We had newborn pictures taken of our sweet boys a couple weeks ago and I am beyond in love with them.

I feel like they already look bigger and different than they did just two weeks ago.  Our photographer is a teacher by day and patient, calm, talented photographer in her spare time. I didn’t know how newborn pictures would go with two babies, let alone ones that were almost a month old already but she was amazing.

I love how she got some of them individually and of course some of them sweet and cuddly together. I feel like they look so much alike in these pictures that I had to look closely to figure out which baby I was looking at!

The picture above is our little Luke. Right now he’s our calm, more go with the flow, smaller baby.

This sweet boy is Reid. Aren’t his cheeks the best? He’s our cuddly, more opinionated, lighter haired, bigger twin. I think Reid looks a lot like Caleb and Luke looks more like Eli.

I absolutely treasure our newborn pictures that we had taken of Caleb and Eli and I’m excited that these are the perfect companion to those. I know when you add a member (or members!) to your family, money can get a bit tight.  I’m all about cutting corners to make ends meet but in my opinion, newborn pictures are not on the list of things to skip!

I’ll be honest.  This month has been a total blur.  Ironically, today is actually my original due date! It feels like just yesterday I was still pregnant and yet I also feel like they have been here forever. We are totally and completely exhausted and I’m not sure I can form a coherent thought but I’m going to try! 😉 I’ve got a bunch of pictures to share so at least we have that.

Josh has been back at work for about two weeks right now.  My mom came to hang out with me during the mornings for the next week and it was such a blessing to have her. During the week she was here, it was kind of a trial run for me to have all four by myself. Packing up the babies twice a day to drop off and pick up Caleb and Eli from school while I was still recovering from the c-section was a challenge and I was glad she was here to help!

We are extremely lucky in the temperament of these sweet babies. So far, they are pretty easy going. I mean obviously they are newborns and don’t have a lot of chill in them when they want something, but so far no one cries just to cry. They are pretty easily comforted with a snuggle or a pacifier and after having a difficult first baby, I really know what a blessing that is!  They wake overnight about every 3 hours to eat and then thankfully almost always go right back to sleep. (As a side note: I’m super lucky in that I have always had a husband who was willing to help me with our babies overnight but with twins it is definitely ‘all hands on deck’ overnight and he jumped right in and never looked back!)

We are tandem nursing now and it’s going great. I’ve definitely had to grow extra arms to get everyone into position at the beginning but we’ve pretty much got it down now. I can’t believe how much time it saves and it also allows us to sit and snuggle together after they finish eating which I LOVE. Reid has consistently done a good job gaining weight and Luke has also gotten back on his growth curve in the last couple weeks which is an amazing relief.

Caleb and Eli are pretty obsessed with them and love ‘playing’ with them and getting things for them.  They have these adorably high and sweet voices when they talk to the babies and just cannot get enough. Caleb even offered to get up with them overnight for us and I’m seriously considering it? Haha!

So overall. We are doing great. They are doing really great. We are all pretty exhausted. Honestly though, I would take this exhausted phase over the third trimester any day. I’m getting way less sleep and yet have way more energy. Those pregnancy hormones are no joke!

I’m so determined to get monthly pictures with these guys like I did with our older two but I have to say- it is so much harder with two! They kept scooting down on the chair before I could take the picture so they are a little scrunched. Done is better than perfect!

I’m so thankful for these babies and I’m trying to treasure every minute. This time I really know how fast they grow.