The other day...
Mommy: Axie, come here so I can change your diaper.
Axie: (Typical 11 month old response... ignore... smile cutely at me)
Dylan: (Stands tall in front of her, with one hand on his hip and the other pointing and waving in the air) (said very firmly) Axie, you need to listen! When mommy tells you to do something, you do it! Go get your diaper changed.
The other other day...
Dylan: I need to go potty. Mommy, don't touch my ferris wheel (a cool set of magnets from Gma Jill)
Mommy: OK
Dylan: Mommy, you'll be obedient?
Mommy: Yes, I'll be obedient.
Dylan: You'll listen?
Mommy: Yes, I'll listen.
Dylan: You'll make a good choice and not a bad choice?
Mommy: Yes, I'll make a good choice.
Dylan: OK, I'm going potty. Don't touch my ferris wheel.
Another day...
Daddy: Man, my nose keeps running. (He grabs a Kleenex)
Dylan: Your boogars are running away?
Monday, July 29, 2013
Monday, July 22, 2013
Today I'm Sad
I just wasted 2 hours watching every minute of film I have from the first 3 months of the twins lives.
Why does that make me sad? There is a total of one minute combined video of me holding a baby... this is from the minute they were born... through the first THREE months. Not ONE video of just me holding the babies, or holding one baby, nursing them, kissing them, cuddling them... nothing...
I was barely functioning during those months, I know. But I was functioning enough that all I did was kiss, nurse, and love those babies... and I am so sad I can't relive those moments. I don't have time to watch the next months videos, and I don't have the energy for more tears and letdowns.
I know people lived for years without videos. So, obviously, I'll survive. I'm just temporarily devastated, forever saddened that I can't watch or show them how I loved them in those months. Guess photos will have to suffice (which I have not dared look at either in case they let me down too).
Lesson learned. Bryce is really quite good at picking up the camera and recording things, I think we were both just out of it those first months. Moms need to be on camera too. As much as I love watching my kids and husband on camera... I want to be there too... unwashed hair, pj's, and all. :)
I will probably still cry a little that I don't have a video of our brand new babies in my arms... maybe a lot...
Why does that make me sad? There is a total of one minute combined video of me holding a baby... this is from the minute they were born... through the first THREE months. Not ONE video of just me holding the babies, or holding one baby, nursing them, kissing them, cuddling them... nothing...
I was barely functioning during those months, I know. But I was functioning enough that all I did was kiss, nurse, and love those babies... and I am so sad I can't relive those moments. I don't have time to watch the next months videos, and I don't have the energy for more tears and letdowns.
I know people lived for years without videos. So, obviously, I'll survive. I'm just temporarily devastated, forever saddened that I can't watch or show them how I loved them in those months. Guess photos will have to suffice (which I have not dared look at either in case they let me down too).
Lesson learned. Bryce is really quite good at picking up the camera and recording things, I think we were both just out of it those first months. Moms need to be on camera too. As much as I love watching my kids and husband on camera... I want to be there too... unwashed hair, pj's, and all. :)
I will probably still cry a little that I don't have a video of our brand new babies in my arms... maybe a lot...
Sunday, July 21, 2013
Twincessities
I love having twins. Some days I'm still in shock that we have twins. Twins were never on my radar. I've never had friends who were twins. I've never been close to any twins. No twins in the family.
Disclaimer: My stepsister has fraternal twin boys, but she lives in another state and I've only met the boys once and it's not blood-related so I never thought I might have twins too. Also, I knew a couple cute girls in Wyoming who were twins, but since I didn't know their twin they didn't seem so much like a twin to me. :)
We have to make a few adjustments because we have twins.
Yesterday, I had to separate their cribs because as Axie was falling asleep, Sylvie would reach through and bonk her head or grab her hair and continuously wake her up. This also happens in the mornings, when one baby wakes up, she goes straight to the other and reaches through the crib until baby #2 also wakes up to play. I often see them on the monitor standing playing with each other. Quite cute.
I try to give them separate areas to play in, but it doesn't always work. Axie was the thief for awhile, but in the last couple months Sylvie has taken over. Anything that Axie has in her hands, Sylvie yanks it out, Axie looks up at me and cries her sad sad tears. Axie has learned to twist her body to hide the toy from Sylvie, but S will still climb over her to get it... then the sad tears come again. Because they are so mobile, the separation doesn't always work because they are very aware of what toy the other one has and can easily crawl over to get it.
The iPhone. I only had a flip phone when Dylan was a baby, but he loved it like crazy and I let him play with it. These are my first babies with an iPhone. They go carazy over it. CA-RAZY! I can't talk on the phone by them, they will cry and cry for it. I can't let them hold the phone for even a minute (over carpeted area where they are sitting) just to look at some fun colors... no matter what it results in tears. I've only attempted it maybe once every couple weeks when I feel guilty they want it so bad and think... what harm can there be in this? It always ends in tears. They rip it out of each other's hands, scream if it's taken from them, and get so excited holding it they shake in pure excitement.
These tears are hard to believe because right now they are in their cribs chirping back and forth at each other. I love their little communication!! (They are supposed to be falling asleep, lol)
During dinner, when they are done, they start pointing their fingers at each other (tip to tip, like we do with them), or try to hold hands or grab the other. Sometimes they'll start chatting... this usually consists of ahh! from Sylvie, then ahh! from Axie, and so forth... Dylan often chimes in thinking it's hilarious.
Dylan loves to get both of them talking or shaking their heads or motorboating their lips.
Sometimes the girls go in opposite directions, to different rooms in the house. But, more often than not, they like to be near each other and end up following each other back to Dylan's room. Dylan's room is their haven. They just love it. They especially love his bed.
We provide serious entertainment at church (the Kirklin's sit behind us and crack up the whole time, they claim they have the best seat in the house). The girls are so squirmy. I can't handle all three kids on my own. So, we pass off a baby if Bryce has to pass sacrament or whatnot. Trying to handle both babies, who want to be up on the bench with me is tricky. They both think they can sit or crawl wherever... so I struggle to prevent both from falling. No accidents yet (on my watch, anyway).
I finally splurged and bought a nice comfy baby carrier. It's actually a toddler carrier since the girls are so big. This way, when I go places, I can strap one on my back and carry the other one while holding Dylan's hand. Most the time we load up the stroller, but sometimes, I just need to carry them and I always have to do an extra load from the car to get baby #2.
I can't wait until they are walking. It will make going places much easier when I don't have to watch everything they're crawling on... but, I may have to invest in leashes since they will most likely run in two different directions.
I spend most of my day sitting on a cushion (the boppy) on our hard floor playing with the babies. They just like to play by me or stand/sit on me. I sometimes feel bad I can't always hold them when they want to be held, which is also why I invested in the carrier. I can now carry one around when I'm taking care of tasks... most the time it's just one of them that's really needy. When it's both, I strap one on my back and carry the other and we bounce around together. You would think I'd be in better shape lugging 2 25lbs. babies.
I just love having twins. It is so much fun. I love that I'm past the "I can barely function" stage and I'm past the "Just surviving" stage and feel I'm in the "I can't go out much, but life at home is fun" stage. Once the girls start walking and say bye-bye to their morning naps, I imagine we'll get out a lot more and say hello to the "life is more interesting, we can go out" stage.
Disclaimer: My stepsister has fraternal twin boys, but she lives in another state and I've only met the boys once and it's not blood-related so I never thought I might have twins too. Also, I knew a couple cute girls in Wyoming who were twins, but since I didn't know their twin they didn't seem so much like a twin to me. :)
We have to make a few adjustments because we have twins.
Yesterday, I had to separate their cribs because as Axie was falling asleep, Sylvie would reach through and bonk her head or grab her hair and continuously wake her up. This also happens in the mornings, when one baby wakes up, she goes straight to the other and reaches through the crib until baby #2 also wakes up to play. I often see them on the monitor standing playing with each other. Quite cute.
I try to give them separate areas to play in, but it doesn't always work. Axie was the thief for awhile, but in the last couple months Sylvie has taken over. Anything that Axie has in her hands, Sylvie yanks it out, Axie looks up at me and cries her sad sad tears. Axie has learned to twist her body to hide the toy from Sylvie, but S will still climb over her to get it... then the sad tears come again. Because they are so mobile, the separation doesn't always work because they are very aware of what toy the other one has and can easily crawl over to get it.
The iPhone. I only had a flip phone when Dylan was a baby, but he loved it like crazy and I let him play with it. These are my first babies with an iPhone. They go carazy over it. CA-RAZY! I can't talk on the phone by them, they will cry and cry for it. I can't let them hold the phone for even a minute (over carpeted area where they are sitting) just to look at some fun colors... no matter what it results in tears. I've only attempted it maybe once every couple weeks when I feel guilty they want it so bad and think... what harm can there be in this? It always ends in tears. They rip it out of each other's hands, scream if it's taken from them, and get so excited holding it they shake in pure excitement.
These tears are hard to believe because right now they are in their cribs chirping back and forth at each other. I love their little communication!! (They are supposed to be falling asleep, lol)
During dinner, when they are done, they start pointing their fingers at each other (tip to tip, like we do with them), or try to hold hands or grab the other. Sometimes they'll start chatting... this usually consists of ahh! from Sylvie, then ahh! from Axie, and so forth... Dylan often chimes in thinking it's hilarious.
Dylan loves to get both of them talking or shaking their heads or motorboating their lips.
Sometimes the girls go in opposite directions, to different rooms in the house. But, more often than not, they like to be near each other and end up following each other back to Dylan's room. Dylan's room is their haven. They just love it. They especially love his bed.
We provide serious entertainment at church (the Kirklin's sit behind us and crack up the whole time, they claim they have the best seat in the house). The girls are so squirmy. I can't handle all three kids on my own. So, we pass off a baby if Bryce has to pass sacrament or whatnot. Trying to handle both babies, who want to be up on the bench with me is tricky. They both think they can sit or crawl wherever... so I struggle to prevent both from falling. No accidents yet (on my watch, anyway).
I finally splurged and bought a nice comfy baby carrier. It's actually a toddler carrier since the girls are so big. This way, when I go places, I can strap one on my back and carry the other one while holding Dylan's hand. Most the time we load up the stroller, but sometimes, I just need to carry them and I always have to do an extra load from the car to get baby #2.
I can't wait until they are walking. It will make going places much easier when I don't have to watch everything they're crawling on... but, I may have to invest in leashes since they will most likely run in two different directions.
I spend most of my day sitting on a cushion (the boppy) on our hard floor playing with the babies. They just like to play by me or stand/sit on me. I sometimes feel bad I can't always hold them when they want to be held, which is also why I invested in the carrier. I can now carry one around when I'm taking care of tasks... most the time it's just one of them that's really needy. When it's both, I strap one on my back and carry the other and we bounce around together. You would think I'd be in better shape lugging 2 25lbs. babies.
I just love having twins. It is so much fun. I love that I'm past the "I can barely function" stage and I'm past the "Just surviving" stage and feel I'm in the "I can't go out much, but life at home is fun" stage. Once the girls start walking and say bye-bye to their morning naps, I imagine we'll get out a lot more and say hello to the "life is more interesting, we can go out" stage.
Friday, July 12, 2013
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Cousins Visit + Disneyland
I guess it's about time I import photos to my computer from my phone or camera... I just don't feel like doing that now... so it's just another random blog entry for me today.
The kiddies have been sick this week. I can't complain though, they got sick from their cousins visiting... which was worth every wiped nose and rough times falling asleep (only Sylvie just can't fall asleep now).
The weekend of June 22nd, my brother, Ryan, and his family came to visit us. They were going to an LA beach for Becca's family vacation and decided to come out a little early to visit us. I was THRILLED to say the least. They stayed at our house just one night. Luckily, our bedroom is quite large so their whole family had a room to sleep in. I heard their kids up quite a few times that night, I think they didn't get much sleep on their vacation. Traveling with kids and a 7 month old baby is rough stuff! Anyway, I'm glad they fit us in.
We spent Saturday night with the cousins at John's Incredible Pizza, it's way cooler than Chuck E Cheese, but is the same idea. It's got a buffet, tons of arcade games and some neat rides, like a train that Dylan loves to ride.
Sunday, we went to church, ate sloppy joe's, and played in the backyard until it was time for them to go home.
Three days later, all three of our kids came down with the cold their kids had. Yay for us.
Friday, the 28th, we took Dylan on a very special day to DISNEYLAND! It was his FIRST time there, but he has actually been to DisneyWorld when he was just 16 months old... but, he definitely did get it then.
Dylan turns 3 in a couple weeks, so he's at the age where he can be aware of what cool trips are coming up and then he can remember them afterward. I went on a Disney craze the month before going and let Dylan watch tons of Disney movies so that he would recognize the characters.
The funny thing is, he already knew who Mickey and Friends were from watching it in Laramie (back when we had cable) and from a few of his Mickey books, and he already knew Winnie the Pooh (also from books we have)... and those are the characters he met! He loved it. Absolutely loved it. When he saw Mickey, he says, "Meeska, mooska, mickey mouse!" from the cartoon. So cute.
I still am glad I showed him Dumbo, since we rode flying Dumbo. He loved the parade and I was glad I showed him clips from Lion King and a few princesses so he recognized most of the parade. I failed on the Mary Poppins part though... he didn't care about that float. I showed him Finding Nemo for the first time, so he loved the submarine ride. He loved driving his own car on Autopia. Oh, and flying on Peter Pan's ride he loved knowing Captain Hook.
I think Toon Town was his favorite. That was my favorite when I went forever ago. He went on his first rollercoaster there and was so sad to get off. He just sat there and said, "Noooo, again!" Luckily, he was a good boy and got off nicely after that little whine.
He and his cousin, Annie, walked around holding hands everywhere. It was adorable. They are only 3 weeks apart in age, even though she's like a head shorter, haha.
We got to Disneyland right at 8AM, that means we were up at 4AM to shower and got out the door with all snacks loaded by 5AM. We dropped the girls off at Gma Terry's the night before (I was there until 9:30pm helping them fall asleep). Dylan slept a little on the drive down... I probably shouldn't have told him where we were going so he could have slept.
First thing when we got to Disneyland was run and get on some good rides before the lines got long. It was a success, and it wasn't such a stressful day because we knew we got some of those main ones in. I could keep going, but it was just a wonderful day. I love my family. I love that Bryce's mom took the girls so Dylan could have his special day. I love that we got to do it with cousins. I loved watching Dylan all day just trying to take it all in. He even loved a simple paddling in the canoe.
With a short nap in the afternoon, I'm amazed how well Dylan did. Even to the fireworks at 9:30pm, he wanted to watch them. We watched a few before leaving and if you ask him what he did at Disneyland, his answer is, "I just saw fireworking, biuhhh (fireworks noise with hand motion of explosion), fireworking just shoot castle, biuhhhh." Lol. We have to remind him of everything else.
Disneyland is just such a magical place and I don't think there's anything better we could have spent our money on for those kind of memories. I love memories and sometimes I think I spend way too much on things that I just have to have... but when I look back over my life, it's the vacations and events that I remember the most and have the fondest memories of.
Dylan still talks about Disneyland. We gave him a little Buzz Lightyear toy there, which he just adores and tells us how it's his "Best toy foreber and eber." We got it from Target before going, then gave it to him there, so it was his special Disneyland gift.
We really don't watch movies, so I had to cram quite a few in beforehand that I knew had rides. He didn't complain... but, now he doesn't get why I don't let him just watch movies. lol. oops.
The day at Disneyland was magical... until... it was time to go home.
Dylan was perfect, he climbed in the stroller and fell asleep.
We, however, missed the tram somehow... the crowds led us through Downtown Disney and we were just walking and talking... ugh...
So, we had to walk to our car instead of ride the tram.
45 minutes later, we have no idea where our lot is.
Luckily, we saw a guy and asked him... we were totally going the wrong direction. It added about 15 minutes of walking to our already hour walk. It doesn't sound like much, but we were dead tired and worn out... and that ended our happy day of Disneyland there. hahaha. We eventually made it to our car around 11pm. We were not happy campers.
It took over an hour to get to our car. An extra hour of walking seriously was not what we needed.
As I'm driving home, I am so tired, I start hallucinating. We probably should have gotten a hotel, or I could have kept Bryce awake to keep me awake. All the lights looked like lit-up Disney characters. haha. I'd start to daze out, then I'd jerk back up when I realized the lights were car lights. Ya... don't do drugs. I just felt like Bryce needed the sleep... especially so that I could sleep in the morning and he could get up with babies. :)
After the 2.5 hr drive home, I found a huge blister on my toe... no wonder my toe was killing me on that long walk. I even brought bandaids to prevent that... I just didn't think at all.
It was worth a magical day for Dylan to go through all that stress and tiredness.
I just don't think we'll be providing a similar magical experience for him or the girls for at least another 3 years.
The kiddies have been sick this week. I can't complain though, they got sick from their cousins visiting... which was worth every wiped nose and rough times falling asleep (only Sylvie just can't fall asleep now).
The weekend of June 22nd, my brother, Ryan, and his family came to visit us. They were going to an LA beach for Becca's family vacation and decided to come out a little early to visit us. I was THRILLED to say the least. They stayed at our house just one night. Luckily, our bedroom is quite large so their whole family had a room to sleep in. I heard their kids up quite a few times that night, I think they didn't get much sleep on their vacation. Traveling with kids and a 7 month old baby is rough stuff! Anyway, I'm glad they fit us in.
We spent Saturday night with the cousins at John's Incredible Pizza, it's way cooler than Chuck E Cheese, but is the same idea. It's got a buffet, tons of arcade games and some neat rides, like a train that Dylan loves to ride.
Sunday, we went to church, ate sloppy joe's, and played in the backyard until it was time for them to go home.
Three days later, all three of our kids came down with the cold their kids had. Yay for us.
Friday, the 28th, we took Dylan on a very special day to DISNEYLAND! It was his FIRST time there, but he has actually been to DisneyWorld when he was just 16 months old... but, he definitely did get it then.
Dylan turns 3 in a couple weeks, so he's at the age where he can be aware of what cool trips are coming up and then he can remember them afterward. I went on a Disney craze the month before going and let Dylan watch tons of Disney movies so that he would recognize the characters.
The funny thing is, he already knew who Mickey and Friends were from watching it in Laramie (back when we had cable) and from a few of his Mickey books, and he already knew Winnie the Pooh (also from books we have)... and those are the characters he met! He loved it. Absolutely loved it. When he saw Mickey, he says, "Meeska, mooska, mickey mouse!" from the cartoon. So cute.
I still am glad I showed him Dumbo, since we rode flying Dumbo. He loved the parade and I was glad I showed him clips from Lion King and a few princesses so he recognized most of the parade. I failed on the Mary Poppins part though... he didn't care about that float. I showed him Finding Nemo for the first time, so he loved the submarine ride. He loved driving his own car on Autopia. Oh, and flying on Peter Pan's ride he loved knowing Captain Hook.
I think Toon Town was his favorite. That was my favorite when I went forever ago. He went on his first rollercoaster there and was so sad to get off. He just sat there and said, "Noooo, again!" Luckily, he was a good boy and got off nicely after that little whine.
He and his cousin, Annie, walked around holding hands everywhere. It was adorable. They are only 3 weeks apart in age, even though she's like a head shorter, haha.
We got to Disneyland right at 8AM, that means we were up at 4AM to shower and got out the door with all snacks loaded by 5AM. We dropped the girls off at Gma Terry's the night before (I was there until 9:30pm helping them fall asleep). Dylan slept a little on the drive down... I probably shouldn't have told him where we were going so he could have slept.
First thing when we got to Disneyland was run and get on some good rides before the lines got long. It was a success, and it wasn't such a stressful day because we knew we got some of those main ones in. I could keep going, but it was just a wonderful day. I love my family. I love that Bryce's mom took the girls so Dylan could have his special day. I love that we got to do it with cousins. I loved watching Dylan all day just trying to take it all in. He even loved a simple paddling in the canoe.
With a short nap in the afternoon, I'm amazed how well Dylan did. Even to the fireworks at 9:30pm, he wanted to watch them. We watched a few before leaving and if you ask him what he did at Disneyland, his answer is, "I just saw fireworking, biuhhh (fireworks noise with hand motion of explosion), fireworking just shoot castle, biuhhhh." Lol. We have to remind him of everything else.
Disneyland is just such a magical place and I don't think there's anything better we could have spent our money on for those kind of memories. I love memories and sometimes I think I spend way too much on things that I just have to have... but when I look back over my life, it's the vacations and events that I remember the most and have the fondest memories of.
Dylan still talks about Disneyland. We gave him a little Buzz Lightyear toy there, which he just adores and tells us how it's his "Best toy foreber and eber." We got it from Target before going, then gave it to him there, so it was his special Disneyland gift.
We really don't watch movies, so I had to cram quite a few in beforehand that I knew had rides. He didn't complain... but, now he doesn't get why I don't let him just watch movies. lol. oops.
The day at Disneyland was magical... until... it was time to go home.
Dylan was perfect, he climbed in the stroller and fell asleep.
We, however, missed the tram somehow... the crowds led us through Downtown Disney and we were just walking and talking... ugh...
So, we had to walk to our car instead of ride the tram.
45 minutes later, we have no idea where our lot is.
Luckily, we saw a guy and asked him... we were totally going the wrong direction. It added about 15 minutes of walking to our already hour walk. It doesn't sound like much, but we were dead tired and worn out... and that ended our happy day of Disneyland there. hahaha. We eventually made it to our car around 11pm. We were not happy campers.
It took over an hour to get to our car. An extra hour of walking seriously was not what we needed.
As I'm driving home, I am so tired, I start hallucinating. We probably should have gotten a hotel, or I could have kept Bryce awake to keep me awake. All the lights looked like lit-up Disney characters. haha. I'd start to daze out, then I'd jerk back up when I realized the lights were car lights. Ya... don't do drugs. I just felt like Bryce needed the sleep... especially so that I could sleep in the morning and he could get up with babies. :)
After the 2.5 hr drive home, I found a huge blister on my toe... no wonder my toe was killing me on that long walk. I even brought bandaids to prevent that... I just didn't think at all.
It was worth a magical day for Dylan to go through all that stress and tiredness.
I just don't think we'll be providing a similar magical experience for him or the girls for at least another 3 years.
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