This girl...

Cracks me up!

Further proof:

Here she was standing on a plastic plate (because standing on the actual floor is so boring) and slipped.

I love Ava in this video:

Becoming a Mother

I was just going to put a few pictures of Ava and Gracie from when they were small but I came across all these pregnancy pictures and they are so funny that I had to put them on here.

The day after we found out we were pregnant.  =)

20 Weeks

Oblivous to the fact I was carrying twins.  We found out 5 days later.

Fast forward to week 36:

Here we are at a Valentine Banquet 9 days before the girls were born.

Check out those swollen calves and ankles!

Ava saw this picture just now and laughed, "You were silly, Mom!  Daddy is not silly, just you are silly!  You have black shoes?  Your shoes are not silly, just you are silly."

A lovely close-up of the swollen face.  =)

And I just can't resist putting this picture on.  (Sorry if you're grossed out!)  I would sleep with my feet up on pillows so in the morning they were a fairly normal size.  If I wanted to wear shoes I'd have to put them on the second I got up and the swelling would just fill out around them.  So this picture was taken in the evening when I took off my sandals, which just went across my toes. 

The night before I became a Mom.

Haha!  These pictures make me laugh out loud. 

Fun times.  =)

Meeting my children. 

My perfect, healthy, beautiful children.

Ava Lynnae Roach

6 lbs, 18 1/2" long

Gracie Rae Roach

5 lbs 9 oz, 18" long

They are such a joy and I can't imagine my life without them!

I feel so incredibly blessed and thankful (to God and Joël) that I get

to stay home with them.

Mother's Day 2011

You Not My Daughter?

Play Ball

Fishing

While I was at work Tuesday evening, Joel took the girls to the lake. 

They had a blast!

{By the way, you can click on the pictures to make them bigger.}

They were so impressed with the fish he caught.

Gracie touched it and declared, "It's really wet!"

Ava thought it looked like a pickle.

Earlier that day we went to the mall.  Ava asked (from the minute she woke up until the minute we got there) if we could 'go throw money in the fountain.'

Headed home for a nap!

Beans and Jumping Rope

Here are a few videos that go with the previous post.  Instead of trying to upload them directly onto here, I uploaded to YouTube first (as unlisted, not public). 

Enjoy!

Another Rainy Monday

Ava was up at 7 (Gracie slept until 8:20) and made herself a pancake.

She loves to cook.

Taking a nap in the kitchen, in her 'flag dress,' which she loves to wear.

They played with dry beans for a very long time.

I had several video clips but I'm not having much luck uploading them.

Gracie said she 'cooked it up' and made dog food.

Ava poured beans into a bunch of little containers and it was 'beans food' for a dog, cat, frog, camel, and polar bear.  She'd set the containers on the floor (where the animals were sitting) and then stand back and say with a smile, "Look at them.  They're eating their beans food."

They watched Dora on nickjr.com.

We played with the tent and tunnels.

And snuggled on the couch to watch the rain and read.

It was a very peaceful day. =)