May Update

Oh my, have I been neglecting this site! So much has happened since the last time I updated. So here's my attempt to put it all down... We survived our first trip on a plane. As my mother-in-law likes to say, it was like going to war. Everything from naps to baths were infinitely harder on the go. Oh, the baggage... there was so much of it! The part that I was most dreading, the plane ride, wasn't nearly as bad as it could have been. At least Olivia slept for some of the time on each leg of the trip. Sophie... well, she was having too much fun in first class with Auntie P and Uncle J to sleep. There was snacks, fruit, a puppy, and did I mention first class??

Now, we've been to SF several times. But I gotta say, bringing the kiddos was a whole other experience than all the other times. We didn't do all the regular touristy things that most people do (been there, done that) or eat our way through SF (also done that, to disastrous results). We mostly "chilled" as much as we could, with two babies under 1 who are not used to their environment. We hiked Angel Island, ate ice cream in Hayes Valley (OMG, Smitten is amazing), and went to the Ferry Market. Then it was time to go to Sonoma for a wedding!

What a whirlwind the weekend was! Between naps and feedings, somehow we got in a small wine tasting, went to Oxbow Market and went to the rehearsal dinner. The scenery was beautiful but I saw very little of it. Maybe it was because I was looking at it with only one sleep-deprived eye while the other was trying to make sure no one was spitting up, crying or throwing things. It was like there was a screen in front of me that was semi-covered and I couldn't clearly see or appreciate what was in front of me.

The wedding was hard to get both babies dressed and in a non-fussy mood, at the SAME TIME and ON TIME. Poor Denver hustled like he never did before to get two babies roused from naps and dressed so he could make pictures! An untested parent's nerves really get shot when you have to do it in 20 minutes, whereas it normally takes 1+ hour to get out the door. It's enough to need a drink badly but can't because you have to take care of twins! But no matter what he felt inside, he looked cool as a clam on the outside and that's all that matters.

We did end up coming home in one piece, but definitely battered and needed a vacation. Of course, there was no time, but that's another story...

Heaven help us!

We've prepped as much as possible. Getting things ready, cramming last minute. I've spent weeks worrying about pulling it off. Are we going to survive it (of course!) without gaining a gray hair (not so sure)? Sounds like taking a final, huh? Nope, it's much harder - prepping twins for travel on an airplane.

Now, other parents might roll their eyes and (smugly) call this overreacting, but most don't have a kid who spits up all the time, especially when jostled around. Well, maybe a few do, but do they also have one who refuses to sleep at night and naps? Both the same age?? If you do, then you can call me melodramatic. Otherwise, I don't want to hear it.

It's two car seats, frozen milk, feeding equipment, a stretch limo of a stroller, luggage, pumping equipment and a partridge in a pear tree. Someone remind me not to forget the babies. Oh wait, nevermind – they are so noisy nowadays that when they aren't crying, they are babbling/hollering so mama won't forget they are RIGHT HERE.

Once we get to the airport, checked in, through security, they'll need naps. What more perfect time to fuss than on the plane where you can finally sit down? If car trips to Austin are any indication, it may not be so pleasant for our neighbors.

My saving grace is that the flight will consist of multiple family members, who if not able to help keep the calm, at least aren't going to be irritated at us. Hurray for being related to the little loud monsters!

Hopefully, people will love the fact that they are twins that they won't mind. Remind me to dress them alike to bump up the cuteness factor.

On the other hand, I can't wait! As our family likes to say (very happily, too), "it's going to be a fiasco." But a fiasco of the funnest chaos!

Did I mention there will also be a dog, fragile cake balls and a wedding dress brought on board? FIASCO!!

Oliva's world

The most common question we get about Olivia is "when do they say she can get the tube removed?"

The answer is simple yet hard: when she decides she wants to learn how to eat by mouth. It's her world and we are just living in it.

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!