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My idea of hell....

...includes helplessly watching sick kids and sick animals and not being able to do anything for them.

Finn has his first cold.  I think Kian is developing the same thing (hope he can fend it off). Sosa, who is getting up there in age, it having a harder time walking and can't jump up on the bed anymore.

Fun stuff.

We do have Sosa on some meds, and I am doing all I can to make Finn comfortable, but this is my first baby cold and I am freaking out. Between making sure he is breathing and obsessing because I feel like his cold is my fault, I am getting very little sleep.

Why do I feel like the cold is my fault?  Well, we of course, took them to my grandma's 90th birthday party.  ....and, of course, everyone wanted to hold them.  They were in heaven; they love to be held and gushed over, but I also knew that germs and disease were hanging out on every hand and around every corner.  I still risked it because it seemed like the right thing to do..and probably was, but I wanted to run around telling people to wash their hands and to quit breathing on them!

Anyway, here are some photos from last Sunday.  It really was a lovely party : (oh, and by the way, I don't think that my grandma or my brother and sister-in-law made them sick, and I know that maybe no one there made them sick....just that mommy guilt)

The birthday girl

Matt and Kathy making a pass to Bob (Finn really liked Uncle Matt's funny faces)

This lady really liked holding Finn.  I am sure he made her month.

My cousin's daughter.

More photos of the day here!

'Cause I'm slacking... a week (or so) in review.

#1 Valentines Day happened:

#2 Curling happened: (men's bonspiel....grandpa)

#3 Family Fun Night happened at my in-laws (no photo...having too much fun!)

#4 Cuddles happened (grandma)

#5 Cuteness happened:

#6 ..and surprisingly, some cuteness happened again:

#7 Some frantic last minute working on great-grandma Evelyn's (my grandma's) 90th birthday party happened (I was in charge of the photo board and thank you cards.  Photo board collage shown).

#8 Some stealing happened:

# 9 Haircut and color happened, but you will have to trust me on that since I have no photos of that either.

#10 And last but not least, some of this happened: (blog is going PG-13 here folks) 

(she will do just about anything for her holy grail)

.....hope a lot of good things happened for you too this week.

May I attempt to blind you with some cuteness bling?

I took these last week in anticipation for today...and frankly,  I am finally getting out my thank you cards.  I am hoping that the cuteness of the card miraculously blinds the recipient to the fact that they are getting thank yous when the boys are TEN WEEKS OLD!  It works that way, right?  "Oh, look at the shiny sparkly cute kids in stocking caps.  I can't believe how lucky I am to receive this thank you two months late."  ;-p

Look at those hats!  My awesome and talented friend, Jen Lessinger made them for me. Once again Jen, THANK YOU so much!

They are changing so fast.

Evidence:

Big boy (social) smiles:  (all together now....awwwww)

A crib full of clothes that they have grown out of: (::sniff sniff:::).  All their preemie and up to 7 lb clothes.  They are still wearing most of their Carters newborn clothes though.

As of last Thursday, Kian weighed 10lbs 2 oz and Finn weighed 11 lbs 3 oz.

Did you see the dryer sheet under the crib?

High Baby Fashion or 1980-ish "girly" Leg Warmers...

You decide

Bob thinks Baby Legs are glorified leg warmers.

I think they are adorable genius.

(I know I am right.)

EDITED:  Since I was asked, I bought the pillow at Red Envelope.  It was a super deal (and still is), but I also got free personalization when I ordered it in January (I think it was their Jan. promotion).  I saw it in an older issue of American Baby and went online to see if they still had it and saw it was on clearance. I had to snatch it up.  It is really well made and adorable.

Necessity is the Mother of Invention

In a different lifetime, maybe I will be a granola mom.  Maybe not all out 100% attachment parenting, but I think I have some crunch-like tendencies. 

Of course, as fate would have it,  I had twins.

...and all romantic ideas of being a natural momma went to the wayside.  I know women do it with two all the time,  but not this one. 

I have one morsel of granola in me...baby-wearing.  I love my Moby Wrap .  The boys like it too, but it depends on the day. Some days it is a sanity saver (for all of us).

The funny thing is that I wanted to try a wrap/sling and I knew I DIDN'T want one of those scary looking ones with a lot of fabric.  I wanted one of those cute pattern hip kind.  So, what do I end up buying?  A scary looking one with a crap load of fabric!  Once the woman at the store showed me how to use it, I was sold...and it holds twins!  (shhhh, I haven't figured how to get both in there yet.)

..but to show you how far I have fallen from the ideal:

We bought these Milk Maid bottle holders.  I am pretty much done nursing now (long story saved for another day...but like I said, I know some multiple moms do it...but this one likes her freedom and sleep too much) and when I am home alone, it is really difficult to feed both boys at the same time.  These tools are not perfect, but they do help...and I can at least usually get one going and hold the other/burp, etc...

...and to show you how even farther I have fallen...

My favorite Christmas present (besides the boys):

At 3:30 in the morning while feeding one of the boys, I can browse the Internet.  At 10 P.M while trying to get them to sleep, I can play music and sing along.  At 10 A.M. while they are having tummy time, I can fold laundry and listen to music.  When I can't get downstairs on my computer to Google the question,  "How much mommy guilt is too much?", I get out my trusty itouch, and ask away.

I may not be a granola mom, but I am a tech geek one.

..and speaking of necessity, there is nothing more spectacular and necessary than human development!  Finn rolled over from his tummy to back for the first time on Wednesday, and Kian came really close today.

...and the invention that I would like to see?  I camera setting/lens that could give me crisp photos in this horrible winter light. 

I can't wait to get these boys outside!