I don't know how it happened but suddenly the girls are one year old today...and I seem to have missed two weeks in my picture Tuesdays?! I have no idea how that happened! I tried to be so diligent. But at any rate, here we are, one year later.
Kenna and Taryn are beautiful, sassy, independent, sweet, darling little girls. No more newborn twins. No more tiny infants sharing a bouncy chair. They're big girls. Close to walking, starting to drink real milk, eating real food, and having their own opinions. This parenting thing is the most wonderful awful thing ever. I'm so proud of every tiny thing they do that is new every day. And I'm stunned when big milestone days like today come around and it seems like the last year that I that I was privileged in love with these two little ladies has flown by in a blink. So here is our last picture Tuesday update with a few pictures of Miss T and Miss K taken on their very first birthday!
Kenna has been a bit more adventurous with walking this week. She's started to like walking while pushing different toys or holding onto someone's fingers. She pushes the little elephant ball popper across the floor and she loves Finn's old Lightening McQueen walker. She'll push it across the room until it runs into something then she walks around it, grabs onto the steering wheel and walks it back in the other direction. It's so cute to watch her go back and forth and take such pride in her independent movement. Still no teeth, silly girl.
Taryn has had some nightmares this week. It's mostly been Kenna having sad dreams and crying in her sleep but Taryn has been doing it the last couple of nights. It's so sad. She just cries in her sleep in such a scared and sad voice and doesn't even wake when we pick her up. What do babies have to be so sad about?! It's heartbreaking to see them so sad and scared when they're so teensy.
They took a few days to come around and feel all the way better. Kenna's still a tiny bit speckled but Taryn's been better for days. I'm glad we're finally all healthy again. That was a rough week. Hopefully we can all stay healthy for a while this time!!
It's funny to watch these two sillies together. Sometimes they are both happy and enjoying exploring and getting into trouble together. But they're rarely both grumpy at once. Kenna seems to be able to rally a bit quicker after waking up in the morning or from naps. Give her a few ounces of milk and she's all smiles and snugs. Taryn needs a minute more to come around. And if Finn gets in her face and tries to get her to play and smile, she lets him know that she is NOT ready yet. They both get a little emotional when they're hungry or ready to sleep but we have to not pay attention to the first little one sounding the alarm before it gets far enough to have them both be mad at once. It's really nice that they take turns having a moment so we usually have one little babe to tend to and one who's all smiles. We really love our little ones.
I was talking to my friend tonight about how we're going to have a little family birthday celebration and likely the boys will be opening gifts and blowing out candles for the girlies. Her response was, "Well, they survived this year too. They certainly deserve to blow out candles!" It was a perfect little reminder that we all, our whole Makechnie family, and other family far away and friends and neighbors here who helped and gave advice and brought meals and watched kiddos. Friends who helped us get to the store or held a baby in the pool when it was too hot to play outside. We all made it. And considering the difficult situations we were in this year, I think it's quite an accomplishment for us all! We all deserve to blow out a candle today! It's been a truly marvelous year. I've found myself marveling at our new little life. Our beautiful, strong, healthy baby girls. Our kind, patient little boys. A dad and husband who adores us and a year of seeing the world and jumping in with both feet all together as a family. It's been wonderful. And I'll forever look back on this year with a smile in my heart and tears in my eyes remembering how our family became complete and closer together than ever because of our two little miracle babies.
So here they are on their last picture Tuesday. My little birthday girls!
No comments:
Post a Comment