The Twins Have Ice Cream And Cake For The First Time!

A few weeks ago, Audrey and Antonino celebrated two milestones: their second birthday and their first taste of ice cream and cake! What?! Your kids haven't had ice cream and cake before? Our choice not to feed the twins sweets during their first two years raised a few eyebrows but before you react, let me tell you why we did it.

Happy 2nd Birthday, Audrey and Antonino!

My dear Audrey and Antonino,

Happy 2nd birthday! I can't believe you are two years old. You both came out as tiny 34-weekers who needed to stay in the NICU to grow. Not an ideal start but you quickly showed everyone how strong and determined you were to get out of the NICU right away.

It has been amazing watching both of you grow. When you were just months old, we waited every month for you to hit all those significant first year milestones like crawling, rolling over, babbling, and sitting. Then after your first birthday everything went by at lightning speed. You actually look more like kids now than babies and somehow you know it. You always say "Big geeeel Adee!" (Big girl Audrey) and "Big boy Nino!"

The Stages of a Mickey Mouse Addiction

If your kids are like mine, they go crazy over anything and everything Mickey Mouse. And so, based on my experience as a mom of twin toddlers who are mad about Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse, I want to share with you the stages of a Mickey Mouse Addiction:

This Is One

One year with our two wins! The past year was a blur of exhausting, scary, stressful, amazing, happy and magical moments. I know it's been a year but I always find myself thinking, where has the time gone?  It seems like yesterday Joey and I were only looking at Audrey and Antonino through their incubators in the NICU and now we suddenly have two little humans who are growing and changing every single day.

On the statistical side, I'm really happy because the twins more than tripled their respective birth weights. Yay! But aside from that, I would like to share with you what they have been up to at one year old.

Our First Family Portrait

When I was pregnant with Audrey and Antonino, I searched for newborn twin photo ideas. I really loved the look of those wrapped shots where twin babies are posed really close together as well as the shots of one parent cradling both twins in their arms.  But when I was approaching my 34th week of pregnancy, I started to go into labor. Because of this, the twins were born three weeks early so they had to stay in the NICU. When they were finally discharged, we were instructed to go on an extended quarantine at home to avoid exposing them to unnecessary germs. Needless to say, a portrait session was the last thing on our minds.

How to Plan A Children's Birthday Party In One Day

Last month, the twins celebrated their first birthday. I know this post is late but the past month has been bananas for us. The twins' birthday falls during the Holiday season so we had to deal with their birthday, Christmas shopping, Christmas parties and New Year's celebrations all at the same time. Oh and did I mention we went through three hospital confinements in October and November, and were (and still are) yaya-less?