31 for 21: Our First Year Montage Revisited

Going back through some files I came across this tonight and thought I would share this on my blog tonight. I have lots of new followers who I thought might appreciate our first year cutie pies :)

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31 for 21.. Our lil Calendar Boys for the 3rd year

I love being a part of things that promote Down Syndrome Awareness.  One such thing that we have been a part of now three times is the annual Pittsburgh Area Down Syndrome Association's calendar.  I was so please to see that the photographer Alicia put up a video of all the beautiful faces this year.  Some people are not interested in purchasing the calendar, but still need to see all the personalities Alicia was able to capture.  Another Great Calendar Alicia!!!!  Thank YOU!!

Click this link and enjoy:

2011 Down Syndrome Awareness Calander

Twins Dancing to Barney song

Last night the twins were being really silly and Camille grabbed the video camera and captured the fun:

The twins TV Debut

We were asked back in September if we would allow Isaac to be a model in our local American Red Cross winter campaign. Of course we thought that was such an honor to be asked. Not to mention we love to show off our beautiful children, even under such circumstances. When the initial contact took place I assumed they would just photograph Isaac and use his beautiful face all over. Then they called to set everything up and said we all had to wear matching pants. "We All??" Yes Mrs. Hanzely, you will need to tell Isaac's story for him since he is unable to right now.. Oh Great, now I have to show off my mug....LOL

Off the subject, but this little episode motivated me to lose the weight I've been losing over the past three months. To bad I didn't do it before the photo shoot :)

I went and donated blood today and got to talk to Beth. She is the person who made the first phone call asking if I would allow Isaac to be their model. It was so nice to see her and for her to see the twins and how well they are doing. They were the hit of the 45 minutes we were there. Accompanied by their TSS, they sat very nicely and watched their portable DVD player and just glanced up every once in awhile to make sure mommy was still there in the same room. I couldn't have been more proud of them today. They really are good boys!!

I was glad to see Beth, because I received a DVD of all the photos, tv commercial and webcast they filmed and wanted to know if I could share this on my blog. She made a phone call... and Here It Is....

TV Commercial:

Webcast:


I will get some of the photos up later. There were some really cute ones!

31 for 21 Day 24.... First Bowling Trip

Today was my nephew Daniels Birthday. Happy Birthday Buddy!! He held his birthday party at a bowling alley and I was very anxious to see how the twins would respond to all the people and noise at a place like this. They did WONDERFUL!!!

At first Caleb buried his face in my shoulder and refused to look at anyone or even eat pizza for awhile. After about 30 to 45 minutes he knew we were staying there if he wanted us to or not, so he decided to join the party. Once he was up and around he really started enjoying watching the people bowl and the reactions they gave after a ball was thrown. He was still pretty withdrawn and to himself, but we did get him to bowl about three times. It was so great to see this. They just turned four and doing something like this with them was something I don't think I really thought about even trying. But hey, birthday party = FREE bowling, and that's the kind of price I like to try something out :)

Here is a video of Caleb sitting and watching everyone. The light from Tom's phone bothered him a bit so he makes funny squinting faces, but its pretty darned cute:


Isaac on the other hand. As soon as we got to the bowling alley he was completely engaged in everything. The bowling alley was using a blacklight and they colors were very vibrant and he was loving that, he was so very interested in what the people were doing and he watched the ball from the time the people released it until it hit the pins. While we ate he sat backwards in his chair just to watch the bowlers. He was very happy when I asked him if he wanted to try and bowl with a ball. He ran as fast as his little feet would carry him, it was so cute. In this video the noise level must have been a little higher, this is the only time he acted like this the whole 2 1/2 hours we were there, but again, its CUTE!

(Oh and I dropped a piece of pizza on my lap while I was feeding the boys, its always me coming out messy and not them...hump!)

I thought this was a great experience and I'm so happy the day turned out as it did. My nephew had a nice turn out for his party, he seemed to have a great time, we had a great time and we made a memory today!!!

Help Us WIN a National Model Search

We are excited to be entered into the 2009 National Charity Model Search with all proceeds going to a wonderful organization called Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep, an organization that provides keepsake portraits to parents who will never have the opportunity to take their child home from the hospital. This is an organization that is such a blessing to parents who may not otherwise have a professional photo taken of their child. When Isaac was in the NICU we came so very close to losing him to Necrotizing Enterocolitis (N.E.C.). We endured such fear and grief that we may lose our child for just a few short hours, and this allows me to completely sympathize for those parents who have actually lost their child.

Every dollar you donate to the organization under the boys photo counts as a vote for one of the boys. We could not enter the boys together so they are separate photos, but both very cute ones. And I want you to know that each dollar counts! One vote puts us one closer than we were before, and wouldn't it be fun to see a child with Down Syndrome win a national photo contest??

See and Vote for Caleb here (he's very excited in this photo):
http://www.sandypucvotes.com/pickpic/gallery/image.php?id=607

See and Vote for Isaac here:
http://www.sandypucvotes.com/pickpic/gallery/image.php?id=606

Please help me spread the word and help out a great organization in the process :D

Cute Clip...Twin Talk

I caught a bit of the boys after dinner the other night on my camera and thought I'd share it. They have been very vocal lately. They still do not have even one spoken word yet, but we're working on it. They hum ALOT and they have the EE and the Ah sound down pat. Some days they do great with signing and other times they won't sign anything you ask of them, as they did this night. Even so, they're both just so darn cute :)

Just wanted to share this cute quick clip, Caleb is on the left and Isaac on the right: