Nope.

Never mind, I found a way.

Success!

There's always time to smell the flowers.

Got Milk?

Here's what happens when Mommy leaves the room for less than one minute. She is a DEVIL.

PEEK-A-BOO! I love when he peeks through his fingers.

No more BaBas

Well, I knew the day would come at some point but I didn't realize how much it would hurt. From what I read, the kids should have stopped using bottles at 12 months. I ignored it b/c they are technically 2 months behind and Maria also needed to keep her weight up. Now, at almost 16 months, I know that it's best to do the switch. Tonight I told Mark (oh gosh, here comes that lump in my throat again), that if I really gave it some thought Friday when we decided to go cold turkey that it was there last bottles Thursday night, I would have savored every moment of snuggling with them while they drank at night. They are very loving kids and still want their snuggles, but there is something special about the bottle. I know I'm probably blowing it out of proportion, but I think there are some mother's out there that probably understand.