I remember back to an early Christmas together. My mother still lived in Arkansas. I guess we thought we were Super-Couple, and could do everything. I recall saying to Mike that it wouldn't be that big of a deal - we'd just make a big triangle -- from Wichita, to Arkansas, to Kansas City, back home to Wichita. I remember driving the 4 hours to Arkansas, having Christmas there with my family. Packing up from there, we drove up to Kansas City. It was in that leg of the trip that I said to Mike that it was a bigger deal than I thought -- we were rushing around and spending a lot of time in the car. We made it -- late to dinner -- but had a great time in Kansas City. When we went home the next day, we laughed about how we'd bitten off more than we thought...and that we'd probably do it again another year anyway! Well, since then my mother moved to Wichita, and we had twin baby girls. Things have certainly changed! We still want to do it all -- but we recognize that it isn't always possible. I can't imagine "just making a big triangle" with the girls in tow!
Last night the girls opened the presents from the Kansas City celebration. It's serious business to them!
Megan, Granny, Kayla
Aunt Paula and her family gave the girls some doll babies with bottles, and some doll baby blankets that match the blankets the girls were given before they were born. The girls carried those bottles all evening!
Granny teaches Kayla to feed the baby
Kayla tries to feed Granny, too
Megan tries to claim both doll blankets!
The girls love doll babies. Megan even shows Grandpa how to pat the baby on your shoulder and say "ah-ah". He played along quite well!
Grandpa, Megan
Aunt Kathy gave the girls each a baby Cabbage Patch dollie. I was in High School when Cabage Patch Dolls first came out and I had two of them. They even went with me to college to live in the dorm my first year. These are different though, and are age-appropriate for the girls.
Kayla kissing her dollbaby goodnight
Megan Kissing her dollbaby goodnight
Megan was so excited about the dollbabies, she got out the two dollies Great Grandma Vogts had given them for their birthday so they could play, too!
Kayla, Megan
They also got some adorable clothes from Cousin Liz and Jon, and from Aunt Barbara's family. I'm sure we'll be seeing those on the girls in some upcoming pictures! Both of the girls tried to drink from the sippy cups that Uncle Kevin's family gave them, only we hadn't taken them out of the packaging yet. I wish I had pictures of that! Megan had great fun using the plates they gave them as cymbals. They made loud noises, which made little girls very happy! Kayla was more interested in the toy bottles at that time, so Megan got to bang them around a lot. She also treated them like a stacking game, making them fit together. They were both a little confused when Granny tried to feed them pretend food off of them, though. They don't quite grasp the concept of imaginary food yet. Who knew plates could be so much fun!
When it was finally time for bed, Kayla cried because we took the toy bottles away so she would drink her real bottle. We did let them take the dolls to bed, though!
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