Merry Christmas!

We have just successfully made it threw our first family vacation.. to Disney World.. At their busiest time of the year. I have to admit it went really well, the drive down was obviously the first time the boys have ever been in a car seat for a long period of time. We left at 5 am so they slept roughly the whole trip, of course we stopped two or three times and fed them and let them out to play and walk around and stretch out. But they did great! 

Our night in Magic Kingdom went well too considering there were a million people In there. We went to Mickeys Very Merry Christmas Party so it was a separate event from your daily ticket, we rode Winnie the Pooh, it's a small world, tea cups and a few others. The boys just took everything in! They didn't know what to think or what was going on. They watched the parade Malachi got slightly scared every time a float came around with a character on it, he'd be sitting in my lap until he saw it and would climb up my chest and then turn back around to look at it. Elijah just say and watched every bit of it. They fell asleep right after until the fireworks which they've not really cared to much for yet. We never did get a picture with Mickey or any characters those lines were just to long for me. It definitely is every time we go the most magical place!! 

The other 5 days we just hung out at the resort swimming and walking around. We went shopping one night, downtown Orlando one day, downtown Disney a few times to eat. It was a nice step away from the every day that was consuming me. It was also nice for the boys to be taking care of in the mornings so we could sleep in some, I'd take them into her when they woke up and she'd feed them and play with them till they went down for a nap. I myself could have slept the whole week, literally the whole week. I mean maybe it was because the bed was heaven and not just because I have two babies. I don't know. I do know I am glad to be on the way home right now and see our buddy boy and out of Orlando traffic! 

I hope everyone had a great memory filled Christmas week I know we did and I couldn't be more thankful. 

What a BIG weekend!!

This weekend a few BIG milestones happened with our little ones! First we finally got new car seats, they are big and roomy but still very cushiony.(spell check didn't underline that word so I'm assuming it is spelt right and In fact a real word) New car seats means my babies are growing up.... Quickly. They are now pushing 23lbs and are turning into toddlers, walking, running, talking nonstop, they can now reach the tops of the counters!! What? Are you kidding me! I now have to remember to scoot stuff back away from the edge or else there's four little hands that will have it on the floor faster than it took me to put it down. Time needs to slow down some. They also got brand new strollers Saturday so they really racked up, they cost us about $500 in two days and that was just for transportation!! I do wanna say thank you to everyone who gave gift cards and money for their baby shower and birthday we were able to pay for the seats with that so it was most definitely a blessing! I am so grateful for everyone in our lives that loves us and the boys soo much! We sure do love y'all! 

The other MAJOR moment we got to experience was meeting and sitting on Santas lap for the first time!! Last year they were only a month old and too tiny to take out the house and expose to germs and the human race ahaha ☺️ So this year we got to and they did so great!! I was so incredibly excited and took in every moment of it, they didn't even cry they were just trying to figure out why they were sitting on a strangers lap and why mommy was clapping and acting weird. We went to Wyndham resort and our friend Marty was playing Santa there so it made me more comfortable and plus there wasn't really a line and so we weren't rushed!! I highly suggest that to parents of little ones!! I've Always been under the assumption you have to pay for your picture with Santa if you go to the mall or a big production place like that and here it was free and just Santa and a Christmas tree!! I couldn't have been happier!! 

We really had a great weekend, we ended the night by pushing the sectional together and creating a family bed and watched Christmas movies and let the boys fall asleep between us while we ate sugar cookies I baked and snuggled up close. I had all intentions of doing their Christmas pictures but it just never worked out so we will do them when we get back from vacation. I can't do it alone I have to have help so they don't fall and everything that goes along with that!! So yay for a great weekend! I know most of you have seen these pictures on Facebook and Instagram but I am going to share them again!! Merry Christmas y'all! 

These are not my attempt at Christmas pictures they were just watching the boys play with them for the first time :) 

Malachi kept 'moon' crawling (backwards) and we kept laughing then he'd come back to the lights and do it again.. Had to be there I guess 

#1 issue with having two babies

The dilemma I have pretty much daily with having two babies is getting out and taking care of errands. For example today I need to go close a bank account out at one bank and open a new one at another. I need to desperately go grocery shopping so my husband doesn't starve to death because everyone knows he might blow away if he doesn't get dinner tonight, I myself could stand to miss a few meals. I need to go get toiletries and such at another store and lastly I need to swing by and pay a bill!

But I can't do any of them by myself with the boys. Yea, you singleton moms are saying I have two kids and I do it! Well you don't have two at the same EXACT age either so you can't go any further with me and that argument!! I can't physically take them both into the banks with me and hold their hands while I sign things let alone getting them to walk in together without one pulling away and wanting to go checkout the tires on the car next to us. Haa and getting them out of their car seats is the first issue we come across... You have to kinda sit one in the floor board while your unbuckling the other and hope they don't crawl out or over to the other side and then figure out how you get the one off the floor and still hold the one you just unbuckled!! It's tough! It really is, sometimes I feel like I never ever get anything accomplished. So instead I just sit on the floor and play and figure one day in the near future somebody has to be off work and able to ride along! My poor mother is 99.9% of the time the one who keeps me sane with these things! If it wasn't for her we'd all be starved and ungroomed! 

I know this is just a tricky time because probably next year they might be able to understand when I say stand still and I might be a pro at it all!! But for now its a little crazy. So I am waiting on my momma as I write this to get done with her last client and ride with me! :) 

And by no means am I complaining, I just wanted you to kinda get an idea of what it's like to have to do something outside the house with two one year olds. See before I would just carry them in their carriers wherever I went yes both at a time (I got muscles now that people have to work hard for - mine are just still hidden under a layer of fat) but obviously they are too big for that now and we're about to switch to convertible car seats so I won't be able to tote them in anywhere.

Moms of twins may live longer, study says

Moms of twins may live longer, study says

A bit of excitement!

Yay!!! I finally figured out how to 'design/decorate' this blog of mine!!! Well sorta. Ha! I know I know I'm a little late in the game but for some reason it all clicked in my head today so I am excited!!

I am going to be looking for some different blog challenges to do to keep me on top of posting pretty frequently seeings how I tend to go a few weeks in between. However I do have a legit excuse its called Malachi and Elijah :) So heres to trying to commit to something!!!