Disney Day One

@ the park at 8am
Watched Mickey arrive by train

Met Mickey

Met Alice and White Rabbit

Met Ariel

Ariel's ride twice

Small World

Philharmagic

Peter Pan

Haunted Mansion

Met Chip & Dale

Ate pretzels

Pirates of the Carribean

Jungle Cruise

Tiki Room

Left @ 1:30pm

Lunch at the Grand Cafe

@ the park at 8pm

Ate Caseys Hot Dog

Teacups twice

Dumbo

Ate popcorn

Celebrate the Magic

Wishes

Indy Speedway

Buzz Lightyear

Winnie the Pooh

Space Mountain

Ate candy apples

Left the park @ midnight

Late night at MK

Just hanging out with his bffs.  

Taken around midnight.  These kids are Vikings.

Ready to meet that mouse!

Tootsies

If nothing else, our toes are ready.

Arthur says, "Mama!  OH MY GOSH!  Your pigtoes are real real real pretty.  I yike em!"

Poobah's Response to Old Man

Do not get caught up on Art and his little pill box. He is desperately holding onto the carefree days of the past.

Did anyone notice t-shirt our boy Art has on? Oh yeah...The Penny Bar!!!

Hold on Art, do not ever get old. Over the holidays I will model my high school football jersey. Oh yeah!!!

Poobah

Six months

Six months ago these girls spent their first day of life with their Dad in the NICU.  Today we had this.  You've come a long way, babies!

Little Turkeys

Oh so thankful.

Old man

Guys, it's happening.

Betrayal and other Sunday stories

Well, it was bound to happen.  As Arthur was loving on Norah, she got a two fistfuls of his golden locks.  The physical pain was nothing compared to the emotional betrayal.  "Mama, I stuck!  Norah stuck me!  Owwwwww Mama, Norah hurt Arthur!"

Cecily has no time for such games, she is  a girl on the move!

Second favorite question

"Are they both girls?"

Throwback

As a point of reference, here's Arthur in the walker at the age of 5 months and one week.  A week younger than the girls!  He has INCHES on them!  That boy is so advanced!

At Yaya's house

My Mom called me yesterday evening when we were getting ready to pick Arthur up. "Please!  Can Arthur spend the night?  We haven't even really gotten any time to play!"  (He had already been there 8 hours.)  When we asked him what we wanted to do he was very clear - "Stay with Yaya and play HOT WHEELS!"  There is a very cheesy quote that goes something like "The only thing better than having you as parents is my kids having you as grandparents."  But sometimes cheesy can be true, and in this case oh so sweet.

Shorty

They're getting big but are still so little.

Last one

Now she's yelling... This girl!

So pleased with herself

And I love how you can see Norah's profile cheering her on!

Roly poly

After many weeks of trying, ONE of these girls can roll back to front!  Although mostly she stays on her side like this until she rolls onto her belly in her sleep and wakes up screaming bloody murder.  (Even though she can totally just roll back the other way.)  It's good times, guys.

Norah is pretty much happy to just kick her feet and smile.

We survived

Just wanted you all to know that we made it through the night.  Barely.

They are so so lucky they're cute.

One year ago

One year ago we learned that when the universe opened to let our baby into the world, a second little soul slipped through.  Now that we know our girls, we are not surprised that Cecily did not want to wait, and Norah didn't mind the company.

One year ago we were so nervous - we imagined twice the exhaustion, twice the crying, twice the diapers.  We didn't know it would also mean ten times the sweet smiles, twenty times the giggles, a hundred times the joy.

Every day since, I have been thankful that we were doubly blessed.

From the backseat

"Mama I got a booger!  I put it in my snack cup!£

Whack-a-mole

Naptime today was just a three hour game of whack-a-mole.  Guess who won?

For Uncle Jeremy

Getting acquainted.

Building a fence

Alternately titled "We all survived til Daddy got home."

Best friends

I just posted this one to facebook last week but didn't share it with you guys.

Arthur said "Lightning and Mater BEST FRIENDS!  Arthur and Caty BEST FRIENDS!"  Indeed.

Bathtub of Babies

There's a lot of chubb in there!

So Ceci

She is the sweetest girl.

Stories of my life 11.3.13 5:10am

Remember when daylight savings meant choosing between an extra hour of sleep or an extra hour at the bar?  Now it's just one more hour in the who's on first of middle of the night parenting.  (Norah's crying.  Arthur's up. Ceci wants to eat.  I just fed her. No you fed Norah.  Arthur's up.  Ceci's crying.  Norah wants to eat.  I just fed her.  No you fed Ceci.  Arthur's up.)  Oh yeah - and we all wake up an hour earlier.