Lucy has discovered Kate's Little Tykes car and refuses to do anything except ride in this car while in the basement.
Easter egg hunt at the Opdykes!
Lucy and her friend Sylvia - apparently neither of them were in the mood to have their picture taken.
Lucy has been cruising along furniture and walking behind walker toys for a long time now, but still no walking on her own.
Lucy's new favorite thing is to "talk" on the phone..
She also enjoys playing kitchen. Clearly, she is not emulating me..
Lucy turned one last weekend, which is hard to believe. I feel like the year went by both quickly in some ways and slowly in other ways, if that makes any sense. We had a small birthday party at home for Lucy, who really enjoyed the attention and food :)
At first, she was really unsure about the cupcake.
"Do you really want me to eat this thing?"
"Hmmm..it's not half bad."
"I LOVE this cupcake!"
"Give me that fork - I need more cupcake!"
This is what happens when you buy your birthday banner from Target. The funny part is that it was Kate who noticed the typo - not Paul or I!
I love to see the relationship between Kate and Lucy. I know that some day they will probably be fighting over clothes and perceived injustices, but I hope they always love each other as much as they do now.
We finally got professional pictures taken of both girls in January. Kate insisted they wear matching dresses :)
Grandma and Papa Marsiglia took Kate and her cousin Noah to Disney World in February. Paul, Lucy and I met them for the last 2 days they were at the parks and we all had a great time. I can't thank my parents enough for giving Kate such a great experience and lasting memory. She was truly in awe of the princesses and loved spending time with her grandparents and Noah. It made me even sadder about living so far away from them.
This is Lucy just before Christmas "cruising" on her knees using the laundry basket. Now she's cruising standing up along furniture and starting to stand for a few seconds on her own, so I'm guessing she'll be walking before long. She's still really small - at her 9 month (actually almost 10 month) doctor's appointment, she was just a bit over 16 pounds (and a little over the fifth percentile for weight). The upside is that even though Lucy was born in early April and Kate was born in mid-July, because Lucy is so much smaller, we've been able to use all of Kate's old clothes and still have the seasons match okay.
Even though Kate and Lucy really don't look much alike at all, they somehow both look like Paul's twins..
As you can see, despite her low weight, this girl likes her food (during the evening pictured above, she ate two entire slices of pizza!) She mostly likes meat and cheese and is not a big fan of vegetables...
Kate took a ballet class this winter at the Maryland Youth Ballet (MYB). She enjoyed the classes, but after we purchased all the expensive ballet gear, she decided that she likes gymnastics better. Which is actually okay because at MYB, once the girls turn 5, you have to commit to an entire year of classes.
I have to admit all the girls look pretty adorable in their matching leotards though...
In other news, DC got hit with its first big snow/ice storm of the year and in typical Pepco customer fashion, we lost power for over 48 hours. By the time the heat came back on, it was less than 50 degrees in the house. And I had confirmed the fact that I would not make a very good pioneer woman.
