Roller coaster of love!

It's been a while...that's because we've been devoting all of our time and love to our wonderful daughters!  Since the girls have been born I feel as though I've been on a "roller coaster of love", meaning that I just have soooo much love oozing out of me no matter what is going throughout on all the "ups and downs".  Ups=the precious moments: all the alert, wide eyed moments where I can tell the girls are taking it all in, anytime I'm kissing the girls, watching them sleep, getting pooped on (yes, this is an up as it makes me laugh profusely).  Downs=the more exhausting and tiring moments like when I can't calm them down fast enough and they won't stop crying (which surprisingly hasn't been that often, knock on wood) or when I worry too much about all the "what-ifs" which deep down I know don't get me anywhere worrying about.  That kind of worry is something many parents described to me before I had the girls that is impossible to imagine until the second you become a parent.  I was blessed with a love stronger than I had ever fathomed and it is so strong it makes me hurt sometimes! 


The girls are doing phenomenal...I thank God everyday for our little blessings.  Yesterday they had a pediatrician appointment...Etta weighed in at 7 lbs. 1 oz and measured 19.25 inches long.  Elsie weighed in at 7 lbs. 12 oz and measured 20 inches long!  Doc says he is super impressed with the girls and that we are doing a great job.  He says he can tell we are staying low key and calm and not freaking out...apparently some parents can be control freaks?  What?  No, not me...I thought to myself :-)  Truth is, having twin babies has really taught me how to be okay with rolling with the punches.  I tend to be the type A, always wanting to have a plan...and I learned when the girls were in the hospital that I had to let go of that.  I wanted a clear cut answer on what type of schedule to follow for breastfeeding, exactly how much, etc.  When the nurses were all giving me answers and the Dr. actually used the term "ad lib" feed them, I learned that I was going to have to be ok with not having it all under control.  And you know what?  It's so much more fun this way.  I LOVE BEING A MOM and I have the best partner in the world to parent with!  Pete is so wonderful.  Can't believe he is turning 30 on the 3rd of October!  Seems like I just threw him the superhero surprise 25th party!


My favorite things about our girls...well everything really, but some highlights:
-They grunt ALL the time...which sounds HILARIOUS on the monitors and we've learned don't always mean they need something...they do it in their sleep most often.
-Taking them on walks...every time their cute little hats fall down over their face they look so cute and peaceful taking in the fresh air.  
-Tummy time, especially when they are laying next to each other...they just gaze at one another and seem to connect.  Often they will grunt back and forth, almost as though they are communicating.
-Bath time...they LOVE this!  I had my first "mom of twins" moment the other day.  Etta was all done with her bath cleaned up and snuggled outside the bathroom door observing me bathing Elsie.  I had somehow managed to spill Etta's bath water ALL over the bathroom so I stripped down to just my tank top and undies.  I have two dripping wet bath towels laying on the bathroom floor. As I have soap lathered up all over Miss Elsie, I hear a car door, then my phone rings, then a knock on the door.  Crap...I look out and it's my dad!  He doesn't hear me shouting from the bathroom "can't answer the door, got a slippery baby!", so I pick Elsie up, lay her against me DRIPPING wet and catch my dad's eye through the window to say, hang on I got a slippery baby!  I can only imagine how many more times this is going to happen.  :-)
-Tandem tooting...Grandma Ellen came up with this term the other day...I love it!  They totally toot back and forth and I SWEAR it can be as loud as an adult flatulating, hehe!
-Snuggle time...enough said.  It's so special and amazing and I love when their arm hangs over my shoulder and I just smell their cute lil noggins.  
-Watching them sleep...they can be just out cold and laying peacefully or going through REM making awesome little faces.
-When their eyes are open...Elsie tends to really lock eyes with me and gazes ever so peacefully all around.  Etta tends to be moving her eyes all over, wrinkling her forehead a lot :-)
-Feeding time...they root so hard sometimes they can't even get the bottle in their mouths.  And Pete calls them "barber shop quartets" when we try and snug the burp rag under their chins so their "beards" of milk don't pool into their neck folds and settle in to leave a stinky surprise for later :-) (Even though some always manages to drip away from us!)


I'm sure I could go on forever but as for now, I gotta go feed my little piglets who are grunting away.  Love to you all.  Thanks for everything you all are doing, whether it be making us meals, visiting and helping care for the girls or thinking/praying for us.  
-Beck