One Year ...

has passed and we're still here to tell about it. I'd say that's quite an accomplishment!

Here is the rundown on the birthday celebration.

In a fit of insanity, Daddy and Mommy gave the girls this:
Very important side note: it was mostly Daddy.
The girls are still figuring it out. They love it if Daddy or Mommy are running it. The girls would rather play with the end where the balls are than hold onto the handle. That is quite alright with Mommy.

Daddy took the girls outside to play while Mommy worked on making cakes. They just sat in the pile of leaves and were perfectly happy. That is until Cora sunk down so far that the leaves were over her face. She didn't care for that at all.









Now, about the cakes. I had some great ideas for what I wanted to make for the girls but I ended up having no time to make cakes. It just didn't work out well. So, instead of making a cake from scratch, which I normally do, I used a cake mix. That proved to have two problems: first, a cake mix doesn't actually make very much cake and second, cake mix cakes are not meant for anything other than being eaten out of the pan they are cooked in. Also, my frosting came out a very strange consistency, I don't know why. It was too runny and nothing I did made it any better. Since my time was limited I decided to just make balls. They ended up sort-of ball shaped. Ruby's was falling apart before I could even get it all together. The frosting kind-of ran off the cake. It was great. At least they tasted good. Here's a picture:
Now for the fun part, letting the girls eat the cake:









Both girls just poked at the cake for a while. Cora first figured out that it was sweet. So she would rub her hand in the frosting then suck on her fingers. She finally decided to try picking up the whole cake. It fell apart and made a good mess. Ruby didn't ever try much with hers. Ray got impatient and tried to help her make a bigger mess. She didn't care for it.

The end results.









Here's a picture of the girls with all their gifts. Everything behind them is from their Grandma (Ray's mom). Aren't those dresses just darling? I'll have to get pictures of them in the dresses one of these days.

For those who are still with me. The girls had their one-year checkup. Height and weight-wise Ruby is around the 25th percentile, but her head is in the 76th percentile. Cora is fairly average and normally proportioned.

The girls are doing really well. According to the doctor, they are the best looking twins she sees. She really did say that and I know these girls aren't the only set of twins she sees. They survived their shots. I survived taking them to a doctor's appointment all by myself (Ray was out of town).