Confessions of a Mother of Twins...

As my boys are 8 1/2 months this week, I have decided that this is apparently the point when your brain...at least my brain says, 8 1/2 months without sleep is enough see ya...the story is, a few days ago I was feeding the boys breakfast and thinking wow, these peaches are super runny and getting all over the boys clothes...I continued to feed them trying desperately hard to keep their clothes clean, upon giving them their last bite I realized...I NEVER put bibs on these silly boys...Thanks brain...please come back soon! As you can tell they're quite happy about being so messy...
Goofy Walker

and Brayden

One Little Tooth...

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving this year!

We have so much to be grateful for this year, but most of all are thankful beyond words for two little boys who keep me too busy to update my blog sufficiently!!!!! We are spending the day with Joseph's parents tomorrow and are excited for the boys to enjoy their first Thanksgiving Day!

Just a quick update...the boys turned 8 months last Friday...
they are both crawling,

they both say Dada and Brayden says Mama,

they love to talk and make all sorts of fun noises,

they eat solid foods and love bananas and sweet potatoes best,

Brayden has one tooth...and they're both still nursing (keeping our fingers crossed),

they can both sit up on their own,

they sleep in their own cribs in their own room,

they are starting to pay more attention to eachother and love to giggle at eachother,

and they're standing up to everything...pulling themselves up...

they are everywhere and in everything!

We love them and their budding personalities sooo much!

Brayden
Walker

Just had to say...

So, I've been thinking lately about being a mom of multiples...

Everywhere I go people seem to have something somewhat negative to say...

Oh wow you have your hands full,

Do you ever sleep?,

That must be so hard,

Imagine when they start walking,

You must've been scared to death when you found out,

I'm so glad it's not me...

and the list goes on...

I have made it very clear that I am just tickled to have twins...as most of you know, but I was thinking the other day that I want to give myself a pat on the back...I think I have taken well to being a mom and especially for having twins, what brought this on was that on Wednesday I was leaving the boys with Joe for an hour and a half to go teach dance and he was asking me what to do if they were both sleepy at the same time...I went on to tell him what I do and demonstrated how to lay them down in the crib at the same time, or how to lay one down if the other one is still awake, and just went down my list of all the different things I do...

And I thought despite the fact that somedays I'm a complete zombie I think I'm doing alright...and I'm doing something that a lot of other people think would be their worst nightmare and loving every minute of it...so here it goes, in light of legally blonde...SNAPS for Kira! Today is a day to feel good about myself!

P.S.--the best comment I've ever gotten about having twins came from an employee at Costco who looked at the boys and just said, Oh what a blessing!

Two faces to wash, and four dirty hands

Two insistent voices, making demands

Twice as much crying, when things go wrong

The four eyes closing, with slumber song

Twice as many garments, blowing on the line

Two cherubs in the wagon, soaking up sunshine

Work I do for twins, naturally comes double

But four arms to hug me, repay all my trouble.

~Author Unknown

It's double the giggles and double the grins, and double the trouble if you're blessed with twins. ~Author Unknown

Dear Walker and Brayden,

Please stop getting so BIG!

Please go back to being 5lbs and stay my little babies forever!
It's not that I don't love playing with you and listening to you starting to talk and trying to crawl...it's just that I want you to be my little babies forever!
Love, Your Mommie

Happiness Is...

Being these little boys Momma...

...and being part of this family!

Confession of the Month: from the mother of twins!

I love being the mother of twin boys! There is nothing better in the entire world than snuggling two sweet boys to sleep and having one head on each of my shoulders! They are starting to interact more and are just so sweet and precious! They are getting so big so fast--I wish time could just stand still for a while and I could enjoy this time for a little extra! They are already six months! I hope I am blessed to have twins next time cuz i don't think I'll know what to do with only one baby!!!

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