lil hoot: twins

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twinkle twinkle, little stars

so i've been working on this post for months. . . literally. i started it forevs ago and wrote the bulk on the acela to NYC to co-host the double double baby shower in january. flash forward a few months and i'm back from NYC again . . . after visiting two beautiful healthy sets of twins, born 9 days apart, in the same hospital, to two of my very best friends {ahem, who also happen to be best friends just in case this wasn't wildly coincidental enough for you}

it would be impossible to sum up my relationship with these two, as one goes back 23 years, and the other 19. yikes!

first off, depending on how often you've kept up with lil hoot, you may have heard the term "shelbys". this is the name that 6 of us gals took on about a decade plus a couple years ago. {no, we aren't mocking diabetics, just 80s melodramas and our obscene drinking habits of the 90s.}

"shelby, drink your juice!" was frequently uttered over cocktails, and we may or may not have shirts, mugs, and other paraphenalia with the same sentiment. . . oh and my personal fave the 'shelby, wipe your face' napkin holder . . . oh my goodness. . .this is starting to sound ridic. maybe i skip the explanation and bulk of the history.

i'm no math whiz, and in case you aren't either, that means, that HALF the shelbys are moms of twinkies. . . so far. {completely coincidentally i might add for you nosy ones out there. lizzy wasn't even trying for a second quite yet - she already has a handsome two year old- never mind trying for # 2 AND 3, and newlywed jennifer had identical twins, a complete fluke - and she managed to squeeze in two babies before her one year wedding anni. impressive}

anyhoot, i think it's crazytown. i'm sparing you the pics from our teens and 20s . . . but here's a glimpse at our last few years together.

my surprise 30th.{ 'surprise' being the key word here and the reason why i don't have any ~~effing~~ make-up on. whoopsy!}

image by corinna raznikov

i love this pic of the two beautiful mamas taken on our wedding day.

and here they are again in napa . . . ahhh, the good ol's days - now they just wants to take a napa! mah.

and these were taken at the double double shower - 4 babies in there!

so ladies, we've survived boarding school, multiple colleges, running around nyc before cell phones were common practice, a half dozen romps in mee-ah-mee, napa, paris, telluride . . . broken hearts, moving, hangovers, good-byes, health scares . . .

engagements, weddings, hangovers, bridal showers, pregnancies, hangovers, baby showers, bachelorettes, letter parties, marathons, hangovers, bed rest, births, sick kiddos . . . the list goes on and on.

and i'm telling your right now, you will survive all these diapers and sleepless nights . . .

so. here we are. my people. . . have two little people. . . like i do . . . and i just got to meet them.

after a horrendous week in boston these 4 gave me just what i needed.

they may as well have named these babes hope & promise. {corny but true}

leonard "leo" charles & beatrice grace

and

jacqueline elizabeth & catherine mary

i guess i'm so jammed up about this because i know some of what they're in for. the good, the bad and the ugly. and i know it's not going to be easy but that every single second is worth it . . . tenfold.

bottom line, i'm so happy for them, and for all of us, too . . . because more people like liz {and john} and jen {and mike} is exactly what the world needs.

lulu & bunny

i. die.

over these 4 year old twinkies. and their names. {OBVS}

their convo skills remind me of two other lil munkies i know.

also love-ing their digs.

enjoy this charming interview via house beautiful

C & P's 3rd Birthday

terribly sorry for being so MIA on the blog. sickness got the best of me over the holidays but I simply cannot enter 2012 without acknowledging my fave event of 2011. C & P's birthday bash {which was featured on amy atlas last week-- yay!}

The party was for my twin daughters and meant to reflect their individual personalities but celebrate who they are together. Since they learned to talk this past year, a frequent conversation has been ' i like pink!' and 'i like yellow!' {I even did a post about it last summer}

So it seemed fitting to have a pink & yellow party!

Charlotte, Phoebe and I discussed every aspect of this party at length and it was so. much. fun. to have them be part of the process and make their vision come to life. And obvs the amazebalz meredith caught their reaction on camera.

Phoebe likes polka dots and Charlotte likes stripes so we carried that throughout, as well.
The invite was two-sided - one inviting you to phoebe's pink party and the other side to charlotte's yellow party.
The party was held at You & Me studio where mama hoot also plans other parties. Owner Sarah Junk is awesome to loan out her fab space for soirees. It's a blank cheerful canvas that kiddos love-love to enjoy!

I did two dessert tables with all of their favorite things. Charlotte loves baseball hats so I made a baseball hat garland with all the guests monogrammed hats to take home. {i even painted those teeny clothespins to coordinate - very unlike this non DIYer}

All of the food was what they really like in their favorite colors. Charlotte likes fruit so we did pineapple in yellow cups. P loves everything sweet. . .

Phoebe loves hearts and Charlotte likes stars so we served wand cookies in hearts and stars. Sugar on top made these as a gift- worship her!

C drinks apple juice and P guzzles chocolate milk.

And so on and so forth. . . you get the idea. . .
Basically Jayme Marie Designs created a blurb for the invite and all the paper goods, meant to voice their likes and favorites. Love-love working with Jayme! She's wonderfully pleasant and talented.

For activities, they both like play-doh so each child got pink and yellow play-doh to play with.

They also both like coloring so I ordered a custom box of Crayola crayons in pinks and yellows and each child had a bundle at their personalized place mat with a custom coloring book, featuring all pictures of pink & yellow things to color! {ducks, hearts, poodles, etc.} Both girls love stickers so I had a big bucket of stickers of their fave characters.

The custom pinata was a giant 3 in pink & yellow with custom sign.

The cakes were a "baby" yellow cake and "BIG" pink cake, per their requests. A custom banner by nice exclaimed 'we like cake!' Pickwick Baking co. was phenomenal at accomodating my three year olds ever-evolving requests. Phoebe's eyes lit up when she saw her 'biiiiggggggg' flower painstakingly crafted by Ali herself. And C was all too pleased by her baby flowers.

{case and point}

and ummmm - delish! these were truly the yummiest cakes and cucpakes evah.

Personalized CDs were given as additional take home treats with all of their favorite songs. Oh yeahhh, we totes jammed out to 'party in the USA'. {hoping C & p refine their taste in music in 2012}

and it ain't a party until baby june in the hizzy!

The girls wore custom mongrammed jumpers in their designated colors and mom couldn't help join in the fun! {yup, totes dork.}

oh and my FAVE part if the party was the adult beverages 'mommy likes champagne!' and 'daddy likes beer!'

Endless gratitude to Meredith Nelson who not only captured the details of the party but took the pic that we used as a backdrop for the entire event! {and our Christmas card . . . would be lost without this woman in my life}