Our Kids

So I was a military brat, moved almost every two years if not sooner. Sometimes I thought that the life we led robbed me of the opportunity to become a dancer or performer while giving me the opportunity to see the world, meet all types of people, be exposed to many cultures and become a very independent and strong woman. But…..now I realize that the skills I have, my natural coordination, my wit, my silly side, my compassion, my ability to give 110% was never meant to be channeled into dancing, acting, being a comedian or any other performance art.

My coordination and wit was given to me so that I could have twins and balance a baby on my knee, rock one in a car seat with my foot, eat my breakfast and entertain the love of my life over pancakes. My coordination, compassion and wit are what I am most grateful for today.

It’s been a while since I wrote a sappy “I love these girls” entry, so here goes…

These girls are an absolute joy. They just hit their four-month birthday and I can’t get over how much they’ve changed in that time. They’re really starting to smile and almost laugh now… I think I said “Hi Piper!” fifty times last night while trying to get her to smile at me. As soon as I turned off the video camera, she smiled

The girls have been pretty nice to us at night lately… the past few days they’ve both been ok with being put in their crib around 9 or 9:30pm, and they sleep for a good five to six hours before waking up hungry. That’s the “give” and we appreciate it.

The “take”: the girls will wake up around 6am or so (three hours after their first nighttime feeding) and they’re really not interested in going back to sleep anytime soon. They used to give us until 8am or even 9am until they had some “awake” time, but now we jump right in at 6:30am. That’s alright… that just means more time for smiles.

That’s it for now… thanks for checking in on the girls.