My twins are THREE

Three years ago today I was waiting to have my C-section to bring my girls into this world.

It was a hot day much like this 2014 Californian summer has been. A friend of ours, Becca, had been helping us out since I was on bed rest. She had just brought up dinner, which was delicious. I was eating and enjoy the kicks from my girls from the inside. When around 5:30pm I felt what I can only describe as a rubber band snapping but on the inside. It wasn't painful at all but definitely could feel that something happened. So I moved slightly and that's when all the water came out. MY WATER HAD BROKE :) Scary since I had never experienced it. Then it was the mad calling of Becca to come upstairs with the phone so I can call Ron at work. And then while on the phone I started having some serious contractions. Ron rushed home took me to the hospital while Becca stayed at our house with Sebastian and my mother in law. They were in the middle of prepping me when the nurse came in and said that we would have to wait as there was an emergency C-section happening. No worries on this mama's end. We got to the hospital around 6pm the girls finally came out via C-Section, Teagan at 11:10pm and Amelia at 11:11pm.

Three years have come and gone since these two little bundle of joys entered into our world. They are still just as amazing today as they were when they were born. I couldn't be prouder of the young girls they are becoming and the women that they will one day be.

Happy Birthday Girls. Mommy loves you!~!!!

Diary??

-->So, I know that I wrote about starting to blog on a consistent basis but things don’t always go the way I want them to, (sigh). So my family and I have been extremely busy and I have thought up a few things I would like to talk about how ever I really haven’t had the time or energy or drive to write about any of them. So I thought that I would write about my life and what has been going on and what has been keeping me busy these last couple of months.

 

As most of you know I am a wife and mother. I have four beautiful children and 2 step children as well. I work full time in an office. I do a ton of computer work along with answer phones and helping customers if they come into our facility. My husband is currently disabled and is a stay at home dad. Although I am a bit jealous that he gets to stay home and I have to work, I rather enjoy the people I work with and I am glad to have the opportunity to be the provider for my house hold.

Lately things have been a tad hectic/stressful/annoying. So the hectic things are obviously just every day things like going to work and then coming home to 4 kids all of which are 5 and under. I have Sebastian who is 5 and my twin girls Teagan and Amelia who are 3 and then my youngest Ezra who is 1. And ALL of them want their mom when I get home. It is extremely precious but also hectic. When someone gets home from work they don’t mind receiving love, hugs, and kisses. But I don’t want to be bulldozed by my kids. Which is what they do. They always want to be on top of me and its not just one at a time. When once sees that their brother or sister is sitting on my lap then the other has to as well.

Now the stressful part of my life lately has been financial. I try to be the best when it comes to our money for our household. But lately life has thrown us a few curve balls and we have had to live pay check to pay check. Which I love!!! (insert eye roll here). I not only pay attention to my own finances but make sure a few others are good as well which is just as stressful.

Now ,the annoying part. I mentioned that I have two step children. Well this would be from my husbands previous marriage. He was married for 12 years to his ex and they had 2 children. Neither one will be mentioned by name nor will his ex be named in this blog (or series of blogs). But because she is a tad (insert another eye roll) greedy she keeps going after my husband for more and more child support even though he doesn’t currently have an income due to him being disabled (how ever he has applied for disability). To top this off she doesn’t let him see the kids very much. Every time he asks she says they are busy but wont actually say what they are busy doing. Now I have wanted to go after more custody of the kids for awhile now by my husband doesn’t want the kids to be put through that, seeing as his ex can be extremely manipulative.

So this is what has been going on with my life as of late. I actually had a delightful thought while typing out this particular blog. I was thinking of just doing my blog sort of like a diary of sorts. Time will only tell though because well there are so many things I have wanted to do with this blog but just haven’t. I either let life get in the way or I let my own fears get in the way. Grrrrr. What to do what to do. Well for now im going to say, until next time friend. May god bless you and yours!

 

Trying to be a youtuber or blogger.

Definitely one of the great things about being a mother to four is all the great footage I can get, (when I remember to capture it) and all the stories I can share, (when I am not too tired to type the details out).

I am simply a mother of four, a wife to one, and a Christian to the one true god. I work full time in an office setting and then come home and work for an additional few hours trying to help the hubby with the kids and then household chores. So then by the time they are all done I  have just enough energy to come online and watch videos or read blogs.

 How ever for a LONG time I have wanted to make my own videos and write my own blogs. By the time I have the thought it has gone just as fast as it has come. But today I had the greatest thought, and by today I mean right now. Why not jot down some notes during the week and have a scheduled day? Where I can simply pick one or two things to talk about, may be even use my blog or youtube channel as a sort of therapy or stress reliever even.

So right now, this day and in this hour/minute. I will state that I will TRY my hardest to post something at least once a week. Either Saturday or Sunday of each week. There will be no specific theme to my blog just what ever I fancy and more than likely what ever is going on in my life.

I hope you stick with my blog, I know I have flaked in the past, and stick with me on this journey we all call life.


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Mathew, 18:19

Twins

Do you know a family that has a set of twins in it? Perhaps you are a twin or a parent of twins or a sister or brother of twins. Did you know (I’m sure you do) that my family has a set of twins. Not only do we have one but in my extended family we have several sets of twins. But today we will talk about MY twins.

The girls (Teagan and Amelia) were born July 29^{th, 2011. Teagan was born at 11:10pm and Amelia at 11:11pm. The pregnancy went actually rather well considering being pregnant with twins. Up until about 33 weeks when I went into pre-term labor. I was rushed up to Mercy Medical Center. I was there for one week. The doctors felt that the labor had slowed/stopped enough that I could rest at home on strict bed rest. Another two weeks went by when my water finally broke and I had the girls.}

Since then our lives have changed drastically. First of all taking care of twins is hard in itself but them being pre-term babies is even more difficult. The girls were fantastic babies, don’t get me wrong, but they were sleepy babies. So we had to wake them all the time to eat because all they wanted to do was sleep. My husband and I would have to keep ourselves on a schedule to wake them up through out the night and make sure they got the feedings they needed for the first week after that first week they did start waking up when they were hungry and life got much easier.

The girls, as we like to call them, are now two and a half years old and healthy as all get out. You wouldn’t even know that they were born early. Teagan has always been a little bit taller and heavier than Amelia, but not by much. They both are on the same level when it comes to progress. They seem to enjoy the same things that the other enjoys as well. Their linguistic skills are getting better like a normal toddler. But I have noticed that they have their own language when talking with each other or with other twins.

They happen to go to daycare where there is another set of twin girls that are a bit older than them. According to my husband when ever they interact all four of them talk in the same language, that they all clearly understand.

The girls fight much the same as any other siblings do. They fight over who gets to be on mommy and daddy’s lap and over their baby dolls.

We still get people asking us how we tell the girls apart and to be honest it is quite simple for us. I have noticed that since becoming parents of twins that I can tell other twins apart from one another easier now, although not as easy as that particular set of twin’s parents.

I find myself thrilled when I meet another parent of twins, although that parent might not be thrilled about meeting other parents, LOL. I also think about when they get older will one be more tomboyish and will one be more girly? Will they remain close? I hope they do.

Genesis 25:24 Acts 28:11 Romans 9:10-16

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Philippians 4:6-7, Matthew 18:19     

Its been a whole year

Yep that's right, the title says it all doesn't it? I literally have been away for an entire year from my blog. WOW!!!! I can't believe I stayed away that long. Well since January 2013 my family really hasn't been doing much different. We have been working hard and struggling hard as well. My oldest son is now 5, our twin girls are now 2.5, and my youngest son is 1. Everyone is growing very well and its been amazing to see my children progress.

Alright now that the kids have been updated on to myself and my husband. My amazing husband has been having issues. I don't recall, although I'm pretty sure I have, if I ever explained everything going on with him and the daily issues we have been obliged to sort out.

My husband is 40 (sorry babe about announcing this to the world) and has some severe issues with his neck/back. He has what is known as Degenerative Disc Disease*. On top of this disease he also has some bulging disks in his neck as well. Due to all of these issues he has immense pain which he is unable to control with your normal OTC medications. As of late he has been on Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen also known as Norco. He has also been on Gabapentin. Plus he uses OTC sleep aids at night. So at the moment we are in the midst of getting him some type of treatment so that he is not in need of these medications. He just recently went in for Radiofrequency neurotomy *. It has been a week since he had this procedure done and although he is a bit sore he says that the actual pain that is caused from the disease and bulging disks are no longer really there anymore, which is great!

As for myself, well I turned 30, so that's one milestone. I have decided to "try" and write a book. I say try because as of late I haven't really written anything. Although I'm not sure if its just from lack of imagination, lack of ambition or just plain laziness. I have gotten may be a half of chapter written out and now am not sure if I want to scrap it and start fresh or not.

I have been sick for a total of about three weeks out of the last two months. Not sure what the deal is but I see my doctor this coming Wednesday, which is tomorrow. So I am hoping to get to the bottom of what ever the issue may be that is causing my immune system to be almost none existent.

This blog has literally not done a darn thing that I wanted it to do, ha ha. Or, rather I haven't done what I wanted with this blog. After all it is not the blogs fault that I don't get on here and write anything, it is my own. Although I am hoping to change that in the near future. Only time will tell.

Ta Ta For Now. Have a blessed day.

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Matthew 18:19 "Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven."