Bumbo Days!

It's hard to believe the boys are already 19 weeks old - they are almost five months! Here are some pics I took today and thought I'd share. Their cheeks keep getting fatter and fatter. You can't help but eat them up!

Meltdown Mania

Jonathan recently took some pictures of the me with the boys. I am including more than I'm sure anyone wants to see, but I thought the progression toward meltdown mode was funny. Plus, it gives everyone at home an idea of how fast the progession occurs. Enjoy!

sauteed hot dogs

On Veteran's Day, Jonathan and I had a few families over from the young marrieds class at UBC. We were excited to have an actual 'event' at our house - the first one since I discovered I was pregnant last November! We decided to keep it easy and serve chili dogs. How easy is that? Well, it wasn't until our hungry guests arrived that we discovered our grill didn't work!!!! So, Jonathan came to the rescue and cooked the hot dogs on our stovetop. They actually turned out really good! Yum! Here are some pics!

Scrapbook Pages

I recently discovered digital scrapbooking and created these pages from quick page templates. See the wonderful world of http://www.weedsandwildflowersdesign.com/ for ideas and downloads).

Going with the Flow

Taking care of twins means creating a strategy for every single task. Bathing, feeding, diaper changing, waketime, going to the grocery store...it all requires a carefully planned out system. This ensures no one gets left out, or worse, left behind. For instance, Zach always gets picked up first when we are feeding. For diapers, Jonah always gets changed first and bathing....well...when we get a bath we are pretty proud.

But when an event occurs that throws our system out of whack, mom tends to have a breakdown. For instance, I recently burned my hand while cooking dinner. Thank goodness Jonathan was on his way home from work. He swooped in like Superman and took over the boys who were screaming in their cribs and finished dinner. Although we got my hand wrapped up and taken care of, we quickly realized all of our little systems for life were compromised. None of our systems worked when mom only had one operable hand. With Jonathan there, it was no problem; however, I was anxious about the next day when he would have to go to work leaving me with 2 four-month-old babies and only one hand to take care of them with. Before he left for work, we quickly worked out some new systems for me. And although everything took twice as long, I am proud to say that I was able to pick them up, feed them, diaper them, and play with them...all with one hand! (However, no one got a bath that day...not even mom.)

Two days later, you can't even tell my hand was burned, and the boys haven't missed a beat. But mom is pretty proud. Although I'm not planning on picking up any more hot pans, I now know how to adjust my systems to roll with some of life's punches. After all, the biggest adjustment came when our family grew from two to four members in 9 months. I guess that's what you call, "going with the flow."

16 Weeks

The boys have started doing “twin” things now. They still share a crib, but now when I go in to get them up in the morning I find that they have scooted together so that their feet touch. Because one is usually crying I’m not sure if they like this or not. But each morning this is the state that find them in. (Notice Zach is almost completely out of his swaddle on the right. We call him hoodini).

They’ve also started to talk to each other. For about a month, they have been cooing at me or at Jon. Their entire faces light up when they talk. But every once in a while they will smile at each other and coo at each other. It is so cute I can’t help but laugh out loud at them. And of course Mom’s freakishly loud laugh breaks the spell…

15 Weeks (Almost!)