rollin'...

The babies are getting some serious rolls.  These are ooey, gooey, squishey, doughy, i just want to squeeze them all day rolls.

Big chubby cheeks and big round bellies.

Neck rolls and knee rolls and elbow creases.

Chunky little hands and pudgey little feet.

Just look at this deliciousness....

Don't you just want to sqeeeeeeeeze em?!

a week in iphone pics v. 2 (the all babies, all the time edition)

one:  Kai justa singing away...he's gonna be famous (i'm pretty sure).

two:  Kaden attempting to stick at least one, if not both of his fists in his mouth.

three:  laying around trying to prolong having to actually get out of bed on Sunday morning.

four:  Kaden's big noggin.

five:  eh, self explanatory.

six:  Kai's "look how cute I am" look.

seven:  can chunky little baby hands get any cuter?

eight:  holding on for dear life.

nine:  Kaden and Daddy's big Incredible Hulk fists.

ten:  shoot, I put this one in twice...but I'm too lazy to redo it so you get double the cuteness, double the fun.

eleven:  Kaden is like "heeeeeeey" and Kai is thinking "what the heck are you doing?"  I get that same look when someone irritates me in the grocery aisle.

Again, I'm linking up with agoodlifeblog.com 's week in iphone pics...because you can stalk lot's of people's iphone pics which probably makes me obsessed, but it's fun.

Jinxed! I knew it!

Remember yesterday...

When I said THIS ?

Well apparently there are no sleep gods and my Mom is still able to mock me because at 2:45 this morning....double whammy!  Both babies awake. 

My saint of a husband gets up first and I listen through the monitor as he trys to calm whoever is crying...YES, I said whoever because at 2:45 a.m. does it really matter?

Then I hear him coming down the hall:
Him:  "both babies are awake"
Me: "are you serious?"
Him:  "all thanks to your BLOG"

Oooops...

Maybe the sleep gods just don't like gloating...

full disclosure...

I would be doing this blog an injustice if I only posted the cutsie pictures. Like all we do all day is lounge around and take pictures of our perfectly posed and smiling or blissfully sleeping babies.

So, in the interest of full disclosure I have to tell you...
babies cry.

MY babies cry.

Sometimes for no reason whatsoever.  I mean, sometimes they act like it's so hard being zero.

Twins are a lot of work, folks. And because our parenting style can best be described as fly by the seat of your pants parenting we don't really have a set way we deal with it.  Sometimes we pick them up, sometimes we let them cry it out.  Most of the time one of the brothers ends up giving in and coming to their rescue.  Elijah has started just crying back, which happens to work surprisingly well. 

I just can't seem to convince these munchkins that they will NOT starve to death if they have to wait until their brother is done with his bottle.  And feeding them both at the same time...uummm, no.  Have you ever tried to feed a bottle to a balloon?  Me either, but I suspect that is what it's like.  Plus, it's basically impossible to burp a baby with one hand.

In other news...

I'm really afraid to say this publicly in fear that we will jinx ourselves but...the babies are sleeping through the night!!!
Woot Woot!
I know we are extremely lucky being that they are only 4 1/2 months old.  However, it's been 143 days of twice the love but half the sleep. (I really need a t-shirt that says that)

I don't want to come across as whiny and yes mother, I know I didn't sleep through the night until I was 2. 

We know how blessed we are and not a day passes that we lose sight of that fact.  I would gladly trade sleep for their little giggles and smiles any day but for now I'll be praying to the sleep gods that this lasts.

just a quick post to brag about my babies...

Some days the babies have to go to daycare (oh gasp, the horror!), which means I have to get up super early to get them fed, dressed and packed to go.  Seems easy?  Just try getting two teens, twins and yourself out the door by 6:45 a.m.!

This is where the bragging comes in.

After I get them fed and dressed and in their car seats they,

wait for it…

wait for it….

SIT THERE!

And talk to themselves! .... the entire time I get ready and get the brothers up.

Look, I have proof:



Can you tell who's the morning baby?



Ok, I know that’s really not proof but I pinky swear that was taken this morning.

pictures...

I met Angie a couple years ago, she is a friend of a friend and I instantly fell in love with her work when she took these pictures of Elijah in 2009...

And I could barely stand to wait another year to have her take these pictures of him in 2010...

So you can only imagine that I was biting at the bit to get her out here to take pictures of the babies. 

And as always she left me nearly speechless (imagine that!!)

She somehow has the ability to capture personality traits on film that maybe only a mother sees.  Not only does she effortlessly handcraft precious memories of my children but she is a genuinely nice person and an all around good gal.

To view the complete set go here! Go now!(wait...finish reading my post, then go!)

Here of some of my favorites...

And because I © her so darn much I don't mind sharing her.

You can email her HERE or visit her blog HERE or email me and I can pass along her digits.

sun-less Sunday...

Up here in the pacific northwest Mother Nature is rather stingy with the summer weather and this weekend was supposed to be the first really warm weekend this year.  Since we spent most of our beautiful sunny Saturday running errands I had high hopes for today.  Well...it was sort of a bust.  It was *alright* but not what I had hoped for.


But we still would never waste a day without rain.


Sooo, the babies did what they do best...

And the brothers did what they do best...

And even though it wasn't the bright, shiny day I had hoped for it was still pretty fabulous.

roarin 20's babies...