-- for all these --

For all the nights you woke up crying
Sometimes spoiling my sleep every two hours

For all the early mornings you woke up before me
And pulled my hair to wake me up

For all the fuss during bottlefeeding
And for biting me so bad when nursing

mystery kids

I am very active on social media and I post frequently about myself and my life.  But since the birth of my babies, there's one thing I did differently -- I posted photos of them only where their face was not clearly visible.  Just this "mystery" factor I wanted to keep (like some celebrities hide their kids to avoid the paparazzi...haha).  While many of our Facebook friends were eager and hopeful to see faces of our "mystery kids", many seem annoyed with me blurring the face or not wanting to post their clear photos.  And I did go on like this for ONE WHOLE YEAR!  Since their birth, these are the kind of pictures I posted on Facebook, keeping the suspense alive for the entire year (finally unveiled on 1st March 2016) -----

photography at the park

After a long time we went to the park today in the hopes of getting some good clicks with the twins.  Having taken pictures of them since one whole year, I was not new to twins photography, yet I ambitiously packed in my carry-on bag some 4 pairs of clothes for them, accessories for Alisha, some of their toys and eating bowls as props, balloons, a bedsheet, our playmat, and what nots for the 2 hours (4pm-6pm) of photography session. 

11 months

When they were born, I announced their arrival as:

"Double the trouble, double the joy,

One is a girl, one is a boy!"

And now after 11 months, this is what the (tired) poet in me has expressed in this poem: