Somehow, this year has felt like the longest year, and the
shortest year ever. Is that even possible?
When I was pregnant, a mom of 4-year-old twins gave me the
book “Ready or Not… Here We Come!” by
Elizabeth Lyons. I read it. It scared me.
It overwhelmed me. It was
right. But it was also wrong.
I’m not going to lie, it hasn’t been exactly easy to get
through this first year. But I
definitely don’t think it was as hard as I had read about. For all the people who say “I don’t know how
you do it with two…”, honestly, I don’t really know how we do it either! We just do!
Somehow, we are able to make it through each day, with the girls growing
stronger and smarter every day. Are
there tears (from babies and mommy J)? Yes.
Is there frustration? Yes. Is there exhaustion? Yes.
But there are also hugs and kisses, smiles and giggles, seeing them meet
milestones and watching them play together.
And my favorite is walking into daycare to pick them up and they are so
excited to see me that they get the hugest grin on their face and give an
excited scream and immediately stop doing what they were doing to get to me as
fast they can.
I wish I had done a better job of documenting this first
year (seriously, I didn’t even do a baby book, ugh…). I’m sure the times that I spent vegging out
on Facebook or Pinterest during naptime or after bedtime could have been put to
better use with this whole documentation thing, but I also needed that time to
unwind… But at least I took a ridiculous
amount of pictures and videos, so that will help me keep the memories there.
I was planning on posting a bunch of pictures from the last
year, but there are just way to many that I want to share. So for now, here are their monthly pictures
(which I even missed a few months, oops!).
I can’t believe how much they have changed! I’m hoping to post another “Year in Review” type
post with a few more details, anecdotes, and pictures from that past year, but
for now, this is all I have time for!
Maybe that post will come next year… J
Violet Through The Year
Charlotte Through The Year
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