Love my TWINS

Being a mom of twins is AMAZING. I always get asked how you do it, and I say, "we dont know any different" which is SO true. What you do for one you do for two.

Two bath's
Two diaper changes
Two bottles
Two... You get the point

But, unlike a singleton I get the BEST

Two kisses at the end of the night
Two smiling faces
Two laughing babies
Two happy babies.

That is the best part of everything! I love my babies with all of my heart and they are completely AMAZING!

The Doctor even said so today. He was amazed at all of our new found freedom:

Two crawling babies
One talking baby
One sitting up baby
One lifting up baby
And... Oh so more... He was amazed that they have done all of this in 7 months. And, with two strikes against them (1) multiples (2) preemies

Mackenzie is now 24 3/4 long and 13.5 pounds

Hunter is now 25 1/4 long and 18 pounds

Try carying them at the same time.. OUCH! 31.5 pounds.

Mackenzie is now talking she says, "Hi" it is the sweetest little voice you could ever hear and Hunter man is now laughing MORE and MORE.

He is sitting up and playing and Mackenzie does not sit still long enough to stay in one spot.

Life has been busy but wonderful and the babies are getting so BIG.

I am so blessed...

I am so blessed to have two healthy and happy children who were 7 weeks premature who have no issues of being a preemie. As Jamal and I started in our normal evening routine I was thinking oh my gosh... time does fly by.

Hunter and Mackenzie loved to be swaddled when they went to sleep and they slept on their wedges; Mackenzie would scoot herself off of her wedge and wiggle her way out of being swaddled. So I knew it was time for my little girl to "grow" up another stage gone. So last week their was no more swaddling and no more asking her who was going to win, and listening to her laugh. We made it a game where I would have her say goodnight to her hand. She slept with one hand in the swaddle and one hand outside. Mackenzie had her right hand swaddled and her left hand out. For no particular reason except that was the side that she slept on.

As I was changing Mackenzie the other night I was looking at her sleeper and noticed it was getting a little tight length wise so it came to the point to go to size 6 months for sleepers. Which is a big deal since my baby girl can still wear newborn shorts or anything width wise. I cannot put 3 month jeans on her because they still slide off of her bottom. God Bless her for being petite. I weighed her last week and she is now over 13 pounds. Way to go Kenzie Girl!~

Kenzie also has been very close to crawling which makes me happy, sad, nevous and overwhelmed to think I could have a "mobile" baby very soon. Where nothing will be safe.

Mackenzie also LOVES LOVES LOVES to look and play with her brother, when I put them together she just wants to touch his face, grab his clothes and make his life miserable. I keep telling her she needs to be nice to her brother and she laughs at me. I took her this weekend to a party, it was a cooking party thing and their was a boy who maybe was 5 and I felt weird telling my 6 month old daughter to be nice, the mom thought I did not want her son around my daughter but that was not the case I was more nervous what she would do to him. And, yes my Mother instinct was right. She grabbed his shirt and the boy was sad.


Now on to Mr. Hunter Man. He loves to smile I cannot get him to laugh for the life of me but I can get him to smile like it is nothing. We have maybe gotten 3 laughs out of him and millions of smiles.

Hunter is now in pretty much 9 month clothes, some things he still wears 6 months. I have him in a size 3 diaper which is so sad... And, he is wearing a size 4 night time diaper at night.

Last Friday, Hunter made me sad when he kept getting out of his wedge and I was like okay it is now your turn to "grow" up and not need the wedge. That was a sad day for me... Both of my babies no longer needed their wedge or to be swaddled.


Hunter can sit up now and he loves to watch Hanny Manny, I think it is so cute how the little theme song can get his attention and he LOVES it. He has been LOVING his jumper this past week and he will jump until his little heart is content. Last weekend he was so tired and Jamal and I knew he was exhausted, but we put him in his jumper and he was so tired he kept leaning forward and dozing off. I picked him up, and he put his arm around me and put his head down is was so priceless.

Hunter is close to crawling as well but not as "close" as Mackenzie he just is trying to find a way to get away from her so she is not pulling or grabbing at him. Oh, I feel so sorry for what I did to my brother.

Last week we also went on the hunt for another high chair. I purchased a second one and I was so excited because it folded "flat" twins can take up a lot of space! And, then after thinking and watching John & Kate Plus 8 I got to thinking I should purchase the restaurant high chairs and I can stack them. Great Idea, I went online and bought them and they came in tonight with some help from Kenzie and Hunter we convinced Uncle to put them together. It actually did not take much convincing the UPS driver came and Eric was outside so he was like this looks like something I have to put together and he took it right to his room.


I took some photos of my babies tonight as they are asleep, no longer in their wedge, or swaddled, or co-cribing. Wow we are growing up and only 6 months old! To think in another 6 months they will be a year!