Remembering

I'm finding myself overwhelmed with memories lately. The Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays are reminding me of last year when the babies were first coming home. We were so overwhelmed and oh so tired! But they are some of my sweetest memories. We were surrounded by loving family, helping us every step of the way. I loved having so many people around during the holidays. They are my absolute favorite time of year and it was made extra special with new babies and having everyone here.
The babies were so tiny. Everything was so new! We worried about so much - were they eating enough, sleeping enough, growing enough? Nursing was so different - they needed so much help. Julia stayed up in the middle of the night just looking around, wanting to be held. Sam grunted. Sophie cried!
We remember Sam and Julia's sweet milky breath. Sophie's Alimentum breath! We used to change their diaper every time they woke up at night to eat. We used to take them all the way downstairs when they woke up to eat. We'd watch shows that we had TiVo'd while they fed. Then, when it was just Shane and me, we would tag-team the night feedings to make them go faster. We were SO tired, but the memories of the two of us sitting in the nursery feeding our babies is one of the happiest memories I have.
When they cried being put in their cribs, we'd put them in their swings... the little songs that those swings play will be burned in our heads forever!
We just hung our Christmas stockings. Last year the babes fit into them. This year their heads would barely fit!

Love Love Love this time of year!