Growing By Leaps & Bounds

It seems like yesterday that I first had the boys, but on Sunday they turned 18 months old! They are growing up quickly. At Jasons last doctor visit he was a little over 24 pounds and Reece was just hitting 18 pounds. They are into everything now! Here is a little recap of both boys just to get you caught up on some of their current  likes & dislikes

• Jason can open all the doors in the house.
• Reece has finally mastered the stairs in the house and the boys literally race up and down them!
• They both aren't really talking. I get an occasional byebye and hi out of Reece and I swear he says bubba, Jason, Dada and Papa but it's talk only a mother would understand.
• They eat every and anything just about. They love goldfish, yogurt, icecream, potatoes and broccoli. Reece really likes any and all seafood while Jason seems to enjoy red meats.
• We are sleeping through the night which is nothing new. Boys go to bed about 6:30 and sleep till at least 7 the next morning. Reece usually talks himself to sleep for a good hour before he crashes.
• We are still on bottles and trying to pull away. They only get them at nap time and night night time.
• Favorite toys include; trucks, cars, tractors (anything with wheels) and balls (anything ok to throw)
• Jason sleeps best with his night night blanket.
• Both boys are currently teething all 4 molars...nightmare at times!

I am going to try my best to start blogging again. I can promise daily updates like I use to, but I am certainly going to shoot for a few updates a week. Now that I am not at home with the boys daily I don't do too great of a job taking 82 billion pictures a week like I use to.

Working life is still fun. I enjoy teaching, but it is stressful at times when trying to plan with the boys too. Life has changed a lot since August. In October Ryan and I split up due to some conflicts. Currently, the boys live with me and we do not have any custody arrangements worked out yet. My Mom still keeps the boys during the week which is still and always will be a blessing! For the time being I am trying to enjoy life and make the most of it. At times I get overloaded and sometimes I want to runaway and just have some time alone which is hard to come by with two little sweet monsters. All in all though I am happier now than I have been in a long time.

As for the boys, luckily they are still so young that they really don't understand whats going on. They do however get excited when Ryan comes to visit or to pick them up. I am certain that all things work out in the end and this will be another one of those situations that I will look back on and be thankful that its gone the way it has. Here are a few snapshots I got of my big and little monster today after they got into the cabinets. I swear I pick up cups, plates, bowls and bottles that they drag out of the cabinets 52 billion times a day!

 



Here's the story behind these pictures...Jason took out the bottle cleaner & bucket from under the cabinet and started sharing it with Reece. Jason then decided he wanted the bucket and took it from Reece. Jason started playing with the bucket by himself and Reece got sad and threw himself on the floor because he didn't have the bucket too so then Mom put both away and then they were both mad! Mean Momma, I know.

Back up and running....

Hello friends, family and all my followers from so long ago. Hopefully you haven't given up on us although I have had several emails asking if we were ok and what happened. Basically when blogspot made their google login change switch my blog was lost in the mix, but I have finally figured out what the problem was and we are back! A lot has happened since my last entry August 3rd. I'll work on catching you up on my boys who are now 18 months old! Wow where has the time gone? I feel a little sad that I have missed out on recording the last 6 months of their lives! My blog was not only a way to keep up with friends and family, but also an electronic baby book of memories!

Love the job, but miss some of the old one!

I haven’t updated in forever, but who has time for that anymore? Not me! Life has been like a rollercoaster lately. Its like every time we make it up one hill and start going down, we end up climbing another and sometimes we are thrown in loops or at least that’s how I feel. I started “work” on Monday. It’s not really work, but it is a bunch of workshops this week and then staff development for the next two weeks. I love being at the school and I work with a really wonderful bunch of people. I am really excited about school starting and just thinking about all the fun things I will be doing in my classroom this year makes me smile. I didn’t think being away from the boys would be all that bad and a big part of me was looking forward to going back to work just so I would be out of the house. However, it is starting to take its toll on me.
Thank God the boys are at home with my wonderful mother so I know they are in a safe and loving environment and when I am away I don’t worry about them. It’s just hard being away all day and coming in around 4 or 5 when it’s cram time for dinner, bed and planning for the next day. Not to mention it’s the worst time of day to be around the boys. After about 4:30 you can count on fussy babies because they start to get hungry and it’s too late in the afternoon for a nap, which has made dinner time lately a complete battle.

It’s 6:45 and they are in bed which means if it’s anything like the last few night, Jason will be back up by 10. It’s either let them sleep now or listen to the scream and try and keep them up. It’s frustrating because the time I am getting to spend with them is not the least bit enjoyable and it makes me sad because I feel like I miss out and all the sweet and cute things they do. Today when I came in I told myself I am not doing school stuff or anything but playing with them. As it turned out they fussed and fussed and sat at the door crying. They love being outside so I ended up taking them for a walk (and nearly melted) and then headed back when they got fussy again. By that time it was dinner time and they were so sleepy at this point (its only 6pm) that they don’t eat but 5 or 6 bites and then pitch a fit again. Right now I want to scream. I just want to play and love on them and all they want to do is cry cry cry!

I am sure this is typical behavior for both them and me, and I am sure with time we will all adjust. On the bright side of everything I don’t work weekends and I have enjoyed the late night wake-ups despite me not sleeping much, because then they are rested and are no longer monsters. I just want my sweet baby boys!

Ok off that rant…I don’t have any new pictures. We are camera-less. I was using my Dad’s but the battery finally gave out and I will probably have to wait until my birthday to buy a new one. I am pretty sure moisture got in ours while camping a few weeks ago. It’s sad because every month I have a file of picture and in 13 months there maybe 15 or 20 pictures…oh well. Alright well I am off to shower, iron clothes for Ryan tomorrow, and hopefully go to bed early after I work on a presentation for a bit. Ho hum…thrill thrill!

And on a side note, a huge thank you to my Mom whose last day at work was last Friday. The boys couldn’t be in any better hands and if they didn’t have you, I would be a complete basket-case!

Our CRAZY World

Life as of lately has been a little busy which explains my lack of posting. The boys are a few days shy of being 13 months old. I can’t even tell you where time has gone since their birthday. I feel like this month has flown by and next week I start training, workshops and two week of in service full time. I have been trying to spend time at the school to get things ready so hopefully it makes things a little less stressful. I wouldn’t trade my little monsters for anything, but they don’t make life easy. My mom has been helping out with keeping them mostly, as well as my grandparents and Ryan’s mom a few days here and there over the last month. Yesterday my sister went up to the school with me too and we got quite a bit done.

As for the monsters, they are ok. They have both been teething like crazy. Jason has nearly chewed off the railing on his crib. He is now at 8 teeth with more white spots showing on top and bottom. Reece I think has 5 now. It seems like every day a new one pops up between the two of them. Reece’s mouth is so tiny that you don’t usually see his teeth, unlike Jason.

Four up top, 3 fully in on bottom with one hiding

(Yes, my child has food on his shirt and looks dirty...welcome to the world of twin boys!)

With teething also comes screaming, nasty diapers and with nasty sour diapers comes diaper rash. We have gone through more Destin, Butt Paste, Dr. Smiths & AD cream in the last two weeks than we have in the last year! It's pretty awful, but this too shall pass. Luckily, they are mostly all smiles minus a few daily break downs. The other day Aunt Laurie (Lala) came over with her usual goodies and one of which included a swimming pool for the boys. Of course my little water bugs loved it. Unfortunately our outside activities take place in the evenings when its a little cooler out and after dinner when the are already an awful mess. So with that being said 9 out of 10 times I just take all of their clothes off and let them be "free". I took a billion pictures, but Ryan would kill me if their "deuter" was posted all over the internet. I suppose it is rather tacky haha.

How cute is this minus breakfast on his shirt?

I love my little goofy smiles!

Now there's the Jason that I know and love...

And of course my sweet Reece...always happy!