I love the way they greet me every morning with the 2 most beautiful loving smiles I’ve ever seen
I love making them smile
I love Ellie’s “Eh!” verbal hug
I love hugging them
I love it when they reach up for a hug
I love Jake’s ecstatic, delirious, tonsil-exposing laugh
I love Ellie’s squeals of delight
I love making them laugh
I love carrying Ellie on my head, & so does she
I love bench-pressing Jake, & so does he
I love watching them play
I love watching them play together
I love playing with them
I love the games we invent together
I love it that when you play with one the other laughs too
I love singing to them
I love dancing with them
I love that they seem to have a new facial expression, noise or gesture every day
I love watching them grow & develop: gripping, clapping, waving, sitting, crawling, standing
I love the way they try to talk
I love the way they try to talk to me
I love their determination
I love that they were born only 2 minutes apart yet are so different
I love their apparent intelligence
I love it that they smile when I make a joke even when if they don’t get it
I love sharing in their joy of discovery
I love seeing everything as fresh, new & exciting as if through their eyes
I love their love of company, of both children & adults
I love it that others love them
I love it when I can stop them from crying
I love that I can feed them when they’re hungry
I love that when they want to sleep but can’t that I can give them the sleep they want
I love that when they need to sleep but won’t that I can give them the sleep they need
I love how beautiful they are, inside & out
I love them, they love each other, & they love me
I love that
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For Tara Cain’s Gallery at Sticky Fingers
Hi. I'm 'JallieDaddy': a bloke, living in south Wales. In March 2010 I became a Dad to twins ('Jallie') relatively late in life. This was supposed to be about how I'm finding it all, whether I'm coping or otherwise, & how it's changing my life. And how has it changed my life? In every way! So now I've sort of figured out that it's not about me - it's about Us. For more, please see my "Huh?" page
Oh! They are so beautiful, what a perfect picture. Double trouble, double love I suppose–lucky (tired) you!
~Mama
Lucky, & tired – youi’re doubly right! Thanks
oh they were so tiny and adorable x
They were – & are! Thanks
That’s one of the best baby photos I have ever seen. Absolutely gorgeous.
Wow – high praise indeed coming from you. Thanks!
ahh a Daddy’s love – beautiful. Wonderful picture. I have twinnies too and I love them interacting together, especially in those early days.
Mich x
There’s something special about twins together isn’t there? It was great early on seeing them gradually becoming more aware of each other
Ah, that’s possibly the best baby photo I’ve seen (not including mine of course!)
They are gorgeous.
Wow – thanks! And of course!
They’re lucky babies. If only all babies were loved as much.
Thanks! I kinda think that if they were most of the world’s problems would disappear in a generation. But then I’m probably just an old hippy…
Aww that’s beautiful………. the words and the picture
I have to agree with Jay, that photo is brilliant and I love this post.
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Thanks for linking up on my love theme. Great post
Thanks all for your great comments
This made me smile. Kids are wonderful aren’t they?
They sure are!
What a beautiful, beautiful post. Print it out for them when they’re 21.
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Thanks! That’s a great idea: I’ll try to remember it!