I love my life.  Every day is a brand new day, filled with sweet moments of laughter and joy.  I can’t get enough of my new girls.  They warm my heart each day, with their loud and spontaneous laughter and their mischievous ways.  I never thought being a mom could be so much fun, despite all the work involved.  As I write this, Eva and Zoe are quietly napping.  Sometimes I can’t get over all the pain and suffering I went through to get to this peaceful state, at last.  

I spent some time uploading new photos of the girls today, onto my facebook account.  As I shared the new photos, I couldn’t help but look back at some of the first photos we took of them.  How precious and tiny they were when we first met them!  God is good.  He took care of us so well, and really looked after our sweet angels the whole time they were in my womb, and in the NICU.  I am holding back tears when I remember how long those days were, when we anxiously waited to see how everything would unfold.  Our girls are so healthy and happy, despite everything they’ve been put through.  I cherish every minute we spend with them, and look forward to many fun times ahead of us.

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Lately, it seems Eva and Zoe have been adapting the same mannerisms and habits.  It’s almost like they are trying to outdo each other…see for yourself!

I am so blessed.  Today, on my first Mother’s Day, I am reminded of how extremely lucky and blessed I am.  I have a wonderful husband, who continues to spoil me, and two beautiful daughters whose smiles light up my world.  Victor let me sleep a straight five hours last night after I went to bed.  How awesome is he!?  I love him, so much.  He started my morning by presenting me with a beautiful heart-shaped pendant of blue topaz, which is the girls’ birthstone.  


We then got the girls ready and ventured out on our first  family outing.  We headed to the Biltmore Fashion Park, an outdoor shopping plaza, about half an hour away from home.  We were wary, but everything went extremely well.  Of course, per Doctor’s orders, we kept the girls away from direct sunlight, covered their car seats with blankets at all times and avoided small children like the plague.  Sweet Eva slept the entire time, while curious Zoe kicked the blankets off and pleaded with us to let her look around at all that was so new to her.


We had a quiet lunch outside, while strangers walked by and looked at us curiously all the time oohing and aahing at our huge double stroller and the prospect of baby twins tucked away so quietly.  I was wished many a Happy Mother’s Day by many kind people, and we even got to do some quick shopping for Mommy and Daddy while the girls were peacefully still.  


I have been blessed with such a lovely family.  I am looking forward to many more happy days we can enjoy together, as time goes by.

We were fortunate enough to be able to book a professional ‘newborn’ photo shoot with our girls while they are still so nice and tiny.  This past Saturday, Tami [of Tami Proffitt Photography] came to our house and endured a long five hours of directing while we all cheerfully obliged and let her take full reign of the photo shoot.  Both Eva and Zoë did very well on their first professional photo assignment.  Our girls are naturals and did not put up (too much of) a fight as they were molded into sweet poses, solo or together.  

We are lucky to still be able to get out of the house, being new parents to twins.  My mom has come to stay with us for a while, until we are settled into our new schedule.  By that, I really mean, until I find a new job! During the day I like to take care of the girls’ care and prefer her to take care of chores around the house, which is a big help on its own.  She still gets to help me with the girls’ care too, just not exclusively.  This is nice, because lately we’ve been able to leave her with the girls while we go out.  We just had a movie night this week.  It was refreshing to watch a movie when it seemed we were the only ones there.  We watched Ghost Writer, directed by the ever infamous Roman Polanski.  It was brilliant.  We both enjoyed the story very much.  Tomorrow night, we have another Phoenix Suns game to attend and we’re also very much looking forward to attending a friend’s house party on Saturday.  It is a nice treat to continue to have a social life, and also find time to have dates here and there.  We’re hoping we can keep this up once my mom leaves.  We’ll just need to have babysitters lined up to help.  Any takers?  ;-D