B+C+B+C+B+C: Love list

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Love list

For some odd reason I think about babies a lot lately.
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This is really a singular time in my life right now. The majority of my years on earth will NOT be spent around babies/small children. But I get this little window of time where I get to be with babies constantly. They're such amazing little creatures.
Here are a few thoughts. Nothing profound. I don't do deep - just simple and honest.
I'll probably add more as time goes on. Maybe edit some.
But just off the top of my head...

What I love about babies:
-Their smell after being bathed
-Swaddling them into burritos
-Their complete innocence and lack of accountability. They can't do anything wrong, so I can never get mad at them. It teaches me patience.
-A great burp after a full feeding
-Cottage-cheesy little BUMS!
-Seeing the man I love doing baby talk to them
-Their amazingly soft, clear skin - what I wouldn't give to have that right now!
-Smiles

-Snugglingsnugglingsnugglingsnuggling
-How they constantly follow me with their eyes
-Watching their drowsy eyes slowly close and go into deep sleep
-Babbling

-Playing Super Baby (airplane)
-Bathtime! Their wildly kicking appendages are so funny.

What I don't love about babies:
-They can't talk and tell me what's bothering them
-They have no control over their bodily functions
-The zero-to-sixty freak-out cry
-Pacifiers
-Boogers
-Spit up
-Driving with them in the car. I have to pray they fall asleep and/or sit there contentedly, or pull over 100 times to check diapers and replace pacifiers.
-When they're overtired and JUST WON'T FALL ASLEEP.
-Dealing with car seat buckles/straps.

-Tears

What I love about having twins:

-Always a baby to hold when I feel like it!

-Four little eyes staring at me during tandem feedings

-Tandem feedings period. It's honestly a really amazing experience to breastfeed two at the same time.

-Coordinating outfits
-Seeing them suck on each other - it's so funny.

-Knowing they'll always have a playmate

-The funny-awkward comments people make to us

-Time savings (in the long term)

- Money savings (long term)

-The joy of snuggling two sweet babies at once

-The awesome twin-mom friends I've made by joining the exclusive club.

What I don't love about having twins;

-Always a baby to hold even when I don't feel like it!

-Having to choose one to make wait when they both need attention at the same time

-Plans for coordinating outfits ruined by bodily fluid leakage

-Short term high costs

-Staying home most of the time because it's so hard to go out

-The awkward comments people make to us

-The intensely frustrating noise of two babies crying at once

-When I'm happily cuddling one baby in the perfect sweet cuddling mood, but have to put him/her down because other baby is freaking out and needs me. Happy baby gives me this sad look like, "why did you stop our cuddle sesh? I'm being so nice!" Heartbreaking.

-It's even harder to fit in my workouts because I have to get two babies settled instead of just one.

-My twin-skin belly

What should I add to my lists??

4 comments:

Megan Smith said...: (Long term) you will love that you wrote all this stuff down!

With twins I bet you'll love that they, along with Brianna, will grow up to be "THE" threesome, BFF's since birth!; December 10, 2010 at 12:10 PM
Unknown said...: I have to think more because I love what you wrote down and don't like what you don't like.

I do LOVE to watch them discover body parts-first their fingers and hands and then their feet.

A little bundle already small, grabbing her feet and giggling, thats takes away all frustrations, even if its just for a moment.

I love watching Scooter play with his baby sister, and I love how her face lights up when he walks into the room.; December 10, 2010 at 12:21 PM
Debbie said...: What a sweet effort. I read it all.; December 10, 2010 at 4:55 PM
Crystyne said...: The way the stretch when they wake up.

The glazed over, almost drunk look they get one their face after nursing.

The milk mustache/beard.; December 10, 2010 at 7:44 PM

Quotes I want to remember

"The Lord knows our bearing capacity, both as to coping and to comprehending, and He will not give us more to bear than we can manage at the moment, though to us it may seem otherwise. Just as no temptations will come to us from which we cannot escape or which we cannot bear, we will not be given more trials than we can sustain."
- Neal A. Maxwell

"It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters. We become enamored with men's theories such as the idea of preschool training outside the home for young children. Not only does this put added pressure on the budget, but it places young children in an environment away from mother's influence."
-Ezra Taft Benson

“Perhaps there has never been a time when we had greater need to pray and to teach our family members to pray. Prayer is a defense against temptation. It is through earnest and heartfelt prayer that we can receive the needed blessings and the support required to make our way in this sometimes difficult and challenging journey we call mortality.”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Live the gospel as conspicuously as you can. Keep the covenants your children know you have made. And bear your testimony! Don’t just assume your children will somehow get the drift of your beliefs on their own.
-Jeffrey R. Holland

"We hold in our arms the rising generation. They come to this earth with important responsibilities and great spiritual capacities. We cannot be casual in how we prepare them. Our challenge as parents and teachers is not to create a spiritual core in their souls but rather to fan the flame of their spiritual core already aglow with the fire of their premortal faith."
-Neil L. Andersen

"Certainly there are times when getting the family together to read the scriptures does not stack up as a spiritual experience worthy of a journal entry. But we must not be deterred. There are special times when the spirit of a son or daughter is just right and the power of these great scriptures goes down into their heart like fire. As we honor our Heavenly Father in our homes, He will honor our efforts."
-Neil L. Andersen

President Hinckley admonished both men and women to be nurturers. He said, ‘How much more beautiful would be the society in which we live if every father . . . and . . . mother regarded [their] children . . . as gifts from the God of heaven . . . and brought them up with true affection in the wisdom and admonition of the Lord.’ ”
-Susan W. Tanner

"Children are like trees. When they are young, their lives can be shaped and directed, usually with ever so little effort. Said the writer of Proverbs, 'Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it' (22:6). That training finds its roots in the home. There will be little of help from other sources. Do not depend on government to help in this darkening situation. Barbara Bush, wife of former U.S. president George Bush, spoke wisely: 'Your success as a family, our success as society, depends not on what happens at the White House, but on what happens inside your house.' "
-Gordon B. Hinckley

“I give counsel to husbands and wives. Pray for the love which allows you to see the good in your companion. Pray for the love that makes weaknesses and mistakes seem small. Pray for the love to make your companion’s joy your own. Pray for the love to want to lessen the load and soften the sorrows of your companion.”
-Henry B. Eyring

“Reverent behavior is not a natural tendency for most children. It is a quality that is taught by parents and leaders through example and training. But remember, if reverence is rooted in love, so is the teaching of it. Harshness in our training begets resentment, not reverence.”
-Margaret S. Lifferth

"There is no one perfect way to be a good mother. Each situation is unique. Each mother has different challenges, different skills and abilities, and certainly different children. What matters is that a mother loves her children deeply and, in keeping with the devotion she has for God and her husband, prioritizes them above all else."
- M. Russell Ballard

“As parents, we should remember that our lives may be the book from the family library which the children most treasure. Are our examples worthy of emulation? Do we live in such a way that a son or a daughter may say, ‘I want to follow my dad,’ or ‘I want to be like my mother’?”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Security for our families comes from learning self-control, avoiding the excesses of this world, and being temperate in all things.”
-Kent D. Watson

Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Love list

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