Wow, you would not believe what an exciting week we just had! It all started with an airplane ride, our first ever!

We flew all the way to...........can you guess?

Here's another hint......

YES! Washington D.C. where our Nana, Grandad and Uncle Jonathan live. There is an amazing zoo there......

With lots of lovely creatures.....

And lots of lovable creatures.....awwwwww........

It was hard to decide where to go and what to do. We decided to check out the Smithsonian's Natural History Museum....

Can you spot us hanging out with our new friend T-Rex?

We were a little unsure about this fellow but Nana and Dada assured us that this Dingo wouldn't eat us babies.....

The best part about the Smithsonian was that they served broccoli!! We just love broccoli.

A shot of us with our Mama....

Another reason we were in D.C. was to attend Uncle Farmer's wedding. Congratulations Uncle Farmer and Auntie Melissa!

The whole family got dressed up for the occasion.....

All kinds of folks were in town for that wedding, including Meredith and her Mama, Kelley.......

And Naomi and her Dada, Tommy.....

And Carolann.....

And Jide.....

Who could forget or morning Jazzercise class with Grandad?!!

We saw a Gator at the National Aquarium....

And lots of fish. Uncle Jonathan did a great job holding us up to the tanks.

Nana bought us a new sticker book from the aquarium, a Nemo sticker book. It's our new favorite. Uncle Jonathan read some pages to us.

Alas, our week in D.C. had to end so we waited for our plane to come pick us up.....

And we waited some more, Grandad amused us while we waited....

Thank you Nana, Grandad and Uncle J (that's what we call him now) for a great week!
Dada, Lucy, Mama and Marigny

Ugh, we are the April Fools! Mama keeps saying, "If we were meant to live here, we would be covered with a lot more hair.". Dada is in the clear but the rest of us are not so lucky.

The hair we do have can be styled many beautiful ways as you can see here.
Marigny

We will cope by licking beaters until Spring is finally here.
Lucy & Marigny

Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday dear Grandma,
Happy Birthday to you!

Marigny & Lucy

Have a wonderful Birthday and make sure to eat plenty of chocolate, we know we will!
xoxo Mae-mae and Lulu

Sigh....this is what we woke up to this morning. Happy St. Patrick's Day! What do you do when the world has got you by the diaper?

Retail therapy!! We had Mama chauffeur us to the store and we got new shoes! And balloons.

Don't say we didn't do our part to boost the economy! Later, we've got some playing to do now. xo Marigny (pink shoes) and Lucy (red shoes)

Say "Cheese!"

Lucy & Maringy

What do you think of our 'do?

Tee-hee! We LOVE pigtails!

And fish-lips!

We missed our 18 month/leap-year post but we had our 18 month doctor's appointment today so we figured we could make up for the lack of post now.

A few words we say that our Mama and Dada understand (you may not): cow, cat, dog, cookie, giraffe, milk, snow, cookie, more, moo, meow, shoe, sock, fish, cookie, cracker, apple, night-night, baby, cookie, car, go, hat, house, kite, teepee, papoose, cookie, lion, gorilla, roar, water, cup, cookie, no, nose, eye, boobie, hair, cookie, beans, tickle-tickle, bear, Mama, Dada, mae-mae(this is how Lucy says Marigny), sissy (how we say sister), Hawaii, hi, cookie, Bucky (as in Badger), yay, no touch, duck, blueberry, uh-oh, what, quack quack, butt, Papa, Nana, Dan, Grandma, balloon, cookie, Coco (their dog), pretty, button, nipple, wow, god damn cat (this is ALL Marigny), ball, snake, diaper, bird, tweet-tweet, gator, cookie, horse, tree, clock, tick-tock, gorgeous, keys, blueberry.

Favorite book: Good Night, Gorilla

Favorite foods: black beans, kiwi, cheddar-bunnies, peanut butter, cheese (the stinkier the better), broccoli, raisins, chocolate, yogurt, ice-cream, salmon, bubbly water, apples, raspberry jam, peanut butter, tuna salad, frozen blueberries, bananas, satsumas, and you guessed it, cookies.

Favorite music: The Rolling Stones, Anders Osborne, Dada playing guitar

What we do all day: read, stack blocks, feed our giraffes cookies, dance, play with friends, repeatedly throw toys over our shoulders, baby yoga, play in our cardboard box-clubhouse, color with crayons, climb on the radiators, climb onto chairs, climb the stairs, climb anything really (see picture below), try not to bite each other, tickle each other, march naked around the house just before bedtime, hug and kiss our Mama and Dada, have eyelash battles.

Lucy
Weight: 17 lbs. 1 oz. (we lost some weight over the weekend from being so sick)
Height: 29 1/2 inches, 4th percentile, I am finally on the chart!
Head circumference: 47 cm, 63rd percentile, big head=big brain

Marigny
Weight: 17 lbs. 8 ozs.
Height: 29 1/2 inches, 4th percentile, I am on the chart too!
Head circumference: 47 cm, just as smart as my sissy!

Good Days & Bad Days

Lucy, Johanna, Marigny

A.K.A. The Ladybug Club, they look like a pretty rough-n-tough girl-posse, so don't mess with them!

Two members of the Ladybug Club are down with a nasty-asty stomach bug.....

Pitiful Marigny and Tchoupitoulas

La-La-Lucy, poor bambina

Mae-mae (this is what Lucy calls Marigny, awwwww)

The most pathetic Lucy ever.....

Me Frankenlucy! We batty.... where Spring....... Cabin Feverrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.......

Uffda' says it all. -Marigny

Wahooooo! Get on your party dresses!

Check your 'do!

Or throw on your best hat!

And don't forget your plastic pig friends! We gonna' party because today is Uncle Jonathan's Birthday! Hope you have a great day and all the best in the year ahead Uncle J!! xoxo Lucy and Marigny

Dada works a lot of long hours and misses us during the day. We told him that he could quit his job if he wants to and just to prove how serious we are, we are practicing to sleep on the streets. Papa Bear gave us a big walking stick to fight off newspaper-blanket usurpers.

My Mom and I went into the kitchen to get a glass of water and when we walked back into the dining room, we found Marigny at work. She is a very busy toddler with scheduling playdates, working on blog posts and checking her emails. Enjoy! -Lucy

Mmmmmmmm......

Say "chocolate"!!! Happy Valentines Day! We are so happy with our lovely Valentines Day purses from Great Aunt Karen.......

Marigny, Lucy

But where are all the goodies that were inside the purses.....

What goodies? Where? -Marigny

Yeah, we don't know nothin' 'bout any "goodies".... -Lucy

Pout, pout.....can we have more chocolate, please!! At least we know some Cherry Garcia is coming our way, courtesy of GAB. ;-)

We are sending cyber kisses out to all of our Valentines!

Snuggle Sisters

When we woke up this morning Dada told us it was -16* below zero. The perfect kind of day to stay home and relax in our cozy bear and monkey pjs from Great Aunt Karen and Great Uncle Jim. We are totally into Charlotte's Web right now, it's like, the best movie, ever. Papa Bear is here with us too and who better to lounge around and watch TV with?!! Hope y'all are keeping warm and watching your favorite movie today!! xoxo Lucy & Marigny

Hey y'all out there! What an important day this is! Mardi Gras and Super Tuesday all wrapped into one. Our flag waving abilities are top-notch, now if we could just figure out how to get our darn Mardi Gras mask on.....

Wahoooo! Throw me something mister! Oops, there goes the flag....

Well, this just isn't right....

Put the mask on your face, Lucy...

Here, you take the flag and I'll show you how to put that mask on....

We give up..... Happy Mardi Gras Y'all and if your state votes today, don't foget to get on out there and support your candidate! Like we've said before, war kills babies. Peace.

We are 17 months old today and we put this little video together to show you our skills. Enjoy!

We're rockin' out because its Nana's birthday!

Nana gave us the world at Christmas. What a super lady. We are pretty lucky!

How old is Nana today?


No way, I don't buy it. She looks much younger than that!


We won't tell anybody her age... We'll just play happy birthday for her on this here piano. Happy birthday Nana!

Happy Anniversary Papa Bear and Grandma!

-Lucy

You must have played your cards right!!
-Marigny