workin lady

So i've been back to work for a month now, and have an all new appreciation for working moms!

Happy Mothers Day

picture time

We took the girls to get pictures, and i can't believe how good they turned out because the girls were terrible! but we absolutely love the end result! so if you need a photographer he was really good with the girls and in between it all managed to get some great shots! 

And this is going to be the story of our lives.. haha... I just love this shot! he got it just perfect...

Above is the girls in their blessing dresses.

We blessed them a week ago and it went so good.  Dane gave them such a good blessing and the girls were angels...

the world i live in

This is for all of you that tell me, "i've always wanted twins!"

and this is for all of you that tell me "you could never handle twins"

See I have the best of both worlds.... 

Meltdown

So, it's true! I had my first official breakdown as a mother of twins the other night.  It was the usual evening where at 10 my girls thought it was day time and were wide awake and very fussy with tummy aches!  Just when I'd get one settled down, and get into bed, the other would start crying hysterically.  And if it wasn't one it was both! So by 2 am I had just about had it.  I was holding a crying baby in the recliner, then of course in the other room the other girl starts screaming.  So i did what any smart mom would do, I started crying with them.  Yup, 3 of us crying, it was a beautiful night.  So my cute husband (whom I was trying to let sleep cuz he wasn't feeling well) came and got both the girls, shut my bedroom door and kept them out of the room for a few hours.  I think that was the best 3 hours of sleep EVER.

But the good news is I still totally love my girls! :)

little ladies

My sis, Jane, came up and since we can't really take the girls out yet, we had our own little photo shoot at our house.  The girls only handled it for so long, but I still think we got some great pics.

Dani

Jaci

These girls are so much fun to have around.  And being identical they really do things on tune with eachother, such as crying, diapers, feeding, noises (one nurse said she thinks they talk a lot, and those that know me know that they come by that honestly from their mom)

People have asked about their names, so here's the story.  I was named after my 2 great grandmas and always like that.  I didn't want my girls to have middle names, so I wanted to name them after somebody.  I have always really LOVED the name Dani for a girl and it just so happens that Dane's step dad is named Danny and we adore him, so that's who her name came after.  

Dane thought he got to pick the next name and Dane's middle name is Jay after his grandpa Jay, so he came up with Jaci which I really liked. and that is where my little girls get their names from (2 males) ha ha

But you have to all admit they are adorable!

our little bugs....

yes these are newborn outfits and 

still so big!

home at last...

Our little girls are finally HOME!  They came home a week ago, and of course it's been quite hectic around the Tidwell home..  Dani is still on a little bit of oxygen and at night they both are on monitors (yes the beeping is wonderful).  They have grown so much, on Thu Dani was 5.7 lbs and Jaci was 5.9 lbs.  They are gaining so quickly I bet they're about 6 Lbs by now.  I know that doesn't sound big to you guys, but less than 6 weeks ago they were 3 lbs!

We absolutely love having them home!  We have had SO much help from family and friends, and now that everybody is gone, I miss all the company!  

I have 7 more weeks off of school, so I get to spend some time with the beautiful ladies!

Oh and since a lot of you are moms out there does anyone have remedies on helping tommy aches.  These girls will just SCREAM! I've tried mylocon and a couple random things, but now I'm desperate!