The Luckiest No Matter What!

My boys just turned 14 months... As I was sitting and playing with them the other day, I had a revelation: my boys are baby teenagers !  They are in their teen months !  I started researching if there might be any parallels between babies in their teen months and teens in their teen years and I realized I was on to something... According to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry ( Here's the link ), below are some feelings and behaviors common to teenagers (especially early ones from 13-16 years).  I have put evidence as to how Nolan and Judah fit with many of these.  Struggle with a sense of identity -->   I can see my boys trying to figure out who they are at this time in their life.  They are experimenting with how to get attention, how to get their needs heard and met, how to communicate what they want, and finding things that they like to play with, read, and eat.  Yes, Nolan and Judah were born on the same day at the same time making them twins, but

It's been two months since Nolan and Judah's first birthday party and I am just now posting about it... I think about blogging often, knowing how good and proud it makes me feel to stay updated on what's happening, but experiencing life with Nolan and Judah gets in the way; I guess that's as good an excuse as any. Anyways...  A few days after the boys' first birthday, we had our family over for a little party.  Josh and I wanted to keep it simple and small, but I still found myself stressing over every little details trying to make it perfect.  I poured over theme ideas and what gifts we would buy them, what the invitation would look like, and where to get the cake from.  AH!  I can't even have our families over without stressing. When looking for theme ideas, I wanted it to be special to our family.  I thought about our favorite things we do together and that led me to think about books.  My boys love books and reading has been a part of our sleep/nap rou