Just some cute pics!

Kamryn sleeping in her new BIG GIRL car seat!


The girls checking out the happenings in the neighborhood!


Kayla eating her first Chop Suey!


Kamryn eating her first Chop Suey!

March of Dimes March for Babies!

Kiko and I have joined up with our friends to walk with a team in the March of Dimes March for Babies Fundraiser!!! Our team is dedicated to Kayla and Kamryn!! Since our little girls were born prematurely by 8.5 weeks, we have a very special place in our heart for this event now more than ever. Without the March of Dimes, many premature babies wouldn't have the chances that they have now. Please consider donating to our team! My personal goal that I've given myself is $1500...though I know that we can do much better than that!! The walk will take place April 25 at the University of Houston Robertson Stadium. Kiko, myself AND the WONDER TWINS will be there!! We hope that you can join us!! And if you can't and would like to make a donation to this wonderful cause, please click the link to the right of this blog and it will send you to the website! NO DONATION IS TOO SMALL!!! EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS!!!

Thank you so much!!!

First Year Checkup!

Today was the girls 1 year checkup with their pediatrician and it was both stressful and wonderful!! The girls are weighing in at 20 lbs and "almost 17 lbs"! Kamryn can now ride forward facing in a big girls car seat!! Kayla has a little longer to go till she can switch...but now they can face each other when they are riding :). They got their immunization shots and some blood drawn too which was not fun for either of us. Kamryn is not feeling well...I think her molars are starting to come in and really bugging her. She was up most of the night and very whiney...which she never is...so I'm hoping some Motrin will help her out tonight. The doctor was so pleased with their progress...she said Kamryn still has a "big head" so we're going to keep watching it and if she doesn't meet her developmental milestones in 3 months and her head continues to be large (90th percentile) she will order some more tests and a consult with a neurologist just to be sure. We have monthly visits from ECI (Early Childhood Intervention) and they should be by this week to check out her development some too. She's not really wanting to crawl or pull up which is a little worrisome since Kayla is all over the place...but she's trying. It's so cute to watch them crawl around the house...Kayla is so fast, but she will stop and wait for Kamryn to catch up to her and they both giggle while they do it! I can almost see Kayla encouraging Kamryn when she does this...she'll circle around Kam while waiting for her and they both smile and laugh. It just warms my heart to watch these two beautiful girls!!

HAPPY FIRST BIRTHDAY!!!

Today was our baby girls first birthday!! I can't believe it's been a year already! I only cried once! LOL. They had a great day today with a lot of friends and family sharing the day with us!! We had a LADYBUG theme for the party and the girls were so cute in their little matching "ladybug" dresses and "ladybug" cakes! **Note to mommy...black and red icing makes for VERY messy babies!!!!** Here are a few pictures...sorry they are dark :(.

Been a while!

Sorry that I haven't posted in a while! The holiday's had us hopping and we really just haven't had much to report lately...which is a good thing I suppose!

Quick update on Kiko's mom...she is home from the hospital and is recuperating nicely. We saw her this weekend and she looked like she was still sore, but all in all very blessed to still be with us! We thank God for that every day!

As for our little munchkins, I can't believe that in less than two weeks they will be a YEAR OLD!!! It's just going too fast already! We're in the process of planning their birthday bash so stay tuned for pictures from that! We don't really have any good pictures from Christmas because we were pretty low key this year. In fact, we didn't even put up a tree!! This was primarily for safety reasons because Kayla is crawling and pulling up on everything...just one less thing to worry about. I figured since they didn't really know what was going on anyway, we'd save up our energies for next year!

Here's a cute pic of daddy and the girls! I hope everyone had a great holiday and we'll post NEXT YEAR!!

Prayers for Mom Grace and 11 months old!!

I wanted to ask for everyone's prayers for my Mother-in-law, Mom Grace. Mom Grace was in a very serious car accident Tuesday and to say it's a MIRACLE she is still alive and with us is an understatement. She is still recovering in the hospital ICU and had quite a few seizures last night from the brain trauma so she is not completely out of the woods just yet, but we continue to pray that she will quickly recover and be back to playing with her granddaughters in no time!

Yesterday was a big day for the girls!! They turned 11 months old! It's hard to believe that in one month, they will be a year! I get emotional just thinking about it. The girls had their monthly visit from ECI and they were very impressed with Kayla crawling around and pulling up on everything! I think Kamryn is getting jealous of Kayla zooming off everywhere and has really stepped up her attempts at crawling. (I can see the sibling rivalry already starting!!). Kamryn is now comfortable getting up on all fours (where before she would scream) and she's rocking and trying to move...so we think she'll be crawling here in the next week or two!
Latest stats on the girls: Kamryn weighs exactly 20 lbs!!! Kayla is 16 lbs, 11 oz. She slowed down on her eating for a little bit with teething/reflux problems and well, Kam has no problems in the eating department. LOL.

I will try to post a video of Kayla zooming around soon!

Christening, Crawling and Pictures and More Pictures!

It has been a busy, busy couple of weeks for us here at the Novilla household! So much to post about so hopefully I don't lose you (or bore you) with all the mundane goings on in our lives!!

First, the Girls were Christened on 11-22-09 at St. Mary's Catholic Church. It was so wonderful to be surrounded by so many friends and family for such a special occasion! The girls were beautiful in their HOMEMADE gowns, made especially for them by our dear friend Melanee and her mom!! Melanee and I met through the internet amazing enough, when we were both trying to get pregnant. We love to joke that I got her pregnant! She lives in Utah and couldn't make it down for the Christening but she was there in spirit! Long story short, Melanee, her husband Chris and Melanee's mom are like a new, extended family for us and we have shared many significant events over the last year together...most importantly was the birth of her twin daughters exactly one month before my twin daughters. We love you all so much and thank you so much for making the girls their gowns for us and sending them all the way from Utah! They were perfect!! It was also wonderful to see so many family members and for our girls to finally meet many of them! Here are some (ok a lot) of the pictures taken from that day!!


Ok, guess who's crawling!?!?!? KAYLA!!! I can't believe this little munchkin is doing so well after the rough start she had!! She is really starting to move now and we can't just simply plop her down and wander around anymore! She is also pulling herself up to standing and transitioning from crawling to sitting back upright!! I think she will try walking as soon as her little feet figure out how to stay flat and not curve in! Kamryn isn't picking up on the crawling thing just yet, she'd rather just sit there and have us bring her stuff...but she's quickly figuring out that Kayla can disappear with her favorite toy so she's not liking that too much! She's starting to try and get down on her knees and rock so it won't be long before she's on her way too!!

And believe it or not, the girls are STILL TEETHING!! I know that this is a long process...but they both already have six teeth broken through and we just saw about four more starting to bulge!! They are going to have full mouths of teeth before they are a year old!!

Oh and here are some more pictures from their Christmas shoot with Jaycee! I just love these! If you need a great photographer in Houston, give her a call! http://www.picsbyjaycee.com