Life with twins….

Now that I have twins, it seems that everywhere I go, there are twins.  So many people seem to have twins.  Yet raising twins seems such a daunting task..I often wonder how so many people have survived!  Every day I feel like I am running a marathon…..yet, at the end..there is no rest period.  You just get up and do it all over again.  I’ve never felt so many different emotions within a 24 hour period.  It has been the best experience and the worst experience.  I’ve learned so much and regretted so much.  I want to cherish every moment and I’m afraid to miss a moment.  I want to hug them every second, yet sometimes I just want to get away for hours.

Every day brings new challenges and new insights.  I’ve learned to be patient and yet, my patience is wearing thin.  Whenever I am out and about, so many people say…”how do you do it?”  I think that is a funny question…you just do what you have to do…sometimes without really thinking about it and other times, it is all I think about!

The first seven months just flew by and yet it the time seemed to last forever.  My life has become a bunch of contradictions…it seems crazy, yet normal…all at the same time.  I want to savor each and every day….yet, I just want to sleep.

I want to give them every minute of my day, yet I want to make sure I give just as much of myself to my other children.  It is all so daunting, yet so simple.  These little creatures have already taught me so much.

These moments are precious and I will treasure them….after I get a nap!

Embrace the camera……

Yesterday was my 45th birthday….wow…unbelievable!  River asked me how old I’ll be when the babies are 45.  I told her 90 (gulp!).  She said she hoped the babies would be out living out of our house by then…..(interesting how she thinks!)  I told her that by that time, I might be living in their house and they might be changing my diapers!!  Oh, how life repeats itself!!  I had a wonderful day that was filled with wonderful stuff.  Little Grey was grumpy all day because of her diaper rash..which is never fun..but we struggled through and she is doing better today.  I got Tuesday to take a few pictures of Escher while I was holding him.  Have a great Thursday and go embrace the camera…..

 

Six Months Old…..

Right after my twins were born, someone said to me…the time is going to fly by….it will be crazy..you’ll wake up and your twins will be six months old and then they’ll be one year old before you know it!!  Well, that happened.  Each day goes by so quickly…with barely enough time to do the essential stuff, let alone any extra stuff.  I can’t believe they are already six months old.  I’m not getting much more sleep than I did when they were first born…but they are darn cute!  They just started eating cereal and they seem to be enjoying it.  Escher is rolling here and there and scooting all over the place.  Little shy Grey has done about four roll overs.  She’s slowly getting there.  I’m afraid Escher is going to be leaving her in the dust soon!  So, here are some photos….It seems like just yesterday they looked like this….

 

 

Embrace the Camera…

Tuesday and I have been doing a lot of late night walking.  When I say late…I mean about 8:30 or 9:00…after I’ve put the babies to bed.  When I say to bed…I mean that they are in their cribs and staying asleep for hopefully a few hours!  Grey has gotten really good at sleeping at night, but Escher can’t seem to get the concept..unless he is in bed with me!  Last night, though…Grey didn’t seem to be feeling well and she just wouldn’t settle down. So, we took her on our walk. It was fun getting her all bundled up and in the baby carrier.  I don’t know why I thought she might fall asleep during the walk.  She stayed alert and wide awake the whole time!  Half way through our walk, we switched and Tuesday started carrying her in the carrier…She just looked so cute all snuggled up….

Embrace the Camera…..

I’ve been “trying” to exercise each day.  Usually, I just run around with with babies doing the every day chores..that ends up being my exercise.  But Tuesday has been walking with me each night.  A few nights ago she wasn’t feeling well, so Quinn took a walk with me.  There are some woods near where we live..the magic forest.  It is one of my favorite places to walk at night.  It is also a great place to take photographs….at night and during the day.