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january 10 has come again

Jan 10th, 2012 60 Comments
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My babies turn one today.  One.

And if I’m being hon­est, I’m ter­ri­bly ter­ri­bly sad about it.  One means tod­dler, one does not mean baby.  One means I don’t have babies any­more.  I really, really want to keep my babies, babies.  Really really.  I know this is what hap­pens and that I should be excited for them and all that lies ahead with this next year.  And I am.  Really.  I just want it to slow down.  Like a lot.

For the last week month when­ever I’ve gone in to check on them one last time I’ve done it a lit­tle lot louder than usual.  Nor­mally I’m a pro at open­ing doors with­out mak­ing a sound but for the last month I’ve made every effort to make as much noise as pos­si­ble.  I want them to stir.  I want them to wipe their sleepy eyes and raise their arms above their head in habit to reach for me.  Just for a minute or two.  To feel their warm, soft, snug­gly selves give into the safety and com­fort of my arms.  Their heads rest eas­ily in the nape of my neck.  Princess B pat­ting my back in sync with my pats on hers.  Princess A drum­ming the fin­gers of one hand and search­ing my face for a lip to tug with the other.  Sigh.

I will cel­e­brate with them this week­end and bom­bard you with all the pieces that made the puzzle.

But for today let’s reminisce.

I told you what it was like the day that blonde tech­ni­cian announced with the normal-​​this-​​happens-​​all-​​the-​​time voice “there’s two in there.”

In prepa­ra­tion for a talk I was giv­ing to other expec­tant Moth­ers of Mul­ti­ples I answered a 20 ques­tion sur­vey in two parts.

I enlight­ened you on what it was like to be asked “are they twins?” every. sin­gle. time. you go some­where.  Which included the all-​​time hys­ter­i­cal video!

I gave into the call­ing of the baby and ignored things like my to-​​do list and enjoyed the rain against the win­dows instead.

Some of my favorite photo posts involved them at 11 months(ing!), lov­ing them­selves in the mir­ror, enjoy­ing their first swim at the pool, and mak­ing me very, very ner­vous.

 

Happy birth­day my beau­ti­ful baby girls.  You have no idea.  None at all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Linkin’ up with my lovelink­ers this week because I need all the love and sup­port I can get!  Go read some great writers!

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  • Kir

    Replied on: February 1, 2012, 12:49 PM

    Oh I got very very very teary read­ing this, remem­ber­ing how lit­tle mine were and how I didn’t think they’d ever be BIG.…your girls are seri­ously so beautiful.…SO BEAUTIFUL and the one of the boys hold­ing the girls…OH MY HEART.

    HAPPY BIRTH-​​DAY Mommy xo

    • Jamie

      Replied on: February 2, 2012, 3:45 PM

      This was lost in spam! BAH! Thank you for your heart over here!

  • Bridget

    Replied on: January 15, 2012, 12:07 PM

    Happy Birth­day girls!!

    That feet pic­ture makes me all weepy. I miss hav­ing two lit­tle babies. Enjoy the ride, friend!

    • Jamie

      Replied on: January 16, 2012, 12:29 AM

      Did you ever think you’d say that? I’m count­ing on you to be my tour guide on this ride!

  • Mommy2¢

    Replied on: January 13, 2012, 8:32 PM

    I love the pic of their sweet lit­tle toot­sies! The cur­rent pic of them sit­ting by one another is pre­cious too! Have lots of fun on Sun­day with the big Party! :)

  • Kindred Adventures

    Replied on: January 12, 2012, 8:24 AM

    Happy Birth­day to those two CUTIES!!!!!! Love the pic­tures! It is a hard mile­stone to take in isn’t it. No more babies :( With each mile­stones pass­ing comes new adven­tures. I am sure they have a lot in store for you. Hang in there momma. They are grow­ing up!!! Just think they are going to really be mov­ing soon and then the fun will really start. Again, LOVE the pics! –LV

    • Jamie

      Replied on: January 12, 2012, 9:18 PM

      It really does get more fun every day!

  • Sperk*

    Replied on: January 12, 2012, 7:05 AM

    I love the photo of their tiny feet! Take one of their feet every year! Con­grat­u­la­tions on their birth­days. Thanks for post­ing such an hon­est and beau­ti­ful article.

    • Jamie

      Replied on: January 12, 2012, 9:17 PM

      That’s a great idea!!

  • Kelly

    Replied on: January 12, 2012, 6:30 AM

    I have been teary eyed for the past week! Can’t believe it has been a year. Where does time go?! Love your pic­tures and look for­ward to see­ing pics from the birth­day party!!

    • Jamie

      Replied on: January 12, 2012, 9:14 PM

      I’m glad we’re going through it together!

  • Kimberly at Rubber Chicken Madness

    Replied on: January 11, 2012, 10:47 PM

    Awww.…so cute! Love that you were able to trea­sure spe­cial moments with them this week. That time clock goes way way way too fast. :(

    • Jamie

      Replied on: January 12, 2012, 9:12 PM

      It really does! Except for those days that seem never-​​ending!

  • Cookie's Mom

    Replied on: January 11, 2012, 9:26 PM

    Happy belated birth­day, girls! Gosh, they’re adorable, Jamie. You know, every­one tells you this: even though one stage is passed and you will miss it, the next stage is just as won­der­ful in it’s own way. And, it’s true. I can’t believe my lit­tle guy will be going to Kinder­garten next year! I will miss him being small enough to carry around, his whole body wrapped around me, but I look so for­ward to more of the funny things he will say, his wit, his smile, the car­ing boy he is turn­ing out to be. Happy jour­ney to you, mama of one-​​year-​​olds!

    • Jamie

      Replied on: January 11, 2012, 9:39 PM

      You are so right, it does get bet­ter and bet­ter! But hav­ing my 5 and 3 year old around to remind me how quickly the bet­ter comes — that makes it worse! I still can’t believe I have TWO, ONE year olds!

  • Leighann

    Replied on: January 11, 2012, 8:26 PM

    I so remem­ber this feel­ing.
    I would hold my daugh­ter longer as her birth­day got closer.
    Sigh

    • Jamie

      Replied on: January 11, 2012, 9:29 PM

      I was only able to stir one last night but I got the other for a nap today! It so much eas­ier to let the time go when you real­ize it’s almost over.

  • Miss Marina Star

    Replied on: January 11, 2012, 6:11 PM

    I totally get why you are sad. After one, comes two, and then even worse THREE! It’s a vicious cycle of grow­ing up and it so totally sucks.

    At least until they pitter-​​patter out of their beds in the mid­dle of the night ask­ing to snug­gle with you because they had a bad dream…then, it’s totally worth it. (At least for me.)

    • Jamie

      Replied on: January 11, 2012, 9:29 PM

      I do love me some pitter-​​patters… I hold on to that then! Thanks Miss M!

  • Megan Lawing

    Replied on: January 11, 2012, 3:29 PM

    SOOO pre­cious!! You have some beau­ti­ful angels there.

    • Jamie

      Replied on: January 11, 2012, 9:28 PM

      Angels is exactly what they are! Thank you Megan!

  • Lolo

    Replied on: January 11, 2012, 2:48 PM

    Love this… And just wait. In the blink of an eye (no really, I swear), they’ll be 11 and will have per­fected the eye roll. Sigh.

    I miss One.

    Lo

    • Jamie

      Replied on: January 11, 2012, 9:27 PM

      THIS is what I’m afraid of!! So it never gets beter, huh?!

  • Mama and the City

    Replied on: January 11, 2012, 2:29 PM

    This post made me cry. And I was on the bus on my way to work.

    • Jamie

      Replied on: January 11, 2012, 9:27 PM

      Well I was prob­a­bly cry­ing with you. Hope you had a tis­sue at least!

  • Jackie

    Replied on: January 11, 2012, 2:02 PM

    My younger daugh­ter will be TWO on the 20 and I just can’t wrap my head around it. How fast does this time go?
    Happy Happy Birth­day to your two lit­tle ladies!

    • Jamie

      Replied on: January 11, 2012, 9:26 PM

      Too fast! Way tooooo fast! Happy Birth­day to yours too!

  • Jen Has A Pen

    Replied on: January 11, 2012, 9:52 AM

    Oh Jamie, this is really beau­ti­ful. I love read­ing these types of appre­ci­a­tion pieces. I hadn’t seen the photo of their tiny feet together before. I adore it. I hope you had a great birth­day with them and hope they always suc­cumb to being your babies.

    • Jamie

      Replied on: January 11, 2012, 9:25 PM

      Thanks Jen — I really hope so too!! It’s hard to imag­ine them being teenagers I can’t stand. I know the day will come though. Maybe posts like this will help me remember!

  • Shannon from 'mynewfavoriteday'

    Replied on: January 11, 2012, 12:43 AM

    I so know these snug­gles, smells, cud­dles, and loves. The pull of their inde­pen­dence against your want­ing to keep them as your babies. They are so pre­cious so as they grow, they will just know how much more they love you and you love them. Happy Birth­day sweet peas!

    • Jamie

      Replied on: January 11, 2012, 9:20 AM

      Thank you Shan­non… the pull is a men­tal bat­tle… I want you to grow up and be the great per­son I know you are becom­ing but I also want you to stay small and sit in my arms. It’s hard!!

  • Nami

    Replied on: January 10, 2012, 11:23 PM

    Happy birth­day to your princesses! Wish I could say that the feel­ing of want­ing them to stop grow­ing stops but it never does. Espe­cially hard when they start los­ing their teeth. Argh!

    • Jamie

      Replied on: January 11, 2012, 9:19 AM

      My biggest lost two teeth, in the same week he started school and turned 5. This has been a rough grow­ing up year for me!! I don’t think it’s going to be get­ting any eas­ier though!

  • Laci

    Replied on: January 10, 2012, 11:15 PM

    I agree! My baby will be 9 on Fri­day. I so miss those days that he would wig­gle his lit­tle fin­gers and toes through the afgan that I bun­dled him in when I fed him in the mid­dle of the night.

    Happy birth­day baby girls.

    • Jamie

      Replied on: January 11, 2012, 9:18 AM

      Oh my heart Laci… you can still see, feel, smell, almost touch those toes, right?!?

      • Laci

        Replied on: January 14, 2012, 9:30 PM

        You know I do!

  • Greta Funk

    Replied on: January 10, 2012, 10:32 PM

    Oh my good­ness. Those pho­tos are just pre­cious. Happy birth­day to your girls! And hugs to mama. I understand.…in a lit­tle over two months, my baby won’t be a baby any­more. Now excuse me…I have some­thing in my eye.

    • Jamie

      Replied on: January 11, 2012, 9:17 AM

      It hap­pens so quickly!!

  • Laura@Catharsis

    Replied on: January 10, 2012, 8:23 PM

    Oh my good­ness. Happy birth­day to your babies. And they can still be babies for a lit­tle while longer. :) They are gorgeous.

    • Jamie

      Replied on: January 11, 2012, 9:17 AM

      Thank you Laura! I plan on keep­ing them babies as long as they’ll let me!

  • Alison@Mama Wants This

    Replied on: January 10, 2012, 6:09 PM

    Happy 1st Birth­day beau­ti­ful girls! I love the pho­tos. The one of them all curled up together just made me melt into a puddle.

    And I so know this, ohmy­god my baby is not a baby, where did the time go feel­ing. There may have been tears. And then smiles. And now he’s 2 and wants to cud­dle up with me all the time (I think he knows there’s a baby on the way), I am soak­ing it all up. Regard­less of what the hus­band is saying!

    • Jamie

      Replied on: January 11, 2012, 9:17 AM

      They were so small they fit into one Boppy all cozy and took their best naps there those first cou­ple of weeks.

      It’s bit­ter­sweet, the whole thing! Cud­dle away I say!!

  • Julie

    Replied on: January 10, 2012, 5:01 PM

    Happy Birth­day babies!

    • Jamie

      Replied on: January 11, 2012, 9:16 AM

      Thanks Mama­Mash!!

  • Erica M

    Replied on: January 10, 2012, 3:02 PM

    Babies are babies until they turn five.

    • Jamie

      Replied on: January 11, 2012, 9:15 AM

      MMmm I like this MUCH better.

  • Ado

    Replied on: January 10, 2012, 2:13 PM

    It’s a hard one let­ting go of their baby­hood.
    PS: Your kids are all gor­geous. I love the photo of the 4 lit­tle feet!

    • Jamie

      Replied on: January 10, 2012, 2:27 PM

      Thanks Ado… I love all twenty toes!

  • January

    Replied on: January 10, 2012, 1:30 PM

    Aw — what gor­geous girls you have!!! I do the same thing too sometimes…opening the doors louder than nec­es­sary for one last lit­tle snug­gle if they awaken.

    A dear friend of mine just had twin girls yesterday…yes yes­ter­day! SO, I’m feel­ing the need to pass your blog onto her. I’m sure she won’t have much time to read it now BUT it’ll be there when she does. Happy Birth­day to your babies. They’ll *always* be your babies. :)

    • Jamie

      Replied on: January 10, 2012, 2:27 PM

      This thought is help­ing… always my babies. This should last me until next year anyway!

  • Andrea @ The Penny-Roach's

    Replied on: January 10, 2012, 1:24 PM

    Those sleep­ing stretch­ing snug­gling moments are some of my favourites too. Happy 1st Birth­day to your lit­tle ones. They’ll always be your babies, no mat­ter how old or how big they get. *hugs*

    • Jamie

      Replied on: January 10, 2012, 2:26 PM

      you’re right, they are all my babies and always will be!

  • Katie E

    Replied on: January 10, 2012, 1:00 PM

    They are so beau­ti­ful! I def­i­nitely get what you mean — my baby boy turned one three weeks ago, and I think espe­cially because of the fact that I think he’s most likely my last baby, it’s so sad to be mov­ing out of baby-​​ness and into tod­dler­hood. But it’s also fun to watch him tod­dling around and bab­bling. But he’s still my sweet baby boy and will cud­dle with me. Happy birth­day to your girls!

    • Jamie

      Replied on: January 10, 2012, 2:26 PM

      Thank you… it’s a bit­ter­sweet moment, yes?

  • MommaKiss

    Replied on: January 10, 2012, 12:03 PM

    Oh the sweet­ness of a one year old. Per­son­ally, I think TWO means tod­dler. One can still mean baby. That’s my story & I’m stick­ing to it. {one was HARD for me. really really hard.}

    • Jamie

      Replied on: January 10, 2012, 2:25 PM

      I’m glad I’m not the only one. I like the idea of TWO and TODDLER!

  • Teri Nolan

    Replied on: January 10, 2012, 8:51 AM

    Happy Birth­day, to your beau­ti­ful girls. It is really hard to believe that they are 1 today. I cant wait to see them run around in the yard this sum­mer!! Teri

    • Jamie

      Replied on: January 10, 2012, 2:25 PM

      I can’t wait for that either! Well yes I can. But I can’t. You know?

  • Ali

    Replied on: January 10, 2012, 6:48 AM

    I com­pletely get this. I was in denial for a long time about Will’s tod­dler sta­tus. Sigh.
    Happy birth­day to the beau­ti­ful girls though, and lots of love for you. I think sur­viv­ing a year with twins (let alone 4 alto­gether) is cause for HUGE cel­e­bra­tion. Can’t wait to hear what you do! Xx

    • Jamie

      Replied on: January 10, 2012, 2:25 PM

      It will get bet­ter I know but today dur­ing nap time I will sulk a bit!