Favorite Things: Cookie Making with Little Miss Sunshine

Several years ago, my best friend and I sat on a bench in a mall in Boulder. I was near tears.

I told her I was pregnant.

There was something wrong and I think I needed to go home.

She smiled and hugged me and laughed….. she said ” I’m pregnant too!!!! Let’s go home.”

We went 9 months without seeing one another. We both had terribly difficult pregnancies and were mostly able to talk to one another on the phone.

And then they were here.  Six days from one another. My dino dude and her little miss sunshine. Our two beautiful babies.

Two beautiful babies that seem to have this awesome connection to one another.  They fight and battle. But are incredibly protective of one another. They miss one another and are so happy to see one another. They cry when we leave.  They are hard headed and easy to love.

So today… we had our annual Christmas cookie making extravaganza. Along with a few pictures and playing in the snow.  And now they are joined by two more beautiful babies that look so similar to that little bundle that arrived only six years ago.

Talking about eating the snow.

Deciding that it would be a great idea to go ahead and eat it!

They have aprons with their names on them. And they work diligently on their cookies now. (At least for a good 15 minutes!)

And these two. They are the babies I cried for when they were born. I was so happy they were here.  And can I say…..they ALL have the most beautiful eyes in the world. They get them from their mother.