Sometimes when you pray for a miracle…God gives you 2! 🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻How has it been 6 months already 🥹🥹 Sometimes I just stare at them and can’t help but feel so blessed that they are here, and that God answered my prayers for twins.❤️ After trying for so long 🙏🙏🙏 Now I’m trying not to miss any moments, since we don’t plan on having more kids…but it is going SO FAST!🥺 This is your reminder – put things you desperately want out into the universe and try to truly feel & believe it can happen …. Who knows, you may end up with it🙏🏻 Thank you SOOO much @feedlebeephotography for capturing these moments for us ❤️❤️ #twins #momoftwins #momlife #dadlife #prayers #fertility #blessed #marriedatfirstsight #reality #positivevibes #parenting
It’s not goodbye, it’s see ya later!✌️❤️ I absolutely loooove sharing our lives and connecting with so many of you girlfrans on social media, but I think it’s so good to take a lil detox every now and then.💯 Every year I take a few weeks off here and there … I think everyone should take a lil time off digitally bc it really does help on so many levels.🌱🧘♀️☀️ I’ll be back on Easter Day!🐰💐 and that week I’ll announce winner for last gift I put together (last reel).🎉 I hope you have a great couple weeks and if you’re feeling overwhelmed or just blah – try a lil digital detox w me. It really is amazing how much it helps!😘❤️ See you soon!😘😘😘 #bestfrans #iloveyousomuch
He’s way too nice when someone is being mean to him…. I’ll take care of it 🫢😜 #marriage #husbandandwife #momanddad #marriagecomedy
My friends thought I was crazy for marrying a complete stranger on national tv.👰♀️ We said “I do” two minutes after meeting & then I had a panic attack.🫣🤪 I worried they were right….What made me think marrying a stranger could actually lead to my own fairy tale?! But here we are almost TWELVE years married this month. And we have 4 precious babies together. Sometimes it’s scary to get out of your comfort zone and try new things, but you never know what may come of it! Maybe your own type of fairy tale.🙏🏻❤️ March 23, 2024 we will be married 12 years. I still can’t believe it. I feel so blessed that my stranger at the end of the aisle turned out to be my Prince Charming.🥹 #marriedatfirstsight #mafs #OG
Getting pregnant was not in our plans—but maybe God has other plans?!🤷🏼♀️🤰💗 I can’t even believe that I may be pregnant (of course I’d be SO HAPPY and we’d loooove this baby so much!), but the whole body FEAR of having another baby that I have right now is telling me maybe Doug should get that vasectomy after all??? I’ve asked this so many times but I’m asking again bc I’m really struggling …. When did you know your family is complete? Did you genuinely feel done at some point? I really thought after the twins I’d feel “done” but my heart doesn’t FEEL done yet?!🤷🏼♀️ But at the same time, I want to be able to spend a lot of quality time with each of my kids and I don’t know how I could find more time for another??? I really believe in signs from God & he’s trying to tell us something….I guess we will find out in a couple weeks exactly what that is.🫣🙏💗
I started apologizing to my kids when I’m wrong. It started when Henley was about 3. I read somewhere about how we didn’t grow up with that type of behavior from our parents, but if we can change that for our kids, they will feel more respected and will likely listen to us better & feel more comfortable confiding in us when they’re going through hard times.🙏🏻❤️ I’ve been so overstimulated and just irrationally irritable lately. That’s not their fault, though. So tonight after losing my tempter I said, “I’m so sorry for yelling at you like that!” I asked my kids if they’d forgive me and they hugged me and said sorry for being so loud.🥺🙏🏻❤️ At first it was odd apologizing to my kids when I was wrong. It’s not something I’m used to. When I was growing up adults were always right and they never apologized. It just wasn’t the norm. The norm when I was growing up was: “You do as I say, not as I do” “Come here and I’ll give you something to cry about” “I don’t even see tears. You’re not even really crying” “As long as you live under my roof, you’ll follow my rules” I know that was just the cultural norm, but it didn’t feel good or loving as a kid. How do we expect our kids to own up to mistakes if they don’t witness their parents doing the same?🤷♀️ Apologizing when wrong just makes sense to me now.💕 Any other millennial parents here trying to break cycles and “gentle parent”? Please share all your tips/best resources with me ⬇️🫶
I started apologizing to my kids when I’m wrong. It started when Henley was about 3. I read somewhere about how we didn’t grow up with that type of behavior from our parents, but if we can change that for our kids, they will feel more respected and will likely listen to us better & feel more comfortable confiding in us when they’re going through hard times.🙏🏻❤️ I’ve been so overstimulated and just irrationally irritable lately. That’s not their fault, though. So tonight after losing my tempter I said, “I’m so sorry for yelling at you like that!” I asked my kids if they’d forgive me and they hugged me and said sorry for being so loud.🥺🙏🏻❤️ At first it was odd apologizing to my kids when I was wrong. It’s not something I’m used to. When I was growing up adults were always right and they never apologized. It just wasn’t the norm. The norm when I was growing up was: “You do as I say, not as I do” “Come here and I’ll give you something to cry about” “I don’t even see tears. You’re not even really crying” “As long as you live under my roof, you’ll follow my rules” I know that was just the cultural norm, but it didn’t feel good or loving as a kid. How do we expect our kids to own up to mistakes if they don’t witness their parents doing the same?🤷♀️ Apologizing when wrong just makes sense to me now.💕 Any other millennial parents here trying to break cycles and “gentle parent”? Please share all your tips/best resources with me ⬇️🫶
I started apologizing to my kids when I’m wrong. It started when Henley was about 3. I read somewhere about how we didn’t grow up with that type of behavior from our parents, but if we can change that for our kids, they will feel more respected and will likely listen to us better & feel more comfortable confiding in us when they’re going through hard times.🙏🏻❤️ I’ve been so overstimulated and just irrationally irritable lately. That’s not their fault, though. So tonight after losing my tempter I said, “I’m so sorry for yelling at you like that!” I asked my kids if they’d forgive me and they hugged me and said sorry for being so loud.🥺🙏🏻❤️ At first it was odd apologizing to my kids when I was wrong. It’s not something I’m used to. When I was growing up adults were always right and they never apologized. It just wasn’t the norm. The norm when I was growing up was: “You do as I say, not as I do” “Come here and I’ll give you something to cry about” “I don’t even see tears. You’re not even really crying” “As long as you live under my roof, you’ll follow my rules” I know that was just the cultural norm, but it didn’t feel good or loving as a kid. How do we expect our kids to own up to mistakes if they don’t witness their parents doing the same?🤷♀️ Apologizing when wrong just makes sense to me now.💕 Any other millennial parents here trying to break cycles and “gentle parent”? Please share all your tips/best resources with me ⬇️🫶
I started apologizing to my kids when I’m wrong. It started when Henley was about 3. I read somewhere about how we didn’t grow up with that type of behavior from our parents, but if we can change that for our kids, they will feel more respected and will likely listen to us better & feel more comfortable confiding in us when they’re going through hard times.🙏🏻❤️ I’ve been so overstimulated and just irrationally irritable lately. That’s not their fault, though. So tonight after losing my tempter I said, “I’m so sorry for yelling at you like that!” I asked my kids if they’d forgive me and they hugged me and said sorry for being so loud.🥺🙏🏻❤️ At first it was odd apologizing to my kids when I was wrong. It’s not something I’m used to. When I was growing up adults were always right and they never apologized. It just wasn’t the norm. The norm when I was growing up was: “You do as I say, not as I do” “Come here and I’ll give you something to cry about” “I don’t even see tears. You’re not even really crying” “As long as you live under my roof, you’ll follow my rules” I know that was just the cultural norm, but it didn’t feel good or loving as a kid. How do we expect our kids to own up to mistakes if they don’t witness their parents doing the same?🤷♀️ Apologizing when wrong just makes sense to me now.💕 Any other millennial parents here trying to break cycles and “gentle parent”? Please share all your tips/best resources with me ⬇️🫶
I started apologizing to my kids when I’m wrong. It started when Henley was about 3. I read somewhere about how we didn’t grow up with that type of behavior from our parents, but if we can change that for our kids, they will feel more respected and will likely listen to us better & feel more comfortable confiding in us when they’re going through hard times.🙏🏻❤️ I’ve been so overstimulated and just irrationally irritable lately. That’s not their fault, though. So tonight after losing my tempter I said, “I’m so sorry for yelling at you like that!” I asked my kids if they’d forgive me and they hugged me and said sorry for being so loud.🥺🙏🏻❤️ At first it was odd apologizing to my kids when I was wrong. It’s not something I’m used to. When I was growing up adults were always right and they never apologized. It just wasn’t the norm. The norm when I was growing up was: “You do as I say, not as I do” “Come here and I’ll give you something to cry about” “I don’t even see tears. You’re not even really crying” “As long as you live under my roof, you’ll follow my rules” I know that was just the cultural norm, but it didn’t feel good or loving as a kid. How do we expect our kids to own up to mistakes if they don’t witness their parents doing the same?🤷♀️ Apologizing when wrong just makes sense to me now.💕 Any other millennial parents here trying to break cycles and “gentle parent”? Please share all your tips/best resources with me ⬇️🫶
I started apologizing to my kids when I’m wrong. It started when Henley was about 3. I read somewhere about how we didn’t grow up with that type of behavior from our parents, but if we can change that for our kids, they will feel more respected and will likely listen to us better & feel more comfortable confiding in us when they’re going through hard times.🙏🏻❤️ I’ve been so overstimulated and just irrationally irritable lately. That’s not their fault, though. So tonight after losing my tempter I said, “I’m so sorry for yelling at you like that!” I asked my kids if they’d forgive me and they hugged me and said sorry for being so loud.🥺🙏🏻❤️ At first it was odd apologizing to my kids when I was wrong. It’s not something I’m used to. When I was growing up adults were always right and they never apologized. It just wasn’t the norm. The norm when I was growing up was: “You do as I say, not as I do” “Come here and I’ll give you something to cry about” “I don’t even see tears. You’re not even really crying” “As long as you live under my roof, you’ll follow my rules” I know that was just the cultural norm, but it didn’t feel good or loving as a kid. How do we expect our kids to own up to mistakes if they don’t witness their parents doing the same?🤷♀️ Apologizing when wrong just makes sense to me now.💕 Any other millennial parents here trying to break cycles and “gentle parent”? Please share all your tips/best resources with me ⬇️🫶
I’ve really mastered this double pick up so one twin isn’t left behind while I take care of the other baby.☺️ And they LOVE it when I carry ‘em both — I wonder if it’s bc it smushes them together like they were in my womb?!🥰😆 There’s nothing “ordinary” about being a twin mom. Everything I thought I knew and was confident in as a mommy to two singletons has been challenging with two.💙 The biggest challenge has been in the sleeping and eating department … but I dont know – it’s also simple things like just gathering all the kids up to go anywhere….its just all feeling a wee bit more difficult🤪 I really thought for sure breastfeeding the twins would be so easy bc I had an over supply with my last baby & I exclusively nursed each of my older two for one year – but I’m having to supplement with formula this time around.🍼 Thank God for formula!🙏 I don’t know why I feared sleep training this time around? I did a very gentle Ferber-like approach with both of my older two and it worked GREAT. But this time around it’s like my confidence went out the window. It’s just that hearing my babies cry for even 1 min hurts my heart – and as you can imagine if they’re both crying it’s double stressful. OR If they go one after the other it feels like they’ve been crying forever. it FEELS soul crushing – when really neither of them have cried for long. We are on night 5 of sleep training tonight and although they each woke up once last night – the night before they slept the👏whole👏night👏 so I have HOPE we are turning a corner.🤞 Anyways, I’m just blabbering on now 🤪 … I know these hard times won’t last forever! We are really starting to get our groove already!👏👏❤️❤️ This whole twin mom thing is inevitably going to be a bit double the “trouble” but it’s also double alllllll the fun!💯… just look at their sweet smiles!🥰 #twinmom #twinning #twinsofinstagram #boymom #6monthsold #doubledouble #identicaltwins
My doctor was a complete badazz and reached her hand up into me to grab my son’s feet and pull him out feet first so I didn’t have to have a c-section with my twins. (Twin A was head down but twin b was breech. He was a footling breech delivery. Most docs just automatically schedule the c-section but not my doc! She reached in and grabbed him👏) She has seen *all of me* & has literally been inside me, yet I will hide my underwear and make sure I’m fully covered up before she comes in every single time.🤪🤣 #makeitmakesense 😝
If you’re a bag of fries in a room full of beautiful goddesses this Halloween, just remember you’re a beautiful goddess too-you just might be a bit more fried than the others!😜☠️🤣 Can ya tell which one of us has twin babies at home?😆…have you ever heard of the phrase “get your pink back” by Lindsey Gurk? When a flamingo has a baby, it loses some of its pink … but eventually it will get its pink back. 🦩 Lindsey has this amazing message of “get your pink back” where (from what I understand) mamas focus on self care to get their pink back. I’m not entirely sure what it’s about, but seeing this pic of me – the bag of fries 🍟 next to beautiful goddess mamas – I’m wanting to get my pink back!🙏🤪😅 And don’t you think for one second I’m not so, so thankful to have my four precious babies taking all my pink. They’re all so loved and they know it – deeply.🙏🙏🙏 But that doesn’t mean there can’t be two truths – I wanna get some of me back while still loving & caring for my babies endlessly!💯👏💗 Anyway – I died laughing when my friend @tiffameeeee sent me this pic of all of us! It’s just so funny!😆🤣
Getting a v@g ultrasound bc I’ve had very irregular bl**ding. My doc just wants to be sure it isn’t anything more serious than hormonal issues.🙏🏻 Honestly, I don’t know why I’m so shy considering I’ve had many, many ultrasound like this in my lifetime … but here I am all bashful and stuff🤪😅 I had a sweet friend pass from ovari@n cancer. She left behind a sweet little boy.😢 She would’ve LOVED to be there for more than just his first day of kindergarten (she passed a couple days after his first day of K).😢 I know she’d want me to encourage you to get your paps so since you’re here reading this, let this be your reminder.🙏🏻 I know it’s uncomfortable, but it’s worth it for your life.❤️ If you haven’t had your pap or an appointment recently, get get looked at girlfran!😘 RIP Sarah!😇 We love and miss you. @bare_minimum_momma
We met a couple the other day who asked “how’d you two meet?”🫣That’s always so hard to answer bc people always have SO MANY QUESTIONS!🤣 They never believe we were genuinely strangers when we got married…because WHO DOES THAT?!?🤪🤣 It used to take us 30 minutes to explain that we really aren’t that crazy to marry a stranger … there were experts who analyzed hundreds of singles and they believed we were a “perfect match” ….we trusted them with our whole hearts so we said “I do” to a perfect stranger.👰♀️🤵♂️ ….and then I had a panic attack🤪🫣 #IYKYK😅 But here we are! Still married after 11 years and 4 earthly kids later (1 angel baby 👼) There’s a new season of married at first sight out and I am dying to watch it! It’s not on lifetime anymore – now it’s on @peacock! I had to go out and get peacock bc I wasn’t about to miss this season! I’ve heard it’s so good!💗 Have you ever seen our season of MAFS? Are you going to be watching this season? Btw, this is not an ad, I’m just a die hard fan of MAFS bc look how much it has changed our lives! I’ll forever be so thankful.🙏💗🙏💗
If you saw my stories today then you know my twins are super sick right now.😭 I forgot to post this vid & I love seeing them healthier – plus Doug made me laugh so hard so figured I’d share this today from healthier times🙏💗 Doug picks on me for celebrating EVERY SINGLE MILESTONE & then being sad we won’t have it ever again … 🤪😅 One thing I won’t miss is the sickness of babies/toddlers.🙏 They woke up last night with a fever of 103.3.🤒 They both have diarrhea and Huxley was throwing up earlier.😢 I began nursing Huxley immediately after throwing up bc I think he was so scared from throwing up.😢 I hate that they’re sick but im loving soaking up all their snuggles! I haven’t been nap trapped in a while & it felt so good that Huxley napped on me earlier & Hawkins is laying on me as I write this.🙏🥰
I used to think people with four kids were crazy. Then I became one of them. 🤷🏼♀️ Now I fully understand… we are.🤪💗 How many kids did it take ya to have before you realized you’re going a lil cray cray?!? For me, I think it started after one.🫣🤣 #momlife #twinmom #momoffour #girlmom #boymom
We may or may not have been nudging them to get our favorite candy while they were trick or treating 😜…Anyone else do this with their kids🫢 Hope you all had a Happy Halloween and fun trick or treating! Now it’s my FAVORITE time of the year—CHRISTMAS!!!🎅🎄🤶 I’m gonna try to convince Doug to put our tree up tomorrow. We’re going to my SIL for Thanksgiving so it’s def not too early!🤗 Do you decorate for Christmas right after Halloween or wait til after Thanksgiving. I used to wait, but Christmas is just so magical and one month out of the year isn’t long enough for me anymore.☺️
Praying tonight goes better, but if not I’m going to go in there and snuggle them again!💯🙏🏻❤️ I don’t know how much longer I’ll be able to hold them both and let their heads rest on my shoulder like this🥹…the way they nuzzle their little heads into my neck is the sweetest.🥺 The Twinnies are teething and it’s been rough at bedtime. But they’re so resilient and so strong! And honestly, I love the extra snuggles with them.🙏🏻❤️ Everyone tells you “the days are long but the years are short”…they don’t mention the nights. Maybe this is why🫠 they’re utterly exhausting.😅 It’s worth every sleepless hour. These kids are my whole world and I’m so thankful to be their mommy!🙏🏻💯🙏🏻
Don’t forget to turn your clocks back this weekend 😭😭😭 Juuuuust when we get our babies on a schedule the clocks gotta do this to us🤦🏼♀️😆 We get one less hour of sunlight in the evening and 10 less hours of sleep🤪😅 Are you in favor of daylights saving time or opposed? I’d love to just keep the clocks the same all year round…at least til all my kids are grown!💯🙏😅
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I found out I have a cyst on my left ovary.🫣 Well, I have them on both, but the one on the left is gnarly looking so my doc wants to watch it closely. Soooo I’ll be going back to the doc in 2 months for another v@g ultrasound. So fun.🤦🏼♀️😅 Women and the things we have to do to make sure we are healthy🙃😅
I really believe babies feel calm and loved just by being close to their mama.🙏 People always ask how I show the twins they’re EACH loved—and honestly, I just hold them. I don’t think they need solo 1-on-1 dates yet.🤷🏼♀️ I truly believe they feel my love, even side-by-side.💗 It’s not always easy though. As they get bigger, they push and hit to get more of me🤪—so I’m teaching them gentleness and reminding them: love isn’t a competition. In our house, when *one Hehner wins, we all win.*🙌 We don’t compete with each other. We help each other, we love each other.💯 People laugh and say, “Good luck—boys fight!” Maybe they’re right😅 but I’m not just accepting “boys will be boys.” I want them to grow up knowing their brothers (and big sissy!) are their best friends, not their rivals. I’ve also never raised more one boy before, so tell me—do your boys fight nonstop? Do you step in or let them work it out? I’m just trying to nurture love over competition from the start. Because I don’t ever want my kids to feel they have to be better than each other—I want them to be proud of each other & truly be happy for each other’s wins, not jealous.🥹💗 Ok, mom rant over😜 but if you’ve got tips… I’m all ears!👂💕 Also, if you’re reading this far – sorry for the blurry video. I’ve yet to get enough time to set up my camera for a nice clean video so you get my nursery cam video😆
