Bath time?

All of the baby books say that you should give your baby a bath at night as a part of his/her bedtime routine, because it is a calming and relaxing experience.  

Well if that's the case, then why does bath time at our house look like some sort of baby rave?  

I'm telling you, if only we had some flashing lights, glow in the dark pacifiers, and loud music, we'd be set!  Nothing brings out the crazy in our boys like bath time!  

Before I delve into our current bathtub escapades, I should probably give you a little back ground info on how our bath time has evolved over the past year.  

In the beginning, the boys both hated baths.  I'm talking, screaming the entire time kind of dislike.  Then, after a few months, they started to enjoy them.  They would lay back in their little rain forest bathtub hammock and innocently smile while we washed them up.  Next came the sitting up stage, when they were able to sit up by themselves and lightly splash their hands in the water.  And then, well, then came now.  

You see, our boys are on the move, and apparently they never got the memo that it's not safe to stand up and stomp like wild stallions in the tub.  While Jack holds onto the side of the tub and literally tries to run through the water, Rowan is down on his belly trying to do the breast stroke.  

During tonight's bath, Jody asked two questions:

1.  "Are normal babies like this?"

2.  "Do they make bathtub seat belts?"      

I don't know the answer to either one of those questions, but I do know that bath time always cracks us both up.  Although our every other night routine doesn't seem to calm down our kiddos, it does at least wear them out.  By the end of the evening, the boys are so tired from their romping in the tub that they quickly fall into a blissful sleep.  

Meanwhile, Jody and I are working on some solutions to our bath time craziness.  He suggested that we strap the boys in their backpack carriers and get in the shower with them.  

I'll keep you updated.   

Here are our little sweeties. . .pre-buck wildness

Guess what, Mom? We're ONE!

How in the world are Jack and Rowan one???

This weekend we celebrated the boys' first birthday.  While August 10th, 2012 was a happy, but slightly scary day for us, August 10th, 2013 was absolutely perfect!  It is amazing to me that our sweet little boys were born six weeks early, yet here they are healthy, happy, and carefree.  Although the first six months kept us on our toes (and I'm pretty sure Jody and I almost died), the second half of their year flew by!  I often wonder what life was ever like without our little guys.  Boring, and filled with way too much sleep, that's for sure!  

For Jack and Rowan's first birthday, we decided to go with the Thing 1 and Thing 2 theme.  We thought it was a pretty cute idea for twins, and the mischievous ways of the "Things" in The Cat in the Hat ring an all too familiar bell here at home.  :)  

Here we are setting up for the party while our Things take a nap.  I only have a few pictures, but our friend Jennifer from JT Photography came and took lots of awesome photos for us.  I can't wait to share those!  

Sixlets!

I borrowed the napkin idea off of some crafty soul on Pinterest.

Getting some snacks together! 

The yummy cakes

Sweet B's made the precious smash cakes and cupcakes.  

I found the frames at Walmart and painted them to match our theme. 

Thing cupcakes

I must say, I was a little worried about Jack and Rowan's reaction to waking up and finding thirty people in their house.  However, I was very pleasantly surprised!  They didn't get scared, and in fact, they seemed to really enjoy all of the attention.  The best part was watching them with their smash cakes, which by the way, did not get smashed.  They weren't too keen on the icing, and they both almost gagged when trying to taste it.  This could be good news though, as maybe they didn't inherit their mommy's sweet tooth!  They also enjoyed opening all of their cool "big boy" toys.  The look on their faces when they sat on their rider toys was priceless!  

Now that the boys are one, I'm looking forward to what this next year brings, but I also don't want time to go by too fast!  Tonight, Jody said this sentence at least four times:  

They are into everything! 

Yeah, I think I have a pretty good idea of what this next year might be like!  Let the fun begin!