Somehow I blinked and my "baby" girls turned 8 today...I can't believe it. It seems like just yesterday I was sitting in Dr. Aron's office (my OB/GYN) listening to him say "yes it's twins" and watching Kerry scream with delight - delight cuz it was ME who was expecting twins :-) I was so scared of having 2 babies at the same time...how would we afford it? How would we handle it? Did we know how to take care of 2 babies ... at the same time? Well...here we are 8 years later and we have 2 beautiful, smart, thriving daughters so I guess everything always works out in the end!
Alyssa was born first and she is the typical "first born".
She is a miniature version of me....and that's good and bad! She's a very strong-willed girl with a very social and outgoing personality. She loves to make friends and can talk to anyone who will listen. She is an excellent older sister to Brennan and absolutely adores him. Like me, she has a thing for babies. She just loves her baby cousins in FL and does such a good job "taking care" of them when we visit. Over the past several months she has become obsessed with dancing. She takes tap and jazz, but also spends her entire weekend making up dances to songs in our basement and then "performing" them for us! She's an excellent reader and excels in school. She's a very inquisitive child (this translates to LOTS of questions!!!) and often wants to help around the house with cleaning, cooking, etc. I wonder how long that will last!!! She's much girlier than McKenna and in the near future I suspect she'll be my shopping buddy :-) She's an amazing child and David & I love her dearly.
McKenna came 2 minutes after Alyssa ... she's our little peanut!
McKenna is a mini-David. She's very quiet and an introvert. She often does her own thing and doesn't really require much from people. Her friends are limited, but the ones she has are important to her. She's got an artisitic ability that amazes me and also excels in school. Soccer is her favorite sport and I must say, she's pretty darn good at it! She's a very caring child and always thinks about others. We're often faced with questions from McKenna that we can't answer (!!!) - she's been classified as a "deep thinker" by her teachers and it's certainly a great way to describe her! She's definitely much more shy than her sister and pretty independent. She loves to cook, read and ride her bike....and she never gives up until she's perfected something. She's a hunter and a dancer....my tomboy who can be girlie when needed....the best of both worlds I guess! She brings joy to our lives and David & I love her to pieces! EIGHT YEARS.....in 8 more years they'll be driving...how scary is that?!!!
Alyssa was born first and she is the typical "first born".
She is a miniature version of me....and that's good and bad! She's a very strong-willed girl with a very social and outgoing personality. She loves to make friends and can talk to anyone who will listen. She is an excellent older sister to Brennan and absolutely adores him. Like me, she has a thing for babies. She just loves her baby cousins in FL and does such a good job "taking care" of them when we visit. Over the past several months she has become obsessed with dancing. She takes tap and jazz, but also spends her entire weekend making up dances to songs in our basement and then "performing" them for us! She's an excellent reader and excels in school. She's a very inquisitive child (this translates to LOTS of questions!!!) and often wants to help around the house with cleaning, cooking, etc. I wonder how long that will last!!! She's much girlier than McKenna and in the near future I suspect she'll be my shopping buddy :-) She's an amazing child and David & I love her dearly. McKenna came 2 minutes after Alyssa ... she's our little peanut!
McKenna is a mini-David. She's very quiet and an introvert. She often does her own thing and doesn't really require much from people. Her friends are limited, but the ones she has are important to her. She's got an artisitic ability that amazes me and also excels in school. Soccer is her favorite sport and I must say, she's pretty darn good at it! She's a very caring child and always thinks about others. We're often faced with questions from McKenna that we can't answer (!!!) - she's been classified as a "deep thinker" by her teachers and it's certainly a great way to describe her! She's definitely much more shy than her sister and pretty independent. She loves to cook, read and ride her bike....and she never gives up until she's perfected something. She's a hunter and a dancer....my tomboy who can be girlie when needed....the best of both worlds I guess! She brings joy to our lives and David & I love her to pieces! EIGHT YEARS.....in 8 more years they'll be driving...how scary is that?!!!
HAPPY 8TH BIRTHDAY ALYSSA & MCKENNA....
we love you and are so proud to call you our daughters!!!
we love you and are so proud to call you our daughters!!!
