life with twins

Well I have learned a few things since having twins- mostly how to answer certain questions :) I have been asked these questions a lot in the past little while.

Question 1? You must be exhausted and busy all the time?
Really who is not busy all the time? Yes, I have learned that I now have four kids to care to all day but it really is not to much different than the beautiful chaos I had before.

Question 2? Do you get any sleep at night?
My question back is- does any new mom get any sleep at night?

Question 3- Are you overwhelmed with twins?
I am grateful I have had two other kids because I kinda know what is expected with delivery, afterwords, taking care of babies, delegating and prioritizing. I am not the best at all of them but at least I have had a little practice. I think it would be a lot more overwhelming if these were my first babies.

Question 4- Do you nurse?
Yes, I do. I try to nurse them as much as I can. I DO NOT double nurse. That is just not me. I did try it once though. We take turns and I will feed one baby, put her down or in the swing and then feed the other baby. Luckily these babies are great eaters and I can change diapers, feed and burp both babies all within a half hour to 45 minutes. Otherwise when it is just a lot more convenient or if both are crying at the same time I use the great invention of formula.

This next one is always my favorite-
Question 5- Are you guys having more kids?
You be on bedrest for 15 weeks and tell me what answer you would have?
Actually after these babies were born I had a really strong calming feeling that our family is now complete (no I wasn't in any pain or on medications at this time :). We are 99.9% sure we are done which makes savoring every moment of Afton and Lilly's baby stage so much more precious. Waking up in the night and changing way too many diapers each day doesn't seem so bad.

I will post some pictures soon as soon as I can figure out how to do it on our new computer :)

Full of gratitude

Do you ever have moments when you realize how grateful you are for the things in your life? Since the day we found out we were pregnant with these twins there have been so many things happening that I know we were totally watched over and blessed. So many things about the pregnancy and delivery of these babies was truly because of Heavenly Father. I am so grateful for my two little babies that have joined our family. We have four amazing children.

I have thought about how much our family sacrifices to add to our family. Our three girls were a result of 20 total weeks of bedrest!!!!!! Yet, here they are for us to take care of and love.

Here is yet another reason to be happy-Yesterday we got some wonderful news when Jim took Lizzie back up to Primary's for yet some more follow up tests for her procedure in March. Everything looked good and the reflux might finally be gone. We didn't even have to schedule ANY follow up appt. Not 6 months from now, not a year from now, not any! Jim and I could not stop smiling at that great news.

Despite medical bills coming every day (thank goodness for out of pocket maximums)
- life is good and I feel so blessed!!!!

smile please.....

So we have begun the process of trying to get a cute birth announcement picture

to send out. It is always hard enough with one baby to get that "perfect" shot but now we have two babies

that we need to cooperate in the same picture :) Plus we need to have both babies awake. What usually happens when we lay them

together is one of them thinks the other is food or a

pacifier and you get the second photo :) We will keep trying :)

*Afton is the one eating Lilly.