I’m sorry I’ve been MIA. For the past three years, I have organized a 300+ person conference in August and the months leading up to the conference were insane. I was working long hours — up until 2 am and then multiple night wakings with the boys who were then up for the day by 7 am. It was exhausting and I didn’t have time for much of anything, let alone posting. (Read on …)
I was really getting behind in my work and the boys weren’t napping very well so I finally caved and hired a nanny. All I can say is HALLELUJAH! I am a fool for not doing it sooner. I didn’t want to because we really don’t have the money and because I work from home to be with my kids, but man, the help is fab.u.lous! (Read on …)
Yesterday was Mother’s Day. We were in Victoria, BC that day, and I was greeted with a card Calista made on some wrapping paper she found in the suite. Then, I was treated to breakfast — which was Cinnamon Toast Crunch with rice milk and a bagel with jam, since we didn’t have much food on our last day there — and a bouquet of mini roses, trimmed from the faux flowers on the table in the kitchen. It was very cute. (Read on …)
…there will be more to my day than trying to get babies to sleep, right?
I am so tired. I was up until 3:30 am working, and then up with the boys to feed them a couple of times last night and up for the day at 8:00 am. All I want to do is nap, and as tempted as I get when the boys are in their room, I know it will just set me further behind with my work. I have GOT to get more daylight work hours logged so I don’t have to stay up so late at night. I fell pretty short on hours last month, and short on hours means short on income, which we can NOT afford. (Read on …)
I’m here. Tired and busy, but here. :)
The boys are doing great. They turned six months old on the 19th of April. Nate weighs 13 pounds 15 ounces and Ace weighs 11 pounds 15 ounces. Big boys!! (Read on …)
I don’t know what their deal is lately, but the boys are not having it when it comes to sleep!! I went back to putting them in their swings after the whole transition to crib fiasco and naps are ok again. But now bedtime is a nightmare! The screaming, the whining, the fussing, the flailing around… and the boys are just as bad! He he… (Read on …)
I think I am slowly losing my mind. You see, originally, we had the boys napping in their swings. We’d swaddle them, plunk them in there and they’d sleep for 3-4 hours at a time. Sweet. But a few weeks ago, I decided they need to start napping in their cribs and learn how to sleep on their own. As I type this, they are in their swings, so perhaps that gives you an indication of how it’s going… (Read on …)
I love those quiet moments where I am suddenly consumed by the miracles that are my children. This morning, I had been thinking about our first IVF and the three embryos that did not grow into babies. I wondered who they might have been and quietly mourned their loss. I would have loved to have known them as I know Calista, Ace and Nate. (Read on …)
