5 months old already!? ("Catch Up" Series)

Oh my goodness my angel babies!!!  How are we already at 5 months old?

***March 25***

My sweet angel babies... I thank God for your health and allowing you to grow so quickly and learn so much but this momma's heart breaks and aches each day as they learn and discover new things and become a little less of a 'baby'! Wahhhhhh!

This "month marker" is pretty sentimental for multiple reasons but for one in particular.  You'll notice a set of rings on the number marker that my sister makes for us.  The girls turned 5 months old in the month of March which also happens to be our anniversary month.  Last year, on our 5 year anniversary, I revealed to Mike that we were pregnant! :)  I did so by gifting him with a yellow (gender neutral as we did not know we were growing baby girls at that time) onesie that said "Happy 5 Year Anniversary My Love" and as a last minute add-on I had two interlocked hearts placed below the text.  This would be wildly ironic to us when we found out that we were having twins! :) :) :) Once we found out we were having twins, I bought another yellow onesie and, in the same color/font, had "Prayed for One, Blessed With Two" placed on it.  The onesies are now framed and hanging in the nursery.  I absolutely LOVE that we have these sweet reminders that easily take me down memory lane when I glance at them. :) 

Here's to many more anniversaries and many more happy, silly and hectic years filled with our babies laughs and giggles!  And who knows... many more babies, as well? :) :) :) :) :) 

Flashback... taking a walk with the girls :)

What a trip! LOL  Mike and I went on a walk with the girls and somewhere along the way I looked down and smiled.  It was only a matter of months ago that our walks looked a lot different!  These sweet angel babies where being carried, quite heavily, in my belly and I was moving much slower too :) Haha!  But now... I look down and I'm pushing my beautiful angel babies in a double stroller and they're just "talking" and laughing away! 

Ear Piercing... Much more dramatic for this mama than it was for the girls! ("Catch Up Series")

I am a teacher and what could be more fun than getting two baby girls' ears pierced during Spring Break?.?... Turns out, ANYTHING else! Haha! I knew since before the girls were even born that I wanted to get their ears pierced while they were young babies.  You know, so "they don't feel anything", "they don't remember it hurting" and so "they don't mess with the earrings".  All of these reasons and more are great, in theory.  The funny thing... I will remember the pain and their tears afterwards!  Truth be told when I knew the time was quickly approaching, the girls were over 4 months old by the time we pierced their ears, I got more and more nervous.  I was trying to figure out where to take the girls, what kind of prep I needed to know for before the piercings and then afterwards also.  

Of course I took one last picture of their little ears sans earrings during their early morning nap before we headed to the ENT!

My older sister, Paige, and my mom were able to go with us, thanks to God!  There is NO way that I could have... WOULD have done this by myself!  They definitely did their best to keep ME calm and hold it together! LOL

Sweet little girls are ready to go!  I, on the other hand, was a nervous wreck!  I was nervous for them but also for me!  It really got to me, thinking that this was ME inflicting pain onto them!  

 

It's go time!  Our ENT, Dr. Hatch, was amazing!  He was great with the girls as far as the piercings, of course, but just personality wise also!  I treated this appointment just like a doctor's appointment that we were expecting shots at.  I brought breast milk in bottles, ready to pop in their mouths immediately after! :)  It worked like a charm, although, the girls did better than any of us expected!  Dr. Hatch was even pleasantly surprised!  The only point at which the girls cried and got upset with was when I had to literally press them tightly to my chest so he could pierce their ears!  As soon as he pierced them and I stopped holding them so tightly... they were fine!  They did not cry the rest of the time or even in the days to come!  They never gave me a hard time while I was cleaning and/or turning the earrings.  What wonderful angel babies!   

 

There is no way earrings could make my angel babies more precious or more gorgeous but they sure do make their little ears look girly and that's good enough! :)

Bows, Bows, Bows! ("Catch Up Series")

Bows Bows Bows! (Singing to the tune of "Girls Girls Girls"! LOL)

Mikayla and Audrey have more bows/headbands than outfits to wear them with! :)  I absolutely love that my mom has made them every kind of bow/headband imaginable and has acted like there was nothing to it! 

My precious girls, I love them so! 

Angel Babies: 4 Months Old ("Catch Up" Series)

Oh I couldn't love you more...

My sweet baby girls have reached month 4!!!

 

Nothing makes me happier than coming home from work to these sweet girls!  Yes they are a handful and no I don't get any sleep :) LOL but I can't begin to describe how much these angel babies mean to me!

These girls LOVE being outside and I'm absolutely loving the Thule Urban Glide 2 Stroller Mike found for us!  He purchased it from REI for a ridiculously reduced priced and it was never used! 

Continue to grow happily and healthy my little rays of sunshine!!!

Happy Valentine's Day 2016

Roses are red,

Violets are blue,

Mikayla is sweet and Audrey is too! 

Wishing you much love on Valentine's Day

Angel Babies: 3 Months Old ("Catch Up" Series)

Happy 3 months my sweet baby girls!!!

This picture captures them beautifully! :) They are both such 'hams' and love being loved on!  They are growing so quickly and their personalities are really beginning to come through.  For now, Mikayla is much more laid-back while Audrey wants to take everything in!  She's always looking around and wants to look, explore and touch everything BUT from the safety of mommy or daddy's arms! LOL

These girls are my heart!  I'm beginning to be comfortable carrying them at the same time! LOL (Please note the Christmas tree in the mirror... it serves as a very large nightlight during the night for the girls and they love the lights, needless to say, it is still up in late January!) :)

Daddy-daughter literacy time! :)  The girls already love being read to and you better believe I have their bookshelves stocked! :) 

Oh my goodness, they are sweet as sugar! :)  Don't let these sleeping babes fool you, they are still not sleeping through the night! Wahhhhh! LOL They are sleeping longer at night but still waking up for the middle-of-the-night feeding.  I honestly tell myself that I will miss these feedings once they're gone :(  I am very aware that I cannot soak them in enough and I am so thankful for our feeding time together!!!  

Happy New Year... Bring on 2016 ("Catch Up" Series)

Happy New Year form Mikayla and Audrey!!!

This New Year's Eve we went out to dinner and these little girls were so great!  They let us enjoy a great dinner and then we headed home to veg out and await all of the fireworks!  It was about 11:55 and the fireworks had already lightly began in the neighborhood!  We turned the TV on to watch local and national coverage... and then, EXPLOSION!!!  Mikayla had a blowout that went from her front to her back!  Mike hustled and quickly ripped the onesie off of her, changed her diaper and wiped her down with literally less than a minute to spare!!!  We were able to share kisses and snuggles with each other and the girls as the clock struck midnight!  

What a whirlwind of a year for the Gonzales household!  These girls are the most difficult, at times, but most definitely the most rewarding aspect of our 2015!  I can only imagine what 2016 has in-store for us!! 

Ho Ho Ho! Our 1st Christmas ("Catch Up" Series)

Wishing You a Very Merry Christmas

Candy canes, tinsel and baby snuggles!  This is what our Christmas consists of this year! :)  I absolutely LOVE the holidays!  I love everything about them!  The excitement, the celebration, the reason for the season, the gifts, the hustle and bustle and now... I have an entire new reason to love the holidays... my sweet babes!  With their birthday only a week before Halloween, my holiday season just became a WHOLE lot more sweet! :)

Although I know that in the coming years, this time of year will mean added fun and excitement, this year it meant a bit more stress and a lot less sleep! O_o  Although I was on maternity leave, Mike had a few shifts here and there that he had to head back into work for that he was unable to get off; Christmas Day was one of them.  I headed over to my parents first thing in the morning and spent the majority of Christmas Day with my parents and my sisters!  The girls were also officially a whole two months old on Christmas Day which was wonderfully bittersweet too :)

Mommy - Daughter Christmas Picture

Daddy - Daughter Christmas Picture (before daddy headed to work)

I have to say that our Christmas was so beautiful and blessed... and Lord knows these girls received so many wonderful things!  Some things they needed, other things were just too cute and I know their aunties and their grandparents couldn't resist! :)

Our new family ornament from my sister!  I cannot believe that one Christmas is already under their belt! 

Grandma & Grandpa time xoxoxoxoxo

All of this Christmas excitement and attention is tiring!  They slept so well at grandma & grandpa's house!  They napped for most of the morning while we opened gifts... I'm thinking it will be different next Christmas! :) 

My older sister had come to my house before heading to my parents house to help me make the drive to La Vernia.  The drive was going to be about an hour so having her relieved any anxiety wrapped around "what the hell do I do if the girls start screaming 10 minutes into the drive?" LOL 

^--- This is my little who helped me on the way home! :)  She was snug as a bug in-between the girls in the backseat!  The girls slept soundly all the way home! :) 

Until next year and there 2nd Christmas... Merry Christmas to all and to all a Goodnight!