Drew and Jake are ONE YEAR old!

It's hard to believe it, but the boys are actually one today! And what can these one year old's do now? Here is a list of what they can do now that they are toddlers:

• Sit themselves up
• Crawl at lightning speed
  
• Pull themselves up onto any furniture
• Stand up in their cribs (all the time!)
• Cruise along all furniture
• Transfer across multiple pieces of furniture
• Feed themselves (not with utensils yet!)
• DREW can use a sippy cup (we won't talk about Jake)
• Figure out how toys work in terms of pressing buttons, putting balls into things, and making things make noise (shaking and banging them)
• Say "Mama" --- often
• Turn off the TV in the Living Room (yes, they do this ALL the time)
• Smack the dogs
• Throw/Drop food from the high chairs to the dogs
• Shake the gates like we are in jail
  

There's much more, but I wanted to list a few of the things we are going through around this house.
The boys got lots of great presents from family and friends. They got their first $1 bill from Granny and Pops in Florida, great band sets and microphones from Great Aunt Danica, Mater and Lightning McQueen ride-on toys from Mommy and Daddy, and so much other stuff that I can't list it all.

All over the place!

Both boys are now officially ALL OVER the place! Both are crawling, scooting, sitting up, and pulling up. Jake is a bit more of a master at cruising than Drew, but if Drew really wants to do it, he can. Jake likes to climb now too. He can climb over our ottoman which used be the baracade in the TV room, but we are going to have to find something else for that area. We recently replaced the gates in the first photo because we needed something that Jake CAN'T stick his toes into and start to climb. Jake also likes to flip himself in his rocking chair. Things are quite busy at the Edwards house these days, but we still find time to take a few photos of everything going on.
We also finally figured out a way to take the boys to a normal grocery store (not Costco) because the boys can sit in the toddler car now.

New Toys

Well, the boys were pretty sick the last few days. They actually had a stomach virus that proceeded to spread around to the whole family. They were off of formula for almost 3 days and are now eating diluted formula to build up their ability to drink it full force again. So far so good.

Fortunately throughout all the throwing up (from both ends), the boys haven't acted as if anything was wrong with them. They have been happy and playing just like everything is OK. They even had a chance to play with a few new toys and it seems they are starting to like the "big boy" toys more than the baby toys.

Our first trip to the Zoo!

We visited the Baltimore Zoo today in downtown Baltimore. It was a special free day to get in, so we figured that since we might not last very long, it would be smart to go while it's free. We had fun looking at the donkeys, cows, rhinos, leopards, wart hogs, and various monkeys/chimps. The donkey got up close and personal to the boys by chewing on their stroller and even starting to chew on Jake's sock. A few of the chimps walked right in front of the boys and they just stared at them (both the chimps and the boys). Overall, they had a great time until they started to fall asleep. So maybe next time we'll be able to stay up longer to be able to see some of the other animals.

New Playset Swing!

Mommy and Daddy bought a new swing on craigslist for the boys playset. There used to a trapeze bar, but we don't think that will be put to any good use anytime soon, so we bought this swing instead. It is actually made by little tykes, but they no longer make it. The only place you can find it is on ebay or craigslist, and they are often really expensive because they are so hard to find (and anyone selling one knows this). So we were lucky to get one and the boys already have shown us that it was a good purchase because they love it after just ONE try.

And Jake got a new tooth today. He now has 4 on the bottom and top. We'll see how long before Drew gets his in (since they are usually just a few days apart with their teeth). Jake also has started pulling himself up onto various pieces of furniture but hasn't quite figured out how to cruise. And Drew is so close to moving forward but I think he gets frustrated much more quickly than Jake.

Still love the Playground!

The boys went to a playground with a few other twin buddies and we put all the babies into the toddler swings. Of course, Drew and Jake were all smiles and giggles while they were swinging. I guess they still love the way their bellies jump when they are swinging. ha ha.

Videos of the Mover and the Shaker

Here is a recent video of Jake showing off his army crawl and sitting up. Check it out:

And just this morning, he decided to pull himself up to a standing position. Neither daddy or mommy actually saw him in action. We both turned had our backs for a minute and when we looked back, he was standing up and holding on to the ottoman. Yes, we know we are in trouble now.
And Drew decided that "Chica", a little birthday chicken on a day time kids talk show, was the most hilarious thing ever. He just kept laughing everytime the little chicken would make a noise. He even loses his balance a few times while watching it. It was too cute to not catch on video.