The main issue with twins

When people talk about how they know what you are going through, they don't.

Here is the main issue.

When parents of singles have finished a feeding, they have one of these.
















BUT!!!! When you have twins, you also have one of these!















Each of them is great on their own...
But together they can be more than one + one.

Confound it though we love them so!

the gillespie boys and their toys

chris with brother adam who is seeing his niece and nephew for the first time........photo taken by mother gillespie 

10 pounds 1 ounce. Better watch out. Your sister is catching up

10 pounds! Dats a big baby!

WOW!

It has been a red letter day thus far. Last night we fed the twins at midnight. Then they woke us up at 5:30 AM to eat again... 4 FREAKIN HOURS OF SLEEP!!! (after we finished feeding)

I pray to everything that is holy that this was not a random fluke occurence!

Happy Thanksgiving from the Gillespie Family

Trying to get two babies to sit up and have everybody facing the camera is a unique new challenge in life. 

I am not sure if I was surprised, or it was the sleep deprivation... But either way, i look done like dinner! 

Nana and the two little babies. All clean and ready to eat! 

all clean little baby! 

Anastasia's first bath

She has a little more of a "when is this going to be over?" look about her. 

All clean with mommy 

Christophers first bath

Well, this bath thing is OK, but who is that baby over there (Mirror) 

Nana is thinking "this is a pretty cute baby" 

What the hell is this thing you have jammed in my mouth???? No milk comes out of it!

What kind of sick joke is this? 

Pre Binky

Wonder twin powers ACTIVATE! 

Hi there

He may be hungry... but i want to play! 

Nana comes to town

It hit me today, there is something special seeing your mom hold your child.

It is a magical thing. 

So what if she is sleeping

She may be asleep, but you are not getting off that easy! 

News flash... Parent scares child!

I am sure my hair has something to do with the scream welling up in her face! 

What the hell are they staring at?

I have no idea what they are looking at... but they both seem to see it.

Seems interesting, wouldn't you say? 

What do you mean i am supposed to be asleep?

This is fun, I like 3 AM... wanna play? 

When you dream.

If I was a copyright violating man... I would link to a particular song by the Barenaked Ladies.

Instead, I will post the lyrics. I hope the guys are OK with that. If you like it, get a copy of their CD "STUNT"

I found the lyrics at
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/barenakedladies/whenyoudream.html

"When You Dream"

With life just begun, my sleeping new son
has eyes that roll back in his head
They flutter and dart, he slows down his heart
and pictures a world past his bed
It's hard to believe
As I watch you breathe
Your mind drifts and weaves

When you dream,
what do you dream about?
When you dream,
what do you dream about?
Do you dream about
music or mathematics
or planets too far for the eye?
Do you dream about Jesus
or quantum mechanics
or angels who sing lullabies?

His fontanelle pulses with lives that he's lived
With memories he'll learn to ignore
And when it is closed, he already knows
he's forgotten all he knew before
But when sleep sets in
history begins
But the future will win

When you dream,
what do you dream about?
When you dream,
what do you dream about?
Are they colour or black and white,
Yiddish or English
or languages not yet conceived?
Are they silent or boisterous?
Do you hear noises just
loud enough to be perceived?
Do you hear Del Shannon's "Runaway" playing
on transistor radio waves?
With so little experience,
your mind not yet cognizant
Are you wise beyond your few days?
When you dream,
what do you dream about?
When you dream,
what do you dream about?

The precious little angels.

I realize that in a year or two they will be smacking each other and screaming to get the other to stop touching... But right now they are our precious angels.

(Anastasia on the left, Christopher on the right) 

I am so full

"oh mommy, please, no more milk! I am stuffed!" 

Let go of the bottle?

Well, no chance of losing that bottle. THe little bottles are so lightweight that we can let go of them and they provide a great function... When it falls, we know they are done! 

I am so bored

Do all babies do this "ah, you want to feed me now. I am bored with this so i think i will go to sleep" thing.

Either way, what a cute pose! 

I am awake too!

Baby girl is doing the same thing. Showing us the eyes and all the other fun things that go along with it.