tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473259971503912Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:28:12 +0000http://www.twinzgear.com/blog/noreply@blogger.com (TwinzGear)Blogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473259971503912.post-4853166054400882997Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:16:00 +00002010-02-03T10:28:12.308-08:00In preparation for Valentines Day, I thought some of our readers might appreciate a few thoughts or recommendations regarding Valentines Day gifts for Mothers of Twins. Being a Mother of Twins myself, I'm sure my list is a bit biased by my own tastes, but hopefully you'll still find some value in this list..... 1) Sterling Silver Twins BraceletI have one and I LOVE it. I wear it all the time and http://www.twinzgear.com/blog/2010/02/valentines-day-gifts-for-mother-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TwinzGear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473259971503912.post-4555803450511063481Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:33:00 +00002010-01-07T07:02:18.014-08:00We took a plane trip to visit family over the holidays and all in all it went quite well. When you travel with a family - especially in the wintertime - schedules and logistics can get messed up pretty quickly. But we had very smooth travels so I thought I would share a few tips & tricks for air travel with twins. 1) Make sure to get at least 3 seats together - or - book the EXIT rowHave a parenthttp://www.twinzgear.com/blog/2010/01/tips-for-smooth-air-travel-with-twins.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TwinzGear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473259971503912.post-5658994748107151013Sat, 31 Oct 2009 21:57:00 +00002009-11-09T22:22:54.258-08:00I've been getting a lot of folks asking for gift recommendations for twins lately so I thought I would put the list on the blog so everyone can check it out!!5 Unique Holiday Gifts for Twins1. Dear Santa My Twin Did It - Holiday TshirtsThese long sleeve red tshirts are great for the holidays. I've seen LOTS of different holiday themed tshirts for twins over the years,but these are by far my http://www.twinzgear.com/blog/2009/10/5-unique-holiday-gift-ideas-for-twins.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TwinzGear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473259971503912.post-4908488293207066478Mon, 19 Oct 2009 02:06:00 +00002009-10-18T19:22:41.233-07:00It's incredible to me how many celebritites are having twins!! They are ALL over the magazines at the checkout counter of the supermarkets and everytime I look there's another set of celebrity twins. Jennifer Lopez, Marcia Cross, Patrick Dempsey, Mia Hamm, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, and Elvis Costello (just to name a few) are all new parents of twins and the list goes on and on. In fact, I recently http://www.twinzgear.com/blog/2009/10/celebrity-twins.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TwinzGear)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473259971503912.post-7489004508322389991Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:31:00 +00002009-10-13T22:36:08.498-07:00Ok. TwinzGear has just had a bit of a face lift and we're looking for feedback from our readers and customers. Tell us what you think!! Also we're working hard to update and add to our product offerings for twins holiday gifts. Check it out at; http://www.twinzgear.com/c-42-holiday-favorites.aspx It includes gifts for mother's of twins, father's of twins and grandparents of twins. Who are http://www.twinzgear.com/blog/2009/10/twins-holiday-gifts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TwinzGear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473259971503912.post-272326282997939552Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:29:00 +00002009-09-08T07:34:24.873-07:00My anxiety was running extremely high after hearing the news about my twins pregnancy and being classified as “high risk.” Then the news about one of my twins having a 2 vessel cord put me over the top with worry and emotion. To help settle me down, my OB doctor referred me to a neonatal specialist who performed a hi-definition ultrasound. My husband and I both just happen to be engineers so in http://www.twinzgear.com/blog/2009/09/hi-definition-ultrasound-for-my-twins.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TwinzGear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473259971503912.post-471851222540878983Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:03:00 +00002009-08-17T12:07:05.867-07:00Once I found out I was having twins, my emotions were completely out of control. On one hand, I was very excited about the news. My friends were in shock – as I was – and telling my family was so much fun. It was so exciting to see everyone’s reactions. In fact, I think telling my mom was one of the highlights of my husband’s life!! My husband and my mom have a great relationship. He had been http://www.twinzgear.com/blog/2009/08/beyon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TwinzGear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473259971503912.post-5699637273727889964Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:16:00 +00002009-08-03T22:35:05.840-07:00Before I started blogging about our summer vacation with the twins, we had been talking about GETTING THE BIG NEWS!! When our ultrasound tech told me it was twins.....let's just say it's a good thing I was already laying down. The whole thing is particularly funny because I didn't find out until I was half way through my pregnancy. Yup. That's right - I found out at my 20 week ultrasound!!We had http://www.twinzgear.com/blog/2009/08/beyond-big-news.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TwinzGear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473259971503912.post-6727030756826900039Tue, 28 Jul 2009 04:45:00 +00002009-07-27T21:52:46.266-07:00Our twins did great on our family road trip so I thought I would share some of the things we did that helped make things go smoothly. In the last entry I talked about books on CD and DVD’s. Here’s a few other items to help with traveling.It’s amazing how boredom drives hunger (although my boys are always hungry so go figure). It was also amazing how food was able to distract the boys for awhile. http://www.twinzgear.com/blog/2009/07/traveling-with-twins-part-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TwinzGear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473259971503912.post-2150672089097801781Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:49:00 +00002009-07-16T11:06:23.223-07:00Now that we’re back from our summer vacation and getting back in the swing of things, a number of folks have asked me how our twins and our older son did in the car for all those hours on the road trip. They did GREAT and I realized that there might be a few hints and tricks that could help other families who are still planning on heading out on summer vacation. First, we went to our local http://www.twinzgear.com/blog/2009/07/traveling-with-twins.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TwinzGear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473259971503912.post-2392973726289639622Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:58:00 +00002009-07-03T20:23:04.525-07:00 This morning we left West Yellowstone and started heading home to Oregon. On the way we stopped at the Craters of the Moon National Monument. Lots of lava flows and lava tubes that created caves. Again my rock climbing monkey boys had a great time. Then it was back into the suburban and on to Boise. We have a great hotel here tonight and the boys enjoyed some exercise in the pool before bedtimehttp://www.twinzgear.com/blog/2009/07/making-most-of-home-stretch.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TwinzGear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473259971503912.post-6789774376174416492Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:26:00 +00002009-07-02T21:57:39.850-07:00What a day we had.... We started off this morning with a drive up to Big Sky, Montana. Again just beautiful winding rivers and gorgeous scenery. We drove up to the Big Sky ski resort. It's quite an impressive place with lots of neat shops and restaurants and ski in / ski out chalets, etc. Dave was in his glory!!! (although he would have preferred it if there was still snow so he could ski....) http://www.twinzgear.com/blog/2009/07/whitewater-rafting-on-gallatin-river-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TwinzGear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473259971503912.post-2590965077941485579Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:05:00 +00002009-07-01T21:41:13.774-07:00We didn't get an early start today. I think everyone needed to sleep in a bit. But when we did head to Yellowstone we almost immediately ran into a traffic jam. We thoguht it was road construction - which there is plenty of that - but in this case it turned out to be a whole bunch of cars slowing down to take a look at the bald eagle. It was pretty neat, but didn't justify a huge traffic jam. http://www.twinzgear.com/blog/2009/07/yellowstone.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TwinzGear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473259971503912.post-3448667509728915755Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:24:00 +00002009-06-30T21:34:32.120-07:00It was a REALLY long day of driving.....The boys did great. In fact, when I told Adam it was ok for them to watch Star Wars in the car, he told me it was a "Dream Come True!!" We started out this morning at the KOA near Mt. Rushmore. We wanted to make sure we made it back to Yellowstone in the daylight, so we got up early and hit the road by 6am. We made it to the historic North Entrance aroundhttp://www.twinzgear.com/blog/2009/06/i-love-this-cabin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TwinzGear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473259971503912.post-5465523303240461080Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:19:00 +00002009-06-29T22:18:45.232-07:00This morning we slept in. I think 8am is an absolute record for this family!!! Then we headed over to the big tent for the pancake breakfast cook out - complete with buffalo sausage. Then it was back to Mt. Rushmore. We were hoping to walk the Presidential Loop but half of it was closed because they are loading up all the fireworks for the 4th of July celebration later this week. You can see the http://www.twinzgear.com/blog/2009/06/mt-rushmore-and-wind-cave.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TwinzGear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473259971503912.post-7457676560781946879Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:50:00 +00002009-06-29T21:19:52.159-07:00Well, it was a really long day and a VERY late night as we made it to Mt Rushmore for the evening program and to see the presidents all lit up. It was definitely worth it, but it was too late to post anything when we got back to the cabin....i mean hotel.We started out yesterday morning in Sheridan WY. I really like that state. It's so beautiful - and - we found a Starbucks that morning so what http://www.twinzgear.com/blog/2009/06/what-no-post-from-mt-rushmore.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TwinzGear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473259971503912.post-7480046157243850222Sun, 28 Jun 2009 04:06:00 +00002009-06-27T21:23:59.742-07:00This morning we started off at the Yellowstone Mud Pots. It was chilly but not raining so we bundled up in sweatshirts and headed out. We all joked about how the bubbling mud looked similar to chocolate milk but nobody wanted to drink it for sure. Then we went to Artists Point and the Upper & Lower Falls in the Canyon area of Yellowstone. I’m probably going to be saying (typing) this a lot but ithttp://www.twinzgear.com/blog/2009/06/yellowstone-and-wyoming.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TwinzGear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473259971503912.post-4890986259326796577Sun, 28 Jun 2009 03:18:00 +00002009-06-27T21:06:51.982-07:00 I didn’t realize that hotel still existed that didn’t have internet, but apparently they do. We spent last night in at the Yellowstone Lake Hotel and it was like traveling back in time. In some ways, that was good. We read about the history of the hotel and talked about all the travelers over the years that had stayed there. And we had a wonderful meal topped off with a Yellowstone sundae which http://www.twinzgear.com/blog/2009/06/what-no-blog-on-friday-no-internet.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TwinzGear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473259971503912.post-6731608902580135742Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:07:00 +00002009-06-25T21:51:16.170-07:00We're off....Yesterday we drove to SunRiver in the afternoon. We made it there in time for a nice bbq dinner and then a walk around the neighborhood. The boys also managed a quick dip in the hot tub. This morning we headed out at 7:45am (we were shooting for 7am but what the heck it's vacation....) and made it all the way to Idaho Falls. It's a very pretty drive right around the Oregon / Idaho http://www.twinzgear.com/blog/2009/06/kellar-family-roadtrip.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TwinzGear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473259971503912.post-753699376086486131Thu, 21 May 2009 04:40:00 +00002009-05-25T20:30:02.844-07:00twins ultrasoundtwins pregnancypregnant with twinsWhen we discovered I was carrying twins at my 20 week UltraSound, I was immediately informed that I would be returning to the ultrasound department of our medical buidling on a frequent basis. The gal who performed my 20 week ultrasound (the person who discovered and informed us of the twins pregancy) was a very nice woman and appeared to be very capable. However I was quickly informed that my http://www.twinzgear.com/blog/2009/05/pregnant-with-twins-really-get-to-know.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TwinzGear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473259971503912.post-4085905239880486430Wed, 13 May 2009 00:02:00 +00002009-05-12T17:15:37.416-07:00My twins are now in Kindergarten. For those of you with Kindergarteners, you know that's the age when knock/knock jokes and goofy put-downs are hysterically funny (in their minds). In that spirit, as we were driving home from school the other day, one of my twins told his twins brother; "When you were born, you were so ugly that they had to tint the windows in the hospital!" Ha Ha Ha....Just http://www.twinzgear.com/blog/2009/05/identical-twins.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TwinzGear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473259971503912.post-6167992075928211670Mon, 04 May 2009 04:54:00 +00002009-05-03T22:20:28.250-07:00I had one son already when we found out we were having twins. He was born via cesearean section since he was breach, but other than that, he came out like a little cherub with APGAR score of 10. My perfect child!!! (doesn't every mom think that when her first baby is born..... :)Then after trying for a while and suffering a miscarriage, we found out we were having twins and suddenly my "normalhttp://www.twinzgear.com/blog/2009/05/twins-preganacy-now-im-high-risk.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TwinzGear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473259971503912.post-6725932622612218822Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:03:00 +00002009-04-26T21:18:32.289-07:00twins ultrasoundtwins pregnancytwinstwins familyWhen I found out I was pregnant, my husband and I were THRILLED. We had been trying for quite a few months and were one more OB/GYN appointment from going on Clomid. Not to mention the fact that I was sick (and tired) of people telling me to just relax.... "You have one child already so clearly you're capable of having a baby. Just relax and it will happen faster than you can imagine." UGH.http://www.twinzgear.com/blog/2009/04/hearing-news-its-twins.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TwinzGear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473259971503912.post-4460415249892855198Fri, 17 Apr 2009 23:42:00 +00002009-04-17T17:58:47.460-07:00premietherapyMy twins were premies and our pediatrician told us that although they have development delays, they would "catch up" by the time they were about 2 years old. And with some early intervention help (which I will leave as a subject for another day), my twins did in fact catch up developmentally in most areas. However, now that the boys are in Kindergarten, we're dealing with the challenge of http://www.twinzgear.com/blog/2009/04/speech-therapy-for-twins.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TwinzGear)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1913473259971503912.post-594415179421418818Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:08:00 +00002008-09-18T13:23:53.933-07:00Over the years, we've found a number of items that are helpful for twins moms. Ofcourse moms of singletons would find them helpful as well. But for a twins mom - EVERY little thing adds up and anything that makes life a bit easier or convienent, is a huge help!!Do you find yourself feeding your twins in the car on a regular basis? Do they eat breakfast on the way to church or school in the http://www.twinzgear.com/blog/2008/09/twins-convienence-items.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (TwinzGear)1