The twins are officially twelve months old. Here is the last video in our first-year-video-series, all be it two weeks late.
Late because we are overwhelmed, not just with life but with these babies that seem to have miraculously turned into kids while our eyes were closed last night, or perhaps while we stared entranced by them this year.
Overwhelmed by the way she points at everything around, her wonderful slobbery kisses, and the way she can sit for what seems like an eternity to figure out how a particular toy works. Overwhelmed by the ability we see in this small one to comprehend the life being lived all around her.
We are overwhelmed with his soft heart and crazy actions, the way he spider monkeys around the house to narrow in and tackle the next obstacle. Overwhelmed by the sweetness we find in his tight embraces as he nuzzles into a shoulder before the energy explosion of the day begins.
Overwhelmed by love. Overwhelmed by them. By the fact that this video makes 12 and marks the end of an era in our lives. A time that has been so very special to us-
I want to be the one to put it in a song and make it last forever.
Have you ever done a photo-shoot with 2 one year old babies? Our Christmas attempt at one was really hilarious. Here is a one minute flip book- if you would like to see what we go through for a simple Christmas picture. Crazy babies crawling everywhere and a little dose of jingle bell cheer-
Seriously though, I love many of the pictures and am thankful Chelsea was as patient and kind with us as ever. Here are a few of my almost favorites (the actual favorites are being saved for our Christmas cards but these were very close seconds).
PS. Also I have a new obsession with spray painted cinder-blocks, after the photo shoot I brought them home and am thinking of making a desk or a table out of them.
I know this video is way overdue, all I have to say about that is…. My babies are 11 months old!!!
We are narrowing in on the end of their first year of life and I simultaneously feel like I could conquer a mountain and pass out at the bottom of it. There is an exhilarating freedom knowing we are coming to the end of this year, knowing that we have survived the impossible. The extra energy of this excitement is quite handy as I am frantically attempting to keep 2 dare-devil-fast-as-lighting babies alive on a daily basis.
This is 11 months for us…
rambunctious fun…
and love and joy and fights, and MINE…
They are addicted to each other, to their toys, to my legs, to their routine and schedule and binkies, most of all though, they are addicted to exploring and saying, “HI” to their world. A little world that is daily expanding in front of them. What a joy it has been to walk through this time holding them steady, one hand under each butt as they come down the stairs.
I am a few days late with this post. The twins turned 10 months on Friday!
I am late partly because life is just busy right now and it’s taken me awhile. Mainly though, I’m late because 10 months seems like a big deal.
Posting this video in some ways means I am owning up to the truth that they really are this old. It means admitting that the little boy and little girl who I watch crawling across my floor, holding their own bottles, standing up to reach for something on the table are really my babies. This reality has caused me to hold on to them tightly for an extra five minutes before laying them down. It has compelled me into smelling their beauty, enjoying their laughter for just a while longer. Leaving the cleaning, showering and even blogging for another day, for another life. Because they are just to precious to miss right now.
If it were possible I would wish the world would stay this way forever.
Sometimes I catch myself looking at you and I have to snap my neck back to quickly give you a second glance. I ache from whiplash as I strain to see, is that really you?!? So big, so active, so lovely. Are those really your sweet hands holding your own bottle, playing peek-a-boo? Are those actually your chubby leg rolls I see crawling away from me, standing, swinging and jumping? Is that truly your wet mouth pounding kisses on me? Is that really your belly laughing I hear haunting my dreams?
It is you. Amazing you. Growing and changing every moment you. Lovely you.
Spending my days loving these two. WONDERFUL DAYS. 8 months of wonderful days…
Through the sacrifices, the tears and the struggles everyday with these babies hast been wonderfilled. Wonderful. Somehow they continue coming and coming. Another wonderful day is experienced and then left behind.
I want to save these days, stick them in a pocket somewhere, a pocket of an old coat, or the pants that don’t fit right now. That way when I stumble upon them months from now they will still exist. Like the dollar I found today buried in a hoodie that hasn’t been worn all year. I will stick this day away. I will bury the smiles, the cuddles, the “bababa’s”. I will stick them away and find them when least expected. As I am throwing a bag together for charity, these days will fall out and I will remember. I will smile. For these days are WONDERFUL.
Today Oliver and Lorelai are 7 months old. Seven months they have given us of love and beauty and joy. In every crevice of their being we find deeper love and more beauty than is deserved to be known.
They truly do set off avalanches in our hearts… Spewing out their joy and beauty everywhere. Leaving the residue of an incredible love explosion as they grow- beautiful, hot lava that can melt right through the cynicalness of our hearts.
We are so grateful these babies have come into our lives, sharing with us their beauty, leaving us not alone…
How old are they??? Our new answer is they are 1/2….
A half a year old, a half a year gone, a half a year ago and they were just becoming them.
The six month mark has come upon us so strong and seemingly at warp speed around here. I need someone pinch me back to reality, this dream is just too good, these babies are just too precious. Both of our little ones have hit a sweet spot in the last month of pure joy to us! Laughing, trying to move, almost sitting, smiling at everyone, playing with Piper, eating, sleeping and being happy is what we do most days. They are truly learning how to live and loving every minute of it, eating it up with their hungry little mouths!
Happy 1/2 my babies! To commemorate the occasion we had 1/2 of a birthday party….
with 1/2 of a cake
and we wore 1/2 hats
and partied it up 1/2 an hour past our bed time… leaving us just a little silly today!
I have very little heart left as I gave half of it to hubby when we wed and these little ones have consumed the other half. They’ve been drooling, snuggling and laughing upon it until there is nothing left of me- only a flowing mess of snotty cuddly love where my heart once resided.
Happy 1/2 birthday my little ones… my dear lovely… timeless… little ones…
For a look back check out how tiny and adorable they were just a few months ago click HERE!
I know I’m a few days late with this but that is what traveling with two very busy babies will do to you!
It’s month 5 and it has sure been a month of experience for us all. The twins are entering a new dimension of life where they are truly interacting with the world around them. Taking in sights, wanting to touch and EAT everything, noticing each other, and learning about the seriously scary world outside of them.
It has been a wonderful month of experiencing life together. We have enjoyed some FABULOUS, KNOCK YOUR SOCKS OFF experiences this month of family walks, cuddle times, dancing together, days with zero crying and praying beside the ocean. We have all survived a few really hard experiences consisting of hurt babies, sick babies, sick parents, crying babies, non-naps and the thousandth spit-up wardrobe change! Experiencing the FABULOUS and the AWFUL together we are learning that life is created through these small, these simple, these everyday events.
This month has been amazingly full of “worth it” moments of smiles, laughs, coo’s, grabbing toys and almost rolling over. We love these babies with a heart pounding- gut wrenching love, which is stronger than we could ever have imagined!
This month we have walked in a parade, flown across the country to meet our family, visited Niagara Falls, played in the snow, got our first tan from the Vegas sun, spent many, many days hanging out at Town Square, met the basset hounds, ate a tiny bit of rice cereal and started watching Baby Einstein!
May these babies grow to always bring joy and have not quite so many tears!
Music credits…. Sufjan Stevens- Decatur, or, round of applause for your stepmom
4 month stats~
Oliver 14 pounds 3 ounces
Lorelai 11 pounds 12 ounces
The first 3 months video’s can he found here, here and here…
Welcome, I am Vicky- a new mom to twin toddlers & an event designer. This is where I chronicle my inspirations, projects and designs for these passions daily. Read more about this blog and if you'd like- visit my store.
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