Day 31: First Bite

Today was a big day in the Hinton household.  The babies had their first bit of cereal.  I'm not sure exactly how much really ended up in their stomachs, but it was fun.  Zaya had a hard time figuring it out, but when she did she cried because Mommy wasn't bringing the food fast enough.  Chase took to the spoon like he had always known it.  He loves his food!  I can't wait to watch them experience all the new foods.  I know chocolate will bring them a lot of joy, it does me.

Today I'm grateful for my babies first bites.

 

Day 30: Bath Time

Today the babies had their bath time.  I've just recently started to love this mostly because they have started to love it.  They splash around and try to catch the water from the little shower in their mouths.  It's so fun!  And of course the results of a bath are a gift.  They smell so sweet with their baby lotions and powders.  I love clean babies!!!

Today I'm grateful for my clean babies!

Day 29: A Spit Thing

About a week ago my husband and I discovered if we do a zerbert thing, or a raspberry thing to the babies they really love it and start smiling so big. You know what the zerbert thing and the raspberry thing is right? Zerbert- put lips together and blow causing them to bounce and essentially makes your lips tickle. Raspberry- put your tongue between your lips and blow causing your lips and tongue to jiggle which may cause spit to spray everywhere. Now that you know we act like fools to make our kids smile I will continue. So today Chase woke up early from his nap so he had a one-on-one with Mommy. We laid on the bed and were just talking away then I did the zerbert to him and he did it right back at me. He zerberted me!!! He has been studying those lips for about a week now and today he got it.

It's the greatest thing watching your children grow and learn new things. My babies are just beginning this journey of learning and they have so many new things to learn. I'm excited to watch them learn all the new things even if it is just a spit thing.

Today I'm grateful for my son learning something new.

Day 28: Bed Time

Today was a rough day.  I'm not sure if it was the time change or what but the babies were fussy most of the day and they didn't nap at the same time today.  It's currently 10:06pm and one is still awake. 

Today I'm grateful I made it to bed time.

Day 27: A Napping House

Sunday afternoon naps are a gift from God.  Yesterday was such a busy day so today the family rested.  We all took ourselves a well needed nap after church.  For a mom there is nothing like a quiet house.  Well somewhat quiet besides the snoring that was lullabying through the house.  Cola's snores are the loudest.

Today I'm grateful for nap time.

Daddy was sleeping too, but I didn't think he wanted his sleeping picture plastered on the internet. 

Day 26: Date Night

You may scold me for my failure to post yesterdays entry. It wasn't exactly the emergency I told you was acceptable. It was just a really busy day. I woke up to my wonderful husband handing me breakfast in bed waffles with Nutella and coffee, then I fed the babies, painted the patio, fed the babies, finished painting the patio, fed the babies, gave the babies a bath, got ready for date night, fed the babies, went over everything with Nana who babysat and left for a nice evening with the man I love. We went out to dinner, to the Michael Buble concert and to our favorite the Bern's Dessert Room.

Phil and I really enjoy being together and experiencing new things together. Since the babies have arrived there hasn't been a lot of that happening. At first I really missed Phil and now I just cherish him. I cherish our time together and am so thankful I have a whole lifetime of date nights with him.

Yesterday (oops) I was thankful for a date out with my husband.

Day 25: not giving up

Let me make a confession…today the grateful girl had a pretty gloomy day. My mood matched the rainy weather which meant a little complaining; a lot of doubting and my productivity was at an all time low. I’ve been doing some photography studying lately and this should be a good thing, but for some reason it never ends up that way for me. The more studying I do the more I discover incredible photographers like Courtney Fries, Amy Wenzel, Simplicity Photography, or Beth Jansen and then I melt. I think I want to be this good, I’ll never be this good; I’ll never start my own business. I want to be so good at this and today I feel like I’m not. I don’t want to be good so I can make a lot of money or so I can be famous I just want to be good so I can feel good when I look at my work and not horrible. Today I feel I will always be a jack of all trades master of none. I want to be a master at this art. Today Satan attacked me.


So to fight back I whipped out my camera and undressed my babies and started shooting. They banded together and decided to not give Mom one smile. I guess that was their protest for undressing them, but it doesn’t matter they’re just so cute even when they don’t smile. It wasn’t the most successful shoot, but I did fight back.

Today I’m grateful I didn’t give up.