Week Eleven

Twins with their Uncle Jake & Nanan; 12/24
Thanks, Brady!

(12/20) Dad survived his first day as Mr. Mom and even took the twins out to run errands yesterday! C went to the museum for carpet skating and some Christmas fun with Sarah & Jor, so Dad wasn't too overwhelmed.    

The twins slept a lot yesterday, and went down quickly at 9pm, only to be fully awake and smiley at 1am this morning.  J was a cooing, kicking, grinning fool ~ it was really cute!  They eventually settled in and went back to sleep and I left the house this morning before any of the men woke up. 

Today will be Kathy's first day watching all *5* boys.  Good luck, Kathy!

D 12/23

(12/21) Kathy said everybody did just great yesterday.  Hooray!  D was pretty clingy and didn't do much sleeping, and today was flip-flopped with J having a happy day of babbling and D marathon napping.  D slept from 9pm yesterday til 3am today and then again from 11:30am-3:30pm when I woke him up.  Somebody was tired!   

After work, I packed the boys up and headed to Nana's to help make gingerbread cookies.  Mom brain, however, intervened.  Even though I *packed* the diaper bag with diapers and extra sleepers, I left it sitting on the couch and didn't remember it until I was just minutes from Nana's.  Sigh.  Back home I went.  The boys had a nice nap and were ready to socialize when I finally did get there.

D 12/23

(12/22) Today is the last day of work before a week-long break.  WOOT!  What a great schedule to ease back into working (9am-3pm).

Both boys had a great night of sleep.  I put them down at 9pm, and even though I had to resettle them at 11pm, they both slept til 3am & 3:30am before their first wake-up. Win!  Nice job, boys!

Tonight we're off to Grandma & Granddad's for Barracca family dinner.  I love Christmastime!

D left; J top; C right 12/23

(12/23) We got home about an hour after the babies usually are in bed last night, but they still went down pretty easily. D woke up a couple of times and fussed himself back to sleep until I went up for the night.  Then he slept in til 9:30am.

The boys were all congested today, so I broke out the nebulizer.  D thought it was funny and smiled the whole time.  J wasn't impressed and C was convinced his cough was all gone within two minutes.  Goofy guys!

It's Christmas Eve Eve and we have nothing planned, so we'll be all rested up for the festivities tomorrow.

J 12/23

(12/24) We had a lovely day and evening with family in Gig Harbor.  The babies were quite the hit tonight!  I think I held them for all of 20 minutes.  Maybe.  I love this picture of Nanan and the twins! 

Nanan 12/24 (J on the left)

Riley & J

Trudy & J

Kyle & J

J 12/23

(12/25) We had a wonderful Christmas at Granddad's!  The twins are set with a new highchair, baby food containers, diapers, cute outfits and blankets!  Talk about spoiled.

J	Dad & D
Dad & J	 Granddad & D

J

(12/26)  I am off from work this whole week, so we're going to make the most of it.

Today we're off to take Dad's new "Hockey Dad" practice jersey for a test drive at a stick and puck session with C.

I put the boys in slings and they immediately conked out.  When I would sit, they thought it was time to eat, so I paced the hockey rink for about an hour and took lots of pictures of Dad & C.  A gal there with an 18 month old said she felt so bad that I had to carry them, when really they're not all that heavy. It was easier to wear them than to drag a double stroller up and down the stairs.

My men ❤