Our Little Southern Belle

The girls are chatting up a storm! Bye-Bye is one of our favorite phrases. Maryn, however, does not say Bye-Bye like Brynn and Leah...she simply says "Bye" (or Byyahh) like a little southern belle. (or like Cartman from South Park if you ask Uncle Nick)

Check it out! (Sorry, I can't figure out how to flip the video!)

Big News and Our Friend Bei!

Hi, it's Brynn....
I just have to tell you the news. (You know, the "sisterly" gossip!) Leah has a crush.
His name is Bei and he is an older man...he's almost 3!
She even brushed her hair before he came over:


Here is a picture of us. Bei and his mommy and us with our mommy. Aren't we cute? We had so much fun playing together today. We played and played. We played blocks and rode cars, and played in our tunnel.


We were so sad when Bei had to leave! We all gave Bei a hug and Leah even got a kiss! Her first kiss! Leah and Bei, sitting in a tree....;)

Thanks for a fun day Bei! We can't wait to see you again!!!

After Bei left, our friends Nancy and Danielle came over. Boy, are they fun!

We had the best girls night!!!

Love,

Brynn

And here is some more BIG NEWS!

Maryn is walking!!!! She took her 4-5 first steps! Go, Maryn, Go!!!! (and look out mommy and daddy!)

The Luckiest Girls!

Guess what mom told us today?
She told us that not every kid is lucky enough to be born with 2 sisters her same age. WHAT? REALLY?
We thought about that, and thought about it some more, and decided we had questions for our mom.

Mom, if not every kid has sisters her same age, who does she....???

Play in her fort with?


Who does she play dollies with?


Who holds the lid open while she hides her special stuff in her Barbie car?


Who helps her escape from the playroom??? (Cause we know it is too hard to do by yourself!)


Who tells her when she's been caught doing something naughty (like escaping from her playroom)?

Who is her shopping buddy?

Who does she play toys with?

Who helps her get to the BEST toy when it is WAY on the bottom?

Who does she tell her stories to when she isn't tired but it is time to go to bed? And, who does she giggle with in the morning when she is WIDE awake, but it isn't time to get up yet?

We don't really know why God didn't give everybody 2 sisters, but we do know we are sure happy to have ours!!!

We are best friends AND we are family.

We are the luckiest girls in the wide world!

Thank you God for giving us our sisters.

Love,

Maryn, Brynn and Leah

Sunday FUNday!

Hi, it's Maryn! I'm just chillin' out, relaxing cause we had such a fun weekend! Yesterday, we got to play with Grammie and Poppa and today Mimi and Grandpa came over.

We wrestled:

We danced and we sang on our Rock Star stage. "If you're happy and you know it" is still our song! We just can't stop groovin':

We got lots of hugs and kisses!:

We watched the purple team play football:

Mimi and Grandpa even let us escape from our playroom! (We played in the living room! Don't tell mom!) Sometimes we slip on the wood floors so we had to hold hands!: (don't worry about Brynn...she didn't fall or anything. She was having some bad behavior!!!)

But then she decided to play too!:

Brynn and Grandpa played Peek-a-boo!:

We played dress up, and tried on our hats and Mimi took some pictures:

Then, we took our baths and went to bed:

What a FUN day!

Love,

Maryn, Brynn and Leah

P.S. Check out the paper this week! We're in it again for the best pics of 2008!!!

A Beautiful Mess

***One year ago today was our first day home from the hospital! Long gone are nights of feeding every three hours (when every single feeding took at least an hour an a half), apnea monitors going off and having everyone in the house RUN to find Maryn who almost always was fine-just had loose lead, being sooooo tired that we needed toothpicks to keep our eyes open, endless cups of coffee and for mom-Diet Coke (as a treat even though I was pumping...which also happened every 3 hours for 6 months!), diapers, wipes, spit-up, 10,000 bibs a day, 10,000 outfits a day, which lead to 10,000 loads of laundry a day, charting feedings, who ate what? who pooped today? how many wet diapers? Who's coming to help???
Thank you to every single one of you for your amazing support. We couldn't be where we are today without you! Love, The Jonswolds***


Hi, it's Leah! I am at Mimi's house. Boy, have I had a fun day! Uncle Nick came and picked me up and we went on a super fun car ride. It was sooooo neat to spend time with my Uncle Nick. Then, I got to go to Mimi's and she got me some new clothes (she said that they were on something called "sale"...I think sale means that Grandpa thinks they are pretty.)
We took some pictures. I put one on this page for you. Don't I look like a big girl? I have such a pretty hat!

My sisters didn't get to come with this time, cause it was my turn to go to Mimi and Grandpa's by myself. I love going over there. I get to have snacks and stay up super late. (Grandpa even cuddles with me if I wake up early in the morning.Mommy and Daddy just make me go back to sleep!) My Mimi and Grandpa and Grammy and Poppa are the BEST! I love them sooooooo much!

Anyway, I just talked to Brynn and Maryn and they had a pretty fun night too.
They got to eat something called Pasghetti. I guess they liked it, they said it tasted yummy. Afterwards they got to play in the tub and then headed to bed. I am sure they miss me, but don't worry my sisters, I will be home tomorrow.
Love you!

Love,
Leah







Update on what's new:
We're crawling up the stairs, Brynn and Leah are walking all over the place, Maryn is creeping almost ready to walk, We can all show you how old we are if you ask...we'll tell you we're 1, we can say bye-bye (and wave) , mama, dada, papa, baba, and a few other words, we LOVE to play peek-a-boo and clap our hands to "if you're happy and you know it", our favorite movies are still Praise Baby and Baby Einstein, we dance to music, and we love to "hide" in our forts and in our tunnel, we're still afraid of some strangers, but who we decide we are afraid of is totally random, we love to look at ourselves in the mirror and Maryn is very into kissing (especially herself in the mirror), we hate being trapped in our playroom...the greatest thing in the world is when mommy leaves the gate open and we escape!

Chicken Poxs???

Hi! Brynn, here!
You'll never believe what we got as a late Christmas gift...Chicken Pox!!!
Mommy noticed that I had something that looked like a pimple on my head. We had a doctors appointment for something else, and when mommy showed the doctor my "zit" the doctor said it isn't a pimple at all...but the pox!!!
A couple of weeks ago we had to get an ouchy shot that was supposed to protect us from the Chicken Pox, but instead, it GAVE US Chicken Pox!
The doctor said that we are very special girls, cause that doesn't happen very often, but it does happen. Because it is from the shot, we are not supposed to be contagious (which means that we can't give it to other people).
I only have about 4-5 pox....not very many at all...and they don't bother me. I barely even notice them!
Who knew that you could get Chicken Pox from a shot???
Maybe we shouldn't have ouchy shots anymore! ;)
Love,
Brynn

It's True!!!

It's true! It's true! The bearded man in the red suit does bring presents just like auntie Lauren said!!!

Oh boy, have we had a few fun days!

On the day before Christmas, we got to go to Grammy and Poppa's house.

See! Here are some pictures:

We got this SUPER neat toy. It is a tunnel. We crawl through...or sit in the middle and giggle. Here I go!!! Look, our poppa is on the other end! Hi poppa!

We got all dressed up to celebrate Jesus's birthday. We went to our auntie Susie's house to celebrate and have lots of yummy food. We even got to stay up late!

Then we went home and we read a story about baby Jesus cause we are celebrating His birthday. We sang songs about Jesus too.

After our story, we went to sleep and when we woke up...................................

Look what was waiting for us!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Here we are in our Choo-Choo Wagon with brand new umbrellas:

And here we are checking out our new car:

Glo-Worms are Maryn's favorite:

After we opened our presents and ate breakfast, we went to spend the day with Mimi and Grandpa. Look what we got at their house...

BEEP! BEEP!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!