Swimming at Alverthorpe Park

When Steve was a kid, his mom took him to the kiddie pool at Alverthorpe Park nearly every day. Today, the buddies got to go swimming with Me-Mom at the same pool. They loved it because the water was only 6 inches deep and they could run around in it as much as they liked. It was a great day.

Tonight, the Duffy's are coming over for Me-Mom's famous lasagna. It will be great for the boys to meet these nice neighbors. Then tomorrow, we're off to the Jersey Shore for their first glimpse of the ocean. Check back for pics!

The weather has been crazy here. Pennsylvania has had record rain for this time of year but we have managed to stay dry. In some areas, the drinking water has been contaminated so we've been drinking a lot of bottled water. And the floods have caused power outages and mandatory evacutations but luckily it has not affected our loved ones here.

Fun at Boyds Bear Country

Lisa took us to Boyds Bear Country in Gettysburg while Steve and his dad were golfing. The buddies LOVED it! There were teddies everywhere and they wanted to take them all home with them. Each boy picked out a teddy and they also picked out a monkey for cousin Finn and a basketball bear for their Aunt Lindsay. The best part of Boyds Bear Country was the baby room. There was a giant-sized bed, loaded up with all kids of teddies. We put the boys on it and they went nuts crawling around and pouncing on the teddies. I really tried to get a good picture of both boys together on the bed but they were moving WAY too fast.

We are really having a good time. We've had gourmet meals, cooked by Stan and Chris and the boys have enjoyed terrorizing Winston and Benji (Stan and Lisa's dogs). Amy and I also got to go shopping at my favorite store, H&M while Me-Mom and Steve watched all three kids. We still have so much to look forward to on our trip - a trip to the shore with Me-Mom and Uncle Walt and Michelle's July 4th party are coming up!

Sweet Cousins

Ace and Ben are having a fantastic time in PA. We have loads of great pictures to post, but not a lot of time to post them all. This is one of our favorite pictures of the boys taking a bath with their cousin, Finn.

Finn is a soft-spoken, good-natured kid and the buddies are enjoying getting to know him. They taught him to "have a shout" and Finn practiced in church with his dad this morning. Aunt Amy would rather they taught him to walk instead.

We survived our flight (just barely)

We arrived safely in Pennsylvania after 11 hours of travel time. Our flight out of Austin was delayed by 1 1/2 hours and then there was a mixup with our rental car confirmation number that cost us another hour.

The flight was okay. The boys did really well but we were definitely the plane's noisiest passengers. They both slept for about an hour and when they woke, we kept them happy by feeding them A LOT of cookies. I bet they ate 25 cookies each.

Ace and Ben met their cousin Finn this morning and have been very busy playing with all his toys. We'll get some pictures of all three together soon.

Play Day!!

We were so sad when we woke up to dark clouds this morning! Our playgroup was planning to go swimming this morning and we had to change our plans at the last minute. We all met at James and Brandon's house instead. Ace and Ben had a great time playing with all their toys, especially sliding into the ball pit. The bad weather kept some of their friends home, so it was a quieter play date, with just 3 sets of twins instead of the usual 5 or 6 sets.

Recent accomplishments:

Ace has two molars!! He'll be ready to eat steaks with his dad soon.

Swimming with Cousin Tom

The boys had a special treat yesterday. Steve's cousin Tom, who is a pilot for American Eagle, had an overnight in Austin and came over to hang out with us for the afternoon. We took them swimming at our community pool. Everyone had a great time.

Welcome to our blog!

Hello all! Steve and I are starting this blog so that friends and family can keep up with Ace and Ben and their adventures. Check back often to see the latest news on your favorite baby duo!


Recent accomplishments:

Ace: Our blue-eyed little one is walking more and more every day. He still stumbles a little but is doing great! He loves animals and books. His favorite book is "Brainy Baby 123's". When I turn to the page with 8 dogs, he shouts, "Duh" which I'm sure means dog.

Ben: Our brown-eyed little one is walking like a champ and even running now. He loves to flirt with any lady that looks his way. His first word (besides mama and dada) is "nana", which is also his favorite food.