peak-a-boo

The simple pleasures in my life these days are moments like this, when my children play so sweetly together that my house is filled with laughter.

ten for the tenth

life has been an absolute blast! from hide & go seek TO eskimo & butterfly kisses we are absolutely living it up! rowen has two teeth, crawling like a caterpillar and lillian can't stop chatting it up!

PLUS.... some resent dialogue with Lillian:

me: Justin you are my best friend

lil: me too! lillian best friend too!

me: lil go tell your dad it is time to eat

lil: daddy dinner time. come inside cause i am hungry and mama made dinner and it is good cause i like to eat.

me: do you need to go potty?

lil: yes but i can't get my pants down cause no more monkeys jumping on the bed

me: where is your blankey?

lil: i took blankey down stairs. little girl lillian faye seckel took it down stairs last.

double 2-in-1

an early christmas present has arrived... our 2-in-1 double stroller/ bike trailer!!! pretty exciting that christmas is right around the corner & that we received this awesome gift from Baba & Grammy. these two love it & so do we!

monkey & butterfly

Lillian this morning decided that she wanted to be a monkey too... of course Rowen's costume actually fit her, minus the high water pants (that i accidentally cropped out).

 Dr. Check up today: Lillian weighted in at 25 pounds & 3 ounces & Rowen right behind her at 16 pounds & 5 ounces. They are both in the 75% for height & healthy as can be!

from head to toe

i honestly feel like most days i am covered in my kids. this morning as i lay in bed between the joyful giggles of my rising stars and the unpleasant smell of urine (morning diapers shouting "change me!") i thought about the days before babies.... alarm clocks that didn't say your name, but beeped & had snooze buttons. you really don't know what to expect when you become a parent. the joy is overwhelming, the pride is motivating, the exhaustion hits you like a ton of bricks, the innocence of an infant is so simply, but complicates life and quite honestly the love is absolutely consuming mind, body & soul. it is the most important job in the whole world, life depends on you... it is a calling to BE a roll model, know everything, love unconditionally, live unselfishly, partner united, and impart daily the building blocks of what it takes to grow up, as i remind myself "i am a grown up."so...i am trying to stop more often to take mental snap shots of my life because this is it & i don't want to miss it.

back to blogging

so i have been MIA and so i am going to come back with a bang and overwhelm anyone that reads this with a quick & photogenic update...  our morning pajama party, biker babe, nude & free, beauty queen, da' boys and Rowen's first tooth on his half birthday! We are madly & deeply in love with our little ones!

a few memorable moments with our talking two year old...

"i love marriage!" which she announced as i explained my wedding ring that her daddy gave me.

"mama my boobs no see them?" as we showered up together.

"so rowen & i...we go to the store & we walk cause... no car so we walk" she was telling ME a bedtime story

Talking two

Driving home from the store Lil & I chatted away about the birds,butterflies and sang about how "He's got the whole world in his hands"- naming every one she knows. as we neared our home this conversation occured:

L: mommy Abby is sad
Me: oh! Why don't you give her a hug
L: yeah, Abby hungry. I feed her my boobs.
Me: (trying not to lol)okay.
L: nursing pad please!