Life is always a challenge!

As I said yest having a 3 year old when you bring home twins can be quite a challenge. I still haven't figured out if it is the fact that he got sisters or that he now has to share Mommy and Daddy or maybe it's just the he turned 3, but my sweet little Angel turned into a little monster with pent up energy like a chihuahua. He runs in circles turns in cirlces, basically never stops moving, Talks back and wants attention ALL the time now.

My son used to be one of those perfect children that would go to their room and play by himself, never get into things that weren't his and was nice to everyone. Now he growls at strangers, tries to touch everyone within arms reach and screams for no reason what-so-ever. He has an infactuation with powdery substances and loves to spread them from one end of the house to the other, though this started with flour when he was 1 1/2 - he has now graduated to sugar, powdered sugar and my FAVORITE Baby Powder :(.

I was very proud of my son for being such a well mannered little guy, being potty trained before he was 3 and going to bed without a hassle. Unfortunately he turned 3 and we brought not one, but two baby girls home from the hospital and it was like someone flipped a switch and he became a totally different child. I really hope this is just a part of him growing up and not because he is struggling with sharing us, but I guess time will tell.

Did this happen with anyone else's older child?

Two Plus Another 1 - First Edition

Happy 2012 to all! This year I am determined to actually keep up with my blog and see what I can do with it. When I first created this page I thought it would be fun to maintain a blog about freebies and good deals that I find on FB, but as time has gone by I have found that as fun as it is to share this with everyone I love talking about my kids more.  When I found out I was pregnant with twins I looked everywhere to find stories about people that had a toddler and were expecting twins and to my dismay I found very little information.  It is a unique family set-up, but it really is so much fun.

I hear a lot of people say having twins really isn't that different than having singletons that are really close in age and I would have to say I completely disagree. Starting with my pregnancy things have been completely different. With twins the doctors are much more concerned about the babies and require so many more non-stress tests (these weren't even mentioned during my first pregnancy) and then of course if one of the girls was sleeping during that test then we had to visist radiology for yet another ultrasound just to make sure everything was ok.  I got put on bedrest with 12 weeks to go instead of being able to work up til delivery. Then when I went in for my induction the epidural only took effect on my right side and my left foot :(. I still want to kick the Dr. that delivered the girls and was so sure baby A was facedown and stood there like a cheerleader until he figured out she was "sunny side up" and stuck at her nose. Lucky for me baby B came with just two pushes, but I don't think I could have taken much more than that.

My girls, Isabella and Emma, are now 9 1/2 mos old and my son is almost 4 and I look forward to sharing our story with all of you and hearing some of your persnal stories as well.