Wacky Wednesday

I just found out my best friend and her daughter are at the emergency room over 1,000 miles away from me at the moment. I feel so helpless. Bringing a child to the emergency room renders any parent those feelings but because I am so far away I feel helpless as her friend. So please pray for my friend's daughter Rilee. She had an x-ray yesterday and discovered something lodged in her airway. At this point that is all that is known...so please say a prayer for them, kay?

Well, after finding that out it makes me feel bad for being grouchy today. I am not feeling well, Noah is sick and the boys are in rare form. So I won't complain about my day now but will be thankful to have 2 wonderful boys who are going through the terrible 2's. Doesn't this face just scream "I am plotting something?"

We got over 12 inches of snow last night. I have to admit it is rather cool. I have been skiing and such with snow like this but never lived somewhere it was in my own backyard. Indy is seeming to enjoy it. Here he is playing around. He loved to eat the snow and will always have a snow beard when he looks up when you call him. Makes me giggle every time. Can you see how high the snow is on his legs? You can see the trail through the yard where he would run and leap. So very funny.

Lint and the Croup

Who would have thought someone would be afraid of lint? Cameron was taking a bath the other night and he just became hysterical all of the sudden. Like we had to get him out of the bathtub and he still took a while to calm down. There were a few pieces of lint floating around in the bathtub from their feet (socks). Now this isn't the first time they have had what I call "lint toes" and I am sure it won't be the last. I just thought it happened to be an off night. But sure enough last night at their bath he saw a tiny piece of blue fuzz and started to freak out again. Luckily I was able to distract him enough for it to go away but that was just so funny to me. Who would have thought lint would cause such a stir!

Noah has the croup. Not good. That was one of those things as a child I vividly remember getting. I couldn't breathe. I would go in the middle of the night and stand by my parents bed just wheezing away until they would wake up. I remember this many times as a child. Poor little guy. I took him to the doctor today (it just started in the middle of the night) because I just didn't like the barky sound of his cough. By the time his appointment came around at 11:15 you could hear the wheezing when he was breathing. So little guy is on steroids. I have a tough enough time trying to get him to take anything anymore so the first round was not fun. He probably got less than half of it in him. Will try again in the morning. Sigh. Pray he takes the stuff because I really want my little guy to get better! Here he is laying on the couch this afternoon.

But then this evening he had to play with daddy's phone and I was lucky enough to catch this shot. Priceless in my book!

It snowed most of the afternoon. Big, fluffy white snowflakes. They are calling for several inches overnight and I can't wait to wake in the morning to see it. Maybe we will be able to build a snowman this year! Must try and find sleds for the guys some time as well. There is an awesome sledding hill not too far from us. Everyone has already told us that is where everyone goes to sled. I have never been so this will be an experience the first time we go.

Okay, I'm not feeling too hot myself so off to bed for me. I have a feeling it is going to be a long night...

You know, being a mother (or parent for that matter) of multiples can present some unique challenges to say the least. It amazes me when I get around parents with only singletons (yes, that is what we parents of multiples call them). I have struggled back and forth with certain feelings over this topic. Friday I went and had a play date with 3 other mothers of twins who happen to all be within 2 months of my kiddos age. It was the most refreshing thing I have done in SO very long. I had forgotten about how certain challenges pop up and you just can't deal with them the same way that a parent of a single child can. I try very hard not to feel this way but in the end it's the sad reality.

It seems that each age has brought on a new set of challenges. Or maybe I should say it seems that just as we finish one set of challenges a new set arises (which I think is just normal child rearing). For instance...the new thing for the boys is "monkey see, monkey do." When you have one child this tends to only happen at school or while playing with other children, right? Well, every day, all day...they copy each other now. This presents itself the most while eating. If one decides he wants to throw his food on the floor or up in the air, the other sees this and the next thing you know he is already doing it as well. You can't even get there fast enough to catch it. If one decides he is going to throw a fit because he wants something, the other is going to join in. Now let's see...the odds are in their favor...2 against mommy or daddy. This with one child can be overwhelming and tiring...now put yourself in the position of having 2 (or even more!) at once dealing with this. Oh, and don't even let me tell you about when they discover they can get together and do something they are not supposed to. Hmm...that's a whole other topic.

So I guess all this rambling is to say I am thankful to have found the multiples group here. I didn't realize how much peace of mind I get from talking with other mothers of multiples and listening to how they deal with these situations and such. Even just hearing what their troubles are is comforting to me! Strange as it may sound.

I picked up my knitting again for the first time in over 2 years. It actually felt really good. I couldn't believe I had forgotten how to do everything but it quickly came back. So this is the beginning of some baby booties.


As I was typing the title for my post over here it struck me that we are only 25 days into the year. Wow...that doesn't sound like much but man did January fly by. 365 days seems so long and in reality these days it is gone in a blink of an eye.

Nap, what nap?

This is what I walked in to yesterday afternoon while the boys were supposed to be napping.


And this was their giggles and squeals of delight while doing this. You gotta love 'em!

Our internet was down yesterday. Grr. And this morning...along with our phone (we have digital phone). They fixed the problem relatively quickly but a gal has to grumble some time doesn't she? So you would think since I wasn't playing online I would have gotten tons done crafty-wise? Oh no...I was so obsessed with why my stupid computer would display some web pages and not others. And why it was so freaking SLOW! Next time...I will just take it as a sign and walk away. Just walk away. :)

Double Brr Chilly!

My little chatty one...


It was up to 41 degrees today! Woo-hoo! I think tomorrow we will actually get out and go walking. Yippee!!!!! I love the snow but when it is just cold, cold, cold for days on end and you can't go play in the snow it isn't much fun. I will admit it...I have cabin fever!

One more thing to check off

Well, I did it. I finally left the boys with a sitter. Well, kind of. I went to a Mother's of Multiples meeting tonight (kind of last minute decision) and took the boys with me. They have 2 teenage girls come in and keep the kiddos (which only happened to be my 2 and one other child). I actually left them with the sitters. Now I know, I know, I was in the next room but it's a start isn't it?

So I need to get this book about the bucket list. I really need to find that soon. I think it is such a cool idea and want to make one myself. I think it would be fun to check things off it over the years and not have just my regular to-do type lists. Hmm...if I had a bucket list I think today would have been a day I could have checked something off. That means it was a good day. :)

I am really glad I went to this meeting tonight. I needed this. I have really missed having other mother's that have multiples to talk to. Sometimes only a mother in your situation (or who has been then) is the only one who "gets it." Having twins is such a blessing to us but it does bring some challenges I was so not ready for. So having other mothers to share this with and find out how they handled the situations is such a blessing. So I am looking forward to getting to know people in the new group and getting active. I just need to be careful not to jump in too fast...I have a tendency to do that you know. I just give it my all and then often end up disappointed. I am trying very hard to take it slow and enjoy it. So there is no disappointment...just happy times.

Have a great night everyone!

More kiddo stuff

Cameron and Noah are becoming aware of each other so much more these days. They are discovering they can actually play together and have fun. And of course they are boys so they rough house. They love to play chase and Noah just loves to grab on to Cameron's shirt and have him pull him all over the place. Cameron on the other hand isn't so thrilled after a few minutes of this. Need some ideas on how to get Noah to understand it is okay to play the chase part but not pulling on Cameron's clothes, etc. Hmm....

And this is Cameron playing with "Frog" and "Duck." These are actually bath mitts that they have both taken to carrying around on their hands and playing with throughout the day. He was just having a ball at dinner talking away with them. :)