9 month mark..where'd my babies go??

My babies are gone. In their place are these two amazing individuals that have their own personalities, preferences and ways of communicating to each other and to the world around them. The 9 month mark has really brought out the fun part of this whole parenting thang. Trips to the park, hide and seek where the kiddos actually LOOK to find where you are and then think it's just hilarious when they find Mom's silly face behind <insert pretty much any household object here>. We play that game a lot LOL. Flynn gives kisses on my cheeks and calls out "da!" to me when I've stepped outta sight for more than .47 seconds. It's just the sweetest thing! Okay sure, it can be somewhat annoying at times but when I compare dishes crusted with day old eggies and toast on them to a smiley face with green eyes and dimples..the dimples win out over everything!

Lily is my sweet, shy and very precocious girl. She's 9 months going on 14 years. She vibrantly chats at me with a slew of gibberish then rolls her eyes at me when I don't seem to really "get it". She loves pulling on her brother's hair then defiantly smiles when I ask her to stop. She has the sweetest face and looks JUST like her daddy. A heartbreaker for sure. And now that she's crawling as fast as her brother now..watch out world. She's my little superstar and I just love her. 

New milestones this month: Flynn & Lily are both crawling proficiently and are each cutting *wince* SIX teeth at the same time. My house looks like a damn pharmacy most days but Tylenol is the only thing that seems to keep the teething monster away :) 

I don't want this stage to end. Sure I really dug the other stages too but this is the FIRST time in 9 months that these minis have really come into their own. Also, this is the first time when I don't feel completely overwhelmed by motherhood and I have the luxury of ENJOYING the 2 humans that grew inside me. Having twins is hard. Having twins and being completely out of your mind worries that you haven't felt the "magic" of being a mom now because you are too damn worried you're gonna screw up brand new clean slates worth of person is another. I finally feel free. Free to love. And it's absolutely AMAZING. It just took 9 months to get here :)