My little Angels

I love my babies! I really really really do. But they have been so whiny lately. (I have no idea if I spelled that right) Anyway, I'm wondering if they have more teeth coming in or something because all they do is just whine and whine until Mommy picks them up and then half the time they keep whining. They are so stinkin' cute I can't stand it but I just wish they wouldn't need Mommy so much. Although I know that it will seem like tomorrow when I would give anything to have them back at this clingy loving mommy stage. At least my older boys are pretty snuggly still, we're a pretty snuggly family. I love that this blog is just total rambling.....that's what makes it fun, right? Anyhoo, it is so fun seeing how their different personalities are turning out. And I also think that they are not going to look very much alike at all. So, Iz is a little more serious but it is so worth it when I get his little smile out of him. He tends to be the one getting attacked by his brother more than doing the attacking, although he's had a few moments of his own. His cry is different too, when he gets mad it is higher pitched and he usually won't cry unless he really needs something. He will still occasionally take a pacifier which is nice sometimes. He seems more mellow sometimes but he is almost always first to be ready for a change. For example, when I put them both in the play pen to play O will usually stay a while but Iz wants out before long. I guess he likes change. And my goodness, he will not hold still for anything! They are both wiggly when I change their diapers but Iz WILL NOT stay on his back. I've been trying to learn to change a diaper upside down and it's very difficult.
O almost always is smiling and I love his laugh so much. I love it because I'll be playing with Iz trying to get him to smile and O will be watching, giggling and smiling and getting all worked up at the same time. I think it is so funny. My parents were getting such a kick out of him because he'd just be sitting there eating and all I'd have to do is talk to him or smile and he'd start shaking his hands and laughing because he was so excited. He also is my little tantrum baby and will fuss over silly things. He loves to take toys away from Iz and especially his pacifier, even though he just wants to play with it. He really does throw a good tantrum with arms and legs flailing already. It's probably not good that we find it so funny. O is wiggly during a diaper change too but he is actually worse when he is nursing. He always has to wiggle all over my lap which gets very interesting. Well, that's the twins right now. I will post soon with an update on E and A too. Here is a picture of their latest mischief, I just went to the bathroom and this is what I came back to. Oh the joy! At least Iz looks properly chastened . O just looks like "hey, I'm having a blast!" (Here's a not so angelic picture, Cheryl)

Winter, winter go away!

Hello to whomever is bored enough to actually read this. We have all been sick for a while now. Nothing major, just colds and sniffles and generally not feeling 100%. Here is a picture of E holding Iz when he wasn't feeling good. You can tell he's definitely not acting like himself because this would normally never happen. It was really adorable because E just pulled him up on his lap and rocked him for a long time. My kids are so adorable.

They soon started feeling better though, which is evident in this picture I have of O. He got into my box of paper shreddings and had himself some fun (and an oh so delicious paper snack). Just today they both got hold of a box of tissues and had it mostly empty before I saw them. I should have taken a picture of the mess but I got it cleaned up before I thought about it.

So, for any of you out there that have twins.... any advice on how to deal with the into everything stage? I swear, twins weren't that bad until they got mobile. Now they just want to be on the go constantly and I am just exhausted. It seems like the only time they are happy and not whining is when they are getting into something they shouldn't. I thought I had them on the same sleeping schedule as well but that's gone out the window lately. They love climbing the stairs but don't know how to go down and although we have a gate my older boys keep opening it. So if anyone has any advice (that is actually possible) please share!

Well, that is my life right now in a nutshell. Kids, babies, diapers, feeding, bathing, laundry, cooking, cleaning, etc. with the occasional time out for mommy. Fortunately I love every minute (well maybe just most minutes) of it. But if you want to babysit some babies let me know and I'll let ya! :)