The Birthday Event

First off, I must preface this with the following disclaimer. No my children will probably never get another party like this one, and most likely niether will any other Perry children. Haha.

It is true what you have heard. We now have TWO walking toddlers in this 3 br 2 ba house of ours. Linc has been walking for nearly 2 months now, and Clay has just started getting the hang of it in the last 2 weeks. In many ways it is very helpful for a mother of twins to have both her children walking at age 1. For example, you can let one walk into a friends apartment, let one walk to the cart so you don't always have to park next to the return area, let one walk into McDonalds to get the million calorie Frappe drink you so deserve. On the ohter hand....you have 2 one year olds going in 2 different directions at all times. Needless to say, our "cage" days are coming to an end, they work as a team and push that thing all over the place now.

Okay...back to the birthday party. It was a hit! I must show you my most domestic accomplishment of my entire life.
To many of you this is no big deal, but if you know me at all, you know that these 2 tiny little Mickey Mouse cakes took me an entire afternoon to decorate. Then after all that, no one at the darn party believed I made them. Ugh. Figures. I did though, and they were the cutest little smash cakes ever.

We had nearly 50 people, rented a clubhouse, had lots of food and an absolute great time. Well, maybe Clay may disagree. He had a rough patch when he realized everyone was singing and clapping for him. Totally freaked him out. Poor thing. Linc of course just ate his cake, and then went to sleep on Uncle Mark.

Check out some of the pics. "The Spread"

"Happy Family" (and yes I am documenting that I lost all 100 lbs gained by their first bday)

"Lots of Great Generous Gifts"


"Cake Time"



"Saved"




"So Much For All My Hard Work"

Life As We KNEW It...

It is safe to say that after our 3rd vacation with 2 babies, Ben and I officially have come to terms with nothing in our life ever being what it was just a little over a year ago. I mean, when you are "pimpin" the minivan loaded down with pack n plays, high chairs, giant strollers, and of course the cage, it just sorta slams you in the face. Not to mention the 8.5 hour car trip where you are just praying that they stay happy this time. That being said, we did have what you would call a relaxing (we had to take turns), fun (amidst all the work), and enjoyable trip to the beach. It did help that there were over 30 people in a house with us. Okay-maybe not at midnight, or 6 am, but it did make it easier on us.


As it turns out, Clay was no fan of the ocean. No surprise there.
So he chilled in his baby pool.

Linc on the other hand, walked straight into the ocean.

This was our daily set up (which I do recommend-except don't borrow your friends tent and then manage to break the darn thing)

And these are just 2 pics for fun and because I love to show off my crazy babies.

Random Thoughts

"Daddy Time"

"Grinding Teeth"
"Pulling Hair"



We are coming up on the 11 month mark in just a few days. I can't believe how time flies. It seems like just a short time ago that we brought these little men home. Now I Understand what all the hospital staff meant when they said to "enjoy" my hospital bedrest because I wouldn't be "resting" much anymore. What did they know??? Ha!

I have decided that this is an age that I would like to just stop time. They are so sweet and so innocent. (Though Linc did get his first "spanking" for pulling Clay's hair this week. I promise he didn't even notice that I did it. He actually proceeded to pull Clay's hair about 3 more times) It is so neat to see them interact with the world around them, and explore all there is to explore in our little house. Our house however, is bigger than we realized as we had to "baby proof" things. Though we did decide they should learn "boundries". Basically what that means is a lot more following them and kissing boo boos on my part. I think they have each knocked the fireplace "thing" on them twice, pinched their fingers numorous times, and hit their head about 100 times.

I would also like to make it known that Linc has taken his first steps! Yay! He did something before Clay!!! I guess I will not be able to be competetive between them as they grow up, but bless his chunky little heart. Maybe when he starts walking he'll be able to keep up with Clay who darts around the house at 90 mph. They are both growing well and been healthy for a while, Have a mouth full of teeth, babble and snuggle like crazy, and now play and keep each other awake for hours at nap time. ( I have learned to use this to my advantage and actually get in some cleaning and exercising!)

In the next month we plan to get their party planned, go on vacation, swim in the pool, have LOTS of playdates, and enjoy the outside before it gets too hot. Hmmmm-sounds like lots of fun and NOTHING productive on Mommy's part!!! HEHE.

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