1. The girls dressed in the sweaters that June knitted them so we could take a walk outside. 11-25-11

2. Riding in the stroller 11-25-11

3. Julie agreed to sit in front of the tree to have her picture taken, but she didn't agree to be happy about it. 12-9-11

4. Julie was happier once she had a toy. 12-9-11

5. Emily and the snowman 12-10-11

6. Julie in her Christmas dress 12-10-11

7. One of our many attempts to get them to pose for a Christmas picture. At least they’re looking at the camera. 12-10-11

8. Julie and Spider-Emily 12-10-11

9. Hypnotized by the teething rings their great-grandparents sent them. 12-10-11

10. Emily thought the cat was walking in to be another Christmas present for her. 12-10-11

11. Standing at their play table. 12-10-11

12. Julie the happy jumper. 12-10-11

13. Emily helps Julie play with some of the toys. 12-11-11

14. First time riding in a shopping cart outside of their car seats. 12-12-11

15. Emily thinks “turn the page” and “eat the page” mean the same thing. 12-12-11

16. Julie on the wrong end of a “wet Emily”. 12-12-11

17. Emily tries to read secrets on the play computer. 12-12-11

18. Or maybe she just wants to eat it. 12-12-11

19. I wonder if any part of the strawberry made it into Julie’s mouth. 12-13-11

20. Emily doesn’t quite get how the sippy cup works. 12-13-11

21. The mystery of carpet circles, the cousin of crop circles, has been solved. 12-13-11

22. Emily in the jumper. 12-13-11

23. Happy Julie! 12-13-11

24. Happy Emily 12-13-11

25. Emily reacts to an encounter with dad’s “Gotcha” hand. 12-13-11

26. Emily winks at me while trying to climb onto my lap. 12-13-11

27. Emily discovers the string on my hoodie. 12-13-11

28. Emily’s impression of a fish being reeled in 12-13-11

29. Two little monkeys rolling on the floor. 12-13-11

30. They were very excited to try to chase the cat (which really isn’t fair to Julie since she hasn’t learned to scoot yet). 12-13-11

31. Emily tries to retrieve her favorite toy, which is whatever toy Julie is playing with. 12-13-11

32. Since Julie can’t crawl or scoot yet, she tries to hitch a ride on her sister to get to the box of toys. 12-13-11

33. They captured me. 12-14-11

34. They had fun trying to destroy my glasses and pull out my remaining hairs. 12-14-11

35. Julie got a star for smiling. 12-14-11

36. Giggly monkeys. 12-14-11

37. Happy Julie! 12-14-11

38. Emily can hardly contain her excitement. 12-14-11