Before And After

Before I had kids I have to admit that I fell into that camp of people who really didn't care about the amazing new things other people's kids were doing.  But I have to begrudgingly admit that I now get how amazing and exciting it is when the wee one starts cruising and walking and talking and so on.  I still try not to get to braggy about what the boys are up to though, especially with women who get all competitive about it in a "my kid is smarter and better" kind of way. 

And yet, a common partly tongue-in-cheek comment often uttered by M and I to describe one of the boys is "the kid is a genius."  When Max figured out how to climb over the baby gate by pushing his ride on car over to it and then hoisting himself up and over, we said it in with a combination of horror and amazement.  And as Nathan began to speak in sentences that statement became even more used and abused.  (Shameless bragging alert!)  So, yes, Nathan already speaks in sentences at 21 months old.  Max, not so much but he is starting to figure out how to string words together.  Most days Nathan likes to remind me that Daddy left and went to work, and that he hears a train, or a bus or a car outside the window (I heared it Mommy, I hear a bus outside! he'll crow with excitement.)  He also likes to recount what happened on Sesame Street that morning, and tell me about how George is a monkey and that his friend is the Man with the Yellow Hat.

So I try to keep most of the stories of the new and amazing things the boys are doing to a minimum with my friends and social acquaintances, and reserve the more effusive commentary for family only.  Much like I feel like I still need to be respectful of the issues my infertile friends may still be facing, I feel like I need to respect the fact that only my very good friends like to hear funny stories about M&N and that childless friends may have relatively little interest in the quotidian aspects of every day life with twin toddlers.  I suppose one of the reasons I wanted to revive this blog was because it gives me an outlet to discuss and explore some of these things in a way I just can't in my every day life. 

I have a lot more to say about how rapidly the boys are growing and developing, but for now I feel the desperate need to catch a quick nap before the kids wake up from theirs.

Oh, and thanks for the shout outs MotherLawyer and Heather!!!!  It's definitely good to be back.

Comments

[MotherLawyer]

The fun stories and developmental stuff is too good to keep quiet. I love the idea of doing it online in a competition free way!

You'll have the added bonus of being able to remember the stories when you are old, too;)

Year two, especially the second half, has rocked at our house, I look forward to the fun tales of it from yours.