Top 10 things we hear when taking our twins out in public

They graduated to their big boy seats... | Photo by Laurie Blundell

Taking our boys out in public always brings a lot of stares, pointing and questions.

We took our boys with us to Costco and WalMart yesterday and I was amazed at how many people stopped and just stared. Some will then strike up a conversation, while others will pretend they weren’t staring when we catch their eye.

But for those who do strike up a conversation… it’s almost a guarantee that we’ll hear one of these questions/statements before its all said and done…

10. Do the sleep at the same time?
9. God bless their mom, she must be a saint.
8. Their mom must have her hands full.
7. How do you do it?
6. Are they boys, girls or boy-girl?
5. Are they identical?
4. They’re so big!
3. They’re so cute!
2. How old are they?
1. Are they twins?!

And a new one from yesterday – “Do they go at the same time?”

Our response was, “Sometimes.” My first instinct was to say, “Do they go at the same time? Well, it depends on where we’re going. Sometimes we take them together, sometimes we take one by themselves, sometimes we leave them both at home.”

But what I really wanted to say, “Why yes, they talk these things out at night. They have a rotating schedule as to when they’re gonna go.”

Adventures in Fatherhood: My twin boys at play

After a few “heavy” blog posts this week… how about some fun videos of my twin boys?

I wish I had my Flip Camera nearby, but instead I used my iPhone to grab some video of my boys having a great time playing on their play mat yesterday afternoon.

Enjoy!

BTW… seeing the “related videos” on YouTube that automatically post next to these videos makes me really thankful for Vimeo. Now I just need a good app on my phone that will post to Vimeo instead of YouTube… (and someone to sponsor a Vimeo Plus account for me :-))

Adventures in Fatherhood – Waking my boys

Blundell men
Blundell men

When I was a teenager, my dad would often wake me with a jovial rendition of songs about how wonderful a day it was and how we should be thankful for everything and how beautiful the sky was…etc., etc., etc.

You get the picture?

They were just the sort of songs you don’t want sung to you when you’re NOT a morning person and you’re trying to sleep until the very last minute possible.

It makes me smile when my boys give me reactions similar to what I gave my dad, whenever I wake them from their morning stupor and start changing their diaper (IDiddy especially).

My only fear is that I’ll come in one morning and they’ll try and zing me by quoting a Proverb like…

If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse. (Prov. 27:14)

…because I’ll doubt I’ll be able to fire back another zinger as fast as my dad did about being a lazy sluggard.

How long will you lie there, you sluggard? When will you get up from your sleep? (Prov. 6:9)

The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him, because his hands refuse to work. (Prov. 21:25)

YouVersion just doesn’t work that fast on my phone.

Our happy boy

We caught IDiddy in an unusually happy mood yesterday afternoon before his 1 p.m. feeding.

Had to catch it on video and share…

He’s a great baby (they both are), but you can tell his reflux and feeding issues really affect him. He’s calm, quiet and loves to smile, except for during his flareups.

To combat his issues…

  • We have him on two doses of Zantac (1 mL each dose).
  • Two doses of Prevacid Solutabs (7.5 mL each dose).
  • He’s eating Elecare (a lactose free, amino-acid based, hypo-allergenic, expensive formula) with each feeding.
  • We’re adding a tablespoon of rice cereal to each 5 oz. bottle.
  • And… we’re adding a packet of Culturelle Probiotics to one bottle a day.

Here’s to hoping this video is evidence that something in the regimen is starting to really work…

UPDATE: Some audio from Ian talking it up after this morning’s feeding…

Adventures in Fatherhood: Afternoon “photoshoot”

Hayden and Ian
Hayden and Ian

For yesterday’s 2 month photo, I ended up waking the boys up from their nap to be sure and get the photo before my blog post went live (14:36).

Of course anytime you wake a sleeping baby you’re in for an adventure… wake two and well…

Here’s the results:

(Filmed on my Flip UltraHD and edited with Sony Vegas 10)

Adventures in Fatherhood: Our boys are two months old!

The Twins at 2 months old
The Twins at 2 months

Our boys are officially two months old!

It’s hard to believe it was two months ago (Oct. 21 at 2:36 p.m.) that we were welcoming them into the world. They’ve grown and changed so much since then… it’s been a tiring two months but I wouldn’t trade it for anything.
Continue reading Adventures in Fatherhood: Our boys are two months old!