It’s National Twin Day! So a photo of Bennett an It’s National Twin Day! So a photo of Bennett and Everett with their twin big brothers (who they look more like than each other) is the perfect one to share! 

I read earlier today that the worldwide twinning birth rate is 12 in 1000 births. I guess we are just a rare bunch in this household with our medical histories (Kawasaki Disease.. Guillain–Barré syndrome..) and now twins. 🥳 #nationaltwinday #twinmom #twinmomlife #boymom
It’s World Breastfeeding Week! Having preemie tw It’s World Breastfeeding Week! Having preemie twins really flipped everything I thought I knew about breastfeeding upside down. 

This time around I’m having to pump more, bottle feed, nurse, and add in a bit of formula a few times a day to help them gain weight. I can’t just nurse them both at night because Everett doesn’t get full, so I have to get up and deal with bottles and pumping. Otherwise, He would literally stay awake all night snacking every 20 mins! They’re still only going about an hour and a half before they get fussy again so by the time I’ve changed diapers (and some outfits) and pumped, I lay down for about 30 mins before at least one wakes up to eat again. 🤪 And if you don’t wake the other.. then you’re up twice as much!

As they get bigger it’ll be easier to tandem nurse and will save so much time and energy (especially at night). We practiced yesterday morning and this was the most successful attempt we’ve had. I felt so proud of them. 

This is the hardest thing I’ve ever done, for sure. But I know the days are long and the years are short. I know this because we are taking a 2nd grader to school orientation and I swear it was just yesterday that I was going through these sleepless newborn nights with him. 🤯❤️
Just a little bite! #twinlife #twinmom Just a little bite! #twinlife #twinmom
I love to think about the journey that brought us I love to think about the journey that brought us here. Nothing about how Nate and I ended up together or all of the things that led right to where we are now could’ve happened by chance. If you would’ve told me back when I was putting up “cool music” on my MySpace page to try and impress this hot guy in Kentucky that one day  we’d be married and raising four cute boys together in our dream house .. driving a dang minivan.. I’m not sure I would’ve believed it. 💞✨ We are sleep deprived, slightly outnumbered, and the dream house needs occasional ($$$) repairs but man… I still feel like I am the luckiest because I’m doing it all with him.
In case you were wondering, no, I still can’t be In case you were wondering, no, I still can’t believe I had twins. 🤯🥰
Not a bad place to be nap trapped! 🥰💙💙 Sw Not a bad place to be nap trapped! 🥰💙💙 Swipe to see little baby Cohen .. he needed to get in his own @dockatot!
Today is the ✨b e s t✨ day. 💙💙💙💙 Today is the ✨b e s t✨ day. 💙💙💙💙
The big boys went fishing with dad this morning wh The big boys went fishing with dad this morning while mom and Everett slept in! 🎣
NICU life is hard. It would be hard no matter what NICU life is hard. It would be hard no matter what, but trying to juggle one baby at home + our bigger kids adds another layer of difficulty. We have to be present for them, so we can’t be at the hospital constantly. And when one of us is there, it doesn’t feel like we’re doing much. The fact that we have no idea when he will be ready to come home is the worst part. I’ve tried to imagine what this is like when I’ve seen other people going through it but like so many things, you just can’t know until you experience it yourself. 

He’s doing well, but just has to keep growing and getting stronger! He is down to one liter and on 21% oxygen. He still has to be able to eat all of his food by mouth and he gets a little too tired to do that right now. But all in all, I know he is making improvements every day. I can’t wait to bring him home! 💞
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Crafts, DIY, Landon, Tutorial · October 9, 2017

Gifts for Firefighters: Kids Firetruck Footprint Art

Gifts for Firefighters : Make Your Own Kids Firetruck Footprint Art

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I knew I wanted to do something for Nate after we got his good news but I was short on time in the middle of the week. I wanted to get him something meaningful from Landon – but what? Footprint art is just about the cutest thing ever and we had all of the supplies on hand at www.babame.com/, so we whipped this up really quick!

This is extremely simple to make and I didn’t go to any great lengths to make the footprints symmetrical. I was in a bit of a hurry so it didn’t even occur to me to take progress photos of the process! But the steps are seriously easypeasy, my friends!

Here’s what you need:

-Canvas (Linked Here) (we had a large one on hand because I bought a pack like this for spur of the moment projects)
-Acrylic paint (Exact Set Linked Here)
-Paintbrushes (Exact Set Linked Here) – large and small for the details
-Wet paper towel
-Pencil

Step by Step:

Step 1- Set out all of your supplies and put your child in a high chair or bumbo seat – something to keep them contained. This is my best advice. They can’t run or crawl away with paint on their feet.

Step 2- Use a paintbrush to fully coat their little foot in paint. I only did one foot but if I had done both feet I would have only done one at a time for mess control. Landon giggled the whole time because his feet are so ticklish.

Step 3- Hold the canvas in one hand and their foot in the other and stamp it onto the canvas. I rocked the canvas side to side against his foot without moving it (in the same way you would rock your thumb against a surface to get a full thumbprint) to get it pressed on really well. If you find a gap in any of your footprints you can take a little bit of paint on your brush and fill that in. Repeat. Coat the foot in paint before each stamping.

Step 4- This probably goes without saying but have a wet paper towel or baby wipes handy to clean the paint off of their feet immediately. The paint came off very easily because we didn’t let it dry.

Step 5- Your footprints will have had time to dry by the time you are done cleaning off their feet, so grab your pencil and draw your details on! I lightly sketched the ladders, wheels, windows, sirens, and words. You want it just dark enough that you can see where it is to guide your painting. You could use a ruler and a bottle cap to trace for super perfect lines and wheels but I was moving pretty quickly, so it was all free hand!

Step 6- Paint on your details! You will need very small paint brushes for this part and a light hand. The smallest paint brushes in the set I linked above were perfect. Just fill in your pencil sketches! I started from top left so that my hand would not drag across any of the wet paint.

Step 7- Let dry!

That’s it! It turned out to be the perfect personalized gift to give Nate. He loved it! It would be extra cute if you had several children and you stamped all of their feet on a canvas this size. But I think ours turned out really well!

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