My beautiful sisters visited Sydney and Abigail this weekend. Amy had her church Baby Shower, and it was another amazing showing of support from our church family. I happened to look at the calendar today--where we keep all of the daily to-do's and record the memorable events in our daughters lives before they make it into their respective baby books--and it reminded me of how important a day can be...

August 28, 2006 Sydney places rolling balls into container, dumps container, and repeats

August 21, 2006 Abigail, usually with book in hand, turns around and sits in our laps

July 30, 2006 Sydney takes 4-6 steps hands free

July 11, 2006 Abigail "runs" 8-10 steps multiple times

June 10, 2006 Sydney starts cruising

May 5, 2006 Abigail pulls up to standing

April 28, 2006 Sydney crawls!

March 29, 2006 Found out we were having 2 girls one year ago!

September 28, 2005 Girls visit Daddy at work

August 16, 2005 Original Due Date?

July 18, 2005 Sydney and Abigail come home

June 30, 2005 Abigail Kate and Sydney Lane born

Where has the time gone!!! These are just a few of the many cherished moments in our calendar, and we look forward to filling up the days with the girls' antics for years to come.

We notice the girls mature physically everyday, but it is the maturity of actions and emotions that amaze us most. As Rebekah prepared dinner tonight, she heard both of the girls giggling and found them chasing each other! Since they began crawling, we have chased them on our hands and knees, but this was a real treat to see them acknowledge each other as friends and playmates. It seems that Abigail will always run around in the house and Sydney will always sway when she hears any music at all--but don't blink an eye because these girls will surprise us everyday...