1 year adjusted "birthday"

What a great way to celebrate being released from the NICU, one year ago today, than to visit the NICU Nurses, Doctors, and other graduates at the NICU reunion. This is the first time we've driven back to Missoula since we left - but three hours is a bit of a hassle with babies. We had a very enjoyable time reuniting with the Nurses and folks we met in the NICU and the girls look "normal" for size when compared to other preemies. (Those big ugly well babies still knock our girls down in the charts for size - but we're catching up developmentally!) We also met up with Lou & Emy, our Ronald McDonald house friends who live in Darby - and had an extremely enjoyable evening with them catching up and talking about all kinds of random stuff (somehow, Joe and Lou ended up on fishing a lot!) Plus, we happened to head to Missoula on the same weekend Aunt Brandy & Uncle Zach flew up from Arizona for a wedding. So, they get big stars for making it to both the girls' birthdays this year - ha ha! Of course, did anyone take a picture - uh no. And it's not like we didn't have the media to do so!

Here's the baby update:

Maggie took her first unassisted steps on Saturday night, July 25. Evie was found climbing up the stairs for the first time hours earlier on the same day. Evie is making great strides with her assisted walking and cruising. They are working on their sign language. Today Maggie asked for "more" cheerios on the drive home this evening. They are also working on "milk". But their favorite thing is to "boop" your nose! So cute! Maggie just started to point at things also. Oh, and they are terrorizing just about anything they can get into! Evie isn't so keen on swimming pools or large amounts of water other than bathtubs, but Maggie is our little water baby - she loves it! And the best part is, they are sleeping until 6am! They've been great all week, Evie had a virus with a fever and rash the week before, so that was not a good week, but once she was over that, their parents have been getting some much needed sleep! So, speaking of, off to bed!