Knitting Post

Yes I still knit... heck it keeps me sane most of the time..

I made baby kimono sweaters for the girls' birthday...

I also just finished working on the blanket that I started a couple of months before the girls were born. I had taken some time off of working on it so it literally didn't take me 14 months to make... It just seems that way..

I have plans to make the girls a knitted party dress each for Christmas.. and I even started to knit one of them and then I made some major mistakes in a row that has a pattern to it (probably the only pattern row in the whole project) so I ripped out (technical term is Frogged) the whole thing.

Instead I am finally making myself something knitted.... a summer tank top. I hope that it goes well and fits me when it's done. So if I'm not around too much you can safely assume that I'm probably knitting or the girls have figured out how to tie me up...

Party Palooza

We are officially One now... wahoo... it's been fun to be one so far. The girls got totally spoiled with presents at their party. They got a TON of clothes, DVDs, some new toys to play with, a water table and a totally awesome Pool from their uncle and his family. We've already worn a few of the outfits and even tried out the new pool. The toys are so much fun.


The party went relatively well...


I made their cakes...


Everyone at the party was impressed that I not only made them but also decorated them.

They came out so well and are so adorable..









and speaking of adorable....

Look at the girls now that they are ONE...


Lillian Grace Ringen

Born 5-12-09
@ 4:52pm







Anastasia Elizabeth Ringen

Born 5-12-09
@ 4:32 pm









I love this picture so much...







BUT....



This picture totally cracks everyone up who sees it since the expression on Anna's face is just so her. I'm glad that the photographer was able to get it.






I have not downloaded the party pictures yet... But once I do I will make sure to put them up here. The girls loved the cakes and totally enjoyed smearing them all over themselves.

Just 17 more hours till the Big One

I think.... anyway... almost one year ago at 4:32pm and 4:52pm respectively Anna and Lily came into our lives and nothing has been the same since. For the past almost 365 days it's been quite the ride. Plenty of ups and downs over the past year. But I wouldn't have traded this past year for anything. The smiles that we get in the mornings and the hugs / cuddles that happen all day long are worth everything we have gone through. We're having a party on Saturday at my mom's house. I can't wait.

I finally had my very first Mother's Day yesterday. It was great. I had missed out last year by 16 hours or so. It was a great day. I ran in a 5k road race, got a few cards and spent a really great day with the girls and Lee at the Stone Zoo. Lee and I were kidding each other that it must be twin day at the zoo since we saw so many pairs of twins. The girls and I got in for Free and Lee had to pay. Not too bad. Hopefully another time we can go to Franklin Park Zoo to see more animals.

and on the 360th day.....

Lily crawled forward and Mommy saw it and declared that it was good.

I swear she's going to be the child that makes me pull my hair out.. She's sweet as anything but I think she FINALLY got the memo that her birthday is only 5 days away and that it's time to start to crawl with her tummy up off the ground. The amount of worry that she has put me through lately. I'm surprised that it took her this long. Now we need to work on pulling herself up to standing.. Otherwise I need to call EI for her to be evaluated.

Time for an Update

I've been busy lately... a bit busier than normal. So sorry that I've been lax about updating things here. I was away this past weekend in the mountains of NH with some of the ladies from church. It was nice to not have to deal with the girls for 48 hours and to have time for me to recharge my batteries. They had a great time with Grandma and were so happy to see me when I got back.

I'm also knee deep in party preparations for the First Birthday Party on May 16th. I can hardly believe that my babies will be 1 soon. It went by so fast. Faster than I thought it would at times. I'm looking forward to the next stages... the starting to walk and talk stuff and getting to do more stuff with them. It's been a fun yet exhausting year for all of us.

I've been knitting quite a bit lately.. my goal is to finish the second sweater so I can put both sweaters together before their party and give them to them while everyone is here to see them. My next project is dresses for them and then to finish the blanket I started while pregnant.

Happy Easter

Wahoo.... we made it to Easter Sunday... also known as the day the girls are officially 11 months old. We had such a great weekend. Yesterday I took the girls to the Zoo for Bunny Bonanzoo for a couple of hours. They got to see the Easter Bunny and sat on EB's lap and didn't cry at all. I of course bought the pictures that were taken since they came out so well.

Today we went to church and got to sit with the bigger kids during the story time. They seemed to love doing that. Anna had a great time flirting with the people behind us and the people in the row behind them also.

After church I took them to my brother's house to see my brother, his wife and their girls (S&D). S & D were so excited to see the babies and even had a really cute egg hunt set up for them to do. Inside the eggs my SIL and nieces had put Toddler Fruit Bars, Yogurt Drops and Baby Biter Biscuits. They also gave them an Easter Basket with more Biscuits, Yogurt Drops, Fruit Bars, an outfit each for the summer and a stuffed animal each.

Lily is doing awesome at trying to crawl. She can now move herself forward in a crawling motion if you don't exactly watch her and can also move herself forward by doing belly flop moves.

Anna is attempting to take steps forward while holding onto furniture (ie the coffee table and couch) and attempting to stand on her own without holding anything. This last part is resulting in some falls backward already. She'll get there eventually... the learning curve is still being determined for that.

I can hardly believe by the way that my daughters are now 11 months old. Where has the time gone? Can it truly have been just a year ago at this time that I was pregnant as anything and looking so forward to the birth of my little girls and wondering what they would actually look like and how I would ever be able to care for two babies at once? Now here we are a year later with two eleven month old babies that are growing each and every day. I looked back at some of their photos the other day from when they were first born and I can hardly believe that they were once so small. It's quite the trip to see how big they've gotten over time. I'm so glad that I've been taking monthly pictures to document their growth. I've also been around quite a few newborns lately and it constantly amazes me how little those babies are in comparison to Anna and Lily now.

I'm starting to plan their birthday party already. I made the invitations myself and I'll also be making their cakes (Pooh and Tigger) for the event. I'm inviting a few of their baby friends, along with a few relatives of ours. It should be a fun day.

Update on sweaters

I finally finished the first of the baby kimono sweaters... It's not totally sewn together yet. But I have started sweater #2 already.. Hoping to have them both done by their birthday. That is totally done and sewn together. Wish me luck on that.