3lbs to 30lbs in 18 months (well, almost)

Today was Hannah and Hailee's 18 month well visit at the pediatrician.  Yes, they are about 20 months old now but that's how it is getting into their pediatrician for well visits (don't get me started on this whole other subject!).  I decided to post some stats versus some long drawn out paragraph about how they are doing and how big they are getting.  I added some guesstimates for Ella too :)

Weight:
Hailee:  29lbs!  Yes, this chunker weighs almost 30lbs! She is in the 90% for weight.
Hannah:  26.6lbs.  She is in the 65% for weight.
Ella:  Not sure, but she is heavy when I pick her up :)

Height:
Hailee:  32in.
Hannah:  32in.  Both twins are in the 52% for height.
Ella:  She is just over the 3ft mark on her growth chart.

Favorite words or phrases:
Hailee:  Dog (Daw), Milk (Milll), Go, Bye, Mama, woof-woof (dog sound)
Hannah:  Bye, Mamamamamamamama (literally), Book (Boo), Milk (Milll), More, Hi
Ella:  I don't want to! (all time favorite), I wanna go bye bye, I want fruit snacks,  I gotta boo boo (any small small scrape or scratch), Ewwww yucky! (as she pushes away whatever food I just put in front of her), Bye Bye see you tomorrow! (says this all the time, to everyone and everything.), I'm a princess (as she twirls around in some dress up outfit).

Favorite Song:
Hailee and Hannah really don't have favorites yet.  They love all kid music!  Ella's favorite is definitely Jesus Loves Me.  She can sing the whole song and it is the sweetest thing ever!

Favorite Foods:
All three girls love cheese, any kind of berry, pizza (cheese only for Ella of course), ravioli, avocado, carrots (H&H only), and they all LOVE fries!  Basically Ella eats nothing and the twins eat everything!

Favorite things to do:
Hailee:  Read books, walk around in heels (new favorite), play outside, throw temper tantrums :)
Hannah:  Read books, watch TV (she is always bringing me the remote and gets mad when I won't turn it on), talk on phones (any toy is brought up to her ear and used like a phone), play with pretend food and dishes
Ella:  Dress up, read books, sing songs, do crafts, go to school, go to church, pretty much go anywhere, pretend play with little figurines (like small animals, princess dolls, little people, etc), build towers with Legos.

I took a few photos tonight of the girls doing a few of their favorite things!

Wearing heels!  She was proud of herself!

Ella's pretty smile :)

Hannah trying to be like sissy and wear heels too!

She finally got it figured out.

This is what our nice, neat cabinet looks like about 10 times per day.  These girls love to make messes!

Reading with mommy!

Taking a photo of daddy taking a photo.  Classic!

Toddler Tantrums

I'll bet you can't guess who this post will be about?  Yep, that's right, it's our (usually) laid back, easy going baby Hailee.  Hailee has this new thing going on in the past two weeks or so where she is throwing these terrible tantrums!  If she gets mad about something (generally following me saying "Hailee we can't go back outside again right now", or "Time for night-night girls", or "We can't go bye-bye right now") she literally throws whatever is in her hand (paci, toy, food, etc) runs into a corner, throws herself on the ground, starts kicking her feet and pounding her fists on the ground, all while screaming and crying.  When I try to pick her up she straightens her body and fights for me to let her go.  I don't usually pick her up, as I have just been ignoring the extreme behavior but when others' are around or it's time to go upstairs or something I do pick her up and take her to where I am wanting her to go.  Ella and Hannah just sit there staring at her in awe as if they are saying "What in the heck is wrong with our sissy?!"  I have never seen anything like it.  Ella never threw tantrums and Hannah hasn't either, at least yet.  It is utterly embarrassing when it happens around others and I really don't know how to control it other than to ignore her.  Is that the right thing to be doing?  Who knows!   If you have experience with this sort of toddler tantrums, please leave a comment and help a mama out!  In the meantime, enjoy these other (mostly joyful) photos from this past week!

I got these pajamas for the girls over the summer on a super-duper clearance at Carter's.  They were only $2.99/each!  Good thing because when I put them on them they were all so snug (I had bought their summer sizes, clearly should've bought bigger for all!)!  Their bellies puffing out of the zebra print all evening was hilarious!  I don't know how many more times they will get to squeeze into them, if ever.

Hugs for sisters!

I got the girls these slippers at the twin sale last weekend.  They were all brand new and only $1-$3 per pair.  They love them and wear them all day and evening when we are at home.  So cute!  (Maybe this post should've been called Bargain Shopper)

Bedtime snack in their slippers :)

For whatever reason H&H like to sit by the doors in our house and eat snacks.  They sit by this garage door at times and also by the back sliding door, right next to each other while eating.  Strange but cute!

I couldn't decide whether to post this photo or the previous one so I posted both :)

I started a new thing where I tape down a coloring page on H&H's high chair, give them a couple crayons, and let them color.  They actually color now and don't just eat the crayons.  Plus, it gives me 20 minutes or so that I don't have to worry about what they are doing or getting in to.

We just started wearing these new coats this past week.  They are obsessed with them to say the least.  We came home late the other evening and Hailee had one of her tantrums when I took hers off of her.  Sorry babe, you can't wear the coat to bed!  Then yesterday they saw them on top of the table and fussed and reached until I put them on.  They wore them for over an hour around the house before it was time to go get Ella from school.  Whatever!  I choose my battles with these girls and their big sis these days!

Happy in their coats!

This was Hailee yesterday afternoon, crying because we came inside from playing.  Note this was a good 20 minutes after we came in and we had been out for an hour and a half!  This was after the kicking and screaming on the ground, when the tantrum was settling down.

Poor Hannah was scared of what Hailee was doing, so she backed herself in the corner and started crying too.  Let's just say it was anything but quiet in our house at this time!

Ella turns 3!

Ella's 3rd birthday was this past Friday.  During the day on Friday I took her to Sweet and Sassy for her first mani and pedi.  Ella's friend Adelynn and her mom went with us.  We went to lunch first and then to the kid style salon.  We had so much fun!  The girls had an absolute blast! 

Ready for a fun-filled day!

The girls both loved getting their pedicure!

Fun!

Love this face :)

Pretty piggy toes

Getting all lotioned up for the manicure

Concentration

Drying their nails

Ready for the runway!

Sweet and Sassy had all these boas and fun stuff to play with after their services.  I'm pretty sure the girls could've stayed here all day!

What a fun birthday!

Ella got to open her couple gifts from us that evening.  The kids all LOVE this ice cream set.  It will probably be the gift of choice for a few parties we have coming up. 

Ella's favorite princess right now is Ariel :)

Ella's birthday party was on Sunday.  After lots of back and forth, we decided to have it at our house and stick with the original Hello Kitty theme.  There was so much fun stuff to decorate with and make that I found in the weeks prior to the party.  I may have had a little too much fun planning for this party.  Either way, everything turned out really cute and Ella had a great time with family and friends!

The birthday treat table

Cake pops made by Tasha's Treats

Lots of fun stuff for the kids!

Happy Birthday Ella!

Snacks for the little ones

Ella's birthday crown.  She has worn this every day since the party too!

Party favors!

Pinterest inspired fruit cups!  Much cuter than the usual fruit salad :)

The birthday party girl!

Testing out the bounce house before friends come over...

and testing out the cake pops too!

Fun,

fun,

and more fun!

Mmmm, look at those goodies!

And even more fun!

Kiddos love this little house!

Ella and Sophia trying to leave the party ;)

Present time!

Friends helping with presents!

Ella still prefers the baby swing, and it looks like her friends do too!

Gabby helping Hailee out with her sippy.  Too cute!

Uh oh, here come the dress up clothes!

and the rest was history!  What a fun day!

Hailee has been loving these heels ever since Ella got them.  Who would've thought? ;)