The Sink Family!: The second month

The second month was an awful lot like the first - Groundhog Day, every day. We were still in the feed-burp-change diapers-rock-smile stage. The girls slowly started to wake up a little bit more each day - a much more dramatic difference closer to the end of the second month. We aren't much on a schedule at all - basically when they eat (every 3.5 hours) is what our world revolves around. We still watch Friends during feeds, and it's still one of my favorite memories. We still try to hold them every day and soak them up.

tired dad and two tired babies - melts my heart

I love that Ella has reached out to "hold" Sydney's hand

Having spring-time babies is THE BEST. We spend lots of time outside. The fresh air is good for everyone, and we don't feel cooped up inside all day long. We LOVE the pillow blankets from the Lehman's... and move their perch from indoors on that blanket to the great outdoors.

hanging around on the deck

cute little twin butts

Sydney has a question

loving on my girl Ella

Five weeks has passed already??

5.4 - getting ready for our first trip to Boulevard Flowers

I walked into the room and captured this sweet moment for the first time - the girls "holding" hands. They obviously can't hold each others hands, but they wrap their arms around each other and hold on tight <3

there isn't anything better than a sleeping baby on your chest - well, maybe two babies. Ella loves to be nuzzled in your neck

Sydney decided she wanted to hold her bottle for the first time!

Sarah came to visit! total natural, right??

ummm wrong. here's a behind the scenes look at what it takes to get a good picture with two. look at that face - and I mean Sarah's, not the girls.

Like I said, we love to be outside. I decided to get some yard-work done, so what's a mom to do with her twins? Put them in a laundry basket, of course! I toted them around the yard - from shady spot to shady spot. They loved it

Ella is wearing green, Sydney in blue. They love being outside, close to each other, and sleeping - their version of a perfect afternoon! And a momma's slice of heaven

Gorgeous Ella and Sydney's cute little toes

Precious Sydney

<3 <3

we worked on a fun Mother's Day craft!

my favorite new piece of art on our fridge

two amazing coworkers and a perfect evening to grill out

Sink, party of four <3

My very first [happy] Mother's Day was finally here! Last year, I had a tough day because I was supposed to be pregnant with our first baby. Well, as fate would have it, Mother's Day 2014 was a stark reminder of what could have been. Fast forward one year and I would never have dreamed I would be a twin-momma. Daniel made my special day absolutely perfect. He had his mom spend the night so I could sleep ALL.NIGHT.LONG. It was glorious. We woke up and Daniel fixed us French toast. I was showered with cards and a gorgeous necklace. It's pearl + Aquamarine, the March birthstone. I went upstairs to get myself ready, and came downstairs to this stud tandem-feeding the girls, so I didn't have to!

makes my heart smile!

A new momma and her new twin daughters

full arms, even fuller heart <3

We headed to Daniel's mom for a family get-together

Ella said no more pictures, mom, and Sydney is holding onto Ella

Daniel & Ella

Grandma Stella and her Great-Grand-Girls. As a shower gift, she gave me these beautiful smocked gowns. They look adorable - like itty bitty baby dolls

Then we stopped by to see my momma. I can't go a Mother's Day without giving my own mom a big hug and kiss. I'm so thankful I'm learning how to be a momma from the very best. She is teaching me patience and how to love fiercely. She comes by on the days Daniel is at work, and I've loved our time together. I'm so proud Sydney is named after her (well, halfway, since all three of us share the same middle name!).

Nana and Sydney

beautiful Ella Grace

beautiful Sydney Ann

Nana and her new twin grand-daughters on Mother's Day

three generations

5.11 - six weeks new. Love their tiny legs in the air

Sydney asleep on Daniel - gripping on tight

sister-tummy-time

I think I've mentioned it before - but Sydney LOVES to hold onto things. She grips onto anything near her so tight. One day, Daniel was bathing her (and she doesn't enjoy a nice relaxing bath) and she was SCREAMING. He flipped her over to wash her back, and she gripped onto the bath tub. He lifted her and she lifted the tub. Girlfriend was holding on for dear life. But when she holds tightly onto your hands, and often does it when you're feeding her, it's the sweetest thing.

holding onto Momma's fingers tight

both girls were fussy. I had to happily stop what I was doing and just love them

Sink-family selfie

hey sis!

perfect afternoon - reading a good book with a gorgeous view. We moved from our blanket inside to the blanket outside

love having my hands full. sometimes you just need to stop what you're doing and rock your babies

loved this view of my lap - four tiny feet, twenty cute toes

And we've broken free! Sink sibling outing to see Pitch Perfect 2. Our awesome neighbors watched/loved on the girls so we could go to the movies. I love this handsome man

Daniel and his mini-me. She loves him

and he loves her

two fussy babies again - I need more arms

and we even had an EXTRA SPECIAL visitor - all the way from Blacksburg!

precious Sydney - soak it up

The girls were thrilled to be 7 weeks old!

And when our itty bitty girls were 7 weeks old, they got sick for the first time. We go outside a lot - and since it's peak springtime allergy/pollen season, the girls would occasionally get congested. Their congestion turned into a terrible cough. We took them to the doctor and started them on meds, and in a day or so they were back to new, but it caused some momma-anxiety on my part. Hate seeing our tiny-twins sick. So what do you do when you have sick babies? You stay in your PJs all day, don't get a single thing done except rock and hold and rock.

I often feel like I don't have enough hands or lap space. Here I am rocking Ella on my chest and rocking Sydney on my legs... you have to get creative when both babies fuss

am I cute, or what?

and sick babies means I had to learn how to wear one of them in the Moby Wrap for the first time

When Sydney was born, she had a heart murmur. It wasn't a big deal, actually the type of murmur she had is very common and normally goes away. Here she is at her six-week check-up with the cardiologist.

all hooked up to machines

such a trooper! she received the all-clear

Cute Sydney visiting mom's work. This is the first time I saw her INTENTIONALLY smile!! But of course, it stopped when I pulled out the camera

Sydney had a super fussy night, but how can you get mad at this amazing smiling face??

snuggle buddies on momma's lap

enough with the pictures!

We celebrated Memorial Day with our first trip to the pool!

Abby eating lunch and sitting with her favorite girls!

...speaking of favorites, she REALLY likes Ella right now. "How's Ella?" (pronounced Ewwa). "I like (wike) her" She only wants to hold Ella and doesn't want to have much to do with Sydney. Except, she love the color purple and if we have anything pink/purple, Ella gets pink and Sydney gets purple, which throws Abby for a loop.

And on a side note - she can't tell them apart. She gets it wrong every.single.time.