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During R + M’s first year, we didn’t venture out of the house very often. I struggled with getting two kids in the car, assembling the bulky double stroller and schlepping around countless bottles/burp clothes/baby gear/etc. It was easier to stay at home and utilize the endless array of toys/contraptions/tv to keep the kids entertained. [...]

Almost every new mother-to-be asks, “What stroller should I buy?”  But if you are a future twin mom, the answer can be a little more complicated. I had a lot of stroller confusion when I found out I was having two babies. Although there are way less options for double strollers, navigating the needs of [...]

I’ve been trying to write a “Day in the Life” post since the boys were about 3 weeks old.  It has taken me 5 weeks to actually successfully track what happened for a full 24 hours at our house.  The boys were exactly 8 weeks old on the day I did this, which is 4 [...]

I come from a rather superstitious family. We don’t walk under ladders. We don’t like black cats. We don’t break mirrors. Oh, and we don’t find out the gender of our unborn children. Well, at least that was the case with my mother when she was pregnant with me and my three younger siblings. I [...]

The Babies Blue will be one month old in just a few days–time flies when you are living your life in three-hour repeating cycles! Having survived the first month of being first-time parents to twins, here is what we have deemed our “essentials.”  Yes, I’m sure we could have lived without some of these, but [...]

There were several false starts to the birth of my twins. As I wrote in a past post, I was monitored very closely throughout my whole pregnancy. At 34.5 weeks my blood pressure went up and my pre-eclampsia was getting worse. There were some concerns on the heart monitors so I was sent to the hospital. [...]

Before jumping into the meat of this birth story novella, let me be an absurdly proud mama and introduce you to the little boys who are making my world go round.  Meet Elliot & Finn. (L) Finn & (R) Elliot Love these little guys!  Now on to the details.