success!!!

success story 1:
we made it to church. can i tell you how much we love our church?! i have never been part of a church that loves. truly loves! we are so thankful for the body at south shore baptist, so many people have ministered to us, prayed for us and encouraged us (in ways we probably dont even know about). we left the girls in the nursery and sat in the sanctuary. it felt so good and refreshing to be at church!

success story 2:
elyse and tamsin had their first bath yesterday, unfortunately we didnt get or try to take any photos. maneuvering slippery babies was tough and to try to take photos while doing that would have been perilous! elyse did really well, no crying, i think she enjoyed it, she was very relaxed. so relaxed she peed in the tub. no biggie. tamsin cried a little, no pee.

success story 3:
today i left the house by myself!!! what what! yep took the girls to babies r'us to do a return and then to derby street to try to find myself a new pair of sneakers. my feet are a mess after having the girls, they have gone up one full size! i didnt get a pair but i did get my one chicken taco with black, brown, corn and tomato salsa, sour cream, cheese and lettuce for lunch.

First outing with mum and papa

Dan and I took Tam tam and Pie pie out for the first time yesterday (They've been out with me and their nonaninu last week). We took them to Derby Street and enjoyed Chipotle, returns at Kohls, ice cream at Cold Stone (thanks for the gift card Uncle Johnny!), and Barnes and Noble. We are experiencing the joys of parenting twins- the best and worst part are the stares and comments. We love the comments from other twins or parents of twins; everyone is so encouraging- "You can do it! It's so hard, I'll be honest but you can do it." I hate the gawking and "Are they twins?" "Oh you have your hands full." "Double trouble." We are not freaks people! If you want to comment tell us our kids are beautiful, wish us luck and move along!

peaceful love

everyone talks about this overwhelming love when you first hold and meet your babies. dan and i talked about this experience and compared notes. we both agree that we have and had something more complex, we didnt have this explosion of love, we received this peaceful calm love, like a cool breeze. i think because we loved and prayed for the girls so much before they arrived that once we held and had them we had this peace that our family was whole.

elusive sleep

up until 4 nights ago the girls had been sleeping fairly ok during the night; just getting up to feed or be changed, but then they started to become very fussy, nothing really calms them down. for the most part it is just lysee pie squawking, neither rocking nor pacifier work to permanently quiet her down. we end up just staying awake holding her which left us extremely fatigued. thankfully nonaninu stayed over last night; we both fed, burped, and changed the girls/elyse but she stayed awake with them/elyse while they fussed. its amazing how much more sleep i got even though i was up 4 times for feedings and changings.

i just remind myself that God has entrusted me with these little lives and it is my privilege and honor to raise them.

The First Few Weeks. Elyse (twin A) is in the yellow and Tamsin (twin B) is in the purple.

                        At the Hospital

Check out time!

All set to go home and meet Jack and Lina!

First day at home! Visits from grandparents and great grandparents!

Two little monkeys

 Quiet time with Mum and Papa