My Twins Are 2!!!

Tomorrow Ali and Ava will be 2.  I can't even believe they are already 2 years old!  About two weeks ago I was driving down the street and I saw a girl with two infant seats in her back seat.  I noticed she had twins which got me wishing I could hug the girl and tell her how much fun it is to have twins.  The first few months before and after our twins were born were some of the hardest times we have had to endure.  Our lives have been so blessed with these sweet little precious girls.  They are so fun and sweet!  About three days ago my girls were sitting on the floor looking at a book.  I noticed that the book was the book I made them for their first Christmas that had the story of us finding out we were having twins all the way up to the girls NICU experience.  I was just going to take the book away from them to keep safe on the shelf but I decided to sit down and look at it with them.  I showed the girls the pictures and I found myself crying my eyes out as I was once again reminded of just how blessed we are to have these girls in our lives.  They are little miracle babies and I just love them so much!!!  I cry just thinking about how happy they make me.  I also cryed writing this whole post. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

MY SWEET

LITTLE GIRLS!!!

  

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This is their birthday present and they are loving it!

Another Day In PAIR-adise and Remembering Ali's Time with NEC

When I am out in public, I always get asked about my twins. 

I also get stopped by mothers of twins and it never gets old talking about how much fun they are.

 I can't thank the lord enough for these little blessings.  They make my life so much fun.  Whenever I hear about someone having twins I get excited for them.

 I know it comes with double diapers, double doodies/doodoos and double trouble, double copays, double the butt wipes, etc...

but I like to think of it as:

Double Laughs

Double Love

Double Joy

 

Double Play

Double The Pleasure

Double The Fun!

Double Snuggles

Double Laughs

Double Kisses

Double Hugs

"Life is Two-riffic with twins. "

Recently I have heard of a few pairs of twins that have had ongoing reprocussions from having NEC as preemies.  Ali had NEC (necrotizing enterocolitis) when she was just 6 days old.  She was immediatly cut off from her feedings, given antibiotics, had a PICC Line inserted into her head and had to have a Spinal Tap.  She suffered so much during her first few weeks of life and amazingly she recovered with no long term effects. 

I was grateful at the time when she recovered and was able to restart her feedings but I have recently been reminded to continue to be grateful.  She and her sister are our little miracles.  I know that the nurses and doctors at IMC don't read my blog but I am so grateful for their knowledge that helped to save my little Ali.  I am also grateful to my heavenly father who sent me these little GIANT blessings.

 

I love being a mother of twins and I am so grateful for the happy moments that I get to experience with these little angels. 

Three...Two.... One...One!!! Happy Birthday girls!

...So we grew togetherLike to a double cherry, seeming parted,But yet an union in partition,Two lovely berries moulded on one stem...~William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream

Happy Birthday Beautiful Girls! I can't beleive you are now one. I love you so much!

We now have a three year old, a two year old and 2-one year olds!!!

Herriman Days

Ashton loves firetrucks and here is giving his best smile
and waving at the truck in the parade.

Doesn't this look rediculous? I love my kids but we sure attract some attention when we go out on the town. Questions/Comments we always get when we go anywhere include:

-Are your girls twins? (Yep, Can't you tell?)

-Are your boys twins too?

-How many months apart they are? (Tate & Ashton)

-Those aren't all your kids, are they? (Uhhhh Yeah, you think I take this many kids out for fun?)

-You sure have your hands full! (Your telling me....I know!!!)

-Her curls are so cute! (About Tate)

-Your little sisters are so cute! (Said to Ashton about his "sister" Tate and Ali & Ava. Those curls really throw people off.)

COWBOY'S

Ashton wakes up each day to do his "farm work". He loves his barn animals and tractors. Tate & Ashton both have cowboy boots and each day they insist on wearing the boots with a cowboy shirt. They always ask me if I am dressing them in cowboy clothes and of course I always say yes since they don't know the difference.

I took the boys with me to the pediatrician's office for the girls 9 month appointments recently. When we were leaving the office the receptionist gave the boys a token to pick a prize out of the machine. Ashton said he wanted a cowboy toy. I thought to myself, "Yeah right, like there's going to be a cowboy prize." I said to Ashton, "Well let's see what they have." Sure enough, they had these silly mustaches. The boys both got one and when we got home we laughed our heads off trying them on. Even the girls got a chance with the mustache.

Funny twin moments caught on tape!

Sisters

Watch out Ms. America!!!

Ali Carol & Ava Debi

We blessed the girls on Nov. 2nd. Our mom's had never asked what the girls middle names were. When Eric blessed the girls and gave them their names, our mom's were pleasantly surprised to hear the girls were given their names. We love our mom's and thought it was a great way to pay tribute them.

Our Beautiful Girls!!!