Making Progress

Matt had the morning off today and I had the whole day off. We spent our time cleaning out the house – packing up stuff, sorting through to see what could go to daycare for sale at one of their monthly sales, figuring out what could go to Goodwill (a LOT!), and generally seeing how [...]

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Ni-night.

Our little girl – all grown up (sob).
Jessie put herself to bed tonight.
All by herself.
Usually each of the adults takes a kid and reads a few books to her, gives the kid a sippy cup of water (they don’t usually drink the whole cup, just a few sips), and the kidlette sits on our laps [...]

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Chutes and Ladders

Now that the weather is nice, we’ve been spending a lot of time outside trying to tire the kids out. We take a lot of walks.  Those are “fun.” (Sometimes like a root canal)  The kids are distracted by every little thing.  We take a wagon along and sometimes they’ll ride in it. They like [...]

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Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

After supper tonight the weather was still somewhat nice outside, so we decided to go for a walk.
A walk is a very complicated thing with two toddlers.  Someone gave us a bus toy.  The kids fought over it whenever we’d go outside. Nothing else compared.  It had all kinds of buttons you could push and [...]

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Blah, Blah, Blah, Blog

It’s gorgeous outside today.  I should be out there cleaning the rust off the Schwinn. The salt this winter (and my neglect) were not kind to the steel.  It looks pretty decent except for the totally rusty wheels and the very rusty chain. 
I could be baking cookies so that I’ve got something to snack on [...]

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Tidbits of Life

It’s been a fun week.  The kids seem to be healthier…somewhat…it can be hard to tell when they can’t talk.  Mom and Dad are getting over the tail end of whatever bug went around.  Sam took the opportunity of being sick to forget how to sleep through the night.  We hope we’ve got her back [...]

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Will we ever get to sleep well again?

Sam, the last couple of nights, has not slept well.  Therefore, the last couple of nights Matt and I have not slept well, either.  We’ve been letting ehr cry herself back to sleep – I’m not sure who suffers more from that, her or us.
She’s developed quite a little temper. Probably gets that from her [...]

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Just one thing after another…

Jessie was released from the hospital on Monday evening.  Tuesday she had a doctor’s appointment as a follow up to her release.  The doc looking her over found she also had an ear infection. 
We took Sam along shotgun on the ped appointment (after calling them first) because she was looking really bad.  She’d been really [...]

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Jessie Update

A quick update while Sam, Master of the MicroNap, snoozes.
Matt bought Jessie to the ER Saturday morning when we first got up. She had croup. They think she may also have an absess in her throat, but can’t tell until the croup is a bit better because the swelling from that could be causing what [...]

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Presidents’ Day

Last night was one of the worst we’ve had.
Sam woke up right around the time Matt was heading to bed – 9pm.  We tend to let her cry it out and go back to sleep herself, unless it’s obvious that she’s dropped her pacifier and running into the room with a new one for her [...]

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Ya learn something new every day.

Matt & I were talking while eating supper (a yummy pot roast from the crock pot….kids loved the veggies!) and discovered something.
We were discussing how we really aren’t the expressive kind of couple – not a lot of holding hands and that sort of thing.  At some point he made a comment to the effect [...]

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Friday, already?

Yep, we’re ok. Just too busy to blog lately.
The kids are mobile.  After Jessie just about broke her neck crawling over the furniture we were using to keep them corralled in the livingroom, we’ve abolished that system and given them the freedom to explore the first floor. A babygate keeps them out of the kitchen [...]

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So much going on…

…and yet every day it seems like the same thing.
Right now we’re having a heck of a little thunderstorm. I managed to get home before it started raining. Somehow that seems so much more important when you’re walking or biking than it does when you’re in the car.
I’m also making soup for supper.  Sure, it’s [...]

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Baby Teeth

Jessie’s working on filling in the big gap on top between her fangs. She’s been more than just a little cranky the last couple of nights.  I’m not sure how Sam is doing on her teeth as she seems to think that is a private thing and I should keep my fingers out of her mouth.  [...]

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Who’s Yer Daddy?

Matt (and Busia) circa 1976 (He’s one year old)

Sam circa 2008 (she’s 5 1/2 months old)
 
Just in case there were any questions about the kids’ parentage, it looks like there’s no doubt that he’s the daddy of at least one of the twins.  ;o)
 

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