much love mac: Twintastic : )

Sorry I have taken a hiatus from my blog... As you can imagine I have been keeping myself busy. After a bout of hand foot and mouth (Mac), a cold (Jared), mastitis (me), and a vacation I am back and our family is doing great now. If we can all get through the illness with two infants then we can get through anything.

Life with Mac, Hank and Oly has been great, extremely gratifying, amazing, fun-filled, difficult at times, and the best blessing we could have asked for. Hank and Oly are starting to smile, coo and giggle and it is just amazing. The incredible thing about twins it that we have double the blessings, smiles, laughs, love and we get to experience each milestone twice in the same moment. Mac has been absolutely wonderful. He is the best big brother. When Hank and Oly cry he says "I know, I know" while he gently rubs their bellies. He often wants to hold, kiss, rub the babies. He also says "I love you" to them almost daily. It just melts my heart.

You know you are a mom of multiples when...

-you know to feed two babies at once, and you do it often.

-when you can cross off the to-do list in 30-45 minutes

-online shopping is the only way

-you go through 6-8 bottles a night

-you have to run the dishwasher half full because you need bottles

-you look forward to an uninterrupted hot shower

-you own a LOT of car seats

-you drive a minivan and you still don't have room for passengers

-four hours of sleep is considered a full nights rest : )

-your shoulder always have stains (spit-up, snot, tears) and you don't care

-your purse/diaper bag is so heavy that it leaves a red mark on your shoulder

-you've carried a child on the front, back and pushed a stroller all at the same time

-you have to think about what doors your stroller will fit through and strategically plan your outings around that

-it takes an hour to get everyone loaded into the car to go and get ice cream

-you can pick up anything with your feet

-people stare at you and your family A LOT