My Big Girls

You know that day that comes all too quickly when all of a sudden you realize that your babies aren't babies anymore? Well that day has sadly come and gone for me. It seems like just in the past few months alone my girls have grown up SO much. I guess it's not ALL bad though. Growing up (especially with twins, I think) is a bitter/sweet thing. I definitely miss my tiny sweet babies, but I love that they are becoming more and more independent every day. It makes life a lot easier on me. :)

It all started with potty training (which they rocked at by the way). I only remember one or two days of frustration and then they had it down. I was actually going to wait until they were closer to three years old, but they were showing major signs of readiness... such as finding a quiet corner, squatting, AND even pulling their own pants down when they had to go. So I figured if they are already doing most of the work, we might as well just learn to let it loose in a toilet instead of a diaper, right? And can I just say how much I am LOVING the fact that I have decreased my diaper changing moments by two thirds?! Yay for us! I'm so proud of my smart little girlies. :)


Shortly after switching from diapers to undies, we realized that it was time to say goodbye to the binkies as well. I knew that the transition would go much smoother if my girls knew where their binkies were going. So I came up with a brilliant plan! We wrapped them up all nice and took them to my friend's brand new baby girl. It was so sweet to see my girls give up something they love so much to somebody who needed it more than they did. That's how we explained it to them anyway, and they were so brave. Now when we put them in bed every night they remind us, "I don't need my binkie anymore, cuz I'm a big girl. Baby London has my binkie now and she is so happy." So cute!



Other than these two big transitions, they have also started picking out what they want to wear (mostly Brooklyn), looking forward to going to nursery, talking a LOT more, having full on conversations on the phone, singing along to almost any song they've heard more than once, and helping me with Tess. Their new favorite thing to do is to copy everything I'm doing with Tess, with their babies. It is so cute! I love that they enjoy being little mommies. My favorite is when I catch them trying to get their babies to sleep. They rock/bounce them, sing soft songs, and say "shh shh". It melts my heart.



Yes, some days are stressful as I try my best to raise these beautiful little girls, but the good moments definitely outweigh the bad ones and I thank my Heavenly Father every night for blessing me with this sweet little family of mine. Oh! And by the way... my "baby" Tess is CRAWLING!!! Ahh! Make time stop please!! She is one that I would keep a baby FOREVER if I could. Tess is the sweetest, most perfect little munchkin and I can't believe that she is getting so big already too. Oh well. I guess that's just life, right? :)