My birthday and other stuff

My birthday was very nice. Thank you for the birthday wishes.

For my birthday I got a print from my brother Travis. It is an original piece from Travis. (You can see his artwork here: beanleaf) I've been wanting this one since the first time I saw it.

From Jim I got a basketball hoop, a soccer game, a solar powered fan hat, a squirt gun and a candy dispenser. (I have to explain all of this. Last week Jim called and said "I haven't bought you anything for your birthday yet." I said (totally joking) "You're kidding me.You are at gas stations everyday and you haven't bought me anything?!" He said "You are so dead! This is going to be AWESOME!" He had so much fun and Ben is enjoying all of his presents lol)

He also got me tickets to Wicked. He gave me tickets for Mother's day and I got to go with my sister Amanda and my Mom. It was AWESOME!! I highly reccomend it if you have the chance. I've always loved the Wicked Witch. She was my favorite character in the Wizard of Oz. This time I get to go with Jim. My Mom and Dad are watching all the babies and we get to go by ourselves!!I'm going to have to nurse them right before we leave then pump on the way and on the way home (The drive there is about an hour and a half. Since they nurse every two hours I have to pump on the way there and home so I don't explode lol)

I got a wrap today! This is the one I got: The Ultimate Baby Wrap Will loves it. He snuggles in and goes right to sleep. The best part is I can use it  as a forward facing (like the picture), facing out, sling, on the side and on the back. So far we've tried forward facing - Loved it, facing out - Didn't care for as much but I think as he gets better head control he'll like it better, and sling - Loved it. Ellie didn't care for forward facing as much but she doesn't like to be swaddled either. She's more willing to just lay on the floor and play than Will is also. I think as I get better with it she will like it more too. I even put Ben in it today. He got a kick out of it. I will have to post pictures when I can get them off my Dad's camera.

Will is doing alot better with the reflux. There are still times that I can tell he is hurting but overall he is much better. They are sleeping better too. He fell asleep tonight (in the sling) at 7:10 and he hasn't woken up yet (it's 10:00) Ellie went to sleep at 9:00. (I'm still working on getting her down earlier but it's not very successful. Will will usually wake up once around 12:30 - 2:00 and then again between 4:00 - 5:00 I can handle that. I should probably go to bed before they wake up so I get a little sleep.

Before and After (and some pictures)

This is how Will was constantly before Zantac

This is Will now

He's not the happiest baby on the block but he's not screaming as much. He had an ok day today. This evening was kind of rough. He couldn't settle down into a deep sleep. He would fall asleep and then when I laid him down he'd wake right up. Hopefully he is down for the night (well at least until midnight or so.)



He's did like to lay by himself a little more today. In fact tonight he didn't want to be held at all he just wanted to lay on the couch.



I bought this wrap from ToysRus the other day. I'm just waiting for it to arrive and hopefully it will help free my hands up to get stuff done. I was annoyed because after I bought the wrap I realized that ToysRus sells the Mae Tai wrap. AAAAARRRGGGGHH. Maybe I will get one of those someday.

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Here's some cute pictures I took of the kids today.

Loving Life

I am loving life. It really is hard having twins and a toddler. It's really exhausting and overwhelming at times. But the rewards are AMAZING.





How can you resist this?







As you can see the babies are talking and smiling now. I didn't get video of Will yet because he slept most of the day! Let's hope that tonight goes as well with him :)



We had so much fun with Ben tonight. He was playing outside in the sandbox and was COVERED in sand. So I took him over to the hose to wash him off. I rinsed his hands and feet and then I noticed his shirt was had sand all over it so instead of just brushing him off I squirted his shirt. Then I chased him around the lawn with the hose. After a little while of chasing him I gave him the hose and let him chase me. He kept yelling "Run, Momma, Run!!" He chased me for about 10 minutes when Jim came out and let Ben chase both of us. Ben and I were soaked. It was so much fun.

My cousins came over this weekend and she showed me the Mei Tai Wrap. I want one of these so bad!! I've seen woman carrying two babies using the wraps - one on the front and one on the back. I don't know how comfortable I'd be carrrying both of them. I guess when they get bigger it would be more doable. I found a website that has a pattern for one. WooHoo!!

I am off to bed. Everyone else in the house is asleep. I just need to set things out for the nighttime wakeups (diapers, wipes, etc) and then I am headed to bed as well. I promise to update on how the sleeping is going soon.