mini update: the day that changed our lives

a year ago today, we transferred the 2 embryos that would change our lives forever. i didn't blog about it because i was too scared that i would jinx it all! who would have thought that a year later, i'd be scared that our 2 little BABIES are gonna wake up too early from their nap!

more updates coming your way soon! 

backtrack #4 - 5 year anniversary

the day after the twins turned 4 months, on november 21st, mark and i celebrated our 5 year wedding anniversary. at first we didn't think we were going to do anything because of the twins. we had never left them alone with anyone else without at least one of us being there. we decided that it was time and so we left them with mark's mom and his aunt. it was only for a couple of hours while we went to dinner, but it was the most nerve-wrecking couple of hours i had ever had since they were born.

we decided to try a new restaurant called GrillMarX Steakhouse & Raw Bar because i was really craving a steak. so we fed the twins and briefed mark's mom and aunt on the "if this, then this" stuff for the twins. lincoln went down for a nap right after his bottle but reagan still hadn't so she was still awake when we left. not more than 5 minutes after we left, i was already logged into our security camera app on my phone to see what they were all up to. sad. so sad. i know.

we enjoyed dinner as much as we could. but of course, the whole dinner was spent checking the security cameras and talking about the twins. first time parents rookie mistakes i tell ya! haha

when we got home, the twins were going crazy! neither mark's mom nor my aunt could calm them down. it was so heartbreaking for me. i know it'll take a while to get them used to other people, but it was hard and i felt bad for mark's mom and aunt cause they looked so helpless. i hope in the future, it won't be as bad. guess we'll have to wait and see!

backtrack #3 - the twins' first halloween

for the twins' first halloween we just stayed home and gave out candy. we did, however, dress them up! (i also posted an edited version of these photos on halloween when i posted part 1 of the twins' birth story)

backtrack #2 - the twins' red egg and ginger party

photo backtracking to when the baby bears had their red egg and ginger party in october. in hindsight, i wish we had the time and funds to hire a professional photographer instead of asking a friend to take these photos. we were so busy and i was so scatterbrained that i missed so many photos that i wanted to take.

backtrack #1 - newborn photoshoot

just popping in to backtrack to when the baby bears had their newborn photo shoot with our dear friend Harris of Harris Nguyen Photography. it was taken when they were just 4 days shy of turning 1 month old (08.16.2014).