Twin Time: Six Months

SIx months ago today, Charlie and Mary Cate were born. This was not our first rodeo, since sweet Maggie G came crashing into our lives over three years ago. But twins. Man, twins a whole other ball game, bag of apples, insert cliche here.

Twins is so hard its literally absurd.

Twins is so amazing you still look at these babies sometimes and think, “Oh my goodness…we have two babies.” It’s still that miraculous.

Twins is so much more than matching (or coordinating) outfits.

Twins is a challenge not to view these two unique people as one unit because they were born two minutes apart.

Twins is a challenge not to leave the single one behind, not to let her be forgotten in the shuffle.

Twins is an invitation to grow in virtue, times two. I often joke that God “gave” us twins because I am twice as selfish as most people, and they are going to drag my sorry you-know-what to heaven.

Twins is Charles Joseph and Mary Catherine.

Charles Joseph

Charlie – 1 day old

My Charlie. My Charles J. 6 months old

My mighty little guy. He’s the one who was squished on the bottom (baby A) was born 1.5 pounds smaller than his sister. Charlie was so strong as a newborn that he was holding his head up by two weeks old, pushing off on my chest. He’s grown so much, and although he’s still a little guy, he’s so big to me. Charlie is all heart. When he’s happy, he’s over the moon. When he’s not happy, everyone knows it.

Charlie loves his toy piano, laughs like crazy when you take his clothes off, and saves all of his best smiles for Mom.

Mary Catherine Theresa

Mary Cate – 5 days old

Mary Cate – 6 months old

Oh my Mary Cate. My MC. She was a colicky, very sensitive newborn. So many hours with her in the ergo, snuggled close to my heart. She spent the first three months of her life doing a tremendous amount of complaining. My little “moaning myrtle”. Then, when she turned 3 months old. Oh then. March brought an end to the moaning myrtle, and the emergence of a smiley, happy, mellow baby. Like night and day.

Mary Cate likes stuffed animals (Kermit especially). Rolling is her preferred method of movement. She loves rattles, and smiling at her reflection. My ray of sunshine, she smiles every morning when I get her out of bed.

These babies have blessed us all so much, and I can’t wait to see what the next six months will hold. Also, I actually start to like parenting once the babies hit six months, so there’s that.

So blessed.

Happy half-birthday Charlie and Mary Cate!