Crawling

My daughter Ainsley started crawling at my brother Bruin's house on July 4th. When your kids hit these milestones, you're so excited until you realize that what that means is that she is now mobile and can go pretty much wherever she wants.

When we returned home, I attempted to keep her in one area of the living room by putting pillows, car seats, exersaucers, bumbos, etc. You name it and I was probably using it. These things were all games to her so she played with a few of them for a while and when that got boring, she figured out how to get around them.

In the meantime, I was pretty proud of myself for being so ingenius about keeping her in there without buying the gates and fences yet, which we had planned on doing that weekend. I just had to make it through the week. I went about doing the things I usually do while keeping an eye on them. I dusted, cleaned bathrooms, kitchens, laundry (of course) and other stuff that had been put off during the July 4th holiday.

When I came back into the living room, Anders was being his usual smiling, sweet self just playing in his same area. I looked around for Ainsley and noticed she was not in there. I made it to the kitchen in time to see her sloshing her hand in the cat water bowl and about to eat some cat food. Needless to say, I kept her in a swing, my lap, or right near me until Saturday.

When Saturday came, we went to get the gates. I wasn't thrilled about putting them all over my house because I still wanted a little adultness to my home and this was kind of the last thing until I finally gave in to my house becoming babyland. My husband and I found these pens and I thought how perfect. Some people may think I am mean or a bad Mom, but I think that you have to do what you have to do. All I can say is: "don't feed the animals":)

Blessings

As I am typing this today, my two b/g twin blessings are taking a nap. I take this time to catch up on things, clean, breathe, grab a meal, etc. Today I read on a moms of multiples (MoM) website about a twin that died. He was older and they are not sure how he died. I read the heartbreaking account from his mother and just cried. http://martinomadness.blogspot.com

As a Mom of twins, this is never far from your mind. You are warned from the day you knowyou are having twins that you are at high risk of losing one or both of them. Not that you need reminders of this. Everyday I thank God for my two blessings that were born with no problems and didn't even have to be in the NICU at the hospital, but on days like today, I am especially grateful of them because I know how easily that could have been us.

In the multiples community, you hear a lot about loss of multiples either all or one so it is never far from your heart. My husband warns me about reading these blog posts, but it makes me more appreciative of what I have and I don't ever want to take anyone in my life for granted, but especially my two blessings.

Kris

I wanted to say Happy Birthday to my best friend Kris. She is 39 today. (I'm sure she will love me saying that!) Oh well, we're the same age! She is this amazing person whom I have known since we were kids. She is also battling stage II breast cancer and started her chemo on Monday. She is epitome of the glass is half full. I'm so blessed that she is in my life and just wanted to wish her the best birthday she could possibly have so Happy Birthday Kris. I love you!

Hello!

Today is my first blog and I'm very excited to hear from everyone out there. Like my description says, I am a SAHM of twins. They are the best things along with my husband in my life. It is an amazing adventure from day to day and I love every minute of it!
They are 7 months old now and I treasure every moment I get to spend with them. I couldn't do anything without the help of my husband Philip. He's my partner in all this! My life has totally changed (as I knew it would) from pre-twins. You forget that you ever just dropped everything and went on vacation or even out to eat. That does not happen now. There is a multitude of planning that goes into everything.
My kids are very scheduled especially my son Anders. He lives and breathes by the schedule. It has been a really great help most of the time, unless we have to stray from that and then he gets a little crazy because he is out of his element. My daughter on the other hand could care less when she eats and especially sleeps. She would play and roll around the floor all day if I would let her.
We ventured out to Target today for a graduation gift (lots of that planning involved) and of course it rains. Lovely! I have this stroller that is that size of a small country and the car seats pop in it, which is nice, but first you have to get the stroller out of the car and open it up (in the rain) get each kid and make sure their hood is down (in the rain) and then lock up the car (in the rain) and run into the store (in the rain). When we finally get into the store, I have to get one of those carrying baskets because twins do not fit in a shopping cart. Now I am pushing this small country stroller and carrying the basket trying to get my shopping done before the kids start crying or Ainsley starts yelling like a holler monkey throughout the store. (She loves doing this and laughs because she thinks she is very funny) I finally got to the checkout and see the light at the end of the tunnel and there is a lady in line who begins squeezing and pinching my kids cheeks. I'm just hoping she doesn't have swine flu or anything else and want to offer her the hand sanitizer in my purse, but it's too late. Then the inevitable question: are they identical? I patiently and kindly say, no ma'am, they are fraternal. This is my life!