Birthday weekend

Here are some more pictures from the girls' birthday weekend.

Virginia and Paige playing with one of their new toys.
Thank you, Scott and Tara- they love it!

The evening of their birthday we invited Ben's parents and brother over so his parents could give the girls their birthday presents.

Mimi, Paige, Virginia and Pops

Paige checking out her new puzzle

Virginia and Pops looking in the gift bag

Mimi showing Paige how the blocks work

Virginia and Paige are ONE!

Goofy Virginia and Paige

The day after the girls' birthday we all went out to my parents' house to spend some time with all of my relatives that were in town.

Paige was not a fan of being in the stroller

Virginia on her great-grandma Betty's lap

My brother, Todd, playing with his son, Keats, and our cousin's daughter, Jada

Paige sitting on Erika's lap. Erika is my cousin's daughter.
That's another of my cousin's daughters (Sami) reading in the background.

The cousins- Keats, Virginia and Paige

Great-grandma Betty with Paige and Virginia

Jada and Paige

Keats decided he wanted Virginia to nap with him.
That's Jennesa looking over the arm of the couch at them.

Jada and Keats decided it would be fun for Grandpa Dude/Uncle Gary to play horsey for them.

Virginia with her Aunt Sandra

Keats, Jada and Paige

My grandparents with all but one of their great-grandchildren.
Keats, Jada, Paige, Grandma, Jennesa, Virginia and Grandpa

Keats fell asleep in my mom's arms and, my goodness, were my girls jealous. All they wanted to do was climb into Grandma's arms, so here is my mom with all three of her grandchildren.
Paige in the foreground, Virginia behind her and Keats sleeping.

Paige and Virginia discovered the stairs at my parents' house. It's amazing how good they were at climbing them when they're not allowed anywhere near the stairs at home.
Here are Keats, Grandma Cindy and Virginia on the stairs.

Here I am with Paige when she was climbing the stairs. She would go up a few and then take a break and the go up a few more. Here she's almost to the top.

We made it to the top!
Grandma Cindy with Virginia and Paige in front of me at the top of the stairs.

My mom bought a little baby pool for Keats, Paige and Virginia, so on Monday when we were out there I set up the pool and put Paige and Virginia in it. Keats wasn't too interested, but Paige and Virginia liked splashing in it.

Todd and Sandra really wanted to get a picture of the 3 cousins all together, but Keats wasn't cooperating, so Sandra had to be in the picture, too.
Virginia, Paige, Sandra and Keats

We all had a great weekend celebrating the girls' birthday and visiting with family. I hate that we don't get to see most of these relatives too often. We're lucky to see Todd, Sandra and Keats once a year since they live all the way in Alaska. All of my other relatives that were here, with the exception of my Denick grandparents, live in Ohio.

I still can't really believe that my little girls are over a year old!