Daddy Goggles

So I'm going through some of the pictures that we've taken of the girls these past 9 months, and came to this realization: they're so much cuter now than they were back then! But yet, at the moment that the pictures were taken, I always thought that they were at the peak of their cuteness. 

When I do a side by side comparison with the old pictures, they looked kind of weird and not so cute. Yikes, so this is what other people see! I guess I was just looking through "daddy goggles".

I look at this picture now, and once again ask myself, how can they get any cuter than this. Perhaps this is the sweet spot, the small window of optimal cuteness. Better enjoy it while it lasts.

 

But then again, I've said that before.

"Mama"

When Sophie cries, sometimes she uses the "mmm" sound. It starts out, "mmm, ah-mmm" and escalates to "mmmaa" and of course, "mama!"

She is calling for me! Or else for food which we tell her "mamm, mamm."

Fort

If daddy could keep me here forever, away from boys, he would.

Rocker chick

Yesterday Sophie woke me up after a night where Olivia kept me up. So I picked her up and just sat in the rocker chair to doze a little while rocking every once awhile. She started moving back and forth and I didn't know what she was doing. But then I noticed she only did it when we had stopped rocking.

She apparently liked the motion so decided to take initiative since mommy wasn't doing a good job. It takes a lot of effort on her part because she so little, but she gets it moving!

Twin stats

So the husband and I were arguing about the chances of having twins again and the stats are quite interesting.

Most twins are fraternal so chances quadruple to 1 in 12 of having fraternal twins again!! Since the girls are identical, the chance of fraternal twins is 1 in 10,000. The chance of another set of identicals are 1 in 70,000. Whew! Then again, although it seems unlikely, you never know if God decides, "oh, you can handle it!"

The other interesting thing that I found was that the children of identical twins are genetically half siblings! And if two sets of identical twins marry, their kids will genetically be full siblings. New meaning to "brother from a different mother!"