2 weeks old!

My baby girls are 2 weeks old today...and I honestly can hardly believe it. Where did the time go?? I have no idea, but here are some cute pictures of my sweet princesses! Enjoy!!

I really thought that having twins would mean that I never get to snuggle with one baby at a time...little did I know that snuggling with two sweet girls at one time was even better than just one!
2 week photo shoot with Aunty Fysh...

I absolutely love all my girls! I'm so happy to be a mom to 3 sweet princesses and I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the fact that Hailey is in love with her sisters! This evening Maysen was awake and Hailey said, "momma- let's play with the baby- you tickle her and Hailey will sing to her" ;)

"best friends in the making"

I pray that my girls will grow up and love each other and "need" each other as much as they do now!

the day before these girls were born Korey and I were so nervous about how we would handle life with twins and, honestly, one of the last things I said to the doctor before I pushed out Maysen was that I didn't want twins and wasn't ready for them, but these girls have been an incredible blessing! They have brought our whole family closer together and, especially me, closer to the Lord. I know that at times life will be even crazier than it is now(even though it feels like it can't possibly get any crazier) and we probably won't sleep through the night for at least 4 more years, but I wouldn't trade this time and the chance to be these little girls mom for anything in the world! (I wouldn't mind a full night's sleep, though...) ;) God blessed me incredibly when I had Maysen and Maelle and for that I will always be thankful!

When each of my kids were born I picked a verse for them and the girls are no exception, here's the one I chose for them:

"From the abundance of His grace God blessed us again and again" John 1:16
and, like all the other verses I chose for my kids, this one fits my sweet little blessings perfectly!

aunty fysh

My sister is leaving this afternoon and we are all so sad here to see her go! :( She came the week before the girls were born to get us "ready" and to watch the older kiddos while we were in the hospital and then she came for the last week so that Korey could save up some vacation time!) All of us have had so much fun with her. I've really enjoyed having someone to talk to and someone to help me out during the day...Hailey and Jack have totally enjoyed all the spoiling and the fun that only an aunt can give...and Korey has enjoyed being able to sleep through a few of the later evening feedings and letting her take those for him!

she helped us decorate our house for Christmas and then entertained the kiddos with window markers! :)

she helped Hailey hold the babies and very patiently allowed her to help her give one of them a bottle! (on more than one occasion)

the m and m's are going to miss her the most, though- they got lots and lots of cuddles and snuggles from their aunty fysh! (not to mention tons and tons of pictures)

It was fun to have someone else around to take some pictures of all the kids, 'cause I've been so "sleepy" that I've had a hard time remembering my kids names, let alone getting out the camera to document some of the cute little things they've done in the past few weeks!

I'm so appreciative of all the help that we've received from our friends and family, lately, but it was just so special and fun for us all to have my sister stay with us for the week! Not everyone would wanna come over and put up with an entire family of sleep deprived people, but my very patient sister dealt with it admirably well! I know that she's looking forward to getting back to her house and her peace and quiet, but I think there's a part of her that's gonna miss all the craziness of the Konietzki house!! hehehe!! :) We love you, Aunty Fysh! Thanks is not enough for all the help that you gave us! thank you, thank you, thank you!!

playing with the babies...

Last night the girls were having a little bit of "awake time" so their aunty fysh took advantage of it and snapped a few fun pictures!

aren't they adorable??

Maysen was being a little more photogenic than Maelle, so she got a few individual photos...Maelle just wanted to be held or snuggled close to her sister- she wanted nothing to do with photos of just her! :)

I just can't get over how adorable these two are...I know I'm slightly biased, but twins are pretty fun to take pictures of!

apparently Maysen was a little hungry, 'cause she kept trying to eat Maelle's head!

our neighbor knit them these adorable little apple and plum hats and I'm just so impressed with her ability! I love creative people! :)

and, I love when they share their creations with my kiddos!

Happy Tuesday :)