Monday, June 3, 2013
Saturday, May 18, 2013
running reagan.
This girl loves to run. In a wild, funny, one arm moving, one arm straight at side kind of way.
Thursday, May 16, 2013
thoughts after three months.
In some ways it feels like a flash and then I sit back and try to remember life without them and I almost can't. It was quieter and easier but this life is sweeter and more hilarious and much less about myself, which is always a good thing.
Twins are a miraculous gift. You can't look at them and doubt God. I love that my twins are so different. James has looked like a cute old man since day 1 and Ellen's chipmunk cheeks are making my chunky baby dreams come true. Their personalities are already opposite. James is very relaxed, can just sit by himself for over an hour...unless he has gas and then it's just over. Ellen is a people person. If she can see you she is smiley and content but if she is alone for too long an almost bird like shriek ensues. That drama stops at 9pm as she has slept through the night-like really through the night-since 2 weeks old and I still have to wake her daily for their 6 am feeding so they stay on the same schedule.
Schedules...so important....but also sometimes to be thrown out the window. I keep them mostly on the exact feeding/napping schedule but on days when one seems to just need something extra (more nursing, comfort, sleep) I adjust. Those days can be sweet because it allows me alone time with one baby, so rare. Hardest part of twins for me is the little time I have to just hold them and rock them. So if you have one baby do that a little more today, for me, okay?? God is slowly teaching me to let loose of perfection, routine and plans and just enjoy the moment. I have been able (the majority of the time) to just laugh at the craziness. It can be crazzzzy. 130 pm and 830 pm are probable the wildest hours but then 2pm and 9 pm...what sweet and silent hours you are!!! All of them sleeping and lots of ice cream being consumed.
Exclusively breast feeding two babes is work. Not as much the actual nursing/pumping part but the eating part. I eat all. Day. Long. Sounds fun and at times it is but it can also be quite daunting. I just honestly can't think of any more ideas for a snack. And I miss feeling full. Lots of cold chicken at 10 am. And lots and lots of ice cream.
God has given this little family SO MUCH grace. We love this season but He is the ONLY reason we are thriving. Ellen and James are the most perfect gifts from heaven, Reagan is adjusting well and we are humbled and grateful. Thank you for praying for us and being excited for us. That's one of the sweetest parts of having twins, the ability to bless others with their amazingness.
Twins are a miraculous gift. You can't look at them and doubt God. I love that my twins are so different. James has looked like a cute old man since day 1 and Ellen's chipmunk cheeks are making my chunky baby dreams come true. Their personalities are already opposite. James is very relaxed, can just sit by himself for over an hour...unless he has gas and then it's just over. Ellen is a people person. If she can see you she is smiley and content but if she is alone for too long an almost bird like shriek ensues. That drama stops at 9pm as she has slept through the night-like really through the night-since 2 weeks old and I still have to wake her daily for their 6 am feeding so they stay on the same schedule.
Schedules...so important....but also sometimes to be thrown out the window. I keep them mostly on the exact feeding/napping schedule but on days when one seems to just need something extra (more nursing, comfort, sleep) I adjust. Those days can be sweet because it allows me alone time with one baby, so rare. Hardest part of twins for me is the little time I have to just hold them and rock them. So if you have one baby do that a little more today, for me, okay?? God is slowly teaching me to let loose of perfection, routine and plans and just enjoy the moment. I have been able (the majority of the time) to just laugh at the craziness. It can be crazzzzy. 130 pm and 830 pm are probable the wildest hours but then 2pm and 9 pm...what sweet and silent hours you are!!! All of them sleeping and lots of ice cream being consumed.
Exclusively breast feeding two babes is work. Not as much the actual nursing/pumping part but the eating part. I eat all. Day. Long. Sounds fun and at times it is but it can also be quite daunting. I just honestly can't think of any more ideas for a snack. And I miss feeling full. Lots of cold chicken at 10 am. And lots and lots of ice cream.
God has given this little family SO MUCH grace. We love this season but He is the ONLY reason we are thriving. Ellen and James are the most perfect gifts from heaven, Reagan is adjusting well and we are humbled and grateful. Thank you for praying for us and being excited for us. That's one of the sweetest parts of having twins, the ability to bless others with their amazingness.
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Saturday, April 20, 2013
black and white.
A few pics of our life during past few weeks and yes that is a beautiful winter wonderland outside my bedroom window on April 20. Global warming baby!
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Friday, April 5, 2013
Almost 2 and a half.
When you ask her when her birthday is, she answers matter of factly "November."
Hard to believe that 8 months from now she will be 3. She no longer says "hold you" when she wants to be held and we are working on a consistent please added on the end of "hold me." She wants to know what everyone is doing "what that guy doing? What those little girls doing?" Etc. She likes to call daddy on the phone at work when she misses him and a common greeting when she sees someone she loves is "I'm so happy to see you!" She runs around the house singing her favorite songs word for word which include doe a deer, amazing grace, and Mary had a little lamb. She also enjoys singing rockabye baby to "Ellie" and "jamesey."
It seems like there are few words my little annunciator doesn't pronounce perfectly but she still gets potato and tomato mixed up and calls most berries "ras-bees." She can count past 20 but stubbornly skips 4 especially if you are paying attention. Brain quest trivia is her favorite potty activity and it pretty much has taught her the letters of the alphabet by sight. Yesterday is referred to as "last morning" and if she leaving the room she "will be right back soon." Even if you mention her name two rooms away she will wander up and ask with a smirk on her face "you guys talkin' about ME!?" This girl does not miss a thing. Like really, ask my mom or mother in law. She doesn't forget ANYTHING!
Reagan, I don't want to forget all of this. I needed to write some of it down while life is soaring by too fast. I want you to know that you light up our lives in this crazy season. We couldn't do this without you! Thank you, Lord, for the privilege of being Reagan's mama. The "terrible twos" are not so terrible, if you ask me.
Hard to believe that 8 months from now she will be 3. She no longer says "hold you" when she wants to be held and we are working on a consistent please added on the end of "hold me." She wants to know what everyone is doing "what that guy doing? What those little girls doing?" Etc. She likes to call daddy on the phone at work when she misses him and a common greeting when she sees someone she loves is "I'm so happy to see you!" She runs around the house singing her favorite songs word for word which include doe a deer, amazing grace, and Mary had a little lamb. She also enjoys singing rockabye baby to "Ellie" and "jamesey."
It seems like there are few words my little annunciator doesn't pronounce perfectly but she still gets potato and tomato mixed up and calls most berries "ras-bees." She can count past 20 but stubbornly skips 4 especially if you are paying attention. Brain quest trivia is her favorite potty activity and it pretty much has taught her the letters of the alphabet by sight. Yesterday is referred to as "last morning" and if she leaving the room she "will be right back soon." Even if you mention her name two rooms away she will wander up and ask with a smirk on her face "you guys talkin' about ME!?" This girl does not miss a thing. Like really, ask my mom or mother in law. She doesn't forget ANYTHING!
Reagan, I don't want to forget all of this. I needed to write some of it down while life is soaring by too fast. I want you to know that you light up our lives in this crazy season. We couldn't do this without you! Thank you, Lord, for the privilege of being Reagan's mama. The "terrible twos" are not so terrible, if you ask me.
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