The Swing Chronicles

So, I lied and wasn't done with my updates (see post below). We took our FINAL swing picture at 16 months old. Why final you say? Have you seen the size of my children?

5 Months


10 Months


16 Months


The End. :)

Catching Up

To our loyal following: I've been very neglectful in keeping up with the blog lately. I just realized the last post was a whole month ago, SO, bear with me while I re-cap the last 30 days or so... it's a long one.

Grammy and Pops came to visit us the weekend around March 21st and what fun we had! It was perfect timing since the twins had just started walking. We played so hard every day that by night, everyone was exhausted!

Here we are playing with Grammy and Pops.


And here we are with our first trip to the zoo!




March 28th was my birthday. We got to celebrate the actual day with one of my best friends, Katrina, at her surprise birthday party. It was such a special night and almost as good as the 13th birthday party we celebrated together!


April 4th was time to celebrate my belated birthday with dinner and drinks at the beach. Thank you Meema and Papa for giving us a night off to party! We (or should I say 'I') definitely kept it lively...


On Good Friday, it was time for big boy to get his first haircut. I love his curls, but the mullet look is definitely not making a comeback! And yes, we saved some locks for the baby book. Maybe when Eva's 5 we can do the same for her...

Here's a before shot


And an after


Easter this year was such fun (even when battling brochitis with Reid and an ear infection with Eva). We went to mass that morning in our matching aqua outfits (thanks Children's Place!). Eva was all about running all over the yard, but had no idea what to do with the eggs. Reid wasn't feeling so hot, but was a trooper and tried to play along.






Whew... I think that's it. Oh, and Happy 17 month birthday to us today! Until next time!

16 Months Old

Today the twins are 16 months old and we've finally officially reached that milestone everyone's been waiting for- we're officially WALKING! That's right, walking, albeit wobbly, is now the preferred method of transportation. Yippee! What a world of possibilities this opens us to. The walking happens to come with a double ear infection (Reid) and bronchitis (Eva) but you take the good with the bad. Everyone's on antibiotics now, so hopefully we'll be good as gold when Grammy and Pops come to visit this week.

Tooth Count:
Eva- 7
Reid - 12

Now, I'm going to use the twins' blog for a little self gratification. Hey, it's is called the fab '4' K's, right?? Ross and Meema brought the kids down to see me cross the finish line at the Gate River Run on Saturday. My memory was a bit fuzzy (so I had to look it up) and I haven't run this race since 2003. I'm happy to report all of my hard training paid off- I shaved 30 minutes off of my time from 2003!! See, life doesn't end after children.. ha ha ha...

And look, I'm still smiling after 9.44 miles


The kids had a great time watching all of the people and WALKING (see above) around the park afterwards in their St. Patty's day gear. If you can't read the shirts, Reid's says 'Not Lucky, Just Cute' and Eva's says 'Kiss Me, I'm Irish.'




A great weekend it was. Happy early St. Patrick's Day all!