Tagged with multiples

Preparing Your Dog to Meet Your Baby

Preparing Your Dog to Meet Your Baby

Our dog Miles is our first child. So, when we brought Kaitlyn and Ava home from the hospital, we wanted his transition to be smooth. Now he recognizes the girls as part of our “pack”. He often sits with them and is deeply concerned for their welfare. If one of them cries in the night, … Continue reading

Ava’s Delight, My Delight

Ava’s Delight, My Delight

When Ava sees me, the smile on her face is pure joy.  When I greet her in her crib each morning, she smiles.  When I walk in the room, she smiles. When I say her name, she smiles.  Being her mom is bliss, and it warms my heart that she smiles at me.  She delights … Continue reading

Friday Family Photos: A Texas 4th

Friday Family Photos: A Texas 4th

The girls spent this 4th of July week visiting their Texas family. Nana’s House Ava is giving her grandmother Nana a hard time (above) while Kaitlyn pays attention to me. Josie, also a twin, holds her cousin Kaitlyn.  Yes, twins do run in the family. Pop and Gram’s House Here is Carlie , Josie’s twin, … Continue reading

Road Trip Update

Road Trip Update

We’re on the road this week in Texas visiting family. Here are the girls, Ava and Kaitlyn. Ava at Starbucks in Ruston, LA. Kaitlyn at Papa Sito’s in Fort Worth, TX.

Friday Family Photos

Friday Family Photos

Kaitlyn’s first teeth came in this week, her bottom two. Unfortunately, it’ll be  difficult to capture them on camera until they are more than little buds. The girls spent the day swimming at Pop and Gram’s house.  Here they are drying off before going down for their afternoon nap. Ava, left, and Kaitlyn.

Our First Road Trip: Packing for Four

Our First Road Trip: Packing for Four

We’re taking our girls’ first road trip today. Packing for 2 has morphed to packing for 4. Most of the time I like Kaitlyn and Ava to “coordinate”, not “match”. To simplify mornings,  I sorted each girls’ outfits, along with matching bows, stored them in a ziploc bag, and labeled each bag by day.  This … Continue reading

Homemade Baby Food: Carrots

Homemade Baby Food: Carrots

Cooking,  or should I say, mushing your own baby food is a cinch.  Now that I’m working part-time, I need to save cents and dollars wherever I can. To get started, all you need is a steamer, blender/food processor, and ice cube trays. For this first-time baby food maker, steamed carrots was definitely a wise … Continue reading

Friday Family Photos

Friday Family Photos

Kaitlyn (left) and Ava loved playing in their new kiddie pool in the back yard. Ava in her bumbo in the back yard. Kaitlyn (left) and Ava have been sitting up for about 2 weeks now. Here’s a video clip of Ava’s first big situp. Here is Kaitlyn with her great grand father Paw-Paw (my … Continue reading