Category — Videos

Baby girl randomly slept through the night and woke up knowing how to army crawl.

She is almost 8 months old. Elise was scooting at 6 months. On the one hand, I couldn’t help but compare and wonder how long it would take Amaia to catch up. On the other hand? Well, I have twin almost-three-year-olds. I have been very appreciative of Amaia’s lack of mobility.

Sigh. Her babyhood is going far too fast for me.

My house is messy.

My house is messy and it drives me absolutely batshit. Trust me, I’m no neat freak. However, I believe that one’s surroundings reflect and affect one’s inner state of being. When I lived alone, I was meticulous about keeping my apartment clean. I used to IRON MY SHEETS. No joke. When Chris and I moved in together, I relaxed some but still cleaned on a fairly regular basis.

But with three kids, it’s an impossible task to keep the house picked up. Oh sure, I scrub the bathrooms now and then, but as far actual tidiness goes, there is none in this house to speak of. There’s just too much shit. The countertops, the floors, the couches, the tables . . . No vertical surface is safe.

I took this video one afternoon when I looked around for the first time that day and realized that there was barely room to walk.

A conversation between toddlers:

• “Hold my hand.”
• “Okay.”
• “Let’s go over here.”
• “Okay.”
• “Let’s chew on our blankies.”
• “Okay.”
• “Let’s go over there.”
• “NOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!1!!11!!!”

Been a while for video. Prepare for epic hilarity.

…you’ve just gotta do it your way.

Dear Elise and Althea,

Happy birthday, little chickens. We love you!

Feliz cumpleaños, nenas! Os queremos mas que nada.

Zorionak, neskak!

Sigh.

There will never be words. No matter which language, there will never be words to tell you how much we love you both.

xoxo

Ama and/y/eta Daddy

P.S. I edited this video no less than 14,000 times in the past three days. xoxo

Althea’s been on the go for a couple of weeks. She’ll push anything — books, boxes, this walker-push-toy thing. Elise likes to watch because man, why walk when mom can carry you around?

PBBBBLLBPPPPLLLL.

What’s so funny? A couple of videos of the girls being ADORABLE, that’s what. In the second video, the first minute is riveting. After that, it’s just babies being cute, scooting, falling over, and my husband cursing at the end.