Story time with daddy

childcare

 

There is something scary about leaving your kids with someone else that isn't you or a blood relative. When we just had Liam we had a teenager watch him, which was totally doable and I was very comfortable with it. But when we had the girls, which put us at 3 kids under 2. Calling the neighbor girl was out of the question since it can be a handful for us and we are the parents.

 

Knowing that we needed to find someone that was comfortable and qualified to care for multiples was a must. If you have never watched twins before, it can be a little unsettling to try to calm two screaming babies. At 3 children once a month date night is a must, since we could go days and not have a real conversation besides what the kids ate or how many times they pooped.

 

Beginning a search for a caregiver for your children can be a little daunting. I had looked at a few website but call someone who is a complete stranger was a little scary. Since working as a nanny myself in collage I love getting referrals from others, I think this is a great way to find childcare. I had meet a mom who lived in my area that had twins and a singleton, I emailed her to see if she had any recommendations, and low and behold she did. And this was truly a God thing, He had his hands all over this.

 

This is how she came into our lives...as a mom someone you can completely trust with your children is priceless. As my mom says she must be an angle, and truly to us she is. 

 

 

 

 

 

Yesterday was Aaron's birthday, so I planned a fun night out for us. We came home to this picture with Liam's hand cut out. So precious and thoughtful!

Fun at the water park!

For Liam's birthday we wanted to do something fun. We decided to take him to the water park just Liam, mom and dad no babies.

I didn't bring my camera, so here are a few pictures from my phone.

Monday Phone dump

Hope everyone had a great weekend.

Giddy up!

My little riders!

Birthday Questionnaire

One year of blogging

It has been one year since I started this blog, how much fun it has been to document some of the events in our lives this past year. I know that I will look back on all of the post and appreciate it because when life is busy and you don't sit down and document a few things life just passes you by and years later you are trying to remember details that happened.

Of course with my first child I was great at documenting all of the little milestones that happened like first teeth, first word, and first steps. I have a baby book and a calendar that I kept up, but with the girls the documenting just doesn't go as smoothly. I am hopping to go back and wright things into their baby books but for now I am using this blog and a five year memory journal that a friend gave me.

The reason I wanted to start this blog was to let people we love become apart of our everyday lives. People that may not live down the street but can feel as if they do by reading what happened at our house today.

I have also enjoyed taking on the challenge of learning to take better pictures, I love that there is so much to learn and master. It is the best feeling to look back 6 months  and see how far I have come and learned and see that difference in my photos.

Thank you for stopping and spending a few minutes with us.

Here are a few snapshots of my big 3 year old!