Tag: twins

What would you buy for your babies?

Happy Turkey Day from ididdy and hdiddy
The boys ready for Turkey Day | Photo by Jonathan Blundell

We’ve had a lot of people ask what the boys would like for Christmas.

We’re so thankful for all that we’ve been given already and we honestly can’t think of anything they need other than diapers (Pampers – size newborn or 1) and formula (still trying to figure that out).

But as new parents we might be missing some great innovations in parenting.

So I’m curious — if you had $100 to spend on your baby (or babies) what would you buy? Any “must haves?”

Use Amazon’s Baby Store as a pricing guide and let me know what you come up with in the comments below. You don’t have to spend all $100 – but be sure you keep your shopping list under $100.

As an added bonus, I’ll pick one random comment at the end of the week and send that person a copy of my novel, St. Peter’s Brewery.

Adventures in fatherhood – All hands on deck

As a parent of twins… there are days you really wish you had four arms.

And then there are mornings like today… when you wish you had eight.

5 a.m. feeding
5 a.m. feeding

2 boys.

3 spit-ups.

1 dirty bib.

1 new outfit.

1 nasty vomit that landed right in poor Hayden’s face 🙁

1 frantic dad trying to find his aspirator to finish cleaning him up.

Yup, eight arms would have been nice this morning…. that and an extra 45 minutes.

Of course it could always be worse…

Happy Birthday to my boys

Me and my boys
Me and my boys

Yesterday was our boys’ one month birthday.

Hard to believe it’s been a month already (and in many ways… hard to believe it’s only been a month ;-)).

And through it all I think Laurie’s found her new muse(s). She’s being writing some great blog posts lately — as well as catching her photography fever again.

It’s really been a thrill to see her with the boys over the past month.

Laurie and her boys
Laurie and her boys
Laurie and Ian after his first bath
Laurie and Ian after his first bath

She’s amazed me day in and day out… especially considering how little sleep she’s been getting… and even more so knowing she’s been at home with the boys all day by herself since I started back to work last week.

I’m so excited to share this new part of our journey with her!

A few other photos from the past few weeks…

Pinned!
Pinned!
Hayden one month old
Hayden one month old
Arm wrestling
Arm wrestling
Showing off their personalities
Showing off their personalities?
Ian one month old
Ian one month old

For those of you wondering… Presley (our dog) has been hanging out at Laurie’s parents’ the last month as we’ve adapted to having the boys at home. She came back home Friday night and it’s been weird having her around the house because she seems sooo much larger than what I remember. She’s behaved great with the boys… she just seems so much bigger than I remember.

Once we took this picture yesterday I think I understand why…

Hanging with Presley
Hanging with Presley

I’ve gotten used to being around 6-7 lb babies rather than a 15 lb dog. She dwarfs them! (and I think Hayden’s realizing that! :-))

Adventures in Fatherhood: Noticing the other

Two wide awake boys
Two wide awake boys | Photo by Jonathan Blundell

It’s so interesting to see how the two boys respond to one another.

At a few days more than two weeks old, it’s hard to definitively tell whether or not they realize there’s another brother/baby in the room.

Sometimes they’ll sleep right through the other one’s crying.

Sometimes they’ll sound as if they’re talking to one another with grunts and moans.

The other day we placed them both in the Pack-N-Play and Hayden was laying with his arms up, and his hands tucked under his head… totally chill-axin’.
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Adventures in Fatherhood – A surprise attack

DATE: Nov. 6, 2010
TIME of INCIDENT: 13:30 approx.
LOCATION of INCIDENT: Living room couch

After successfully thwarting three major spit-up attacks earlier this morning, things were looking good for America’s Top Dad.

His wife had left him at home with his boys so she could enjoy some much deserved time watching her nephew play football.

America’s Top Dad (ATD) was excited to have some more time with just him and his boys and mixed up the formula for their noon-time feedings.

Hayden took his bottle with very little trouble, while his brother Ian waited anxiously nearby.

Knowing full well that his boys have a tendency to launch a spit-up attack at moment’s notice, ATD took care not to jostle Hayden after feeding him and keep him as upright as possible. After his feeding and a good 10-15 minutes of holding, ATD felt confident that he had avoided any spit-up attack from Hayden.
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