Consignment Sale

So, I went to a consignment sale yesterday and scored! I found a bag of socks for $6 that had 8 pairs of those cute trumpette "mary jane" style socks in them along with about 10 other pairs too!!! I was ridiculously excited about a bag of infant socks, but I felt like such a bargain shopper and I was right proud of myself. Katie didn't have very many footed sleepers, which I have found to be the easiest thing to keep them in, and now that it is getting cold I wanted to pick up a couple. I got the aforementioned socks, 6 sleepers for Katie, Christmas footies for each of them, and a pair of jeans for Tyler and some overalls for Katie all for $40! I was going to put them in the sleepers to get their picture taken with Santa Friday night but unfortunately I got duped - the Christmas outfit for Katie was a pants and top set and the shirt is 0-3 but the pants are 3-6 - since she still fits best in newborn pants I don't think those are going to work! I have a little red and black outfit with scotties on it that I think I will put her in but still...

They have definitely outgrown their newborn outfits but the 0-3 are still too long - I have a feeling this is going to be a recurring theme throughout their lives!!! Poor little shorties!

First Babysitter

Should I be concerned that the babysitter just literally RAN out of the house? Seriously, she said that the babies were good and didn't freak out too much, but then when walking down the stairs she said deceptively nonchalantly - "I thought I wanted twins but..." I oddly get a little cocky when I hear that people finally realize that twins have a flip side to the cute two newborns thing, and when I encounter someone who really, really wants twins I find that I want to tell each and every one of them what it is really like to have newborn twins. A lot of people who see us out and about mention how they always wanted twins, how twins would be so fun, how perfect it is to knock it out all at once, how we can be done now that we have one of each, yada, yada, and I have to bite my tongue not to say do you know how hard this is, how we take pride in them only waking once a night because that is really rare, how we get excited if there is one hour an evening without one of them crying, how we actually feel guilty (or at least I do) that we have to hear them cry and physically can't pick them both up and cuddle and hold them, how it is a real ordeal to even go to the grocery store, and that you feel like such an oddball because moms of singletons would never let their babies cry for even a minute! Don't get me wrong - I feel completely blessed and love being a twin mom but it can be frustrating when people completely underestimate what it is like to have TWO newborns. I have no clue how parents of triplets or more make it, I really don't.

Honestly, the babysitter did great - Katie was asleep when we got in at 10:00 PM and Tyler was fed and that was fabulous - to have one evening that we did not have to do the feeding, rocking, bathing routine!!! Tyler is in there squawking right now and I will probably go in and rock him and love on him a bit, but it is amazing how much easier that is when I haven't listened to screaming and been spit up on A LOT for the last two or more hours!!! It really was quite funny just how fast the sitter left! I don't know if it was because she is a Lipscomb student and probably a non-drinker and she could tell we had indulged in a couple, or if the wrath of Katie and Tyler was just too much, but we came in at 9:50 and she was out the door and in her car at 9:52. All in all though, I rate the evening a success - Lance and I had a fabulous dinner, went to Corner Pub for a drink and really had a good time, and then got home with the fun part (snuggling and cuddling) only left for us to do for the evening! I do believe that this could become a habit - not really - we don't have the money or inclination for that, but we do plan to try to make it out at least once a month - it's good for sanity IMO!

More pictures from daycare!

Katie likes Nana Pam!








Tyler is unamused!




The difference in personalities even at a young age!











If I tell you a secret will you feel better?

Mini-Van

Well, it is pretty obvious now that a van is needed. I never thought I would drive a mini-van, but the car is just way too much hassle and the ease of a van will far outweigh its "uncoolness!" I have been driving around practically eating the steering wheel and there still isn't room for the carseats to sit properly and only the snap and go stroller fits in the trunk - which if they get much heavier the carriers might be obsolete and the snap and go will be useless. So, my car is on craigslist and so far we have had a couple of nibbles. The problem is that we have not had a car payment in almost 10 years, can't afford one now, probably can't even qualify for a car loan in this economic environment, our "extra" money is going to daycare, and if it wasn't imperative to have a safer more practical vehicle it would be completely irresponsible to purchase a new one. That means that we are on the hunt for a van for $6,000 (what my car is listed for) or less - should be a really nice van, with low miles (ha, ha)! I have found a couple of Honda vans in the $6,000 - $8,000 price range - they are old and have been driven quite a bit, but Hondas are good vehicles so I think that is what I am going with! Watch out - I can't even park my little volvo, I am going to be a road hazard in a van for sure!

First Day at Daycare

This is pretty funny - shows the order of events. They first looked like they were not happy at all. The second picture they are calming down some, although Tyler looks like he is about to lose it and then in the third picture they are out!!! I was so happy to get the pics - started missing the little boogers and wondering how they were doing!

Wiggle Worms

Here is a picture of them touching feet - they start out at the top of the positioners and inevitably find a way down to contort their bodies to get their feet against each other. It is really odd, this is not as much as they sometimes do, there have been times that Katie has completely gotten herself off the positioner. I bet if they weren't swaddled and on positioners these little houdinis would really be all over the place!

A couple of ten pounders!

Yep, that's right - both of them are exactly 10 pounds and 21 inches long. His head is a bit bigger but for the most part they are the same! He is still eating really well and she has kind of leveled out so he may even surpass her, but that's ok - boys are supposed to be bigger!!! They had their shots today - Lance took them, I am back at work. He said that Tyler took it pretty well but Katie was wailing before the nurse even got to her, so sad - glad I wasn't there. The doctor was happy with their growth and development and said that if you take into account their prematurity they are in the 50th percentile for weight and the 25th for length - they are a bit short but that shouldn't surprise anyone. They do say that 98% of boys are as tall as or taller than their mother so Tyler should be at least 5' 6" - but height doesn't really matter for professional golfers so no worries :-)!