The Curse part 1

i was going to write an entry about my pregnancy with my twins, who are currently 7 1/2 months old. i started going through all of my iphone photos i had taken throughout and realized, there is NO WAY i can write just ONE entry to tell this story. it's a NOVEL!

but i realllllly wanna share it. so i've decided i will just have to share it little by little.

my pregnancy was so HORRID that i wasn't able to blog much during it.

like, i was sick EVERY, SINGLE, DAY of it horrid.

and i'm not kidding.

and my girls went FULL TERM for twins

38 weeks

of sheer misery

now, would i change a thing? NEVER!!!!! they were worth EVERY SINGLE rancid minute of it.

but it was something for the books. something i want to share, in case any of you other momma's out there are struggling. i feel like i was born to be a "mom" but i do not feel like i was born to be "pregnant".

the photo above is a series of shots i took making silly faces on the day i should have known something was up. the day i should have known i was pregnant.

i will NEVER forget how EXHAUSTED i was just spending the afternoon with my friend Abby's 4, nearly 5 year old son, Kai. i was a nanny for years of THREE boys. i'm the oldest of 5. i grew up baby-sitting mass amounts of kids.

one boy for 3 hours should have been a piece of cake!?!

yet i remember draaaaagggging. trying so hard to keep my eyelids open.

so, i guess technically the first 4-6 weeks weren't pure torture because on this day i was just plain old tired.

it would be about 2 weeks later that the true AGONY would begin.

i had NO IDEA what i was in for....

i think that's enough for today:)

i love you Lucy & Sky

YOU WERE SOOOO WORTH IT

xo, mama

THE 4TH ON THE 5TH.....

.....because i really just wanted to chill out last night after our big day with friends:)
my mom made the most INCREDIBLE gluten-free flat sugar cookie and used frosting to make an American flag. yeah, she pretty much rocks and ALL 11 kids that were there ate them and LOVED them. SCORE!

girls were decked out in their red, white and blues

we got to the Blunt's house and it was immediate business time for the children in the baby pool. Wilson had some serious matters to discuss with the ladies. Harvest was a bit shocked and Lucy was putting in her 2 cents, per usual. i'm not quite sure what they were talking about but i do know it was INTENSE!

After, Lucy needed to refuel with a carrot

Wilson went back to having happy times in the water and giggling like a champ

Sky arrived a little bit late to the party because she was in deep slumber, which we don't mess with because that girl NEEDS her naps, but she settled right on in with no trouble at all:)

JJ offered me a sip of his lime flavor-ice (so generous) and then posed with all kinds of personality for this pic. the kid's to cool for school.... love him
Lucy and i picked up some elastic headbands on the way home and then it was baths, bottles, music and rocking the kiddos to sweet, sweet slumber

I spent my evening sewing fabric rosettes & plan on making them with velcro backs so they can be interchangeable. i was against the headbands for a LONG time, particularly the ones with the LARGE bows atop. well, time changes things and i've slowly warmed up to the idea. these bands are relatively thin and the rosettes are no more than 1 inch in diameter so they aren't such a "statement piece". i'm excited about them:)
it was a GREAT day! i love my life. i love my friends.
XOX, rachel
(p.s. i used this tutorial as a guide for making my rosettes. i added my own personal touch to them but i think this video is easy to follow and can help to get you started, if you're interested)

spoons in mouths!

okay, it's just some rice cereal but still! eating from a spoon?

it's pretty fun and the first time Sky ate she was VERY suspicious, as you can see in the photo in the bottom right:)

Lucy went after the spoon with the determination to eat the ENTIRE utensil! i can't let her play with the spoon after eating because she was constantly gagging herself.

just growing up every day these 2 are!

i have a song i sing, that i made up, and it's more of a yell- song and it's horrible but it goes like this:

"YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND...... YEAHHHHHH!!!!"

so, there's that.

these 2 truly are my best friends:)

xox, Rachel Lucy & Sky