More from the photoshoot with a Big Sis Included...

Photoshoot with Kechi

We had a great photo session with Kechi of Kechimage.  Here are a few shots of The Twizzles at 2 and a half in their first professional photo shoot.  Aren't they cute!  There are many more to come like this.

 

 

 

 

Typical Twizzle Day

Our little blessings are officially men.  Talkie Baby aka Future is now trying to potty standing up.  I was not ready for this, but I figured it would be him.  He was first to "master" potty training.  Now, I need someone to buy me a really big house that has two toilets in every bathroom right next to each other.  And, I am not talking about a bidet.  I need full toilets :-) so they can sit side-by-side, and sing to each other.  Someone, please tell me why singing on the toilet is therapeutic to my blessings. 

Now, on to our Typical Twizzle Day.  Usually, when I get home from work, I try to drop everything, and start teaching/playing/coloring/dancing/talking with the blessings (all three).  Princess Liyah makes me look good online :-)  She takes care of my pets in Fishville and Petsville.  I have found something that we both can do together.  I am really teaching her how to navigate through a computer with a mouse, trackball and everything.  It is just facinating to see her use the computer, and the best part is to be asked "Are the fish hungry today?" when I get home.

This is what the Twizzles do :-) They lay on the couch backwards waiting on the camera to snap.  Gotta love them.

 

And bringing up the rear...

Less than a month after his brother, Frederick decided that it was his turn to be potty trained.  The wild part is that both of them were potty trained before their big sister was potty trained.  Happy Raise to our household budget now.

Here is Future's Potty Award (March 28):

Welcome to the Potty Awards. And the Award goes to Future Angelo Lilly III aka Talkie Baby aka Twizzle #1 aka Frick aka Goodness aka Blessing #3 for his accomplishment of BEING POTTY TRAINED! He would like to thank his Dad Future first and foremost because without him, he couldn't have done it. He would also like to thank his big sister and his mom for their "encouragement".

Here is Frederick's Potty Award (April 11th):

We are back from our commercial break to the Potty Awards. The Award goes to Frederick Douglas Lilly III aka Techie Baby aka Twizzle #2 aka Frack aka Gracious aka Blessing #4 for BEING POTTY TRAINED! He would like to thank his Dad Future first and foremost as well. And thanks to his Mom Katinya for helping him "get his point across" since his Techie language has not been translated yet for us mere mortals.

Potty Training on the go!

We have one down and one to go. Can you imagine this? We have been battling with The Twizzles to use the pottys that are dead center in the living room. Frederick will go as long as you FORCE him to sit on the pot. Future thinks that it is just "blasphemy" that we would ask him to relieve himself on such a thing, or so we thought.

Of course everyone says that twins have their own language. Well, that doesn't work for parents during potty training. We were not getting the signs that Future was giving for about a week until we had to travel this weekend. By the morning that we were about to travel for 2 1/2 hours back home, we got it! He finally trained us.

Future only wanted to sit on the potty when he really needed to go. He didn't want to sit on there all the time. (check: we got it) Also, the circumstances have to be optimal to allow him to go. (check: we got that one as well) So, on Saturday and Sunday, Future Angelo Lilly III had only 1 accident, and it was not his fault.

To a 2 year old, day and night are the same. Accident 1: he woke up around 3 in the morning squirming like crazy in the bed with us. We thought he was having night terrors. Finally he stopped squirming, and then a warm feeling came across me. I jumped up and apologized to him over and over because he had an accident. Then, I changed him, me, and part of the bed, and we went back to sleep. We have been teaching them to let us know when they need to "go". That means day or night. After changing him at 4 in the morning, he didn't wet his diaper again. It was dry for 1.5 more days. Then, it just couldn't be removed and put back on any more.

While we were on the road, I just hoped that he wouldn't start squirming in his chair because we couldn't force him to go before we started driving. We were 10 miles away from home, and the squirming began. We went another 5 miles, and "hightailed" it into the nearest restaurant. Dad took him to the restroom. When they came out, we were jumping, screaming, and congratulating him all the way to the car. This is a small feat to some, but monumental to a parent that would love a Diaper Raise in their pocketbook.

Now, on to Twizzle #2 who is perfectly fine sitting on the pot all day long. So, the differences in them is that Future aka Baby A aka Talkie Baby can clearly say "I need peepee." Frederick aka Baby B aka Techie Baby would just as soon text you that information than tell you. I guess I need to get him a cell phone through his turn at potty training.

Dedicated to the Lord

Frederick and Future were dedicated to the Lord on Sunday, March 14th. They were so overwhelmed by the lights, people, and everything. We have seen many blessings get dedicated in the past, and some had "melt downs" on stage. I prayed that we didn't have any of that for us. We didn't, but I swear they looked like "deers in headlights".

A Day at the Park

My kiddos have had "cabin fever" this whole winter basically because TEXAS HAD IT'S FIRST FEVER IN AGES this year.  That just really didn't sit well with this "Summer Baby" over  here.  At the first "crack" of good weather, I took all of the kids to the park for a few minutes in between errands. It was so much fun to see all of them running around and playing.  I never thought that the Twizzles would be running around as much as they did.  I really have boys at home now.  We got out of the car, and they almost immediately started running in opposite directions for the biggest slides that they could find.  It was awesome to see how much fun they had.  I almost hated to leave, but Princess Liyah decided she needed to "potty".  We had no options there.