by Amanda Trumpower | May 12, 2020 | Twin Mom
Some days we glide into nap time. Other days, we crash with a mushroom explosion and plume of smoke. The kids have essentially been up since Josiah’s deployment early this morning. Not a big deal; we’re just ahead of our usual schedule. By 8:30, we’re tired enough...
by Amanda Trumpower | Mar 23, 2020 | Twin Mom
I’ve decided I need the title above as a bumper sticker. Or a t-shirt. Or possibly both. My brother is famous for gifting funny and/or significant-for-your-current-stage-of-life t-shirts at Christmas. Maybe he can work his magic for me this year. The world has...
by Amanda Trumpower | Feb 20, 2020 | Twin Mom
I think it’s official. Justine has well and truly crossed over the baby/toddler dividing line. Last Saturday, we hosted friends from Columbus for the day. As the chaos of kids played in the living room, my friend watched Justine toddle around the furniture....
by Amanda Trumpower | Jan 21, 2020 | Twin Mom, Writing
We are almost at the end of 2020’s first month. We are also nearing the end of month two in our new house, plus the end of the first month with the twins after reaching the one year mark. I’m so thankful to have my writing routine established now that we...
by Amanda Trumpower | Sep 11, 2019 | Twin Mom
The twins are eight months and some-number of weeks old! (Seven months corrected). What does this look like? Justine is crawling. It’s still early days. She combines several methods (army crawl, toe pushes, excited arm splats). She gets up on all fours easily...
