It’s hard to believe, but this marks our 100th post on Mommin’ It Up! Woohoo! Since we are a couple of ding-dongs and already posted 100 things about ourselves, (because in our bloggy naievete we didn’t know that you’re supposed to wait until your 100th post to do so) we had to think long and hard for an appropriate way to mark this momentous occasion. So we’ve decided to give you, dear readers, a precious gift: two pictures of us together and ten things about US as a dynamic duo! Here’s the first pic:
This is from the summer of 1981, when our whole family went on a vacation to Myrtle Beach together. That’s Emily on the left in t-shirt and diaper, at about 26 months, and me on the right in the HOTT two-piece – I was almost four.
Now for the top ten things you need to know about Emily & Jenny:
#1: My mom and Emily’s dad are siblings, which makes us first cousins.
#2: We are really more than that however, because our grandma and grandpa are THIRD COUSINS themselves. However, they never actually met each other and fell in love until high school, so we don’t think it counts as inbreeding (does it?)
#3: As young girls, we were members with Emily’s sister Anna, of a super-popular girls singing group called “the Unlimited.” Of course, “singing” meant lip-synching to Beach Boys songs. Our “big hit” was “Fun Fun Fun”. It was very popular with our parents and our Grandma. Like every girlie super-group we had amazing stage costumes. Ours were Emily’s dad’s white t-shirts with the words “The Unlimited” stenciled on them. You just don’t see class acts like that any more!
#4: We both graduated from college early. I got my bachelor’s in 3.5 years, and Emily got hers in just 3! (Such a show-off!)
#5: We both got married at the tender age of 22.
#6: We worked together for about two years for the local chapter of a national non-profit. We were often left unsupervised in the same office. It WAS FUN!! It was at this workplace that we revealed our first pregnancies to each other. And did a lot of other things I will not post here!
#7: While working for this non-profit, we went on several business trips together, where we shared not just a hotel room but a BED, all in the name of saving the agency money! After we did that once, it was pretty much expected every time. Good thing we had all that practice from spending many nights at our Grandma’s! We made Em’s sister sleep with Grandma. Which is why she is the favorite granddaughter now.
#8: We both became moms for the first time in 2004 – eight weeks apart.
#9: We share the same OB-GYN, who delivered all of our babies (and hopefully will deliver Em’s current Bun in the Oven!)
#10: We have alter-egos. Together with Emily’s sister Anna, we are the Supercousins. We don’t really do anything super, we just like the way it sounds.
And now, for a final pic: this is Emily (on the left) and I at her sister’s (and my cousin’s) wedding in June 2005. We are both VERY proud that we got our bridesmaid’s dresses for a song on ebay. Woot Woot!
We just want to say, in this our 100th post, THANK YOU FOR READING! It is a privilege to write together and so much fun, and it’s just the icing on the cake that you all read it and leave us feedback. We LOVE your comments and thoughts and getting to know you all. So THANKS and we hope you’ll read the next 100 posts too!
