This morning they woke up around 6 a.m. I couldn't help myself! I pulled them both into bed with us and reminisced what this day was like one year ago. They must have sensed my need to hold them close, because they both snuggled up and lay so sweetly.
One year ago I was huge as a house and had been in labor for three weeks! Mother Teresa had come to take care of our little, yet growing, family, and what relief she brought. My goal of 36 weeks had finally come, and I woke up with such excitement to finally have these babies!
If my smile doesn't seem as radiant as usual, it's because I'm dialated to about a seven! This is moments before we walked out the door to the hospital.
I love this picture! It's the first time we were together after Tanner and Reid were born. Even though I was so drugged up and in so much pain, this one of my favorite moments ever! This picture hangs on the side of my refrigerator and I look at it every day! 
Ah, coming home! I was so happy to be home and to hold Tanner and Reid in my arms, not my belly!
Soon we were on our own, and I think Mike has quite a few pictures of me like this at the end of the day. This is reality! Life with newborn twins and a 20 month old! I wondered how I would do it all- nursing twins, grocery shopping, church, social life, etc. But somehow we did it! Thankfully, babies get bigger, moms get smarter, dads work harder, and good neighbors, friends, and family help out! We learn how to carry two babies in one arm, how to pick things up with our toes, which grocery stores have the carts we need, and that concealer under the eyes is a must! Dinners are a little less impressive, our garden is an eyesore, and my home is only picked up once a day, but we did it! We not only survived the first year, but I like to think that we did it well. We had fun, we had vacations, and we are still sound in the mind- that has to count for something, right?
Tonight I put all three boys in the bathtub together and the sappiness I referred to earlier set in. I LOVE MY BOYS!!! I'm truly living my dream!
Birthday pics will be coming soon!
24 comments:
Wow! The year has just flown by! Sterling turns one in eight days. I love how all our boys are the same age.
They are adorable and you are amazing. Happy Birthday Tanner and Reid!
Matt, my mom and I all read this together. What a great summary of your first year. We are all so proud of you not only for surviving, but for doing it well!!
ah, you got the pregnant lady crying, lizzie! i can't believe it's been a year! like camie said, congratulations on not only surviving but actually living a "normal" life! and, you got me really excited for life with boys!
Yay!!! I LOVED all the pictures you posted. Such a great summary of the challenges and the joys of the first year. You are an amazing twin mama! Your boys are absolutely adorable. They will have so much fun together through the years.
Those boys are just the cutest! Maybe we just get more flexible? Ya think? I just can't believe we both have three kiddos. Crazy joy that's for sure! :)
p.s. I want an after photo of you standing sideways... :) You look great!!!
Congratulations on making it through the first year! You are an amazing mother!
Liz...I was thinking about you guys yesterday. Happy Birthday Tanner and Reid! ONE year can really fly. Way to go.
Wow! Hard to beleive it's been a year. Your boys are adorable!! Aren't you glad to have the first year behind you? You are a great mom.
So that post almost made me cry. So sweet. You guys have done awesome. I wish we could have been at the party. I am so excited for the pics. I can't believe the pic of you pregnant, especially since I have that shirt now and to see how you fit in it.
The pictures of your boys are so so so cute. I love it!
Liz, I love this post. I love that you are real enough to post a-very-pregnant-Liz and mouth-wide-open-sleeping-Liz. So cute. I love your boys too even though I haven't met them. Happy Birthday Reid and Tanner!
I can't believe they are 1!!! What a wonderful post that was, taking us through that first year!!! From what i have heard my mom say, I think it gets a little easier the older they get...that first year is hard....you have done it, and done it well, indeed!!!
You are so amazing. If I can channel just a portion of your mothering abilities I think my child will survive to age one. Your boys are adorable!
I always think a first birthday is so exciting, but for twins--this is extra exciting!!! Congrats on a beautiful family and surviving and enjoying this past year.
You look so great in that final pregnant pic!! Looks like you survived this first year so well!
You made it!! Congrats and what cuties!!!
Chills Liz, chills. This is amazing. You and Mike are amazing. I love love love it. Congrats and Happy Birthday to the cutest twins ever!
I was warned that anyone who read this blog and cried is preganant, so be careful. Well, I think Mothers who no longer have babies at home have the right to get a little teary-eyed as well! You won't believe it now, but that year will suddenly be twenty, and you will wonder where the time has gone! These years are very concentrated, but they do go fast!! Keep doing what you are doing and enjoy EVERY MINUTE! It is time you can never get back!! You guys have done admirable well! You are naturals at this parenting business and you make a great team!! Those three sweet boys in the bathtub make me want to squezze them big time!!! Adorable grandbabies, don't you think? Happy Birthday, Tanner and Reid...Love, Grandma C
Rub-a-dub-dub,
Three boys in a tub,
And who do you think they be?
First Andrew, then Tanner,
Last yummy boy named Reid,
Wash 'em up, dirty boys all three!
Your post made me cry! I was so happy one year ago when your sweet boys were born, and seeing you so happy makes me so happy. I love you Liz. You have a beautiful familly!
This is brilliant. You make mothering look like the mot wonderful thing in the world. Such cute boys--and making it to one year? You've done it, right? It can't get harder? Brilliant.
Happy Birthday Tannier & Reid! and congratulations Liz! You are awesome. The first year is not easy and I promise in about two more you'll have a moment when you realize that you've made it through the hardest part of having twins!
Gosh that's enough to make one cry out of happiness and sadness that they really are growing up. Whether it's my kids or not, I always cry when they turn 1 and start walking....it is a beginning of a new chapter in their lives, leaving the cute small baby stage in life, and entering toddler-hood.... Your boys are too darling, so, don't mind me if you see me crying when I see your boys.=)
It was so cute to see this in your blog. I often imagine what it will be like with two babies in my arms at the hospital- and what the reality will be like once Im home with them. I think you answered my questions. It will be a challenge but so fun at the same time. Thanks for sharing the pics. I need to call you some time and ask you some questions if thats ok. Talk to you soon.
Lana
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