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Hello from sunny Statesboro! We have been traveling the southeast this week and have come for the rest of the week to be with the Martin's. Emma had her 2 year developmental clinic appointment this morning. This a grant funded clinic for babies that were born premature with problems (in Emma's case it was just being really small for her gestational age). Today's visit was a 1.5 hr test with a therapist. We brought Kate along for moral support since Emma is used to her company all time. In terms of Emma, she was on a roll today she didn't get quiet or shy and was very talkative to the lady, she actually started to walk back with her from the waiting room leaving the rest of us to gather up the stuff. She was able to do most everything the test asked of her. A few things were a bit to tricky but they weren't really for her age level either. The therapist at the end said that she had done great for her age level and had performed most things on a 33-48 month age level. GO EMMA!! Way to show them that being small isn't a bad thing! We know that her speech is slow but it rapidly developing lately and no one is worried about it. She has officially graduated from the program and was told that there is no need to return to the clinic!!

(Kate also was able to do everything Emma could do as she would play with puzzle after Emma would, she did really well realizing that it was about Emma this morning and for once Kate would stand back and let Emma answer the questions and do the talking. It does mean that they are both on the 33-48 month level though since they can both do it together!! Proves to everyone that laughed at me that teaching a 2 year old shapes and the alphabet isn't a bad thing!)

So, not like anyone is really interested in what I am doing this week or anything while Jenny and the girls are in Tallahassee, but I'm going to tell you anyway. Serves you right for not knowing that I was the only one home . With the girls away, I have had lots of spare time.

Yesterday, at lunch, it was already sort of setting in that I didn't have to be at home so I went on a walk/ junking. I've been told that junking is the cool way of saying I went antiquing without having my man-card ripped from my hands. I am a sucker for junk. I bought a phone. Not just any phone though. I bought a rotary dial phone, made in 1958 by Bell Systems with the 425B network. The Sipura has a hard time driving the ringer but that's okay. I was quite happy with my find. Even happier when I was cleaning it and I found the original number... GLendale- 6- 1155. Try asking the operator to connect you with that number. She'd probably think you were some senile old escapee from a old folks home.

This morning I went to the most pointless yard sale ever. Maybe it was just that I went 2 hours after it started. I'm not really sure but that is likely the reason that there wasn't anything there. Then I came home and did some chores around the house, locked the dog up so she wouldn't jump the fence, and went to work to study in the quietness I like to call "Spirit on the weekend." I spent a while studying and then I went fishing. Caught my first four fish in Lake Murray... they just happened to be so small, its surprising they actually fit on the hook. I've been spoiled by having a stocked pond in the back yard, let me tell you.

Take care.

posted by James  # 10:20 PM 0 Comments

After making you wait all weekend here are some of the better pics from the girls birthday cake time. They loved it, though it was funny that at the beginning they didn't know what do with it and waited until we gave them a fork to get started. I guess we have already taught them some table manners!

Kate's stained her teeth for the night hot pink!




Emma kept getting it on her fingers and insisting that we wash her hand off. I tried to teach her to lick her fingers and she would do that a little bit, but she still wanted them cleaned.

Can you believe they are two? We found out an hour ago 2 years ago that we were going to have the girls that day. It was a crazy few hours and then a crazy week and after everything is long over, it still feels like they should be babies. I guess we will feel the same way when their kids are two, but they really are growing up so fast. After attending a 2 year old twin birthday party for some friends of mine with 20 2 year olds running around I decided that wasn't my cup of tea and we did cupcakes with friends after Stroller Strides today. Simple and quite enjoyable.

We have family birthday festivities planned for tomorrow with the Martin's. The girls cakes have been made and we are ready for a mess. They at least know what cake is this year and have spent all day saying "cake, cake." Kate will also hold up two fingers and say "two" if you ask her how old she is. That took months of preparing for!! Probably should start working on saying and signing three here in a few months so we are ready for the next one.

On a different note, Aunt Anna had two job interviews at Christian Schools in Columbia today and we are hopefully on phase one of the take over Columbia plan. Okay it's not a real plan but we can make it one if anyone else wants to move to Columbia! I wish that teaching jobs were like nursing ones though and that she walked away with job offers, I don't like waiting and it's not even my job :)

So, Jenny just let me order a whole lot of my latest hobby... 9 lbs of green coffee. I think that should keep me for a little while. I may have to start making it at work. Hmmm... chocolate covered espresso beans maybe? Ah well... sweet creamy caffeinated dreams!!

We wanted to show off the girls beautiful Easter dresses that Grandma Martin got for us. We have had them for a few months now eagerly waiting for Easter. The girls looked so cute! The dresses have two layers, a cotton under layer and a sheer silky layer. All through church Kate kept playing with the top layer enjoying the texture of it. These will now become our dresses for Midway coming up in the next few weeks. They will be the best dressed two year olds at the event (though dressing up the kids in their finest is part of the ritual of Midway). Maybe I can find something new to wear for the occasion also. Last year it was a forced shopping trip for a new outfit because we left all my dress clothes at home. This year maybe I'll look before we get down there :)













James' mom added all the embroidery and ribbons. The dresses really make them look like little angels, which in the 2 year old phase we have begun is far from what I think of them most days. I am beginning to see little bits of James' and my personalities shining through and well, they aren't the good traits that you want them to inherit.