What we've been up to

We celebrated our first birthday and dressed up for Halloween, and now there haven't been many events to justify a blog post...so we figured we would give you an idea of what we do on an everyday basis.  As one year olds who are trying to walk but not quite there yet and generally into everything!

We clap and play patty cake!

We cheer for the dawgs...woof woof woof

We make big messes and enjoy mealtimes!

We are so big drinking out of sippy cups now and no more b-o-t-t-l-e-s

We play with our friends - this is a fun playmate with Annaliese who is a month older

We cheer for daddy who just completed his 3rd half marathon - this time a trail race at Oak Mountain State Park

We eat mommy's iPhone

And learn how to use the cheerio "no spill" snack cup

We play with the toys we got for birthday

And we wrestle with our brother!

We're looking forward to Thanksgiving in Atlanta, so stay tuned for more Gleason updates.

Halloween 2011

Anna and Ben were just 2 weeks old last Halloween, so we pretty much just took pictures while they were awake!  I remember Ben cried if we tried to take the paci away.  Here's our pumpkin ballerina and black cat.

Look how much we've grown!  I figure until they're old enough to have an opinion Halloween is our chance to dress them in ridiculously cute clothes and take pictures.  This year we thought it would be fitting for Anna to be a princess and Ben a dragon.  Jon actually wanted a white ninja costume for Ben, but dragon was cuter and easier to find!  Anna did not love getting her costume on and wouldn't wear her tiara hairbow.  But she still may be the fairest of them all!

I think Ben made the cutest dragon, and he didn't seem to mind how bulky his costume was.  Both enjoyed trying to eat candy...I think the chocolate was slowly seeping out of the wrapping.

Eating the candy.  I did let them try a kit-kat bar so they had a taste of chocolate for the first time!

Anna and Ben had a great time watching the other kids and hanging out in the front yard while I was lighting the luminaries.  I did have to monitor some attempts to eat acorns!  When Jon came home, we loaded up in the stroller and went on a walk to see friends.

Dinner time and costumes are over.  I still think Ben is so cute with his dragon pants!

Happy Halloween everyone!  It feels like the beginning of the holiday season which will be so much fun with Anna and Ben this year.  Love you!