Well hello there friends! I hope your holiday season was splendid, and this cold season finds you healthy. (As I listen to the boys coughing up what can only be described as an African sized lugie). I'd love to say not much is going on in our household, but that would be a lie. We've been so busy it is crazy!
Madysen and I took a girls weekend and went to Denver for MLK Day. A quick trip to take Uncle Jim some coffee and a long trip to the zoo, our weekend was perfect. I miss just is girls Madysen loved all the attention, and especially loved my letting her pick out whatever toys she wanted from the gift shop. A toy for herself, one for each brother, one for dad, a mood ring and silly straw cup later, the shopping totaled $100. Ouch right?! But in the end, can you really put a price on the happiness and smiles I saw that weekend? I didn't think so either!
Last week we ventured out and took the boys to heir first basketball game (mainly because I won tickets). What a mess! Brooks liked it, just sat with Aunt Jamie and watched the girls play. Bode on the other hand, cried most of the game! I took to walking around the arena so he'd stay calm. The mess came when everyone stopped us to see the boys. Yet another reason why we just stay at home. The questions, the comments. Again, I do understand it's natural to be curious about twins, but really "you have your hands full!" does not help me. My kids are screaming, my patie cs is thin, I want to go back home where I can sit in my sweats and know I'm not facing a firing squad. I think he statement that bothers me the most is "I FINALLY get to see them!" Yes, you DINALLAY get to see them because my husband FINALLY has nights off. There is no humanly way I can take all three monsters out in public by myself. And I don't intend to any time soon. So I get that you feel left out because I'm not brave or patient enough to venture out on my own, but just come to my house some morning and see what a production it is with all here monsters.
With that said, the boys have stopped coughing so I can go back to sleep (and I wonder why I'm now sick!). Here's hoping the antibiotics work soon, I'm not sure I can handle the African sized lugie they are both trying to dislodge. If I don't see you all, have a good Valentines Day (even though I hate that day, it does warm my heart to see Madysen get so overjoyed when I send her flowers).
Until next time,
SH
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Catching Up
Ok, I admit I've been WAY bad about keeping up on blogging, but in my defense, our lives have been a little hectic recently.
M has been adjusting to life as a big sister quite well. She tries so hard to get the boys to play, and now that they are more active, she is succeeding even a little. She played soccer this year, much to her dismay. Most of the time she sat on the field playing with the grass and dandelions. Reminds me of my failed attempt at tee-ball (I remember making dandelion chains in the outfield while my mom and dad yelled at me to get up and get into the game). By the end of the season, it was like pulling teeth just to get her to go. She also tried swim lessons this summer and fall, and surprisingly took to the water quite well. Her second session was with a family friend, the two of them together are quite the trouble makers!
M has become quite the comedian. Her most recent favorite saying is "don't be jealous mom." Not sure where she heard that or why, but that is her go to saying for EVERYTHING. Speaking of vocabulary, she is helping study for the GRE, is it pathetic that my 4 year old remembers the words better than I do?
The boys are growing quickly. Both are smiling and laughing, and love their sister. While they find all of us entertaining, their favorite activity is to grab each others arms and try to eat them. For twins I can't believe how big they are, at nearly 5 months they are both close to 15 pounds.
We put the house on the market with little luck. So if you know anyone who is in the market, PLEASE send them our way!!
Love to write more, but M is trying to jump off the couch and one of the twins is trying to nose dive out of my arms onto the floor.
See ya in 4 more months??
SJ
M has been adjusting to life as a big sister quite well. She tries so hard to get the boys to play, and now that they are more active, she is succeeding even a little. She played soccer this year, much to her dismay. Most of the time she sat on the field playing with the grass and dandelions. Reminds me of my failed attempt at tee-ball (I remember making dandelion chains in the outfield while my mom and dad yelled at me to get up and get into the game). By the end of the season, it was like pulling teeth just to get her to go. She also tried swim lessons this summer and fall, and surprisingly took to the water quite well. Her second session was with a family friend, the two of them together are quite the trouble makers!
M has become quite the comedian. Her most recent favorite saying is "don't be jealous mom." Not sure where she heard that or why, but that is her go to saying for EVERYTHING. Speaking of vocabulary, she is helping study for the GRE, is it pathetic that my 4 year old remembers the words better than I do?
The boys are growing quickly. Both are smiling and laughing, and love their sister. While they find all of us entertaining, their favorite activity is to grab each others arms and try to eat them. For twins I can't believe how big they are, at nearly 5 months they are both close to 15 pounds.
We put the house on the market with little luck. So if you know anyone who is in the market, PLEASE send them our way!!
Love to write more, but M is trying to jump off the couch and one of the twins is trying to nose dive out of my arms onto the floor.
See ya in 4 more months??
SJ
Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Surviving Changes
My boys are 5 weeks today and this is the first time I've actually had to sit down and write (and I probably just jinxed myself!). I know time goes fast, but I can't believe how fast it's gone. It really seems like yesterday when we found out. I'm going to skip over the fun rollercoaster of emotional hell, as I'm certain JJ and my close friends and family would love for me to put that he'll behind all of is.
While these past few weeks have been fairly old (we expected the getting up every 2 hours etc), there have been somethings I definitely did not expect. For starters-the questions! My personal favorite: Are they twins? I try so hard not to laugh at this question because it is asked without thinking (I hope). Another favorite: how come you don't know if they are identical or not? (let me say that at this point we don't care if we find out or not). But we don't know because it hasn't been cut and dry. There is a small window at the beginning to find out via ultrasound-and we missed it. Then when we had our next ultrasound the placentas were fused. Then came the umbilical cords. They were so close together, there was no way to determine if it was 1 that split or 2. After we had them, the doc sent everything to pathology, come to find out they were 2 cords, leaving us at square 1. At this point it doesn't matter to us. I do understand the curiosity and that people do mean well. I just love the look on people's faces when we tell them we don't know and are not going to find out. The last question I'm going to write about is one that does bother me-did you conceive them naturally? Again, I know it's the twin curiosity, but I think that's a personal question. Does it make a difference if I was on drugs? (I was not btw). I guess it's just because I don't feel comfortable talking about my health in general.
One learning curve we have had to try and overcome-getting ready in the morning. I go back to work next week, and let me tell you I am terrified for Friday mornings. Looking like I'm getting up at 4 so I can get everyone up, fed, ready to go and dropped off at their appropriate destinations. A second curve we're trying to overcome is formula cost. I knew these suckers would go through their fair share of formula, but my goodness! Boys eat more from the get go.
I was not prepared for the amounts of people that wanted to come over. With that, I was not prepared for the amount of people who got upset when we were simply too exhausted to visit. Our first few days home were filled with my parents visiting and us going to the ranch so Madysen could see her horse and get special time. By the time the second week came around we were so exhausted from ranch visits, or playing with Madysen, visiting with family members. We way over did the visits the first week and got completely burnt out. Even now, the idea of going somewhere so people can see the kids is purely exhausting, and my house is no where near clean enough to let people in!
I will say this, however. We got blessed with amazing children, all 3 of them. The boys are just as laid back as Madysen was. And she is such a helper. I'm not going to pretend they are angels, but all on all, these kids are great!
While these past few weeks have been fairly old (we expected the getting up every 2 hours etc), there have been somethings I definitely did not expect. For starters-the questions! My personal favorite: Are they twins? I try so hard not to laugh at this question because it is asked without thinking (I hope). Another favorite: how come you don't know if they are identical or not? (let me say that at this point we don't care if we find out or not). But we don't know because it hasn't been cut and dry. There is a small window at the beginning to find out via ultrasound-and we missed it. Then when we had our next ultrasound the placentas were fused. Then came the umbilical cords. They were so close together, there was no way to determine if it was 1 that split or 2. After we had them, the doc sent everything to pathology, come to find out they were 2 cords, leaving us at square 1. At this point it doesn't matter to us. I do understand the curiosity and that people do mean well. I just love the look on people's faces when we tell them we don't know and are not going to find out. The last question I'm going to write about is one that does bother me-did you conceive them naturally? Again, I know it's the twin curiosity, but I think that's a personal question. Does it make a difference if I was on drugs? (I was not btw). I guess it's just because I don't feel comfortable talking about my health in general.
One learning curve we have had to try and overcome-getting ready in the morning. I go back to work next week, and let me tell you I am terrified for Friday mornings. Looking like I'm getting up at 4 so I can get everyone up, fed, ready to go and dropped off at their appropriate destinations. A second curve we're trying to overcome is formula cost. I knew these suckers would go through their fair share of formula, but my goodness! Boys eat more from the get go.
I was not prepared for the amounts of people that wanted to come over. With that, I was not prepared for the amount of people who got upset when we were simply too exhausted to visit. Our first few days home were filled with my parents visiting and us going to the ranch so Madysen could see her horse and get special time. By the time the second week came around we were so exhausted from ranch visits, or playing with Madysen, visiting with family members. We way over did the visits the first week and got completely burnt out. Even now, the idea of going somewhere so people can see the kids is purely exhausting, and my house is no where near clean enough to let people in!
I will say this, however. We got blessed with amazing children, all 3 of them. The boys are just as laid back as Madysen was. And she is such a helper. I'm not going to pretend they are angels, but all on all, these kids are great!
Friday, March 2, 2012
This is For You Detective
Perhaps is the amount of coffee I've been consuming lately (don't worry peeps, I stick to my one a day rule I have to follow), or perhaps it's because I'm focusing on the one step at a time philosophy, regardless of what has come over me, I've noticed that I have not been a pleasant person lately. (3rd guess-all the guys calling me out on it, just a thought!). And for this unpleasantness, I owe the world an apology. Things haven't been easy in the head of SJ lately, and I've been taking it out on the world. I would love to blame the crazed amount of testosterone rampaging through my body, but those closest to me know that it's been going on longer than that. While I'm not going to go into deep, dark secrets of mine, I will let you into a secret: I really do have the best co-workers a girl can ask for. Mockery, while some may deem mean, makes me realize that boys may not be so bad. Detective brought a breakfast burrito to a waddling swollen girl without asking any questions or passing any judgement. And Sauce-good old Sauce. Where would I be without your counseling sessions and your annoying ability to know/predict EVERYTHING? Jason-well, your reasoning and understanding is more than anyone can ask for. Bossmen-I thank you for your understanding that I choose to go 60 miles away (one way) to seek medical care, and knowing that the appointments are going to become longer and more frequent. What I'm trying to say is, I truly have the best group of people that I get to come spend 8 hours with on a daily basis. I could go on about every one of you, but really, who wants to read that? :)
For everyone else, I hope that you too can find a place where you truly enjoy working with every person you come in contact with. We're one crazy family, but that's the beauty of it!
For everyone else, I hope that you too can find a place where you truly enjoy working with every person you come in contact with. We're one crazy family, but that's the beauty of it!
Thursday, January 12, 2012
It's Ok Thursday
It's ok to:
-be secretly excited that I've lost 15 pounds since Christmas
-not be excited that I've lost those 15 pounds because I've basically become bulimic because of morning sickness
-have been at my new job for 10 months and still love coming to work everyday
-love my new phone! I wish I could have gotten an iPhone earlier
-be completely envious that my husband is a pro at leather work (he started 2 weeks ago...)
-start drawing up plans for my dream house
-be complete terrified for the things that are about to come
-think that we have the most amazing friends and co-workers! Without them, we would have to spend THOUSANDS on new baby stuff.
-LOVE LOVE LOVE snow in January! It was nice to have some warm days, but it's January! There should be snow on the ground and temps in the single digits (or below zero-sorry but it's true!)
-to be complete happy and excited for my sister and the many new things that are happening to her. It's going to be a good year for her.
-to stand up for what you believe in when it comes to your family. I know that we will hurt feelings over the next few months, but we need to do what's best for my girls.
-on that note, it's ok to believe that I'm having girls (and I'm not the only one!) hahahahahaha
I hope everyone has a good weekend!
-be secretly excited that I've lost 15 pounds since Christmas
-not be excited that I've lost those 15 pounds because I've basically become bulimic because of morning sickness
-have been at my new job for 10 months and still love coming to work everyday
-love my new phone! I wish I could have gotten an iPhone earlier
-be completely envious that my husband is a pro at leather work (he started 2 weeks ago...)
-start drawing up plans for my dream house
-be complete terrified for the things that are about to come
-think that we have the most amazing friends and co-workers! Without them, we would have to spend THOUSANDS on new baby stuff.
-LOVE LOVE LOVE snow in January! It was nice to have some warm days, but it's January! There should be snow on the ground and temps in the single digits (or below zero-sorry but it's true!)
-to be complete happy and excited for my sister and the many new things that are happening to her. It's going to be a good year for her.
-to stand up for what you believe in when it comes to your family. I know that we will hurt feelings over the next few months, but we need to do what's best for my girls.
-on that note, it's ok to believe that I'm having girls (and I'm not the only one!) hahahahahaha
I hope everyone has a good weekend!
Thursday, January 5, 2012
It's Ok Thursday
It's ok to:
-get super cheesy happy when friends send "I'm thinking of you" messages on facebook/text message
-read others blogs and think "YES! That is so me!"
-start watching a series (i.e. Sex and the City, How I Met Your Mother) and wonder what the hell took me so long to get into it?!
-love my lunch dates with Darcey and dinner dates with my favorite family the Faycoshes
-be super anxious for my new phone to get here, COME ON FED EX!
-want to find a cure for morning sickness, it's the pits!
-be at a loss for any thing else, this week has been pretty uneventful!
-get super cheesy happy when friends send "I'm thinking of you" messages on facebook/text message
-read others blogs and think "YES! That is so me!"
-start watching a series (i.e. Sex and the City, How I Met Your Mother) and wonder what the hell took me so long to get into it?!
-love my lunch dates with Darcey and dinner dates with my favorite family the Faycoshes
-be super anxious for my new phone to get here, COME ON FED EX!
-want to find a cure for morning sickness, it's the pits!
-be at a loss for any thing else, this week has been pretty uneventful!
Thursday, December 29, 2011
It's Ok Thursday
Post travel and holidays here's my weekly It's ok!
It's Ok To:
-still love Christmas but be burnt out from the 4 day endeavor that has become my holiday
-be anxious about having twins
-be angry at those who are already making plans for me and my kids. That's not your decision, it's mine.
-want to say "fuck off" to those who say "twins are so hard," maybe it was for you. If that's the case, don't say that to others. Offer advice, not doubts.
-to also be a little angry at those who take something and make it all about them
-spend hours hanging out with a bestfriend, even if you don't really do anything
-watch my 3 year old and wonder where her energy comes from. I'm exhausted just watching her!
-have been home for 5 days yet still live out of a suitcase. Just haven't found the motivation to put things away yet.
-be super excited about my new phone. Coming next week!
-find great satisfaction in keeping the sexes a secret (when we find out)
-have a slight feeling of calming by doing this again.
See you next week!
It's Ok To:
-still love Christmas but be burnt out from the 4 day endeavor that has become my holiday
-be anxious about having twins
-be angry at those who are already making plans for me and my kids. That's not your decision, it's mine.
-want to say "fuck off" to those who say "twins are so hard," maybe it was for you. If that's the case, don't say that to others. Offer advice, not doubts.
-to also be a little angry at those who take something and make it all about them
-spend hours hanging out with a bestfriend, even if you don't really do anything
-watch my 3 year old and wonder where her energy comes from. I'm exhausted just watching her!
-have been home for 5 days yet still live out of a suitcase. Just haven't found the motivation to put things away yet.
-be super excited about my new phone. Coming next week!
-find great satisfaction in keeping the sexes a secret (when we find out)
-have a slight feeling of calming by doing this again.
See you next week!
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