Hi lively friends! This was the first weekend in a while where we had NO PLANS! Does anyone else also think that is the best feeling ever? Where you just make plans as the day goes on?

Saturday:

I started the day off with a swim after the babies were down for their first nap. Surprisingly, I got tired 15 minutes in, which is unlike me – normally that’s when I start to feel more energized! After 20 minutes, I hopped out and made my way to the steam room. I’ve learned to not push myself in these situations and just listen. If my body doesn’t feel like a swim then I’m not going to do it! My reasoning behind this is that I have to two little babes to care for the rest of the day on top of other activities! If my body is not feeling it – I’m not pushing it. However, I never regret a workout. Regardless of whether it’s cut short, I’m still always glad I went!

After that, Matthew and I started a little renovation project in our front yard – clearing bushes, filling holes with topsoil, seeding and fertilizing it. Since we’ve done all that, our next step is to fence in the yard to make a grassy baby prison for Oliver and Olivia this summer! We want a safe area for them to play in so this is a project we are super pumped about doing! After the yard work, we hung out with family until it was time to go to Mass. We ended up packing the babies in the car forty minutes before and drove around while they napped! As we were driving we saw all these high school kids taking photos for Prom! We started to reminisce because honestly, that made us feel old! Ha! Isn’t it crazy how time flies? Matthew and I were laughing about how we should unpack the twins and show them to all the high schoolers and say “If you don’t behave tonight, this is what you can get!”. A little free sex-ed class! Totally inappropriate – I promise you, we would never actually do that but it had us laughing. They would be so disturbed!

After mass, we made our way home because it was almost the babe’s bedtime! Once Oliver and Olivia were down for the count we hit the ground running. Matthew headed to the grocery store and I started to clean the house like a mad woman. Does anyone else ever feel like they have to get all their random activities done while their babies are sleeping!? It’s kind of amazing really. We fit so much into a three-hour time gap. I swear that having children has made us more productive and now we don’t take any time for granted!

Sunday:

This was my favorite day of the weekend by far. For the past two weeks, I have been wanting to get together with my grandparents to capture some sweet moments of them. It genuinely bugged me that they didn’t have many photos capturing monumental moments in their life. Now, I’m aware they just did not have the technology we do today but I figured it was better late than never to take these photos… 60 years later- who cares! My sister, Jennah, was back in town for the weekend so earlier that morning we made our way to see our precious people. My grandpa wore his Navy sailor suit, the exact outfit that he proposed to my grandma in *cue the tears. My grandma had a dress on that she wore in the 1950’s. When we walked into their home they were so excited and giddy to take these photos.

Let me share a few of these precious moments with you all!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They were just so darn funny while we were taking pictures. Jennah and I would tell them to put their foreheads together, “act in love” and they just kept giving each other the biggest smooches! My grandma would turn to us and say “Ohhhh that was a real kiss!”. I may be biased (Ha- I totally am!) but there is something much sweeter about grandparents being in love than even young 20 somethings. In all the engagement photos we see today – mine included – it focuses on both people looking perfect with no flaws to be seen. What I love about these photos are all the wrinkles, fine lines, and things that could be considered flaws; my grandma’s laughing lines and the way she can only smile on one side of her face due to her stroke- which happened years ago. I love my grandpa’s big bushy unkempt eyebrows, his long nose hairs (that he claimed he trimmed before the photos #lebaneseproblems), and the hearing aids that he asked if he should take out but we said to leave in. All these details are beautiful because it symbolizes and celebrates the LIFE that they have gone through, together. Years on years of life experiences shared between the two of them. Not to mention, they created a beautiful family of nine children! It’s easy to be young and in love but what about 84 and 82 years old and still head over heels? Talk about downright beautiful!

I regret taking my time with them for granted in the past. Looking back on my high school days, I lived within 5 minutes of them and maybe visited 10 times a year (including holidays). I never called. My priorities were all about me. I cared more about my friends than family and impressing people that I don’t even talk to anymore. That thought, alone, makes me cringe... Every day is a gift, especially to someone over 70 years old. Anyone reading this post, if your grandparents are alive and well, I encourage you to call or visit them. Reach out. The world is so much bigger than just you. I wish I could have had someone tell me that, so here I am telling you!

Anywho ramble over, after our sweet photo session, Matthew and I headed to hike with our babies! Matthew had Olivia strapped to his back and I had Oliver strapped to the front of me. I’m going to find a bigger carrier for him because this was definitely on the smaller side, but for the time being, it worked just fine! Both babies dozed off but ended up waking up shortly after so we enjoyed letting them look around at nature and take it all in. My motto, being a mom that still wants to squeeze some sort of fitness activity in every day, is simple: Just take them with you! Want to go for a run? Cool, put the babies in the stroller and do the darn thing! Miss hiking? Strap that bundle of joy to your body and do it then! I’m finding that it is not as hard as it is made out to be. If it’s really that important to you to remain physically active and health conscious, you will find a way, simple as that! I’m not saying it doesn’t have its difficult moments, but it’s for sure manageable. Not to mention, it’s beautiful to watch you babies see things for the first time. It’s good for them to be exposed to these experiences which motivates me, even more, to maintain an active & healthy lifestyle as a new mommy!

Once we arrived home, Matthew wanted to work outside so I decided to go on a run with my dad and the babies. On our hike, we didn’t stay as long as planned, so this was my way of making up for it. Both babies were due for a nap so, in the stroller, they went, and my dad and I were off! Distance wise we went about 2.5 miles but we walked all the hills! We would stop sporadically at the picnic benches to squeeze some push-ups and tricep dips in. Not going to lie, I just wanted a reason to stop running hehe. This seemed like a nice compromise!

 

 

As always, thank you for stopping by the blog to see a glimpse into my life! Don’t forget Things You Ask Thursday this week! Email or direct message me on Instagram any questions you want to be answered on this Thursdays blog! Happy Monday!