Sorry I haven't updated lately I have been holding off until I can gets some pics on here. Oh well it will have to wait...
I went back to work for a couple of days and it was refreshing I wasn't as shabby as I thought I would be. Daycare was tag teamed by my mom and a high school girl and the kids were happy and the house was clean when I got home.

A few quick things:
Emma is the proud owner of two teeth. Working very hard at learning how to sit up. We have had her in twice for possible ear infection and she is supposedly clear however I am not convinced.

Simon is following suit with sitting up and has bulging gums. Temper, temper, temper.

Lois went potty for the first time tonight in the toilet, she said excuse me after she did it. Julia asked her if she wanted to wear panties and she pushed her away. I asked if she wanted to call grandma and she declined. I asked her if she wanted to do again tomorrow and she angerly said no.

Jacob is maturing nicely, he still has some behavior problems but controllable. Yesterday we were driving and Julia sneezed on him and he scoffed "you got bless all over me." It must be called bless because when they sneeze we say bless you.

Julia is a little helper, sometimes a little to much. She has her heart set on a trampoline, daddy chickened out and said he wanted to wait until the kids got bigger but, we already told her we were getting one so we need to have those thoughts prior to speaking. He needs to understand I am as excited as the kids, I will be wearing a size 3 diaper so I don't wet my pants.

Steven is working a ton and feeling pressure from Julia to be home more. I am more ok with him working on days I work, we ride together so we have our chatting time and I see other adults.

Well life has been fairly good we have our moments when I think I am going to loose my mind but all and all ok. The kids are easily accepting of our new routine consisting of going outside daily. It is amazing how they adhere to our routine so easily. I am going back to work for a day while a co-worker enjoys a day off, this will be my first day back since October, ugh I think I will have to work on my verbal skills before I do that. When a patient is being icky it will be hard not to count to three, ha, ha.

Everything is status quo. Jacob and another boy mooned Julia at the playground today. Jake spit on Lois' butt in the bath tonight. Lois is starving for attention, well Julia too. Can she have enough dance performances. Babies are rolling over and working on sitting up. Head bangs on hardwood floors will stunt that progress.

Today was the day...

We were able to walk to the park and play for an hour and a half, the babies were great. Everything worked like a charm. Even better everyone was asleep by nine o'clock tonight. I have looked forward to this day since bed rest last fall, when things were tough I would just tell myself, "hang in there this summer you can go to the park daily with all the kids."

I was reminiscing about the tough times and I just had to laugh at one of the worst moments. I was in the hospital and sleep deprived I was on day 3 of only a couple hours of sleep, cumulative and fell asleep nursing babies in a rocking chair away from the call light. I awoke with a huge cramp in my neck, who knew my ear could actually touch my shoulder. I struggled to make it over to the bed, recovering from c-section, carrying two floppy babies and tripping over a nursing pillow. I made it only to plop Emma down on the bed less than gracefully. I hit the call light and a nurse quickly responded. As I pick Emma up, my gown fall the floor and my huge body is naked as the nurse enters. I am at tears and freaking out. The nurse says to me, "hey didn't you go to University of Mary?" I waited a moment to answer her with clothes on, come to find out she was a classmate. She was always laid back and would say compulsively, "it's all good" well ironic IT WASN'T ALL GOOD! She encouraged me and said I was doing great and in report the nurses said, "she isn't sleeping at all but, still smiling." I guess sometimes you have to smile or you cry. Wahoo! I made it, all down hill from here.

Take care I am going to fold laundry.

Well things have been fairly stable aside from some sleepless nights due to colds of almost everyone. Last night Simon would only be happy being held. At 5 a.m. my brain woke up and gave him Tylenol and then he slept soundly. Today was filled with busy mom and kids, over the course of five hours I managed to make monkey bread and carmel rolls. It was exhausting I had to grieve for a moment that I used to bake all the time and it was much easier. Steven reminded me that the needy children will grow older so this too shall pass.

UPDATE ON THE KIDS: As we having gotten our third spring time snow fall Julia reminded us, "I am frustrated I do not like this snow, I am a summer girl." I have forgotten to write last week Jacob pooped and said "look mom it is a rocket." That boy is obsessed with bodily functions. I have successfully out smarted Lois: our closet in the entryway has been her favorite hang out, trying on shoes (I know my daughter, huh) in the process there is frustration of shoes not fitting and fingers getting pinched in the sliding doors. After many attempts I wedged a rubber spatula in between the doors and ha no opening that one. She only tried once today, mumbled to herself and moved on the the next mess to be.

It is no surprise I have no time to train for the 5K run so next year...

Not a College Student Anymore

Well this last weekend about 350 mothers of multiples got together an partied hard. Ok not that much drinking but we were all excited to be free to only think of ourselves. The food was awesome and frequent. With only three hours of sleep I walked the runway on the catwalk in their fashion show. I can see now why models have eating disorders because they are so focused on size and shape comments like, "suck it in more" and "Oh no that is all wrong for your figure" There was an obnoxious fitting Friday night of an hour and a half. I am used to if it fits wear it attitude. I won over $50 in door prizes. I put in $40 dollars in raffles with no luck so we are even.

This weekend was good for everyone, me to get away and Steven to realize how difficult it is to sleep when your spouse is out and about at all hours of the night. My mom watched the ruggers on Friday and was overwhelmed, I guess that will make her realize how much I really do appreciate all her help.

Today I am still recovering from lack of sleep, I am not in college and can't nap whenever I want. Of course my mom came to the rescue this afternoon and I got an hour power, wahoo!

So dealing with one child teething is not fun but, three is even worse. Lois is finishing up getting 4 eye teeth. Simon and Emma are just starting getting there eye teeth. This morning there was two hours of Jake and Julia watching as much TV as they wanted and me holding the both babies at once as Lois hugged my leg crying. Ok have to admit I got teary and really wanted to be somewhere else at that point. Finally the babies let me swing them in their car seats and Lois was still an ankle bitter so occasionally got whacked in the head with a car seat. Well we all survived and the kids don't seem to be wounded.

I Can See Clearly Now!

I got my new glasses today, it is no wonder I have head-aches almost everyday. It was a whole new world. I enjoyed reading billboards on the way home, letters on our cluttered dryer and more awe moments. I have been missing out. Now that I did the math my glasses were 6 years old this June, UGH! I am enjoying the new frame style to. I hated the old ones. I would cringe every time I looked in the mirror.

So I frequently have to lock the kids out of the office as I put Simon and Emma to sleep. I did that tonight like I usually do. I was afraid of what was going to happen since Lois was extra irritable so I told Julia she was the babysitter and to keep Lois happy. I heard silence, I said a prayer because that is usually a bad sign. I walked out and Julia put a blanket on the floor and made supper for Lois. Julia said, "Mom look I made our first picnic in the house." The entree' was turkey, pulled apart into small pieces, bread with peach jelly and two tippy cups of water, "Just incase she ran out" per Julia. I was so impressed I got teary eyed, and I am not even hormonal. What an awesome help. That was the most Lois ate all day.

Well Friday night and Saturday I will be living it up with other Mothers of Multiples so I better go to bed so I can fully enjoy the experience.

Maintance Mode

Well nothing major has happened to write about, there is the same old stuff. Julia pretending like non other, Jacob being naught most of the time and Lois pitching fits. Simon and Emma are just hanging out, loving to be held, dang they like attention.

Tonight Jacob licked Lois' butt cheek in the tub and I scolded him his response, "what it is clean." Stuff like that happens all the time around here. However I must say this week there are more and more "boring" moments. Which is a good thing, it gives me a breather and then I just wait five minutes and there is trauma to deal with.

Well my running around the house like a mad women is paying off, I am now fitting into my "skinny" jeans. Which to me is an oxymoron because skinny means size 1/2 or 3/4. Gotta start somewhere. For those of you that don't know prior to having the twins I worked hard to loose weight, dropped 15 pounds and went down a size. I enjoyed that new size for 2 weeks and then found out I was pregnant. Little did I know I would be back there a year later. Hopefully the downward trend continues.

CHOW!