The Luckiest No Matter What!

Yesterday, my family was having a lovely little Sunday.  In the afternoon, Josh had gone on a long run and I was hanging out with the boys.  I fed them, changed them, read some books with them, and then snuggled with two cranky boys on the couch.  Shortly after Josh got back, I had two little angels sleeping, one on each side.  By this time, it was after noon and I was STARVING!  So as not to disturb the boys, Josh made me a bagel and cream cheese and I ate it, somehow, in between the boys on my lap.  Then this dawned on me.. I was wearing clothes from the night before (so I could get ready in a flash for church and so I didn't have to think about it), I was unshowered and un made up, and was trying to eat my lunch made for me by my dripping-in-sweat husband after his seven mile run, while two babies were drooling as they slept against each of my shoulders and I don't think I have ever been more happy and more appreciative in my whole life....

Our cat, Primrose, does not sleep with us much.  In fact, since the babies were born, we've only let her sleep in our bed two times.  We've been worried that she might try to jump in their bassinets or something when we are fast asleep.  Upon reflection, however, these two times could possibly coincide with two HUGE milestones in our twins' sleep patterns... The first time she slept in bed with us was the first time the twins slept from an evening feeding of around 10pm until around 4 or 4:30am without waking up.  They have mostly been doing that ever since.  They'll have an evening feeding between 9-10:30pmish and then sleep till between 4-5:30am.  We've been extremely happy with this pattern and have been considering that a really really good night's sleep. Last night, we let Prim sleep with us for the second time.  I am sitting here writing this at 7:18am because our boys are STILL SLEEPING!  They ate last night at 9:50pm and...

The babies are two months old! WOW! Things we Learned About Nolan Gerard Hundt: This month, Nolan has been a lot better about trying to sooth himself, which has helped in his level of crying.  You can tell he wants to suck something on his fingers, but he's not sure what yet.  So far, he just tries to put his entire fist in his mouth.  He continues to be very animated: his emotions are strong.  The more difficult side of this is that if he is mad, he is M-A-D, but the better more positive side of this is that when he is happy, oh my gosh is he happy!  He loves to smile and smiles a ton at people!  One thing I could do without is that if he gets very upset, he will hold his breath and little when he cries.  My sister Laura used to do that and I remember her turning blue even so I'm not happy to be seeing this behavior.  It freaks Josh and I both out. Luckily, it is short, but still, no thanks!    No...