Pedersen Christmas and One Year Appointment

It's been a year since the girls' last Pedersen Christmas. Obviously they changed so much from being 2.5 weeks old to a year. But it's fun to have a milestone and really observe the differences. And THANK GOD they're not 2.5 weeks old anymore :-) Here's my post from last Christmas: http://pedersentwins.blogspot.com/2011/12/nearly-three-weeks.html. I was impressed they lasted an hour and a half. Which actually was impressive at the time. So thankful to be where we are now - NOW they can play for more than an hour and a half on their own, without me. Love it.

We're switching from the diaper service to self-cloth diapering tomorrow. I'm a little scared, a little excited, and mostly know it's good to save the family money. Wish us luck!

Also today was their 1 year doctor appointment. It was a doozy...4 shots, one of them the nurse said burned when it went in, AND a blood draw. It was just me alone and it was rough. But it's done and of course I would take that over them getting sick any day. Stats:

Freya: 19lbs 12 oz (47%), 30 in (71%)
Signe: 20lbs 3 oz (53%), 31 in (93%) --> but she was screaming and flailing while being measured, I really don't think she's in the 93rd percentile. She's taller than Freya but she's not especially tall compared to other kids.

Closet fun

Warming up after an expedition outside

Last Christmas

At Pedersen Christmas - they don't stay still for cuddles very long!

Signe had stranger danger for quite awhile, but found ways to have fun

One was the Christmas tree and ceramic Santas

Baby doll and stroller was a hit

Teaching her to give Mommy a back massage

Carrying around a Barbie kind of dressed like her

And running to the next thing

First experience with a piano - they loved banging on it!

Laundry basket ride courtesy of Nana

Behind-the-couch fun. The downside to them typically travelling around together - they'll both get into a small space, then the inner kid will get upset because the outer one won't move. Signe was getting upset here

Sitting in the Olivia box

Pretty happy about the box

There's this famous story of when Kurt was a toddler, his mom left him in the kitchen briefly, and when she came back an entire bunch of bananas was gone, with just a couple peels left. Well, I was letting them play in the kitchen and they got into the box of Clementines. I saw Signe was kind of mouthing them but just let her. Then I realize, she's biting through the peel. And no, I haven't found the little pieces of peel that are gone...She has done this with a number of Clementines now.

Just a sweet couch/jammies picture

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