Naptime Blog

Today is Louis and Anthony’s FIRST birthday!  This has by far been the fastest year of my life.  My boys have gotten so big, so fast, and have hit so many milestones!  They are about to start walking any day now, they have said their first words, they have gotten their first teeth.  My boys are beautiful, playful little guys, with such awesome personalities, and I am starting to see them become each other’s best friends.  There really is such a thing as twins having their own language that only they understand.

Here they are when they were first born:

Being on bed rest from early June until they were born on July 22 of last year was not fun.  Being pregnant with twins through those scorching hot early July days, while desperately trying to maintain my water intake so as to avoid dehydration, was not easy.  As it was, by the time I was admitted the morning of their scheduled C-Section, Paul and I had made 7 trips to Labor and Delivery.  I would get hooked up to monitors, get IV fluids, get examined, and go home.  And how I wished time would fly, so I would no longer be pregnant with these two little precious boys!  Silly Mommy!

Ironically, a year later, I wish time would slow down!  I cannot believe my oldest child is now seven and a half, and I know in the blink of an eye these boys will be also!  I want to enjoy and remember every second of those slobbery baby kisses, babbling sentences that I wish I understood, their gigantic pride every time they stand by themselves, the funny faces I get when I give them a new food for the first time, how they squeal with giggles when their big sister dances with them, and how they look at Daddy in delight like he is a rock star when he walks through the door every evening!

Before I know it, Paul and I will be walking them into their first day of Pre-K, watching their first baseball game, buying their First Communion suits.  But for now, I am going to enjoy every second I have of them being one, and I am going to hope I can slow time down just a little so my baby boys will stay babies long enough so that I can blink and they will still be one. 

Happy First Birthday, Louis and Anthony! Mommy and Daddy (and big sister, Juliana) love you very much and hope you both have a great day!  Now on to the party!  We are having a big party with a petting zoo and costumed characters later on today! (And I promise I will share pictures and tell you how it went!)

Jennifer
Mom to Juliana (7), Louis (11m) and Anthony (11m)
Expecting #4 in September!
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