Well...it's been a year.

Last week marked our one year anniversary of becoming a family. Has it really been a year? It definitely feels like a FULL year of sleepless nights, but it is hard to imagine our first year of loving our our girls has already gone by. Even though it seems as though we have loved them forever, there is still so much to know and so many things still feel new.
We celebrated our "Gotcha Day" by spending it together spoiling the girls. First, IHOP for breakfast followed by Oak Mountain's Petting Zoo. Then the MacWane Center and on to the Red Pearl for some Chinese food. Of course, on the way home we had to get ice cream just to make the day last longer!
(Lily on left above)















Kate, our pokey eater, takes her time over a bowl of Hot-n-sour soup.




















Lily can do some damage to a bowl of noodles.














Chik-fil-a ice cream with Kate on left.

Our first pony ride

First...thanks for voting for Kate. I'm not sure who won yet, but I was so amazed by all the people who told me that they had voted for her! We feel very loved.

Lily and Kate rode their first ponies! I have been anxiously awaiting this moment and didn't know if they would like it or not. They LOVED it!

































Here they are both signing and saying "Again, again!!"



























It was one of the best $6.00 I ever spent seeing these smiles and the excitement on their faces.

















As you can see, it was so sad to leave. Here is Lily saying goodbye to the pony. Maybe we will see him again soon... (hint, hint, Granddaddy!)

Vote for Kate's photo

Ok, I'm being a sappy mom, but entered one of Kate's photos in a contest where you win $10,000 for college if you get the most votes. You can vote everyday for 12 more days if you click on the below link. The baby with the most votes goes to the finals. So vote everyday unless you want me to homeschool her through college. :) She promises to split her earnings with Lily since they are identical twins.

http://www.evenflo.com/Homepage/BYAS/tabid/210/photoType/ViewPhoto/PhotoID/9607/ContestID/5/Default.aspx