twin antics

I must say that I do INDEED love having twins. I meet SO many people that say "Oh I always wanted twins" or "I was REALLY hoping I'd end up with twins" and while I was NEVER one of those people who thought about having twins, I wouldn't trade it for the world. Caring for twins is so much harder than just a singleton. Sometimes I have pity parties and WISH someone understood what it was like, how difficult it is, but I realize that no matter HOW hard our situation is, there is ALWAYS someone who has it harder. A friend of mine had TRIPLETS, so I think of her often:) I won't go into details of the hardship, because who TRULY delights or wants to know of our frustrations. The flip side of the trial is that you DO get TWICE the amount of giggles, laughs and kisses. We have started a bedtime routine of playing in their room for about an hour before they settle down and go to bed. I sit in there with them and get tackled and smothered with kisses. One is kissing the top of my head and the other is kissing my face, both laughing hysterically! Reading books to babies, with two on your lap, is so fun. They will look at each other, point to pictures, laugh together and try to turn the pages. It's amazing to watch them interact together. When you have one baby and put them next to another baby (a cousin, friend, etc...) you keep a close eye on them to make sure they don't pull hair, or tackle each other, or hurt each other, but with twins, they are SO used to being together that you never worry about them getting hurt together. With twins, it's not a novelty to have another baby around, they are just used to having each other so they learn to get along even while babies!

The other day I was upstairs while they were in their high chairs and I heard the "belly" laugh... nonstop giggling. I peeked over the staircase to see Ramsey feeding Slade all her food! (It's no wonder he's so much bigger). They thought that was the funniest thing and of course so did Keller and Saylor!

When you have a single baby, you become "alarmed" when it's "quiet", because you KNOW they are into something! With twins, you are alarmed when they laugh, because ONE of them is into something and the other is laughing at them! I heard Slade laughing hard, so I of course run into the room to see that Ramsey had somehow climbed up on the dresser and was throwing diapers and toys down to him. A few days ago I heard Ramsey squealing and laughing (again you have to run quick at laughter) and I found Slade had crawled out the back door (one of the older two left it open). While he was happy to escape, Ramsey's laughter got him caught!

Sometimes I wish time would stand still. I love this part of life, when kids are little, at home, happy to spend time with us. I know things will change, but I'm enjoying these precious precious years!

OUCH! Read this today...

Read this today and figured I'd ONLY be on FB and blog while kids are sleeping:)

My computer arrived just the other day,
It came on the porch in the usual way
So many blogs to read and games to play
My child learned to walk, while I twittered away
And he was talkin’ for I knew it, as my friends list grew
He’d say I’m gonna be like you mom
You know I’m gonna be like you

And mom’s lost on the computer, lettin' dinner burn
Little boy wanders, he just wants to learn
When you getting off mom?
I don’t know when, but we’ll get together then
we're gonna have a good time then

My son turned ten just the other day
He said "thanks for the wii, mom, come on let’s play"
"Can you teach me how it works?" I said “Not today”
"I got a blog to write" he said “that’s okay”
And he walked away while the computer never dimmed
He said, “I’m gonna be like them, yeah”
You know I’m gonna be like them

And mom’s lost on the computer lettin' dinner burn
Little boy wanders, he just wants to learn
When you getting off mom?
I don’t know when, but we’ll get together then
We're gonna have a good time then

Well my son came home just the other day
iPod in his ears, while he texted away
"Son, I'm proud of you, can you sit for a while?"
He shook his head and he said with a smile
"I'd really like to Mom, but talkins' not my thing"
"Check my status, for what's happening"

And mom’s lost on the computer lettin' dinner burn
Little boy wanders, he just wants to learn
When you getting off mom?
I don’t know when, but we’ll get together then
You know we’ll have a good time then

Well my blog's retired and my Facebook out-of-date
My son texted, “Hey mom, I just can't relate"
I said, "I'd like to see you if you have some time."
He said, "I'd love to mom but skype if you don't mind."
"You see my website's down and my workload just grew."
"but it's nice texting with you, mom"
It's been sure nice texting with you."

And as I typed “c u later” it occurred to me
He'd grown up just like me
My boy was just like me

My 5 yr old little princess

My Baby turned 5 on 5-1-5!

Saturday marked the 5th year of having the INCREDIBLE addition of Saylor to our family! She has been such a blessing! Words can't describe the joy she has added to MY life alone!!! From day 1 she has been such an easy, laid back child. She slept through the night at 2 days old, and that has been indicative of the rest of her life. She is sweet, obedient, thoughtful, insightful, ORGANIZED and systematic in her thoughts and actions. She never ceases to amaze me with her love for life! We had an AMAZING weekend celebrating her life.
On Friday Daddy (Kingsley) took her for her first ever pedicure and manicure! She absolutely LOVED being pampered:) She didn't stop smiling ALL day as people commented on her polka dotted nails and bright flowered toe nails! The added a little bling and she has been proud to show EVERYONE! We then headed over to Sky City Bounce house with 3 of her girlfriends and they spent the afternoon bouncing, jumping and laughing!!! We went home for pizza, cake, ice cream, pinata, presents, movie and slumber party. I was quite excited that she requested me to be one of the "girls" and sleep in her castle for the slumber party (soon she'll be kicking me out of her room during slumber parties:) We snuggled all night long and I thanked God for her as I also thanked God that on THIS night I wasn't in labor pushing a 10 lb baby out!!!

Saturday morning we fixed chocolate chip crepes and headed over to the lake for a walk. The kids loved seeing the ducks and turtles. We came across a little pond where a little dipping of the feet turned into full on swimming!! The kids had a blast and made memories that will last a lifetime. It was a priceless moment for me to watch such childlike excitement without a care in the world! My parents were good at allowing us to experience life to the fullest and seeing Saylor take advantage of an opportunity to be spontaneous just made me smile from ear to ear.

It was indeed a perfect weekend. She has no idea how much she has impacted and changed our lives in such an amazing way. I pray God develops and grows her more and more to impact others in such a way for Him.