Juliette and Penelope's 1st birthday party

Last Saturday we hightailed it up to Street, Maryland for Juliette, the older, and Penelope's first birthday party. It started at 1:00 and we rolled in around 1:40.  Not too terribly late considering it was a five and 1/2 hour drive.  Penelope is on the left and Juliette is on the right.

The twins are absolutely adorable and look absolutely nothing alike.  I didn't get a good picture of the two of them together from the front.  I have tons of them from the side like this one. Here they are not really enjoying their huge cupcakes. It was funny to watch Penelope take globs of icing and flick them on the floor. 

Will was throwing around the football with the guys while Sophia, Lilly, Nana and I chatted and ate food.  Actually, the girls did a lot of coloring and playing with the ball too.

At one point I actually got to hold Penelope.  It's too bad she wasn't looking at the camera because she's so darn cute.

 I think it was a little overwhelming for them (in a good way).

My girls had a great time....and an even better time when the cake was cut for guests.  Just check out Sophia's face here as the moment arrives - the cutting of the cake!

 
After a while Sophia and I found ourselves relaxing outside. I was trying to book us a different hotel for the night rather than the one we had already booked because Meg basically said ours was going to be in "da hood". Sophia was reading one of the books that Nana gave to her.  When Will saw this picture he called us nerds.

Another picture of Penelope.