Mother's Day

I hope all the mommy's out there had a wonderful Mother's Day.

My sweet Caroline & Olivia,

I used to dream about what it would be like to be a mother, what my children would look like, what it would feel like to rock my baby to sleep. And when I was pregnant with you, I would wonder what kind of parent I'd be, if you would know who I was after you were born, if I could manage taking care of both of you. So many questions and uncertanties I had. But the day I became your mommy, I felt a kind of joy and certainty that I had never known before. It was as if everything was just as it should be. I was meant to be your mommy and meant to have this, albeit challenging, yet incredibly miraculous double blessing in my life...and the rest we are figuring out together. I couldn't have imagined anything more perfect than you both when I look at your sweet faces.

I love you and am proud to be your mommy.

We spent Mother's Day in the burbs with Mama Diane & Papa Bede.

Notice Liv stealing my chocolate the second I get my gift open! Everything a mother has is communal property. *sigh*

Silly Daddy

Livi Lou-Lou


Ice Cream!!!!

C

O

A cute video:

Spaghetti Night

And a messy one at that.

Hee hee. Twirps.

C
O

Weekend Catch-Up

Just now getting around to posting some pictures from the weekend. We spent the night at Papa Bede & Mama Diane's house this past Saturday. Rob and I always love getting the girls out to their house because of the big, beautiful yard & house to play in, all the wide open space, clean parks, etc. We lovingly refer to it as "Suburban Bliss" - quite different from our surroundings here in the city. Here are a few pictures of us all hanging out in the yard. (Oh, what I would give to have a yard - our kids idea of playing outside is in the tiny parking lot behind our building. Poor kiddos.)

Caroline in the butterfly shirt, Olivia in the flower shirt.

"Here, Mama Diane - for you!"

Cousin Katie-kins

Papa Bede & Katie

Mommy & her girls

Mama Diane blowing bubbles with Liv & Cousin Katie

DWTS

I really enjoy Monday evenings because it's Rob's night to play basketball, which leaves the girls and I to watch our favorite show together: Dancing with the Stars! I let them stay up late to watch it with me because they are so cute dancing around trying to mimick the people on the show.

Here's a video of them last night.

Olivia got a little too into the moment, as you'll see.

...and no, she didn't hurt herself. I thought she did, but she literally got right back up and started dancing around some more. Silly girl.

Utensils

The girls always have to have their "Pork" and "Poon" when they eat, which always makes good practice for them... but a mess for mom & dad.

A couple videos of them practicing their spoon skills.

Indoor Playground

O in all her cuteness and scraped chin.

Mommy and Caroline on the swing

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C

Videos:

And when we got home it was lunch time. Caroline was so tuckered out from her big morning at the playground that she was falling asleep mid-meal.

Sunday

It was a rainy weekend so we laid low around the house for the most part. The girls were getting restless by Sunday, so after eating the yummy french toast daddy made we headed out to an indoor playground.

Just a couple pictures before we left.

Of course the second I get the piggy tails done, Olivia wants to pull them out.

I told her not to, so here she is pouting in the corner.

Little Liney with her daddy. Am I the only one who think they look so much alike??

More pictures to come in the next post of our fun at the playground.
I'm too tired to upload all those tonight.