And now we are 1

Well, we survived the first year, and the first birthday party. As expected, Colin was totally uninterested in the cake, but Veronica was more than willing to eat/throw his as well. 

We discovered that Colin and swimming are like oil and water — they don’t mix. But Veronica is a water baby and would have stayed in the pool all day if we had let her. She even outlasted Ethan, and kept trying to put her face in as she was kicking and paddling while Mommy held her.

We also discovered that the babies don’t sleep well at Grandma and Grandpa’s house either. And that napping on the road isn’t a reliable way to catch up on sleep.

Colin is now regularly getting up onto all fours, with his knees squarely underneath him. He still is not sitting on his own, although he will do it for 5-10 seconds at a time — especially if he’s distracted and doesn’t realize he’s sitting. 

Veronica has started walking if you’re holding her hands. She was doing it a little, but when we were in the pool, she was walking like crazy in the water and just never stopped when we got out. 

We came back from Wisconsin this morning to make it to Colin and Veronica’s one-year appointment with the pediatrician. Colin has officially caught up to Veronica in height (length at this point, I guess). He is 28 inches long, she edges him out with 28 1/4 inches. She has him in weight though. At 19 pounds 5 ounces, she’s still way above his 15 pounds 7 ounces. 

Colin is about to add another specialist to his roster of doctors. His lungs have not cleared completely, and his pediatrician now wants him to start seeing a pulmonologist. So I’ll be contacting Children’s Memorial Hospital again shortly because she wants him in this month. 

Other than the lungs, which we knew would give Colin problems at least throughout these early years, both babies are healthy and happy. Yeah!

Thank you to everyone who has been rooting for our little guys through everything they’ve been through this year. We couldn’t have done it without you.