The Way We Sleep

I should be cleaning... or reorganizing the babies drawers... or deciding what to make for dinner... or paying bills...but in 30 years, is anyone going to care if I did any of those things? No! But, I'm pretty sure that in 30 years my children and grandchildren and I will enjoy reading the books I make out of these blog posts, so I'm doing this instead. Plus...this is much more fun!

I think the hardest thing about having twins has been not sleeping...that and trying to breastfeed two babies. The first couple weeks were awful! I actually had such a bad headache at the hospital it started to blur my vision, which totally freaked me out! The nurse I had that day was W.O.N.D.E.R.F.U.L! She decided my headache was due to lack of sleep, told me she and Wil would take care of the babies, convinced me missing a feeding would not hurt anyone, put a sign on my door warning people to stay away and turned off the lights.

Luckily, sleeping has gotten much better! Especially in the last few weeks! Usually I only have to get up once now. They've even made it a couple nights from 10 p.m. - 5 a.m. or from 10:30 p.m. - 4:30 a.m.

These are pictures of the babies sleeping during the day...the rare times when everyone is napping at once are the highlights of my week!

Seriously...how do they sleep like this? And how do they wake up without a stiff neck?

Mason 

Alisa

Mason 

Doll House

 

 Addie's cousin Karina gave Addie her old doll house a couple weeks ago.  Addie LOVES this doll house! She plays with it constantly!

 

Quick flashback. About a month ago, Addie figured out that my real name is Jessica. Every once in a while she would say, "Mommy, Jessica?" I think it was a little strange to her that other people call me something besides Mommy.

 

Back to the present, the doll house came with three little dolls. Addie named the babies Alisa and Mason.

 

 

We were playing with the house and the babies when I saw the bigger doll. I asked Addie if that was the Addie doll or if that was the Mommy doll. To which she replied, "no, Jessica." She still calls the doll Jessica and the baby dolls Alisa and Mason. Now, we just need a Wil doll and an Addie doll.

Growing

My babies are growing so fast!

 

The first six weeks were a complete blur of exhaustion, nursing, hospitals (for Wil & my Grandma), doctor visits (for Wil, the babies and me), diapers and stress, so I'm not really sure when they got so big! These newborn whale pajamas came with the outfits we bought for them to wear home from the hospital. We put the pajamas on them last night after their baths and they are getting too small. I think that's the last time they'll be able to wear them. I have no desire to go back to the first few weeks, but I do wish their growth would slow down just a little bit...although their path to sleeping through the night can move as quickly as possible! 

 

 

This is Mason's pouty, I'm about to cry face. Alisa has one just like it. I think it's adorable!

Bravery

I was feeing exceptionally brave yesterday and decided to take all three kids to the library for story time. It was my first time venturing out to a public place by myself with all three kids. I got out of the car at the library to find Addie and Alisa holding hands. How sweet is Addie? She loves her baby sister and brother so much!

 

This made up for the screaming fit she threw when it was time to leave. And Mason's crying inside the library. And the 8,000 degree heat. :-)

I Love to See the Temple

We took Addie to see the new Phoenix Temple that is under construction for Family Home Evening on Monday (okay, it was more like Family Home Afternoon/Prevening).

 

There's a small trailer for visitors to tour that has pictures and more information about the temple. I was showing Addie these pictures and explaining that they were building the baptismal font where people would be baptized. To which Addie explained, "a bubble bath!"

The senior missionaries working at the visitors' center gave Addie a business card sized picture of the temple. She took it to show the babies. "Look, Alisa. Jesus Christ, Amen." "Look Mason, Jesus Christ, Amen." and then brought it to show Wil and me. "Look Mommy, Jesus Christ, Amen." "Daddy, Jesus Christ, Amen."

I should probably mention that we had a Family Home Evening a couple weeks ago about learning how to pray. I'm not exactly sure how that connected to the picture, but it obviously did in her mind.

Alisa and Mason in front of the temple.

Mason was so excited he started fist pumping and shouting. :-)

Desperate Times

Desperate times call for desperate measures. This was Wil's solution to the pacifier not staying in Alisa's mouth! Don't worry, she wasn't like this for long!

 

Zzzzzz

The way we sleep...

 

 

It should be noted, Alisa has only been dropped once!