Apple Picking Time

We went to the Apple Orchard with Grandma and Grandpa Kennefick this fall. We had fun picking apples and pumpkins. But most of all we had fun with the animals at the petting zoo!



Emma riding a pony.

Claire and Emma figuring out which pumpkin makes the best seat!

Claire petting a goat with Grandpa.

A day at the Zoo with our Grandmas!

We spent the day at the zoo with our grandmas! It was soooo much fun! Claire was a little scared of the goats, but I could tell this one needed my help, there wasn't time to be scared. We can't wait to go again with our cousin Riley in August! We'll keep practicing our monkey moves in the mean time.

I just about have it all brushed out.

Where should we go next?

Why does that cow keep looking at me? I'm trying to eat my snack.

Doty Family Reunion 2009

We had fun playing with our second cousins at the family reunion. The weather was a little cool but we didn't seem to mind. We had fun running around outside and swinging on the swing!

Getting Caught Up

It has been a while since we posted anything and we wanted to get caught up... The girls celebrated their first birthday in January (pictures will be uploaded soon...). They started walking in February and are now running around.

We celebrated Dad's birthday in February and really enjoyed his birthday cake!

We're ready to go!

Grandma and Grandpa let us use the "ball crawl" while they are in FL. We play in it everyday!

We take good care of our babies. We feed them bottles and give them lots of kisses.

Here we are acting silly...

Follow the leader....

We celebrated St. Patrick's day of course. We went downtown St. Paul during the day with Lorilyn, Grandma and our aunt Molly. We saw some Irish dances and singers and a little bit of the parade.

Our First Christmas

Our first Christmas was memorable, but only because our family was sick! Because of the illness, Claire ended up in the ER the night of Christmas! We recovered by the weekend.

Even though we didn't feel well, we still had fun opening presents with Mom and Dad!

Santa has a hard job!

We visited with Great Grandma Reinhardt ... her "puppy" kept giving Emma kisses!

11 Months Old!

A lot changed in Emma and Claire's 11th month. Although Claire had been scooting and rolling since she was 7 months, she started a very efficient three legged crawl shortly after Thanksgiving. We think Emma sat and watched Claire and other kids until she was able to perfect crawling. She was put on all fours one day by Lorilyn and Grandma Kennefick and off she went! They haven't stopped moving since. They pull themselves up and can walk around furniture. I think walking is in the very near future!

Sibling rivalry has already started. They get very jealous of whatever attention their sister is getting or whatever toy she has! But they also keep an eye on each other and are never a part for more than a minute.

Happy Halloween!

Although Halloween was a few months ago, we wanted show off our little princesses. The day before Halloween, Medtronic had a Halloween party where the girls dressed up and went trick or treating and met Michelle's co-workers.

Emma and Claire met some friends who are also twin sisters and had a lot of fun playing with them. They were born just a few months before them.

The next day, on Halloween, we got dressed up to see all of the kids come to our house trick or treating. The night started off okay...

and then slowly started going down hill...

until we experienced our first tantrum from Emma. The only way we could get Emma's costume off was to cut it off!