Today was the girls’ 1st Halloween! We went down to Nana & Tata’s house in Casa Grande and got dressed up and ready to go trick-or-treating, but we never actually made it out because the girls were a little upset once they got into their costumes. 🙁 We think it probably had a lot to do with their wigs and the fact that they might have gotten a little hot wearing them.

Anyway, check out the pics of the two little indians in the galleries!

Just a quick update on our new abilities (things have been happening so fast it’s been hard for Daddy to keep up, so excuse the lack of updates!):

We’re now crawling around freely on all fours – no more “soldier” crawling! 🙂 We’re also both able to sit up from a crawling position. And we can pull ourselves up to a standing position using the coffee table! We’ve also started “cruising” around the coffee table. This morning Yaya was able to take a few steps with only the help of a walking toy!

It seems like it won’t be long before they’re running circles around Mommy and Daddy! This is all so amazing to watch – and they’re not even 8 mos. old yet!! 🙂

Today, we tried solid foods for the first time. We split a jar of sweet potatoes and a jar of pears for dinner. It was very yummy and we can’t wait to try more of this tasty “solid” food that everyone’s talking about! 🙂

YAY! Mommy and Daddy are home from Ohio today! They brought us lots of gifts (new clothes) that we’ll get to wear in the coming days. They said it was really pretty there and they took lots of pictures (some of which they put on our website) – we’d have to agree with them! 🙂

Today was Mia’s and Yasmine’s first Easter! They got an Easter basket filled with clothes and toys. They also ended up with about 3 stuffed bunnies (of all different colors) each! There are lots of pictures of the big day spread across the picture galleries – check them out!

There are plenty of new pictures up today. Look at Yasmine’s Gallery to see our first captured pic of one of the babies smiling (and then look at the range of emotions that follows!). Head on over to Mia’s Gallery to see her in a bunny suit.

Update: We’ve run out of space on our main account so the thumbnails aren’t showing up for the new pictures. You can still click the empty box and they will show up, though. We’re working on the issue. Thanks for your patience!

Today on daddy’s way out the door, Mia and Yasmine both gave him a few smiles to think about while he is out of town for the next few days. Giving them kisses and saying, “YAY!” works pretty well for getting the grins to come out.

Unfortunately, it seems to be an if-they’re-in-the-mood type of thing so we don’t have any smiling pictures yet, but we’ll post them as soon as we get some!

The girls (and Mom and Dad!) took their first step down the long hard road to intellectual enlightenment today when Mom and Dad opened up college savings accounts for them at the credit union. Maybe, just maybe, with a few more deposits, they won’t have to panhandle for tuition by the time they get there! 😉

Today, the girls are offically one week old. What a week it’s been! Mommy and Daddy are quickly learning the ups and downs (mostly ups) of parenting. And from what we’ve been told from many other people, our downs aren’t even that bad. The girls routinely sleep 5-6 hrs per night and very rarely have any crying fits.

The ups, however, are more tremendous than we had ever imagined! These two little girls brighten our world beyond belief. Neither Mommy nor Daddy had any idea of how precious and wonderful they would be. They do something amazing (and lots of funny things, too!) everyday. Both girls, at one time or another have held their bottles up while feeding all by themselves (there’s a short video of Yasmine doing this on page 3 of her gallery). They can also grab onto Mommy’s or Daddy’s fingers and hold on tight enough to pull themselves slightly off the ground when we lift our hands. They’re getting stronger and brighter everyday!