** josieposy **

anitalynn

omg. Your new picture is so cute - the girls appear (to me..) to be getting so big! They look adorable! Everything going well?

 

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JosiePosy

Thanks. I took that pic on Mother's Day. I LOVE those dresses. I go purple over pink whenever I have the chance.

They're doing well. We had a pretty good feeding/sleeping routine going for the longest time, but now they are a bit out of whack. That's to be expected I guess. They are getting big!!! They were 10 and 13 lbs at their last checkup, but that was awhile ago now. 

Overall we feel like we've got this.  We're handling things so much better now. Individually, they are easy to handle. It's just the together part that takes effort. But I took them downtown by myself not too long ago and handled it fine (people thought I was nuts for doing that!).

The only thing I can't get used to is the staring and 1000 questions that happens everywhere where we go. Like people haven't seen twins before. It's a long story how our Saturday went, but basically we couldn't spend a day together as a family without getting 20 questions by EVERYBODY and I couldn't even eat a meal in peace. Everyone has to check them out up close and tell you about their brother's cousin's former roommate whose best friend has twins. Everybody has their opinion on whether they should be dressed alike or on the same schedule. I know they are cute, and I appreciate the smiles and compliments, but sometimes you just want to be left alone ya know? But I suppose if that's my biggest complaint then I have a lot to be thankful for.

They're starting to smile and talk (coo) now. It's pretty cool. 

Long answer I know. We're doing good. 

anitalynn

I'm crazy for purple too - but I am a February (amethyst birth stone) baby so I've always had a lot of purple in my life! I think they look fantastic in purple! 

I can't imagine.. it seems that everyone has an opinion on raising a baby - so I'd guess you'd get double that, PLUS the extra TWINS! comments! I've become personally much more aware of giving unsolicited advice/comments towards parents... if only the rest of the world were more clued in!

Awww - so cool that they are talking now! Do they coo more at each other than you and your husband? 

JosiePosy

They still are pretty oblivious to each other, but I'm told that's not uncommon for their age. They sure do like to talk to us though. Usually when we're cleaning their butts. LOL!

anitalynn

Funny! I (wrongly) assumed that they'd be chattier with each other than with you guys - since they spent so much time just the two of them inside your uterus and all. 

JosiePosy

Yeah that surprised me too. The pics you see are usually right before someone throws an arm or a leg at her sister. LOL!

JosiePosy

Hey how are you and the dogs doing? Is everyone doing better after the craziness on the walk awhile back?

aimkins

::butting in::

your girls are so adorable!! I love their cheekers so kissable and squeezeable!!

anitalynn

JosiePosy:

Hey how are you and the dogs doing? Is everyone doing better after the craziness on the walk awhile back?

The dogs are fine.. they've been lazy this week, which has been great since I've been under the weather. I don't know if I shared on the nest but they escaped a few weeks ago which resulted in having to take them to the e-vet because we didn't know if it was safe for us to induce vomiting at home. 4# of food PER DOG and a big vet bill later... they are fine. I haven't attempted walking them alone again, though... too chaotic. They do fine when Joe and I walk together though, and they behave much better at the dog park with Joe than they do with me. I don't get that because they obey my commands more reliably than Joe's commands... and Jenson is growing his hair back, so I am thankful for that!  

JosiePosy

Glad they are better. Good that Jenson is getting hair again.

RachelandEduardo

JosiePosy:

Thanks. I took that pic on Mother's Day. I LOVE those dresses. I go purple over pink whenever I have the chance.

They're doing well. We had a pretty good feeding/sleeping routine going for the longest time, but now they are a bit out of whack. That's to be expected I guess. They are getting big!!! They were 10 and 13 lbs at their last checkup, but that was awhile ago now. 

Overall we feel like we've got this.  We're handling things so much better now. Individually, they are easy to handle. It's just the together part that takes effort. But I took them downtown by myself not too long ago and handled it fine (people thought I was nuts for doing that!).

The only thing I can't get used to is the staring and 1000 questions that happens everywhere where we go. Like people haven't seen twins before. It's a long story how our Saturday went, but basically we couldn't spend a day together as a family without getting 20 questions by EVERYBODY and I couldn't even eat a meal in peace. Everyone has to check them out up close and tell you about their brother's cousin's former roommate whose best friend has twins. Everybody has their opinion on whether they should be dressed alike or on the same schedule. I know they are cute, and I appreciate the smiles and compliments, but sometimes you just want to be left alone ya know? But I suppose if that's my biggest complaint then I have a lot to be thankful for.

They're starting to smile and talk (coo) now. It's pretty cool. 

Long answer I know. We're doing good. 

I smiled at your story about being out on Saturday and all the people stopping you guys. My parents still (30 years later) talk about those experiences with my sister and I. It used to drive my Mom NUTS! She said she never got any peace. She eventually developed a pretty routine reponse that was applicable to a number of different comments and that wouldn't allow for an open ended conversation. It worked sometimes...

Good luck!