Sunday, May 10, 2009

What I Love About Being a Mother

Breakfast in bed. Oh, and sleeping in.

That's right- not only did I get to sleep in this morning, my wonderful husband made me breakfast in bed (french toast, sausage, fruit, and coffee just the way I like it). Heaven! Well, I started out in bed, but then 2 little ones forced me into the living room, so breakfast on the sofa it was. Ignore the bed head.


We've had some fun this weekend, as evidence of the photos posted below. I am very excited and happy to tell that Eva has just enough hair to put into a tiny velcro bow. Oh yeah, and so does Reid. This is what happens when Ross leaves us alone. Thank goodness I don't have twins boys.



Notice the tongue? Yep, that's Eva's new thing. Supposedly Ross did the same thing as a child, and Aunt Susie still has a propensity to stick out her tongue when working on something. So, you could say it comes naturally.

We finished off Mother's Day playing in Meema and Papa's new toddler-friendly swimming pool. Who needs swimsuits when you're in the privacy of your own backyard? Eva had a grand time playing OUTSIDE of the pool with water in the mud. Reid enjoyed dancing a jig to "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" and "If You're Happy and You Know It" in the pool. He hunches down and bops around giggling with his arms in a Frankenstein fashion. The other day he danced this way all the way through Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours." He has good taste, what can I say?



So, that's what I love about being a mother. Sleeping in. Breakfast in bed. Acting goofy for an entire weekend with my two favorite little people in the whole entire world. Isn't that what life's all about?

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

The Swing Chronicles

So, I lied and wasn't done with my updates (see post below). We took our FINAL swing picture at 16 months old. Why final you say? Have you seen the size of my children?

5 Months


10 Months


16 Months


The End. :)

Catching Up

To our loyal following: I've been very neglectful in keeping up with the blog lately. I just realized the last post was a whole month ago, SO, bear with me while I re-cap the last 30 days or so... it's a long one.

Grammy and Pops came to visit us the weekend around March 21st and what fun we had! It was perfect timing since the twins had just started walking. We played so hard every day that by night, everyone was exhausted!

Here we are playing with Grammy and Pops.


And here we are with our first trip to the zoo!




March 28th was my birthday. We got to celebrate the actual day with one of my best friends, Katrina, at her surprise birthday party. It was such a special night and almost as good as the 13th birthday party we celebrated together!


April 4th was time to celebrate my belated birthday with dinner and drinks at the beach. Thank you Meema and Papa for giving us a night off to party! We (or should I say 'I') definitely kept it lively...


On Good Friday, it was time for big boy to get his first haircut. I love his curls, but the mullet look is definitely not making a comeback! And yes, we saved some locks for the baby book. Maybe when Eva's 5 we can do the same for her...

Here's a before shot


And an after


Easter this year was such fun (even when battling brochitis with Reid and an ear infection with Eva). We went to mass that morning in our matching aqua outfits (thanks Children's Place!). Eva was all about running all over the yard, but had no idea what to do with the eggs. Reid wasn't feeling so hot, but was a trooper and tried to play along.






Whew... I think that's it. Oh, and Happy 17 month birthday to us today! Until next time!