Living the Dream

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It's about 4:30 a.m. and one of my little girls is hungry because she hasn't eaten since she went to bed at 11:00 p.m. My wife wakes up and begins the routine of getting ready to breast feed my child. This doesn't sound too bad but when you do this every night and you only get a few hours of sleep your sleep bank becomes like the United States deficit, it keeps growing the wrong way. However, the kiddos will grow and hopefully like the United States deficit there will be a surplus down the line. I can't complain too much because I am like a crooked politician I steal but instead of money I steal sleep. My wife is like the middle class she is the engine that keeps our family moving. She has to feed the twins so she has to deal with a lot more sleepless nights and still has to provide the goods to keep the girls growing. I try to help but since I don't have the goods it is hard. I am however trying to talk my wife into letting me feed some formula every now and then so that she can get more sleep. I think the idea is starting to sound better one sleepless night at a time.

My wife and I talk about the days when we could sleep until noon if we felt like it and now we are really pumped if we can sleep in on weekend until 8:00 a.m. Our girls are growing very fast and it is crazy! They both have started to coo and smile when you talk to them. The other night they actually looked at each other and gave each other a smile. It was pretty sweet because usually Layla is the one smiling at Katherine but this time Katherine shot her a smile back.

Speaking of Katherine the little trooper was put on her belly to get her to work on her neck strength and she was so mad that she willed her self to rock her body to flip over. My wife and I were being really loud as we cheered her on to keep going. If someone had a video camera on us I am sure we would have been on YouTube and people would be like look at those fools! When she finally flipped over on her back she looked very surprised and she just smiled!

As a dad I don't realize how much poop and puke my wife has to put up with. I help with a lot of diaper changes but since I have to work she takes care of a lot more than I do. She also has to smell like sour milk for long periods of time because she is by herself with the twins during the day. I get puked on a few times and I have the luxury of changing right away because she is there entertaining the kids. The good thing is that my kiddos puke is not as nasty as it probably could be because it is just breast milk and not solid food yet.

One thing I want to make sure everyone reading this knows is that kids are amazing! I wouldn't change anything we have gone through for not having them. People can say all they want about "don't you miss when you and your wife had more freedom of sleep, going to events" etc. The reality is that yes we would like more sleep and like to go to places but no we wouldn't go back for anything. I think when my girls smile at me and coo at me I forget that I haven't slept or done other things in a long time. We are blessed and life is great, we are living the dream!

- The Babies Dad

p.s. hopefully more writing soon as you can tell kind of busy as of lately!