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Surprising nobody, the summer has gotten away, and back to work has us on a spotty record with email, facebook, blog updates, vacuuming, weeding, etc.  But the good news is that we rush home to find the boys happy as ever, and all energy returns as we feed on giggles and smiles!

So here is the end-of-summer BIG HURRAH update! We spent a week on 4th lake with EVERYONE! Ok, not everyone, we missed you if you weren’t there.  It was spectacular. Thank you NN and GG, thank you so much.  Look at this happy time!

Future fishing partners?

That was SOME rainbow!

Juuuweeeee Gigglefest!

Matt must have been the better napper this week, all these pictures so far are of Leo!  Oh, right, Matt did his sleeping during the day so he could PARTY ALL NIGHT! Crazy Cat!

Yummy knits from NN!

The Rocky Mountaineers!

Past and future Gorham campers unite!

Moss Lake Loop trail has us all a little loopy by the end!

AWWWW, where did these Jcrew models come from?

Thank you Chelmsford Welds for these adorable Jammies!

We’ll be back!

Long Island Secession

No, not me. Did you catch The Daily Show on the latest not-topic around here? If not, you should. Here you go!

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart	Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
Long Island Wants to Secede
www.thedailyshow.com
Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Spinal Tap Performance

Rush, thanks for helping me embed video!!

And now what you really came for . . .

We’re spending a lot of time poolside these days. M&L love the water and the heat has finally turned on. We swim every afternoon in the shadow of our neighbors’ house. Good thing since we don’t have a bathtub that fits anymore!

We think we’re ready for cereal!

This first time was our cleanest by far. All downhill from here. To be followed by swim in the pool!

We spent a gorgeous week on the shores of Lake Ontario.

Everyone had their favorite vacation activities.

Baby Maggie knows twins are used to getting bopped in the head!

We returned home to Colorado Buddies!!! How did THESE boys get so big?

How cute are the newlyweds?

Our first dip in the big pond – we all loved it!

And if I’m crazy enough to put a picture of my postpartum self in a bathing suit, I can catch these pretties in their pj’s. Thanks for a great visit to the shore Shah family!

Remember?

How did we get HERE so fast . . .

Four months old and rising.  I’m doing all the things that tug at heartstrings, packing away clothes, filling bottles to their maximum, grieving late night feedings . . . oops, not that one.

Ashley, at JacksonandWyatt, is a few months ahead of us in the twin-boy game, and we love her posts.  One of my favorites was her nickname post.  Nonsense talk all day long breeds nonsensical nicknames.  Here is a list, fellas, I promise to retire a few of these before age 3 . . . ish

Matt: Lil, Smalls, Little Bigums, Doodle, Machu Picchu, Hazmat, Mattagascar, Matthew Sweet, Fishy,

Leo: Biggie, Biggie Smalls, Rounds, Bigums, Buggy, Snufflebunny, Buddah, Welo, Mo Cheeks, Big Head Todd, Leo Lyons

Christened last weekend, so so lovely to be with amazing godparents and lovely, lovely family one and all.

Drew Gooden and Doc Brown

What do these two have in common? Each has a Keegan twin with similar hair patterns.

Drew Gooden, power forward for the San Antonio Spurs, with the reverse “soul patch.”

Leo, power forward for the Keegan family, and his reverse ” soul patch.”

Doc Brown, brilliant (if mad) scientist from “Back to the Future” and his creative styling.

Matt, who although you can’t see it well here, gets the whisps flying in just that certain way.

Soon this too will fly away with the rest of that long black hair I worked so hard on in utero, but for now we enjoy these strange patterns of male baldness, and I promise, boys, not to take the lint roller I use to clean your play areas to your heads, although it has been tempting.

Riverdance

What a great visit with our buddy Riv and his parents. They are the nicest, loveliest company, and we always leave them feeling a little more worldly, in-the-know, and, now, in love with little boys. This one is a born dancer, and what’s not to dance about, life is good!

And how about this pig pile?

What is so wrong about being boy-crazy anyway?

Road Tripping!

And what a journey it was! Babies are great company on the road. They occupied us just enough to make us feel useful, and were peacefully sleeping the rest of the time. We must treasure the days before “The License Plate Game” and other diversions are necessary.

1 stop on the way down . . . isn’t it lovely?

I guess “No Services” means “Not even a freaking picnic table for you!!”

What you can’t see here – the flies, ew. Bad parents, bad bad bad.

Made up for this on the way home when we stopped in Monticello and found the greenest lawn we could find. Just so happens it was in front of the county courthouse/ jail. Bad parents, bad bad bad.

As usual, the fellas are no worse for wear, the best babies we have ever had!!

Both the guys got to have a bottle with their GiGi – Great Grandmother! Such special days!

We think Gaga was a little shocked at how big they have gotten since he saw them last! Thanks for all the bottles and good lovin’ Gaga, Netnet and Juice! We think their lovin’ arms are the ones that encouraged them they can start sleeping through the night. Score? 2 to 2, and never on the same night, but who is counting? We are soo proud – and getting more rested every day.

Aunt Julie, the biggest sucker for babies around!

Matt matt matty matt, matty matty matt matt (and cousins – yum yum!).

Cousin Maggie could be the third twin (triplet?!), at ~12lbs. she is probably right between Matt & Leo. Notice she is the only one cooperative enough to look at the camera. Love you Mags!

And the first golf balls of the year were hit WAAAYYYY into the lake. Must be summer – so where is the sun?!

12 Weeks and Sooooo Big!

My next post will hopefully be a video of me feeding the twins “by myself.” It’s what everyone wants to know and see – and folks, it’s not pretty. The trick is, if there is someone in the room to videotape, there is someone in the room to help feed the twins, so I sure as heck am not going to waste their lovin’ arms on videotaping! We’ll see, maybe I’ll get my act together to do it, it’s pretty funny. 2 weeks ago (before the arrival of their grandmother and auntie) I found myself laying one guy across my lap and sitting the other on his back for burping. I’m definitely not going to reveal who got which position.

The guys smile lots these days but you have no idea how hard it is to catch simultaneous smiles on camera!

Matt up close and personal!

Do you think they look identical? :

Big boys at 12 weeks old!

Matt’s eyes are so bright and beautiful!

And Leo’s eyelashes make us melt!

Party on Wayne . . . Party on Garth!

Anna Sawin Photography/Melissa Woodard’s Photo Digest

Anyone who has met these women in any capacity knows immediately they are in the presence of greatness, and true goodness.

Melissa is such a natural with children of all ages!

Anna knows little boys from YEARS of experience! She & I are also the big sisters to much younger sisters, baby-training started very early for us!

Yeah, right . . .

It has taken me too long to get this together, forgive me. Anna & Melissa visited us for a weekend, cooked, did laundry, kept us great company, and did an amazing job documenting how smitten we are with our our twins, Matt & Leo.

Anna is a professional freelance photographer extraordinaire, blogger, mom of 2 gorgeous boys, wife of one of the sweetest men I know, an amazing friend, aunt, sister, oh god I could go on and on! Melissa is a high-powered prosecutor in Salem, MA, travel buff, lover of babies, an amazing friend, photography buff, and effusive gift-giver. We Keegans love them so.

A sample of their work:

The twins are so much bigger now, and we are relieved to have such beautiful photos of such early and special days, for surely we were too tired to have any working memory. Still too tired. . . note to self – take more pictures.

Visit Anna’s Website here.

Melissa’s Photo digest is for friends who subscribe, and I feel lucky to be a subscriber!

Happy Easter

And thanks for the candy, Bunny. Clearly Mom and Dad need it, especially at 3 am.

Ready for the party and looking so handsome. Matt on the left, Leo on the right.

In the Russo Portrait Studio:

In case you are wondering if twins run in the family . . .

Leo is smitten with Aunt Katie.

26 (& 1/2) grandchildren.  Life is good!

The Age of Homespun

Fifth graders across New York State can describe the Age of Homespun as the time in our history when goods were not manufactured but made by hand. I can only hope that mothers of twins back then had friends as great as ours. In addition to all of the delicious food that keeps us going, check out these homespun beauties

Beautiful quilts hand-stitched by Diane Wardlow.  The guys’ names are stitched right in!  Matt and Leo love to rest on their bellies and look at the beautiful colors

Sue Salzman crocheted these soft clouds.  Each is uniquely designed, just like our twins.

The star design of these blankets look great on the stars of our show, thanks to Eileen Selzer.

Moon boots compliments of Aunt Julia. (I happen to know there is a fifth bootie  out there  – it’s fun to learn on the fly!)

Aunt Susie is the heir apparent to a renowned knitting tradition.  The “Netter Sweater ” has a whole new look and matching hats!

And these last two photographs?  Gorgeous, right?  Stay tuned for more, and for many, many touts and kudos to our dear friend Anna Sawin.  Full blog entry to come on her and her talents.  In the meantime, check her out at her website.  She documents our lives so beautifully and we are indebted to her in countless ways.  More on this in entries to come.

In the meantime, much love and thanks to all of the talented baby lovers who have been so generous to us.  Matt & Leo know how much love is held in the stitches.