I also want this to be an exciting, encouraging list of things to look forward to for a couple of friends within my network who just became moms of twins recently! Seriously, the hard work is sooooo worth it!
- The first time they looked at each other and really saw each other, focused, and smiled.
- First time they hugged -
- When they ask to hold hands -
- This moment -
- First time they wrestled
- Malachi is very tech savvy, and at 1 1/2 knew how to work my iPhone for games and stuff just as well as 3 year old big brother; and Jacob was learning too, but one day he couldn't figure out how to open the game he wanted or something. although I was sitting right there he took it to Malachi for help; and almost without even speaking (they could barely talk anyway) Malachi took the phone, found the app, got it open and gave it back to Jacob!
- This moment -
- Nursery worker said, "I couldn't remember who was who so I asked them "who's Jacob?" they both yelled "me!!" big smiles on their faces…" (didn't think they would do that til they're older but they might not get another chance since they're looking more and more different)
- How they're sooooo different - for example: Malachi likes to be covered and tucked in with his blankie, Jacob just wants his blankie beside him. I give them nachos - Jacob eats all the cheese off and leaves the chips, Malachi pulls the cheese off and eats only the chips. Chicken fettucini - Jacob eats all the chicken, leaves the noodles, Malachi only eats the noodles, leaves the chicken.
- When one falls down the other asks "you ok?"
- When they figured out they could give each other "horsey" rides… sorta…. with the riders feet dragging the ground… lol!
- This moment -
- When they're standing and playing with each other in their beds, and they hear us open the door they "hit the deck" like they were just laying there the whole time! It's hilarious, especially since we have a video monitor and have been watching them the whole time!!
- Speaking of the monitor; one night spending out of town with family, they were in their pack n plays next to each other and we watched for almost 20 minutes as (they couldn't talk but were communicating there own little words I guess) They got the bright idea for Jacob to come over to Malachi's bed with him; and we watched as malachi backed up and Jacob picked up his blankie, and stuffed animal and put them over the side, then proceeded to try to get himself over there… he couldn't make it. so eventually Malachi gave him his blankie and stuffed moose back and they went to sleep. (we really save on cable! who needs it!?)
- The first time Jacob went potty on the big potty he didn't care about telling anybody but big brother! He went right up to him and said "I potty I potty!!!" luckily big brother is so sweet, he was like "good job, buddy!" and Jacob's face was soooo proud!
- One night Jacob was sitting at the table with me, Malachi sitting with daddy in the living room behind us. both talking pretty well now, but Jacob has always pronounced things almost 100% accurate right away and malachi has the typical toddler mispronunciations; so he's saying something about a "keaah" and daddy is trying to understand. Finally he just says "hey Jacob, what is malachi saying?" Jacob, without even looking over or raising his head from his crayons at the table, says so nonchalantly, "kitty" - to which malachi's face lit up and daddy said "are you saying kitty?" and malachi shook his head yes so happy! so we asked Jacob again just for fun and in almost an irritated voice like duuuuh! "KITTY CAT!" and we've been asking him to translate for us anytime we don't know what malachi's saying ever since (although now he seems to be talking just as well!).
There's probably many more things I'm leaving out and will be more to come! I remember looking forward to these interactions while being pregnant with them and daydreaming about it those times it seemed like all hard work with no pay off. Like I said, new mommies… whether you have 1, 2, or 12 kids… it's hard work, nobody's denying that, but because the blessing is so worth it, I just can't justify complaining about it!
