Six Small Hands

Last night in the bath tub…

{Lucy in bath, on her hands and knees, lifting butt in the air}

Melisa: Hey Lu, do you have to go poopy?
Lucy: Yes.
Melisa: Are you pooping right now?
Lucy: Oh, yeah.

{Melisa quickly exits bathroom and says “Good luck!”}

For the record, no poop. This time.

My brother, Brian and his fiance (now wife), Lacy’s wedding in Texas (captured by my Dad).  They are getting married on Monday in the Riviera Maya in Mexico, but due to a lot of red tape & $$ to get it legalized in the US, they opted to do a small civil ceremony in TX, where Lacy is from, a few weekends ago when they had a bridal shower to attend there.  So, so sad I didn’t get to be there.  But now, they are actually married!  Woot woot!

We are flying out Friday morning and will be there for the real deal when they tie the knot.  Can’t wait!  We will be back late Tuesday and while I will miss the kids terribly, we are looking forward to some time for just JD and I after a looooooong year!  The kids will be with our family, who I am sure, will spoil them to death and love them up every second.  We couldn’t be more lucky.  Thank you again to Mom & Dad D, Aunt Chris and Uncle Bill and Kari for taking on this HUGE favor!  Its really because of you guys that I get to go to Brian’s wedding at all!  Love you guys!  :)

Wowsers, where has the last year gone.  Zoey and Stella will be 1 in a little less than a month.  I know I’d feel like this but I am really glad I am here now, eventhough I really wish I could go back and “see” what life was like over the last 11 months.   Its a total blur.  I remembered a lot with Lucy and now, next to nothing of the twins’ first year.  Sad, but I guess necessary.  The fact that I have literally 1 or 2 memories I can call up myself from the twins’ 1st 6 months tells you something about what my brain and body was doing that my brain literally didn’t build any memories.  Or maybe I blocked them out!?  Post traumatic stress anyone??  HA!

On a side note, the few memories I have are from the first few weeks:  Sitting alone with the babies in a silent dark NICU room.  My Dad sitting on the couch with me on his computer giving JD and myself (and everyone else we know) personality tests while the kids slept when he stayed with us (sorry Mom, no memories of you with us, except one with you standing in the doorway of our house strangely).  Jump to Halloween- bringing Lucy around the neighborhood and having a good time, but wierdly I don’t have any memory of where the twins were (in the stroller?).  Next memory is Thanksgiving dinner at my parents’ house in Ballston Lake with Brian and Lacy.  Anyway, you get the picture.  I have to really sit here and work at it to recall any memories.  Pictures help, but even then, its like I don’t recognize myself.

But why should I?  I am a completely different person to the core after this year.  More on that later I suppose or maybe not.  It will take some serious time and reflection to figure out what the hell happened to me this year.  One thing is for sure: I like who I’ve grown into this year a million times better than who I was before, and for that, I will be thankful my entire life.  I am more humble, don’t take things as granted and am less judgmental.

So, an update!  We are almost there girlies!  This first birthday thing will truly feel like a celebration for the mom and dad, as they say!

People always ask, How are the girls?  And my reply is, Oh, their good.   Generic, boring and well, they are good anyway.  Here is more of a little peak at all of them lately.

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If you haven’t heard already, my best friend, Margie is having twin boys sometime in late summer. We are all so thrilled and what an awesome thing that two best buddies both get two babies at once! Its been such a cool thing. Anyway, she had her baby shower a couple of weekends ago and what an amazing party! The people, food and gifts were just great. We already knew it, but it was wonderful to see how loved Margie is and how excited everyone is for her.

What really made the shower special however is the decorations! Margie, with the help of TomKat Studios decked the place out twin boy style. Margie, being Margie of course did most of the work herself, even with her Mom, myself and Dan’s mom actually throwing the shower for her. We helped as we could but being Margie’s dream, she was the mastermind. Her work is now featured on the TomKat Studio blog, her flickr and our flickr.  Way to go Marge!

Stay tuned for some new posts on our girls (Lucy is 2 yrs. and Stella and Zoey are 11 months already!) and any news on the arrival of these Pelczynski boys!  We are currently anxiously awaiting the new arrival of a baby girl just next door in the next couple of days too!  :)