Dinner as a family!

"Yook Mom!  We havin dinner as a family!"

(He set the whole scene up unprompted.)

Is that Yaya?

Wow Mom.  That's fantastic.  It's beautiful.  Is that Yaya?

Watermelon

Evening walk

With Yaya and Poobah.

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Ready for the one year olds.

Night before the Big Day

One year ago we were getting ready to meet our girls.  Earlier in the day, the nurse had frowned and sighed and said, "Well, let's try that again..." when she took my blood pressure.  I called my husband (who was at a must-attend meeting), my parents (who were packing up to move from my childhood home), my in-laws (who were at the ER with my husband's grandfather who had fallen) and my best friend (who was at day 2 of a 3 day class she needed to graduate).  They all dropped everything and rushed to be by our side.  And, honestly, have been doing it ever since.  Every time we've needed them, and sometimes when haven't.  Tomorrow will be all about my big girls... but tonight I'm thinking about all the people who have helped us through this year.  Who have dropped off dinners or coffee (and sometimes both), taken Arthur for playdates, who have picked up and dropped off all manner of odd items, who have still gone out to dinner with us even when the number of high chairs outnumbered the adults, who have responded immediately to middle of the night texts and talked in great detail about nipples and poop and many other things that would have normal people going wtf.  Tonight I want to say thank you to my village.  We have been so blessed by these babies, but even more so by the number of people who have helped us enjoy these blessings.

Dino Rider

This would only be better if Uncle Jer was here!

Ice cream for lunch

Yaya must be in town.

Princess Dress

Mama yook!  It's a pretty princess dress!

Um, yeah.

First Co-ed Bath

Won't Uncle Jer be proud!!!

Jeremy's Beard

Arthur, carrying The Giving Tree: Mama, who is this?

Me: Shel Silverstein.

Arthur: Him has a beard like Jeremy.

Big girls

Both girls refused post nap milky in favor of a snack.  They're growing up.

Mother's Day 2014

I always loved my Mom, but I didn't really appreciate her until I had my own brood of tiny people demanding all my time/energy/sleep/heart/.../   For over 30 years she's excelled at the hardest job in the world, and even now manages to be the best Yaya ever (just ask Arthur) while still being a Mom to me.  Every single day she teaches me and challenges me and supports me when life gets hard.  

I'm also very excited to have my life-long bff and 30th birthday girl Melina joining me on this crazy journey.  I can't wait to meet that sweet baby and share middle of the night "omg my kid just..." texts.  

Love you both very much and feel so blessed to celebrate with you today!

Sesame Street Live

Date with Mama.  Do you think we're having a good time?

Pirate walks with Poobah

Otherwise known as Blackbeard.

Captain Arthur

And his first mates.