Day In-Day Out

As chaotic as life seems to be sometimes, I realized the other night how blessed we are as a family. We are healthy, we have 2 beautiful, wonderfully spirited children, and we are happy. I had a 3-day weekend thanks to President’s Day, and then ended up home for an extra day…making for a nice 4-day stretch with my family. Friday night was a normal, “quiet” night. We played, laughed, ate dinner, danced around, and then slept happily in our beds. Saturday the kiddos spent the afternoon and night with their wonderful Grandparents while we tiled our kitchen backsplash. After 9 hours of hard work it is finally done! The tile was supposed to be up before the babies were born, in fact the weekend I went into labor back in June 2009, was the weekend Brian was going to do the tiling. But “life” got in the way. Here we are about 18 months or so later and it is DONE! Pictures to come… Sunday after picking up Jack and Maggie we stopped at Manna Cupcake in Lebanon to try and say hi to one of the NICU nurses from UC, but she wasn’t there. We still got to enjoy a yummy cupcake though! Afterwards we headed home and were greeted by Wilma who was unusually excited to see Jack and Maggie. She chased and played with them in the family room, which was a complete first. The rest of the long weekend was fairly normal. And I soaked up every minute of it!

Last night while rocking Jack and enjoying the small amount of alone time I get with him each night, I sat and thought about how much has changed over the last year.

A year ago my babies were, well, babies. Neither kiddo had teeth nor were they crawling yet. We could put them in one spot, and they stayed there. Jack was learning to sit with boppy assistance and Maggie was discovering her toes and rolling onto her belly from her back. They were sleeping longer, but not through the night. They were swaddled when sleeping. They loved their swings. They loved their jumperoos. They couldn’t talk.

Now…they have tons of teeth. Maggie is cutting many right now, two of which are molars. We brush our teeth at night during bath time. Jack loves brushing his teeth. Not only do they sit; they walk, run, jump, climb and never seem to stop moving. They crawl, but only when playing because they think it’s funny. They sleep through the night! The swings, jumperoos, and stationary playmats have long been packed away. They talk, sing, and mimic all day long.

What’s the same? They still love to cuddle, especially when tired or not feeling well. They smile so wide, it makes everyone else smile too. They are sweet, happy and the joys in their Mommy and Daddy’s lives!