We Have a Walker!

My Little Bear took his first steps last night! He took four steps from Daddy to me! We screamed and cheered (even Gracie!) Where did the time and my baby boy go? I am so proud of you Tater!

Boojiboo Flirty Apron GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!

I could die, these aprons are SO cute!

Boojiboo Flirty Apron GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!

Way Back When-esday

While I enjoy a breakfast of champions (gatorade and snickers bar) and the babies are settling down  for a nap, I thought of WAY back-before the babies were here and before I had any inkling I would some day be a MoM with 3 under two!

Date: August 14th, 2004

Event: Our wedding!

We look like such a bright, shiny, well rested couple, don't we? ;)

Does NOT Make My Monday

I am home alone. Sick and miserable.  I have no idea what happened- a slight stomach ache after my blizzard last night and I went to bed. I am up and down all night trying not to get sick. By 6 am I wished I would just to get it over with! TMI sorry. Anyway, I was in tears when the house was waking up so we decided to take the babies to daycare today so I could sleep. I did, which was nice, but I am still struggling with this stomach pain/burning/nausea.  I miss the twins and  feel guilty for taking them to daycare so I can lay on the couch! I am going to give soup a try and go get when they will be waking up from afternoon nap. I am hoping this bug will just pass and leave the rest of the family alone!

Happy Father's Day!

What makes my DH a great Father?

Here I sit on our 2nd Father's day and both DH and the twinnies are happily napping. I took a break from cleaning for the in-laws arrival to participate in Multiple and More's blog carnival!

My DH is an amazing man. I knew he would be an amazing husband and friend to me through our lives, but even more endearing was that I knew he would make an amazing father someday. We met in high school and even then, I could see the makings of the man he would become and he talked of the father he'd long to be. We dreamt of the family we would start together someday. We married in 2004 and thus began our 3 year battle with infertility. Its no joke and it brought us so many sleepless nights and teary eyed talks as we felt our dream slip away. He was the strength and optimism I needed and I was that for him when occasionally he buckled. One thing was clear and that I will always be able to tell our children: Your Daddy loved you and wanted you SOOO much. The blessing of infertility is how it puts life into perspective and we try never to take for granted how blessed we are to get to parent our twins and (coming soon) another little boy. Sean does a wonderful service to our children by loving me in spite of mood swings, hormones, and occasional bouts of just being high maintenance! My little girl will know the type of man she should look for and our sons will have the best role model I could dream up.

On a daily basis Sean cleans, cooks, wrestles, cuddles, kisses, induces fits of giggles, bathes, wipes away tears and disciplines with me. Our kids know their daddy loves them and he is a heavy favorite in our house! How blessed are we all that God gave us this man to be their daddy! 10 years ago we didn't know quite what we were in for and I'm sure life will continue to hand us things we struggle with, but the truth and promise I saw then is being fulfilled before my eyes now and I can't tell you how lucky I feel.

Pot and Kettle

I was changing Gracie's stinky poop diaper on the floor and Tater is sitting next to me. He takes one look/whiff and barfs on himself. LOL. I feel ya buddy. I've been there too. 

A New Attitude

I'm working on one. I have a lot to be thankful for and a lot to worry about.  My husband would prefer I jump on the bandwagon with and maintain optimism. I can't lie, it's a daily struggle for me. I worry and I get disappointed with the way things seem to be going. This is partly why he is the head and I am the heart in our family. ANYWAYS, I am sensing a God change in my heart to look at things from a wider perspective and find some joy in my days. So I am really trying to embrace that.  Hopefully, it will stick.

This morning was so nice, it was actual "me time" not just when I am running errands alone, but doing things I WANT to do!  I went to the mall and with gift cards got some perfume, lipstick and a few new maternity shirts! Yippee! It was so nice to meander around the mall again.  I stopped at a few baby stores of course, but restrained myself.  I also had a job interview today. Not sure if it's for me-it's a job share teaching daily in the afternoons. I'd only get to teach math and science and my passion is in reading and writing. Not sure if it would work for my schedule or the kiddos either. God kind of plopped the opportunity in my lap though, so I am thinking about it. They might not offer it to me anyway!

For Father's day I had some pics of Sean and the babies blown up on canvas, but I don't think they will get here on time (certainly NOT because I didn't order them until Monday). So, on a rec from my mom I got him "How to Photograph Your Baby" By Nick Kelsh.  It is supposed to be a great way for us less camera savvy folks to still take amazing pics.  I am excited to check it out and experiment. We have been talking about maybe getting a fancy new camera, but not much point if we don't know what we're doing.  I'll let you know how it turns out!