My girls 7th Birthday...

So at 8:17am and 8:19am this morning, my precious babies were 7 years old!  My how the time flies.

I am thankful though that I don't feel like I have missed out on anything.  You see I was blessed to be a stay at home mom with them for the first 3 years of their lives.  All of their "firsts" I was there for.  Then I went back to work and they were in the on-site child care facility that was amazing on site of where I worked.  Once they turned 5 yrs old, I decided to start my own business and now work from home and have been home with them again for the last 2 years...thank you Jesus!  Why do I tell you this you ask...because I don't feel like it has gone too fast.  It's odd to think that my girls are 7...but it doesn't feel has though time as passed me by.  I have been there for it all. 

This morning was a lot of fun, we bought them new "birthday" dresses and curled their hair, put ribbon in their hair, glitter, etc.  You know, the typical birthday stuff. :)

On the way to school I was telling them how special they were and that God loved them extra well and that's why he gave them an identical twin sister and best friend to share their big day with.  They both agreed.

I told them that NOTHING will ruin our big day...Erynn said, "Unless someone kicks me mom."  Good point, but I told them that it would still not ruin our day cuz we wouldn't let it and you have to let something ruin your day in order for it to.

Then I said today is going to be a fun day...and Erynn said, "That's cuz you make it so special for us mom."  Here I go choking up even typing it.  I said thank you so much as I choked back the tears.  I thought to myself, "you can't cry for crying out loud...she'll never say anything like that to you again...stay calm, stay cool.  Phew it passed."  I was done with being choked up.

Then after I dropped them off I was coming back to prepare the cupcakes to take to the school for their classes.  They were all ready with frosting and sprinkles that the girls did last night...I just had to get them ready to transport...until.....I got home and noticed that over HALF of the cupcakes were missing.  My white boxer, Martini was outside.  The "rescue boxer" we have named Tyson, he was inside...he was the culprit.  You guys...he ate 12 of 20 cupcakes WITH the paper on them.  Needless to say, he is not going to feel well today.

So off to the store, I rush to have to find cupcakes...odd, 9am in the morning and the stores bakery don't have cupcakes yet???  How could that be.  I was off to the next store...again NO cupcakes.  They did however have mini cupcakes.  So I had to buy double of those and get to school.

The girls classmates were so excited and even more excited for the girls Luau Party on Saturday.  The good Lord is going to bless us with 75 degree weather.  Thank you Jesus!!

Tonight we are taking the girls to dinner and an I-MAX movie.  Should be totally fun!

I thank God every day for the blessings in my life.  How can one person be so lucky to have been blessed with two precious babies?

7 years ago tonight...oh my!

It was April 28th, 2003...I had been carrying my identical twin girls for 38 1/2 weeks and was going in for a C-section the following morning.  All of my family had flown in and was ready for the BIG day!

I remember my feelings being nervous...not about going in to have a C-Section, I knew this was given to my by God and I would be in God's hands the whole time.  The nerves were from the thought that I had to introduce my precious babies that I had carried for almost 9 months to this BIG, SCARY world.

The picture to the left is the girls just minutes after they were born...why would you put a picture like that of yourself on here you must be asking yourself and I truly don't know...

 I cried and cried.  I remember thinking that I eat so good for them, I know they are safe, etc.  My husband looked me in the eyes and said, "Babe, it's time to share them with the rest of us."  Oh yeah, that's right, I was the only one that knew them at this point!  Silly me! 

For those of you who don't know my husband, he is about 6'1 and weighs about 230lbs.  So the above picture should give you some perspective on what a HOUSE I was.  I gained 40 lbs in my pregnancy and lost 35 lbs. 10 days after.  Apparently, it has come on times 10 since then...but whose counting yeah right.

Pic to right:  Hubby and I a day or two before delivery at a softball game for my niece.

My girls were born at 8:17am and 8:19am on April 29th, 2003.  We knew they were identical but because they shared a placenta (even though they were in separate sacs) we never had a "baby A" and "baby B" because they moved everywhere.

So the first baby out was going to be named Emilie...Em came out and was 6 lbs. 4 oz. and 17 inches long (She is on the right in the picture to the right I think)...2 minutes later Erynn was born at 6 lbs. 13 oz. and 17.5 inches (On the left in the pic I am pretty sure).

April 29th, 2003 was truly the happiest day of my life! 
God is good and I thank him every day for blessing me with my girls.  Thank you Jesus!

First swim of the year...

I couldn't believe it...the pool was actually warm enough for the girls to get in today!  They were SO excited!  This is a good thing considering their birthday party is Saturday and it's a "Luau"! 

Of course her identical twin sister would...

Yesterday the girls and I decided to go grocery shopping...now it never fails that always half way through the shopping trip we have to make a trip to the bathroom.  Not for my girls...which is what you would normally think, but for me.  The old bladder just doesn't work the same after twins pee my pants everyday. 

The girls and I go into the bathroom of Safeway and I am washing my hands, Em is getting towels to dry her hands and Er is waiting for the towels.  The rest of the stalls have since filled up since we got out.

Emilie was drying her hands and screached in the loudest almost non-human tone I had ever heard.  I instantly said to her in a stern tone..."Em, there is not a human being on earth that would think that was funny."  Erynn looked at me and said, "Mom...I think it's funny."  I said, "Well of course her identical twin sister would."

This was an epiphany for me in my life...I finally figured out a portion of my life that puzzled me daily.  The reason my girls are so goofy and crazy, is because their sister thinks it's funny!  They always have a given audience with the exact same sense of humor.  What an absolute blessing to be an identical twin. 

I laughed so hard...it was hilarious.  Not to mention...all the women in the stalls found the humor in it too.

Have a great Friday night all!

Aloha Friday...

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Do you make your bed everyday?  Why or why not?

I am ashamed to say that I don't make my bed every day.  I do try to remember though...if that counts for anything.  It's not that its hard to do...it just isn't that big of a priority to me. 

Now if I know that anyone is coming over, I will definitely make it.  I don't like others to see my bed not made but as for me, my husband and my girls...we don't care.

What made me think about this was that we were at a close friends yesterday and my girls wanted to see their whole house...you know 6 (almost 7) yr olds.  They were not going to let us if their bed was not made...they would have died if anyone saw their bed unmade.

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Going small on the birthday party...yeah right!

Party planning is a passion of mine...any excuse to have a party and I'll take it.  I have always thrown REALLY big birthday parties for my twins (I actually believe that is a reason that God gave me twins because throwing huge parties for one child would be considered "overboard".  LOL)  

This year we decided that we were not going to go "all out". 

That was a great thought...in theory...but how do you take a party planning crazy like me and make me go small...apparently it doesn't happen. 

So the birthday party is Saturday, May 1st and I just had their invitations printed and are delivering them this week to their friends at school, softball, church, etc.  The invitations did turn out cute...considering I have never used photoshop to make their invites before...BUT GET THIS...I made the invitations, sent them to the photo shop at the closest Costco to us...uploaded them via http://www.costco.com/ photo link...and they printed them out for 13 cents per invite!  WHAT????  We had 70 invitations made (cuz I'm going easy this year yeah right) and they were only $9.75.

Above is a look at what the invite looks like....(well with a few modifications of the address, etc. being it's on the internet at all)...I didn't find very much out there in cyber world as far as digital scrapbook kits for Hawaiian Themes or Luau Themes...But this was as good as I could do with what I had.  I created it in Photoshop and for all of you out there who are Photoshop Pro's...I am far from it.  This was my first.  I did create the header on my blog...but that was a little different than having to put it in a form that I could print off and still have it look good. 

So as much as I thought I was going to "go small"...apparently not.  The list is done and the invites are out...72 kids are invited, 41 adults...and that's not counting that I put on the invite that all the kids have to come with someone or have someone here watching them as we have a pool without a life guard.  So you have to double the 72...which turns to 144.  Now going off of the old...50% flake factor....we are going to figure that 144+41= 185 divided by 2 = around 36 adults and around 56 adults...so we're looking at a total of about 92 people...now that's if only half show up!!  LMAO

Well for a party planner...this is what it's all about...the kids, the fun, and the experience.  Why size it down anyway, right?

Can't wait to show you guys pictures from the party!

Any suggestions you have are greatly welcome!