Last night was Mike's family's Christmas party. Beginning and middle were not good with the boys, but we ended on a good note - phew! At first I seriously did not know how we were going to make it through the evening. Both were cranky and then Caleb became absolutely inconsolable. I was almost in tears myself because I have never had a totally inconsolable child before and I just did not know what to do! He wasn't tired, he wasn't hungry, he didn't have a dirty diaper, he didn't want to play, he didn't want to be held... I ended up taking his shirt off and then he calmed down - maybe he was hot?? He didn't feel too warm to me, but who knows. He was happy the rest of the night!
(I must say, I think I'm finding two toddlers to be much more taxing than two babies...)
Want a frustrating experience? Try to find shoes for infant or toddler boys! Ugh. There are SOOOO many choices for girls, and practically nothing for boys! If/when we have another child it would certainly be fun to have a girl, but of course the practical side of me looks at how many boys clothes we have...with a singleton boy I should never have to do laundry!! :)
Today is the only day this week that Mike has to be in at work. It's been very nice having him home so much - many hands make light work! :) (He just called that he's on his way home, so a nice short day!)
Just within the last couple weeks or so the boys have become really interested in looking at books. They'll actually sit and look at a book quietly for awhile. It has especially come in handy when changing diapers - for quite some time it's been a challenge to keep their hands out of the way (ahem) and even giving them a toy wouldn't distract enough. But now, they'll just lay there and look at a book! Wonderful!
One more Christmas party tonight and then tomorrow it's off to Chicago for Mike's stepbrother's wedding. I'm ready for things to slow down a bit!
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
laugh
How do you keep a straight face when disciplining your children?? I suppose when they get older things will be a little more serious and I won't have such a hard time with laughing, but sometimes now I just crack up! Today the four of us were all playing together and Caleb started to slap me in the face, of course it didn't really hurt, but it's not something he should be doing - Mike was telling him to be nice and not hit, and for some reason it struck my funny bone. I was trying so hard to keep a straight face so I didn't encourage that behavior, but I wasn't very successful. Oh, and just so Caleb doesn't look like the 'bad one', Logan started hitting, too.
Both Caleb and Logan have a few teeth coming in. They won't let me get a good look, but I think Caleb has three coming, and Logan two. I finally worked up the nerve to give Logan a bit of a haircut today - I've been so worried about messing it up or just how to manage the logistics of getting a one-year-old to sit still. But, there were no accidents with the scissors, and I don't think it looks too bad! Both boys walk pretty much all the time now - it seems so strange to see them walk down the hall to their bedroom, or come around the corner into the dining room. Caleb's eye cleared up on it's own, out of the blue - woohoo!
It's still been an adjustment skipping morning naptime. Actually, I think it's been just as hard for me! Seems like a fairly long day and I'm definitely ready for naptime when it comes. :)
Both Caleb and Logan have a few teeth coming in. They won't let me get a good look, but I think Caleb has three coming, and Logan two. I finally worked up the nerve to give Logan a bit of a haircut today - I've been so worried about messing it up or just how to manage the logistics of getting a one-year-old to sit still. But, there were no accidents with the scissors, and I don't think it looks too bad! Both boys walk pretty much all the time now - it seems so strange to see them walk down the hall to their bedroom, or come around the corner into the dining room. Caleb's eye cleared up on it's own, out of the blue - woohoo!
It's still been an adjustment skipping morning naptime. Actually, I think it's been just as hard for me! Seems like a fairly long day and I'm definitely ready for naptime when it comes. :)
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
fun
We had a fun playdate this morning. It was with my twin/triplet mom's group (we actually call our group Two (or More) at a Time, so we don't exclude those who've been blessed with more...). Of course, that makes for alot of kids, so we met at a gym instead of someone's house. :) I think there were 10 moms, 10 sets of twins, 1 set of triplets, and a few older siblings. Crazy!! It took the boys just a bit to warm up, but then they played pretty good. Snack time was a bit challenging for me, the boys don't know yet not to grab other kids' food, and they don't just sit nice to eat what I give them either - most of the twins there are 6 months or more older than Caleb and Logan and they did good, so I'm hoping with a little more maturity the boys will do better. :) So anyways, it was a little hard to keep the two of them under control during that time. But, overall we had fun and it was worth the trip out of the house!
Monday, December 20, 2010
appt
The boys finally had their 12 month check-up today. No big surprises - Caleb is 31.25" long (75th percentile) and 21lb 11oz (25th percentile); and Logan is 28.5" long (10th percentile) and 19lb 6oz (5th percentile).
I felt like we terrorized the exam room - how in the world are you supposed to keep two one-year-olds occupied in a tiny room with all sorts of things to get into?? Was pretty funny to watch them walking around in their diapers though, and right after I made a comment about them looking like little sumo wrestlers, they walked right up to each other and hit their stomachs. The nurse enjoyed that. Thankfully we didn't have to wait long for the doctor, and he's got a couple drawers that he lets kids play in, so that helped.
We'll be going to a pediatric eye doctor for Caleb's eye. Hope we don't have to wait too long for that! It doesn't seem to bother him at all, but I'm getting a little tired of his red, goopy eye. :) Caleb's okay to switch to whole milk now, yay!
The doctor wasn't really concerned with Logan's size - we're still headed in the right direction, he's just small. He said we could still give him formula to get more calories in him, so I'll probably just finish up with what I've got in stock.
They did have to get two shots today. Poor guys! They didn't do too bad though. Hope they don't get sick from them or anything, we've got a big playdate tomorrow that I don't want to miss out on! :)
I felt like we terrorized the exam room - how in the world are you supposed to keep two one-year-olds occupied in a tiny room with all sorts of things to get into?? Was pretty funny to watch them walking around in their diapers though, and right after I made a comment about them looking like little sumo wrestlers, they walked right up to each other and hit their stomachs. The nurse enjoyed that. Thankfully we didn't have to wait long for the doctor, and he's got a couple drawers that he lets kids play in, so that helped.
We'll be going to a pediatric eye doctor for Caleb's eye. Hope we don't have to wait too long for that! It doesn't seem to bother him at all, but I'm getting a little tired of his red, goopy eye. :) Caleb's okay to switch to whole milk now, yay!
The doctor wasn't really concerned with Logan's size - we're still headed in the right direction, he's just small. He said we could still give him formula to get more calories in him, so I'll probably just finish up with what I've got in stock.
They did have to get two shots today. Poor guys! They didn't do too bad though. Hope they don't get sick from them or anything, we've got a big playdate tomorrow that I don't want to miss out on! :)
day
Just out of curiosity, I took a look at my feeding journal to see what this day was like one year ago....yikes! I'm glad that didn't last long. :) The boys ate at 3am, 6:15am, 9am, 12pm, 2pm, 4:30pm, 7:45pm, and 9:45pm; there were 11 wet & dirty diapers and 6 just wet diapers.
Yesterday morning I stayed home from church with Caleb because of his eye. We don't think it's contagious, but everyone notices it and we didn't want people thinking we were sticking our kid in nursery with pink eye. He didn't seem to mind being an only child for the morning, but a friend of ours who was in nursery said Logan was lost without Caleb! I guess he even just laid on the floor facedown for awhile - my poor baby! We did all go to church last night - we were really wanting to go as a family for once, and we figured there aren't near as many kids in the nursery at night and we could just explain that we don't think Caleb's eye is contagious (btw - we are going to the doctor again, hopefully we get this figured out). We went to a friends house afterwards - they have a two-year-old that is pretty attached to Logan. :)
Yesterday morning I stayed home from church with Caleb because of his eye. We don't think it's contagious, but everyone notices it and we didn't want people thinking we were sticking our kid in nursery with pink eye. He didn't seem to mind being an only child for the morning, but a friend of ours who was in nursery said Logan was lost without Caleb! I guess he even just laid on the floor facedown for awhile - my poor baby! We did all go to church last night - we were really wanting to go as a family for once, and we figured there aren't near as many kids in the nursery at night and we could just explain that we don't think Caleb's eye is contagious (btw - we are going to the doctor again, hopefully we get this figured out). We went to a friends house afterwards - they have a two-year-old that is pretty attached to Logan. :)
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
nap
This is our second day skipping morning nap. This is happening a little sooner than what I would have chosen, but the boys just were hardly sleeping in the morning anymore. It does seem to make 8am - 2pm a marathon stretch, but on the bright side, it's not so hard to squeeze stuff in between naps and feedings. Although, it's getting harder to go out and I've pretty much decided to stay in this winter...
Saturday evening Mike and I went out on a date. It was wonderful! We haven't done that in so long. We've been out without the kids plenty, but it's never for the two of us to go out by ourselves on a date. We went to the Piper in Holland for dinner. Yum! And then, the super romantic part, we went to Meijer for dog food! I guess time out without the kids still has to be somewhat practical. :) Had the weather been nicer we would have gone for a walk around downtown Holland or something, but it was cold and rainy so we made it home in time to put the kids to bed ourselves.
Caleb and Logan continue to walk more and more. They can pretty much walk as much as they want to now. Looks like I've got two little Frankenstein's toddling around. :) They are really into copying, it's so much fun. Now that we use a gate to keep them in the playroom, they can play with the door. Caleb especially loves to always shut the door, but then he gets frustrated that he can't get it open again... And, of course two toddlers and a door means all sorts of accidents can happen - last night Logan shut the door on Caleb's arm, he's got a pretty good bruise today. It's on my shopping list to find a door stop. :) Just watching them play now and seeing what they can do really makes me wonder what things will be like in a few years...yikes!!
Saturday evening Mike and I went out on a date. It was wonderful! We haven't done that in so long. We've been out without the kids plenty, but it's never for the two of us to go out by ourselves on a date. We went to the Piper in Holland for dinner. Yum! And then, the super romantic part, we went to Meijer for dog food! I guess time out without the kids still has to be somewhat practical. :) Had the weather been nicer we would have gone for a walk around downtown Holland or something, but it was cold and rainy so we made it home in time to put the kids to bed ourselves.
Caleb and Logan continue to walk more and more. They can pretty much walk as much as they want to now. Looks like I've got two little Frankenstein's toddling around. :) They are really into copying, it's so much fun. Now that we use a gate to keep them in the playroom, they can play with the door. Caleb especially loves to always shut the door, but then he gets frustrated that he can't get it open again... And, of course two toddlers and a door means all sorts of accidents can happen - last night Logan shut the door on Caleb's arm, he's got a pretty good bruise today. It's on my shopping list to find a door stop. :) Just watching them play now and seeing what they can do really makes me wonder what things will be like in a few years...yikes!!
Friday, December 10, 2010
day
Had a day full of activity yesterday! And, because I'm just like my dad I have to go through it beginning to end... :)
Had a repairman coming to fix the garage door first thing in the morning (finally!) so Mike was going in a little bit later to work. Mike's boss called and said he didn't need to come in at all (yay!). After the repairman left Mike still went in to work just for a bit to do some clean-up or something (I know, crazy.), then he went to my parents to get the tractor for snowplowing. While he was gone my sister-in-law dropped off my niece and nephew to spend the morning with us (4 kids!). Mike came home, then my dad came to get him to bring him back to their place to get his truck, of course he had to come in for coffee and a snack. :) Mike came back. FedEx truck came (parked at the end of the driveway - strange), first thought maybe it was our new tv, but it was a photo order I had coming, plus someone else's big order of canvases so now I've got to deal with that. FedEx truck left, not two minutes later FedEx van pulls in (all the way up the driveway), and this time it IS our new tv! Mike gets a call that he has to go into work for a little bit (boo). He goes in and then gets a call that there are cattle out at my dad's and my dad can't get there, so Mike and neighbor guy deal with it (what a nice guy). My brother and parents come to pick up my niece and nephew on their way to Ohio for a wedding. In the midst of a whole bunch going on, my dad's trying to tell me details about the cows getting out - I really have no idea what he said. :) Peace and quiet for a little bit! Mike gets home after the boys are down for afternoon nap, I still have time to go out and run some errands before suppertime (which was my plan as soon as I knew he had the day off, so when he got called in I was super bummed...). I made 8 stops and got lots done! One stop was Target to buy forumla - hopefully our last purchase of it... Anyways, someone had put a couple formula coupons on the shelf by the formula, how nice is that? Just one of those little bright spots. Had a nice relaxing evening with my fam, well, other than fiddling with the tv a bit so we could watch a movie.
Had a repairman coming to fix the garage door first thing in the morning (finally!) so Mike was going in a little bit later to work. Mike's boss called and said he didn't need to come in at all (yay!). After the repairman left Mike still went in to work just for a bit to do some clean-up or something (I know, crazy.), then he went to my parents to get the tractor for snowplowing. While he was gone my sister-in-law dropped off my niece and nephew to spend the morning with us (4 kids!). Mike came home, then my dad came to get him to bring him back to their place to get his truck, of course he had to come in for coffee and a snack. :) Mike came back. FedEx truck came (parked at the end of the driveway - strange), first thought maybe it was our new tv, but it was a photo order I had coming, plus someone else's big order of canvases so now I've got to deal with that. FedEx truck left, not two minutes later FedEx van pulls in (all the way up the driveway), and this time it IS our new tv! Mike gets a call that he has to go into work for a little bit (boo). He goes in and then gets a call that there are cattle out at my dad's and my dad can't get there, so Mike and neighbor guy deal with it (what a nice guy). My brother and parents come to pick up my niece and nephew on their way to Ohio for a wedding. In the midst of a whole bunch going on, my dad's trying to tell me details about the cows getting out - I really have no idea what he said. :) Peace and quiet for a little bit! Mike gets home after the boys are down for afternoon nap, I still have time to go out and run some errands before suppertime (which was my plan as soon as I knew he had the day off, so when he got called in I was super bummed...). I made 8 stops and got lots done! One stop was Target to buy forumla - hopefully our last purchase of it... Anyways, someone had put a couple formula coupons on the shelf by the formula, how nice is that? Just one of those little bright spots. Had a nice relaxing evening with my fam, well, other than fiddling with the tv a bit so we could watch a movie.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
random
A few random things I don't remember if I've mentioned previously... We have two pack-n-plays set up in the house on the main floor at all times. REALLY comes in handy. The boys get a chance to play alone without someone else grabbing at them and their toys, it's an easy place to quick set someone down when you need them contained, and we've been using one to block the playroom door. During playtime it's easiest if everyone just stays in the playroom, and it's much nicer to pull the pack-n-play in front of the door rather than having to shut the door. Well, last week they figured out how to move the pack-n-play and escape. Time to put a gate up!
Last week my parents had a big Christmas dinner at their house for a group from their church. We helped them set up tables and chairs. My dad's back has been bothering him so it was Mike and I doing the heavy lifting, and my mom had to tell us what she wanted. We didn't have a pack-n-play with us, so the boys needed supervision...so, of course, that means my dad got that job! For those of you who don't know him, this is a very interesting situation indeed. A couple times I heard him say, "I don't know how you do this all day!" I was cracking up!
Caleb apparently has conjunctivitis. His eye has been bad for the past week, and we thought it was just the blocked tear duct thing he had trouble with early on. Went to the doctor today (this was our first time going in for a 'sick' visit!) - soooo glad work is flexible for Mike and he could go with me. We've got drops to put in his eye 4x a day, this should be fun. Whenever I try to clean his eye, wipe his nose, anything like that, he acts like I'm the meanest mom in the world and I'm just torturing him.
Last week my parents had a big Christmas dinner at their house for a group from their church. We helped them set up tables and chairs. My dad's back has been bothering him so it was Mike and I doing the heavy lifting, and my mom had to tell us what she wanted. We didn't have a pack-n-play with us, so the boys needed supervision...so, of course, that means my dad got that job! For those of you who don't know him, this is a very interesting situation indeed. A couple times I heard him say, "I don't know how you do this all day!" I was cracking up!
Caleb apparently has conjunctivitis. His eye has been bad for the past week, and we thought it was just the blocked tear duct thing he had trouble with early on. Went to the doctor today (this was our first time going in for a 'sick' visit!) - soooo glad work is flexible for Mike and he could go with me. We've got drops to put in his eye 4x a day, this should be fun. Whenever I try to clean his eye, wipe his nose, anything like that, he acts like I'm the meanest mom in the world and I'm just torturing him.
Monday, December 6, 2010
old
Last Friday night we had our first 'real' babysitter - all I mean by that is someone we paid and wasn't family or close friend, any of you who have watched are children in the past are definitely real! :) She's a high school senior that I actually babysat a couple times when she was a baby - I do not feel old enough to have someone that I babysat now babysitting my kids!! And, it felt really weird to me when I was giving her instructions before we left, really made me feel like an old mom. :) Anyways, even though I was confident in her abilities, I have to admit that I was a little nervous about it all. But, things must have gone great - when we got home the boys were quietly sleeping, the house was picked up, dishes washed, and she was sitting at the table doing homework. I'm pretty sure I would have been watching tv!
Kinda funny, Logan took his own shirt off yesterday. The boys were both dressed and ready for church, and we had them each in a pack-n-play while we got ready. A few minutes later we found Logan's shirt on the floor! So, somehow he got it off and threw it out. Silly boy.
This morning Mike and I had an appointment with a financial guy (I guess I'm not sure what he's technically called, we just wanted to take care of our 401k's from our old jobs). Anyways, we haven't been to him before and didn't know him at all. He's a good Dutch guy that has triplets! Pretty neat.
This afternoon my mom and I went to Lakeshore Pregnancy Center to deliver baskets my family had put together, and got a tour of the facility. Very nice! I actually like their set-up for ultrasounds better than what they have at the hospital. :) They have a tv hooked up so it's easier for the mother and whoever's with her to see the images.
It is 3:45pm, the boys 'should' be tired, but they are wide awake....hmmmm...
Kinda funny, Logan took his own shirt off yesterday. The boys were both dressed and ready for church, and we had them each in a pack-n-play while we got ready. A few minutes later we found Logan's shirt on the floor! So, somehow he got it off and threw it out. Silly boy.
This morning Mike and I had an appointment with a financial guy (I guess I'm not sure what he's technically called, we just wanted to take care of our 401k's from our old jobs). Anyways, we haven't been to him before and didn't know him at all. He's a good Dutch guy that has triplets! Pretty neat.
This afternoon my mom and I went to Lakeshore Pregnancy Center to deliver baskets my family had put together, and got a tour of the facility. Very nice! I actually like their set-up for ultrasounds better than what they have at the hospital. :) They have a tv hooked up so it's easier for the mother and whoever's with her to see the images.
It is 3:45pm, the boys 'should' be tired, but they are wide awake....hmmmm...
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