Reality Daydream

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A New Sister

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Having grown up with five brothers and only ONE sister, it would be an understatement to say that the testosterone to estrogen ratio in my childhood home was severely off balance. But... I wasn't considering the fact that as we become adults, those brothers would each be bringing me a brand new sister (assuming it's girls they like, and they can find one to like them back). And against all odds, ... [ Read More ]

I admit…

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I'm all about being real on this ol' blog. And one thing I wasn't expecting with parenthood is the pressure to feel like a rockstar-mom. I've always taken great pride in how easy my twins are. They've always slept through the night, and been easy babies... till recently. And I don't want to admit my struggles! In addition to this parental pressure, I have lots of guilt for feeling overwhelmed ... [ Read More ]

A Few Dilemma’s Addressed

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For some time now, I've been really itching to tackle another room in our home. The only rooms I feel are done are the nursery and the kitchen... (and the kitchen could really still use some new appliances, flooring, and the washer and dryer needs to be moved OUT of my pantry so I have room for our month's worth of food). And since we're on a serious budget, designing and updating our home has ... [ Read More ]

Animals

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Remember how our kitties, Blanche and Lucille, collectively had 11 kittens this summer? We were planning on keeping a couple of them... or however many we couldn't find homes for. But happily, they all got snatched up and taken to loving homes! I was a little sad, but luckily I hadn't allowed myself to get attached to any of them, because I didn't know which ones we would end up keeping. We didn't ... [ Read More ]

My Sis… Anna (and her uke)

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Of all seven children my parents procreated, Anna is my only sis... you can imagine how happy I was when she popped out with girl parts, after waiting for 10 years. My baby sis is a sophomore in college now! ...Yes, that means I was a sophomore 10 years ago, and sadly again 5 years later when I went back and changed majors. But that's off subject. My sister is the younger, much better looking and ... [ Read More ]

Chickies

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Note to self, orange is not the best backdrop color to complement most baby girl clothing.  I thought pink outfits were sketchy, but I put RED outfits on them today... didn't fly. So we had several wardrobe changes... what else am I supposed to do with my free time?! There haven't been any major developmental milestones to speak of thus far. Still no rolling or reaching for objects... ... [ Read More ]

The day we found out…

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OK, this is my long-awaited story of becoming pregnant. I'm going to give a little background info of the happenings a week before we got the great news. For even more background info, you can read our full IVF story in chronological blog posts here, and read more about our struggle with infertility (backwards chronological) here. It was at this time last year that we reached our $12,000 goal, ... [ Read More ]

Weekend Misc

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This weekend, we visited a pumpkin patch (my first time ever!) with some friends and had so much fun! We carried the girls around in the Baby Bjorn's and they got to see lots of pumpkins, walk through a corn maze, and see ponies and goats! Nick was concerned about the sun being in Paisley's eyes. What a thoughtful daddy.Upon our arrival back at home, we had lots of projects to tend to! Beings that ... [ Read More ]

Friday Photoshoot

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Let me just say that i LOVE having twins. Watching them lay on the floor together interacting and cooing to each other... I couldn't ask for anything else. And when they're both crying at the same time, I just laugh and say "TWO BABIES!!! Babies are everywhere! Baby chaos!" And then I pick which one to comfort first. In the beginning, my heart would break a little every time I had to choose ... [ Read More ]

Rainbow Butterfly Footprint Artwork {Crafting with Twinfants}

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So my sis-in-law Kelly gave me a great idea for  a craft to do with the babes! I'm always looking for fun cute things to do with the girls (even though they're babies!). I love footprint crafts because it's a great way to make artwork that's sentimental  yet still involves the little one! (this post contains affiliate links) We started out by whipping out a little rainbowy stamp pad and some card ... [ Read More ]

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