Full Speed Ahead

When we had our photoshoot on February 3, the babies were a bit wobbly when sitting up on their own. Dominic and I were just out of frame and on alert for when they toppled over.

Well, things have accelerated at warp speed and the boys are crawling like crazy and standing up in their cribs. The sight of them standing on their own in their cribs is adorable and frightening as our time sitting back and observing as parents is over. We are now on baby safety patrol. One arm reaching to stabilize Milo while one leg is pegged on Luca as he is crawling toward the heater. The other day I had a chilling moment when I shut the door and realized there was some resistance when the doorknob clicked. For a split second, I thought I had shut it on a baby finger. I was preoccupied with one wet baby in my arms while the other one curiously followed me around in his walker. Oh my God. I was reliving an incident when I accidentally squeezed my little cousin’s finger when for some bizarre reason he slipped his finger in the door crack right when I was closing the door (why? oh why?). He screamed before any damage was done. Luckily it was not baby finger that I squeezed the door on but the cord on the baby monitor.

Pray for us.

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Scary moment

Last night Dominic and Ruby went to pick up a pizza while I fed the twins. The babies were having their formula and a side of farm fresh egg yolks. Luca was into his second bite when a frightening thing happened. He started to choke. It happened so fast and it freaks me out when I replay it in my mind. He opened his mouth as if to cough but nothing. I calmly pulled him out of his bouncer and lightly patted him on the back. We recently took an infant CPR class and I was doing what most parents do. Most parents will start out gently patting the infant and realize rather quickly that they need to shift to Plan B and use violent force to save their child. Well I knew that I had arrived at that moment and to be honest, I froze—part fear and part disbelief that I would have to go down this route of actually using CPR. Then I witnessed an amazing thing. Luca took things into his own hands. Luca’s stomach kicked into survival mode. It scrunched all it’s might and pushed everything up—and out. I now wish I had photos to show you how much liquid came out. His vomit completely covered my shirt and sweatpants. It was like a scene from Poltergeist. I didn’t even flinch because I was still waiting for signs that he was breathing. He started crying and I just held him and thanked the angels that were watching over us. 

**The egg yolks, although diluted with water, were too chalky and I’m guessing too dry to swallow. I have a hunch peanut butter would have the same affect.

Baby Pictures

On Saturday, we headed to Catchlight Studio in Hillsboro for the babies’ second photoshoot (the first one was a quick and dirty shoot at Sears a month before). The difference is night and day (will post a side by side comparison). The babies are up on Catchlight’s blog. They were really good models. We squealed in high pitched voices to get the babies to smile and laugh. It worked.

Soon after this picture was shot, Milo peed all over the sofa and quilt. I’ll also post pictures of Lady Ruby, who will surely steal the show.

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Emails from Dominic

I love getting email updates from Dominic. It makes me happy getting glimpses of their day while I’m working on some tremendously important print ad. I just got these beauties in my Inbox. The twins can finally fit into their Christmas gifts from Uncle Don. The onsies crack us up, because they are basically toddler t-shirts that have snaps at the bottom. Brilliant!

This set is from last Wednesday when they took a trip to Piccolo Park. We’ve been very lucky lately with a series of cloudless, sunny days. The last photo of Milo makes me laugh. It’s signature Dominic. Dramatic “God light” shining on the babies.