Mr. Mac

Yesterday I looked at Mac and realized he was the exact age Grace was when I had the twins. Wow. How time flies. Can't believe my babies are already 1 1/2. Can't believe it is November already.. and that I am wearing flip flops still!

Ok.. on to Mac. 

He is turning into such a little man. He is developing quite the little personality. Poor guy is generally bossed around by girls all day long, but he is finally starting to stick up for himself!! He is truly a Momma's Boy. He will follow me around all day long saying "mama, mama, mama" and putting his hands up for me to pick him up. I swear if I had a sling this boy would stay on my hip all day long. I am ok with that. I am starting to feel like I only have a little time left of them being "babies" and am clinging on to this last little bit.  Oh.. how time does fly by when you have children.

Happy Halloween .. belated

Yesterday was the craziest day. I double booked a session! I have never done that before.. and then one of the pieces on my camera broke. I guess I had lots of "tricks" in my studio yesterday!

I threw the kids in the studio for some pics before we headed out to trick or treat. Mr. Mac was not cooperative at all... you can tell how totally not into it he is...

Happy

Today I am happy. I am grateful for three healthy children, this beautiful weather, a safe neighborhood, a wonderful husband.. etc. 

Somedays you just need to sit back and count your blessings. I tend to get so caught up in the day to day business that I forget just how blessed I am. 

I AM BLESSED. 

Today I am going to count my blessings... 

Today I am most grateful that it is this October and not last oct or the oct before that. ( two 6 month old babies.. no sleep.. etc.... the year before that throwing my guts up pregnant!) Today I am grateful that my babies are 18 months !!

Proud

In light of President Obama's Noble Peace Prize award I feel the need to make some comments. Why is everyone so grumpy about this? Can't we just be happy that our President received this amazing award? I hear people criticizing the fact that he won the award based on his ideas and not actions.  This man has been in office for less than a year. Real change comes from action and most actions start out as ideas.  There will be no peace in this world if there aren't people out there promoting it and dreaming "big".  People criticize and say that he is promoting peace for Muslims, or African Americans, etc......  Well what if he is? Isn't peace for everyone. Or can we just exclude a certain group of people and say that they don't deserve peace. I think that we are all children of God and that we are ALL deserving of peace, no matter our race or religion. Christianity teaches that. Or is it just more convenient to say that we believe that on Sunday at church? Change is hard. People talk and talk and talk about change until it affects them and then it is a whole new ball game of not wanting to be bothered because it is someone else's problem ( wow run on sentence). 

I am so happy that someone is recognizing this incredible man. No, he is not perfect, but none of us are.  Congratulations President Obama... for dreaming and seeking for a better tomorrow. 

Raising Twins

I saw on another blog a post about twins and decided that I really should post about how cool raising twins is. Don't get me wrong, that first year was incredible exhausting and hard, but watching these two different people grow up together is pretty cool. I love watching their little relationship grow. I know that they have Grace too, but the twin's relationships is pretty unique. I am also really enjoying watching the gender differences between the two. It is crazy that gender identity and characteristics really come out so young. I am frequently saying " Oh Mac, you are such a boy". He really is so different from his sisters. Some character traits:

Morgan:

Older twin by two minutes ( she will I am sure remind Mac of this for their whole lives!)

Dark brown curly course hair

dark brown eyes

Very brown skin 

My most tender child. Gets her feelings hurt sooo easily

My most wild child. I know kind of funny that she is my most wild and my most tender!

Loves to cuddle with anyone that will snuggle her. 

Loves to run. Not walk. Ever. If she is walking she kind of walk runs!

A Climber. Oh BOY. This child climbs everything.

Very adventurous. No Fear. Will go to the biggest slide in the park

Loves to read. Loves to color. 

Loves to swim.

I am looking at all these things and thinking that a great description for her is that she just really loves life. 

Messy. This child is soo messy. No meal is complete without putting her dirty hands through her hair.

Afraid of dogs.

Walked first ( 11 months)

crawled first

sat first

HATES TO GO TO SLEEP

pretty much does everything before Mac ( poor boy)

Mac:

Youngest child of the family.

Weighs about a pound less than Morgan 

An inch shorter than Morgan too. 

Thick, Straight, Soft Brown Hair

Brown hair ( lighter than Morgan's)

Tans easily, but lighter than Morgan naturally. 

Momma's boy. 100%

Loves his blankie and his crib. 

Loves to sleep  ( just like his mommy)

Loves vacuums, brooms, hair dryers, phones and cameras. Basically anything with buttons. 

Does not like to swim. Doesn't super love the bath. 

Not outgoing. Very cautious. When he does try something brave he usually ends up falling on his head!

Shakes his hands back and forth while putting his hands up if he wants to be picked up. 

Loves animals, especially dogs. 

Has a great concentration. Will play with one toy for hours.

Loves spoons. Must eat with utensils. Weird. 

Loves television of any kind. 

A biter. Will pretend he is giving you a hug and then bam... he turns into a shark. 

It is really funny for me to makes these two lists. My twins really are polar opposites. Being a mother of twins really is amazing. It is so neat to look at see two babies. I wonder what it is like for them to be one of two. The generally get along very well and hope that they will continue to grow as friends as they age.. I am very blessed. 

October

I LOVE OCTOBER. I think it is one of my very favorite months! Today I cleared out the kid's summer clothes, threw them outside to play all morning long and made a huge pot of chili. I just love fall. The food, the holidays, the weather. Especially with the horrible Vegas summers, fall just comes as such a relief. I am looking forward to a wonderful holiday season with the kids.....

one of my big girl Grace from her 3rd birthday pictures :)

18 month update

The twins will finally be 18 months on Thursday!! You all know what that means! NURSERY! They went in today and were just great! They actually both fell asleep! The twins are both pretty fearless of new people, which is good and bad. All of my kids have adored nursery and never really freaked out when I have left. 

Mimi is so funny lately. She is just talking up a storm and she is still the messiest little eater I have ever met. I swear no meal is complete until she runs her dirty little hands through her hair!! Every night I bath her and food just drips off of her. She is such a little piglet when she eats! Digging in with two hands!

Mac is still as whiny as ever and now that he is starting to talk all I hear all day long is "mama, mama, mama, mama". He just follows me around all day wanting me to pick him up. I think if I still had a sling he would let me carry him around in it all day long. LAZY BOY.

Grace is busy. All day long she just goes and goes and I swear tried everything in the book to test me. It looks like the 3's are going to be worse than the 2's for us. When I give her two choices, she chooses neither. Got to love that.

NO pictures tonight. Grace is whining for me to rub her back while she falls asleep... so off I go.