The twins and I get a fair amount of stares and comments while we are out and about, but I think that comes with the territory. I mean, who wouldn't stare at this little girl pushing a big stroller around with a diaper bag the size of luggage on her arm? Plus there's the fact that I have 2 darling little girls inside curiously staring back at everyone. There are moments when I can't walk through the store without being stopped multiple times so someone can tell me "how full my hands are" or "double trouble!" My mom likes to tell me I'd be sad if no one noticed the girls. Don't get me wrong, it warms my heart that others find them just as adorable as I do, I just didn't expect people to be so forward. While at the doctors last week, a woman stood right in front of my stroller and stared the girls for an extended period of time, I pulled the stroller closer to me and facing away from her. This woman then proceeded to talk to a woman across the woman in another language as she occasionally pointed down towards my stroller. I'm usually more timid when it comes to confrontation , but that day the mama bear within me came out! I stood up and said to her, "it's rude to stare, you know" in a loud, stern voice. The woman had no response for me so I moved the girls to the other side of the room where I sat with my heart pounding and my face red from embarrassment.
We've been super busy the past couple weekends, but I have really been enjoying all the family time! Although hanging out takes away from my crafting haha... So thanks to Ellen Degeneres, I got 3 free photo books from shutterfly and made them all over the last week. I must say I'm awfully proud of how they turned out! The process made me think a lot about how much work this whole twins thing is going to be for me. What you do for one, you have to do for the other! I started with a book for Summer and put so much time and effort into making it really creative and special, so much that I didn't feel like making another one! But I had to. Just like with all this birthday party planning, I've made a bunting that says "Happy Birthday Autumn!" and can't stop without making one for Summer. I've got to get 2 cakes, 2 gifts, 2 this 2 that. If you could just imagine- it's 2 mouths to feed, 2 high chairs to clean, 2 sets of clothes to wash, 2 little baby bottoms.. and the list goes on and on. BUT always after I'm done throwing a pity party, I bask in the joy that I have 4 arms that embrace me, 4 eyes that light up when they see me, and 2 tiny voices saying "MAMA!" And that, I wouldn't trade for the world.
There is just something about babies that makes everyone excited! Maybe its the new baby smell, or the adorableness of a new life just setting out to experience the world... but it gets us like a tractor beam... sucking us in and making us just want to bask in the beauty of babies. <3 And twins is that to the second power! :P
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Oh Amber! Im loving your blog! And you should not have felt embarrassed for standing up to that woman, shes the one that was being rude. Other than that, keep it up! I think youre doing a wonderful job with the girls, and you totally seem to be enjoying it, just as it should be :)
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