My wife forwarded this article entitled 13 Signs You’re a Parent of Twin Babies, which you can read here. But we had a good laugh, because this pretty much correct of our everyday lives.

And as we read the article, we took each one and added or commented on how true it was for us, so here goes:

1. Your house is starting to look like a daycare center.
Amen to that! We are forever cleaning up the living room, wiping toys down with Clorox and sweeping the floors.

2. Coffee is the new water.
This wasn’t something that I’ve really had a problem with. I’ve been drinking coffee for years, so I don’t know that I’ve increased my daily consumption?

3. You don’t want to hear about single-baby problems.
Every parent has problems, doesn’t matter if they have one kid or 12. To me, parenting is hard no matter how many kids you have.
For us, we don’t know any different, so we only are able to comprehend what we have experienced.

4. There is no such thing as running a quick errand.
This is true. I took the boys to church, then to get donuts and then to the grocery store and by and far the hardest of the trip was the grocery store.
And it was hard because, it was “Can we have this?” “We need chips!” “We need cookies!” “We need ice cream!” Ok, the last one was me, but point being,
that if it had been just me, I could have been in and out of the store in under 20 minutes. With the boys, though they helped, they do require a little longer.
And then the amount of time that it takes to buckle one in, then go to the other side and buckle the other up, put away groceries and then the cart, it takes longer.

5. Getting them to sit still at the same time is an Olympic sport.
We took the boys to the Memorial Day Parade over the weekend and all in all, they wanted to join the parade. I mean, who doesn’t, but sitting still can be hard.

6. You don’t remember what quiet sounds like.
The last quiet night that I had, was the night before the boys were born. And even that night, it wasn’t that quiet, as I couldn’t sleep waiting on the arrival of the boys.

7. You never stop doing laundry. Never.
I think that we did 4 loads this weekend and that was a slow weekend.

8. Your twins are a magnet for public affection and you can’t go anywhere without questions, oohs, ahhs and the dreaded baby pokes from strangers.
So very true. And as soon as the boys started talking, women flocked to them immediately. I have told my brother for years, just take the boys to lunch and you’ll
have no problem meeting women.

9. You’re going to lose it if one more person asks, “Are they twins?”
My favorite responses that I use are: 1) We have twins? Oh my God, who knew? 2) Nope, we had one, saw the other sitting on a park bench thumbing for a ride,
we figured why the hell not?

10. You don’t need to go to the gym anymore.
      So very true, but who needs to go the gym when you can take walks with the family, goto the playground, etc. Gyms cost way too much money and are highly
overrated. However, they do provide a little quiet time.

11. You have bags and bags of used baby goods that you don’t want to throw out.
      See, we don’t have that. When we are all about downsizing our lives and our house, etc. We are really focused on getting rid of the clutter. We have some things
that we have kept, but by in large, we are really focused on getting things out.

12. The other question you’re tired of is, “Which one is older?”
After church each Sunday, we take the boys to get donuts and each Sunday, the same lady waits on us. And each Sunday, the lady always ask which is older.
It happens all the time, because wait for it, the boys are individuals and one is larger than the other. But they are their own individual person and at the end
of the day, does the 1 minute difference matter?

13. You’re the luckiest.
AMEN! People will ask, how do we do it? How are we able to afford twins? How are we able to chase after them all day? How are we able to spend time with both
of them? And it is simple, we are blessed beyond belief. We are blessed to have two healthy and wonderful little boys. We are blessed to be able to be the parents
of these little monkeys. We are blessed to have two little boys to love on and they love us back. So how do we do it? We just do and love every minute of it!

Being the parent of twin babies isn’t easy, but then again, being the parent of one baby isn’t easy either. There are constant worries and concerns. There is always the thought, are we financially prepared for this? How much will college cost? Are we doing ok as parents? Being the parent of twin babies isn’t a chore, it is a blessing! It is truly a gift and one that I am grateful to have been blessed with and I am just so happy that I have those little boys in my life.