These Shoes are Made for Walking....

Mornings are a little crazy in the Jaillette house. For those without kids mornings are lazy times spent catching up on the news(former today show regular) , enjoying a cup of coffee(or preferred caffeine, in my case diet coke) and making yourself look presentable for the day(my max spent getting me ready now is probably 15 minutes). We have had kids for over 14 months now and I feel like we are still perfecting our morning routine....some mornings are easier than others. The kids for a brief time slept until almost 7:30am. That was bliss, but now wake up time is 6:45am on the dot. Like their momma they have an "internal clock"(that term is solely for hubby).

We are having a lot of firsts lately and this morning was one of them. It is kind of bitter sweet. My children aren't considered infants anymore. When we woke this morning instead of the normal carry from crib to highchair (simultaneously of course for my morning arm workout) for breakfast both boys walked from the nursery into the kitchen. It seems just like yesterday that they got their first pair of "big boy" shoes. Hard to believe this was already two months ago. I know it seems small but this is a really big deal in my book.

They have been walking for a good while now but never as independent as this morning. As if this fete were not enough, after breakfast as I was changing Will's diaper and I asked Spence to go bring me his shoes, and he brought me all 4. This fetching thing might come in handy! I am pretty sure we are right on the brink of a few other breakthroughs so when those emerge then I will be happy to post those developments as well.

It really just seeems like we brought our babies home from the hospital a couple of months ago. I know numerous people who have had babies over the past week. To them(who am I kidding, they don't have time to read this yet)I encourage you to enjoy every stage..... even the less enjoyable elements you will look back and somewhat miss since that bridges you to the next fun stage. It really does change your life forever. "Babypalooza" as I have deemed it began last week and continues until October. It seems just about everyone I know is having a baby. Dont worry we are not adding the 5th to our household just yet. Only Zoey qualifies.

Ruff!

My Own Personal Comedian

Attached is a picture of my husband and me pre-kids. We look very well rested and put together, right?!

I love my husband and he is a GREAT father. Sometimes I do question methods of parenting though as he often does for me too. For example, when he was trying to entertain our children today at the doctors office he thought it would be funny to see if he could get Will to "chase" him. I feel that this is how you become those annoying parents in a waiting room. Even though they don't run right now, soon they will, and do we really want two kids running through a room full of sick, snotty kids being the worst in the crowd?! Not mine.

Yesterday was a trying day for us. Our kids are pretty crabby.....and then on top of that we had a crabby night. Ugh. Its one thing to not get sleep with a newborn, but when you get used to having sleep again and then it is taken away it is not a good thing. I was hoping for some great diagnosis that the doctor could solve right up. No takers. Apparently they are just crabby from head colds and having difficulty breathing. Back to baby boot camp tonight!

My hubby (picture above) is really witty. More than me. He has pretty good comedic timing, is relativity humorous and sometimes I get a little bitter. For example, I have wanted to have a blog for about a year now, and since I had a lot going on I made the suggestion that maybe he should do it since he was an overall more entertaining person. While pregnant, he sent out pregnancy updates to friends and family and did an awesome job. Would this really be much different?! To make a long story short I finally decided to bite the bullet and do it myself. What does he send to me less than 10 minutes later? http://jaillettetruestory.blogspot.com/ It's not that I was unhappy that he created a blog, it's that it is better than mine(concept wise)! I love THS's and this is exactly what I had been asking for for a year! I have had a weekend to get over it so I am wishing him well in what ever he likes to post.

Love you dear!

Oh Boy, here we go!

I am not sure if you can search the history of a blog. If so you would see that my blog was started in February 2009. Most of those reading this would guess what also happened in that same month. I was blessed with the birth of my two twin sons.

I like to think in my own imaginary world that nothing can stop me, but after February 12, 2009. I have A LOT less free time. Hence no blog entries until today. I sometimes imagine what I did with all my free time. Things I know I used to do for example:
1. Run into a store to look not to buy
2. Talk to those I see that I know
3. Buy as much that would fit into my buggy

This is now how that 1-3 senario goes
1. I only go to a store to buy items I know of in advance. We dont run into a store. We park. Get out the stroller. Put the kids in said stroller. Make sure we have diapers, snacks, and anything else that might be needed during our 20 minute trip.
2. Talk to everyone we see because with twins almost everyone wants to talk to you. "Twins!", "Double Trouble!", "You've got your hands full!", "They look just alike!" Those are the top comments we get.
3. I dont get a buggy anymore because the only store that I know of that has double seats standard for all buggys is Sams. Therefore I live in constant fear that some store manager is going to accuse me of shoplifiting because everything I buy has to fit under the kids seats.

I love my chidren, but I realize I have become one of those people that talks alot about them so much I try to be concious of it when taking to my friends that dont have kids yet. Childless people rarely care about what the boys "new thing" is. So why not blog about it? I have such a lack of free time I figured why not add something else to this mix! I am bad about updating family and friends so maybe this will make my life easier in the long run. Enjoy.