___McKim Madness

FAMILY PHOTOS

2011-11-04T11:50:00.000-03:00

We had a friend of our we are lucky to have take some family photos the other day. Honestly I did not have a lot of expectations. Not because of his ability but with three young children you just never know what you are going to get. We knew we wanted to be outside and thankfully the weather cooperated with us considering it was the beginning of November in Eastern Canada!

Here are a few unedited shots until we decide what we love the most!

It was tough getting a family shot where we all were looking even OK.. though I do like this one

One of many great ones of Charlotte

Ruby oh my sweet gentle Ruby

Jazzy was a bit harder to get a natural shot she is such a poser!

Last Days of Summer

2011-09-02T21:24:00.000-03:00

I wish my brain was in writing mode and full of wondering, nurturing, and thought provoking words. The type of post which would make you want to grab a cup of coffee (if you drank it) and put your feet up and nod your head with understanding about how life is with children and a husband and being a Stay At Home Mom (with a home based Scentsy Business)... But it is not..

Instead however, it will be a recap of what I have been doing this summer with the said children and wonderful husband. I seem to have many strengths and many weaknesses.. One of those weaknesses I have come to realize is my inability to keep my blog updated even for my family and truly for myself.

I think of all the cute things the kids have done this summer and said this summer and wonder if I can remember half of them and how terrible of a mother I am for not writing things down right after the moment of cuteness.... or moment of sincere love, but alas, once again I have not. I will say though that this summer has been amazing! Not only amazing in the amount of traveling and "camping" and day tripping we have managed to do either as a family and sometimes even alone, it has been amazing because of how much the girls have grown and how much fun they are at this stage.

So here are some summer fun photos...

Please keep in mind these are all from an IPhone

The twins LOVING the Newly ReOpened Renovated Aquarium in St Andrews!

Both Girls REALLY wanted to touch the Giant Fish as they called them!

This the reaction each of the girls got after touching one of the Skates (look like Sting Rays) Charlotte Left was crazy excited and Ruby was seriously not sure what to think!

Adam and I get away alone twice a year normally for 2 nights each.. This year we went down to Old Orchard Beach and took in the sites and did some shopping for Adam and played some golf! It was WONDERFUL! What was not great about it - I did not take enough photos!

Adam got a good kick out of how much I do NOT like Ferris Wheels.. Seriously do not like them ! Somehow I still go on them! Not quite romance in the air when I was nearly shaking!

Need I explain the sheer enjoyment?

Back to School Shopping (or in their case helping mommy get Scentsy organizing supplies!

Who doesn't enjoy lunch outside with friends?

Sometimes they like to pet ponies!

Or Feed Lamas

Charlotte has taken to sleeping in the closet - Though the last couple of mornings/naps they have been on the floor laying together with their faces almost touching!

They have mad climbing skills!

Jazzy is growing up fast! These are Adam's friends Kids from our cabin trip to Cap Pele! It was sooo cute!

Cap Pele - 6 hours a day on the beach.. happy children.. no melt downs.. no naps it really was wonderful!

RUBY

CHARLOTTE

Irving Nature Park Walks

Trying out their new helmets! I know not a clear photo but I love it!

Last but not least! Who doesn't love washing Gnomes at Nanny and Gramps house with toothbrushes!

So, We Went CAMPING

2011-07-30T18:43:00.000-03:00

There are many things I thought about wanting to do with my family long before I even had a family. I knew I wanted to make memories doing things together as a family and regardless of how much work and how much stress it could possibly be, I still wanted to do them. Camping of course was on that list. Do not get me wrong, I LOVE CAMPING! I love the smell of a campfire, and the sound of the zipper from the tent zipping and unzipping! I love the sticky mess marshmellows can make and the ice cold water you would use to try to get the sticky mess off. Above all, I love the freedom children can have to run around without a care in the world, getting dirty, getting wet, but most of all having fun!

We went camping in Mactaquac and I must say that the camp ground was very children friendly and their facilities were excellent for someone in a tent. Our disturbingly loud and foul neighbours were not a welcomed addition to the first night but honestly it poured buckets on us the first night so I am not sure if I would have gotten many more hours of sleep worrying if I was going to wake up with the children soaked.
We decided that even though the twins are in their big girl beds they would still sleep in their playpens inside the tent which was the best decision we could have made.

The trip was certainly not all it planned out to be. My in Laws were along for the ride and my Brother who is home for two week break from the OneAsia Professional Golf tour, along with my mother came up for supper and the night with hopes of us all golfing in the morning. The Heavens which just continued to open on us sent my mother and brother packing home at 730 in the morning and the rest of us to the mall in Fredericton to run the three girls around until the rain hopefully stopped. Thankfully it did and we were able to enjoy a lovely afternoon and evening around the camp fire!

We made memories - the twins had a great time chasing after Jazzy and learning to throw a frisbee with minimal damage to the local trees and foreheads! Was it the best camping trip I have ever been on? Perhaps not, but it was the first one with my wee ones and even if they won't remember stinking up the tent with their farting all night from the mixture of marshmellows and camping food, the rest of us will and I am thankful for even just the one day of sunshine as it allowed us to create a lifetime of little memories!

The twins getting set to partake of some camping food! Charlotte (L) Ruby (R)

I REALLY wish I could have known what they were talking about.. Ruby on the left!

PIGGY and ELEPHANT just HAD to experience camping along with the twins! They sleep with these little Scentsy Buddies and we were NOT leaving them home!

Throwing Rocks in the River is a favourite of my children - I think of any children!

Just because I think it is a cute photo of the twins! I could not begin to tell you which one is which.

Charlotte digging for better rocks

Ruby wondering why Mommy has the camera in her face while trying to pick up rocks

Jazzy is extremely hard to get a good photo of! If she knows you have the camera it is the ultimate cheese crazy person smile with the hand on the hip. I surprised her with this one and it is the best I have!

The long walk back from the river to the playground and camp site. Next time we go we would for sure stay closer to the playground and water. We had a beautiful site with a cute brook running right along it, but too far from the river for my little ones!

OH CHARLOTTE

2011-07-24T19:14:00.000-03:00

Because I plan to become more consistent with my blog posts I really wanted to make sure to blog about the cute and fun and unique things my children do as a way to record for my blog book later on.

So today was a great one in my books. Adam and I are thankfully on the same page when it comes to parenting and Time Outs have become a useful tool for us with the twins. However, today I think it lost a little bit of its effectiveness this is how it went down.

Mommy sitting putting in a Scentsy Order
Charlotte and Ruby eating popcorn and watching Tangled
Charlotte comes over to Mommy
"Mommy, I needs a time out"

Mommy "Why Charlotte"

Charlotte "I going hit Ruby"

Mommy "thank you for telling me"

Charlotte then proceeds to put herself in a time out in the time out chair for thinking about hitting Ruby and not actually hitting her. I tried to explain to her that she did not need to go in a time out for something she did not do, and thanked her for being honest about wanting to hit Ruby.

Inside I was dying of laughter but the moment was too precious to ruin with a laugh!

Oh the fun things our children do at the young age of 2

HARRY POTTER

2011-07-18T12:24:00.001-03:00

Saturday night Adam and I went to see how it all ends (at least in Movie form) of Harry Potter. I can only say it was amazing and heart felt and my favourite part of the book was done so absolutely beautiful that I was crying plenty of tears! There were a couple change ups that perhaps as a HUGE fan of the books I was not a huge fan of them onscreen but after much discussion on the way home with my husband we both agreed that it really would have been difficult to pull off exactly how it happens in the book - on screen. I won't say what they are for those who have not read the books or seen the final movie yet.

If you are going - bring kleenex for sure!

In other Harry Potter related news because I am sure I'm the only one who has not shared this.. but well um at least he is not a teenager so I can say is anyone else's mind blown away by this! Neville LongBottom you have come a long way in the books and in real life!! (Matthew Lewis is the actors name)

THE VOW

2011-07-16T14:07:00.000-03:00

I get teary eyed every time I even watch this trailer.. I am a sucker for a sweet romantic feel good movie!

WHOSE YOUR MOMMY?

2011-07-12T10:02:00.000-03:00

The twins have been growing so fast it seems, and their vocabulary and smarts are really kicking into high gear. It is so cute to listen to them talk and especially talk to each other. When they speak to each other they speak so much faster and with such cute little words and their little voices get higher and higher! Jazzy has been enjoying the twins so much more as well which is a wonderful thing to see and hear.
The hardest part we are dealing with right now is their possessiveness of Mommy. I am happy they love their Mommy and Daddy so much, but when they are whining over me - oh that is not any fun for anyone involved! Yesterday up at the pool was for sure a first! Ruby was hanging out at my feet and eating her snack and Charlotte came over to try to get close to me and Ruby put her arm out as if to almost clothesline Charlotte and said in a very Firm and loud voice, "NO THAT'S MY MOMMY"! It went back and forth between the two of them claiming sole ownership of me and if the voices had not escalated to yelling at each other, it actually would have been quite cute! I should soak of the days of them wanting to spend every minute in my site, because I am not looking forward to when I am no longer the coolest person to hang out with!

What we have been doing..

2011-07-11T12:20:00.000-03:00

I have been really terrible at updating my blog and my goal is to get better at it so that I can use this as my journal and do a blog book, but so far my attempts have come short and today will not be much different except for a few photos.

Adam and I after three years of our first generation IPhones have finally made the purchase to the new IPhone 4! We are so happy we have if for only the reason being the much better camera. I never remember to take my camera when we go do things as a family, but with our phones we are good to go. They are not perfect by any stretch of the imagination, but they are better than not having photos and really they are not terrible!

So - this has been what we have been up to this summer so far!

Wordless Wednesday - Sisters

2011-06-01T22:08:00.000-03:00

P.S must give the Iphone credit and my husband for this one!

Not So Sure Anymore

2011-04-15T17:29:00.001-03:00

I used to think the twins look like me, but I'm not so sure anymore.

What do you think?

Dress Up

2011-03-22T10:59:00.000-03:00

This is what going for a walk with the twins in dress up stage looks like..

The Girls are TWO

2011-03-20T20:43:00.000-03:00

I am not sure how time has gone by so quickly but the girls turned 2 on March 19th. I feels like only yesterday I was in the hospital being monitored making sure they were safe. It seems like only yesterday that we were calling Adam from work and they were coming even earlier than we thought. It truly only feels like yesterday that I was going to the NICU 4-5 times a day to feed the girls and to spend time with them. It seems like only yesterday that the parking attendants and I were friends! I really feels like only yesterday that I got to hold my little girls together safely for the first time. However, looking at them today and watching them play with their friends and family, they are clearly 2 years old and Loving it!

Ruby and Charlotte are a little obsessed with Barney and finding anything Barney in 2011 is challenging. I did get 2 little plush toys from Ebay which were a huge hit and we have purple/green/yellow balloons and I made an attempt at a Barney cake. Thankfully when they said it they yelled BARNEY, so at least I fooled them!

Happy birthday to my little miracle girls!

Valentine Project

2011-02-12T15:33:00.000-04:00

I cannot take credit for the idea, but I will take credit for actually making them.
I tried to fine red parchment paper, but went instead with the red thread which I think turned
out really cute! Inside I have M&M's and conversation hearts.. I wanted Cinnamon hearts but I
can't understand why I could not find any!

Who else has made a cute and easy Valentines project? Share with me your link to your ideas and projects!!

Going Private to Be More Open

2011-01-11T16:22:00.000-04:00

So some of you may, or may not know I sort of keep another blog, Confessions on an Emotional Eater and I actually plan to be more honest and open and true on that blog for 2011 as I struggle to get my emotional and physical health back to where it was before two little aliens took over and it has never been the same again.

The twins have this Dr Seuss book they love Called "the shape of things" and in the end after explaining there are many different shapes of everything.. it says "Of all the shapes we MIGHT have been, I say Horray for the shapes we're in!"

Well every time I read that I think - um - no - not the case, and I have had motivation and lost it, and I hope that my blog will help, so if you are wanting to take the journey with me.. please leave a comment or send me your email address so I can go private to be more open!

Christmas

2011-01-05T12:18:00.000-04:00

I know I am really behind, and you would think with my husband being on Christmas break from teaching school that I would have lots of time to sit down and update my blog. Honestly though, in the evenings once the kids are in bed we watch a couple episodes of LOST season 6 (second time round) and play Black Ops together. Surprisingly for all you ladies out there who might think video games are lame and a waste of time, it is actually really fun and great couple time because we get to talk to each other the whole time as opposed to watching a movie where we do not talk.

Anyway, back to the point of the post is to show you a few Christmas photos. Christmas was a lot of fun this year, but I can't wait for next year. The girls are really a fun stage right now. It seems like every day there are a few new words and more love.

Here are a few photos

NEW HAIR

2010-12-08T09:17:00.001-04:00

In case some of you are not on my facebook... I thought I would share my new hair cut!
Honestly, my husband has been wanting me to cut my hair again and try out something even shorter! I know most men love the LONG hair, but he has been on a shorter hair kick, and I was all for it! My "inspiration" for the style and colour is Alice Cullen... So we shall see how it looks when I actually try to do it myself!

It is Happening

2010-12-02T13:08:00.000-04:00

It is happening, the house is starting to look a little like Christmas. We have put up our new tree (Thank you Costco) and the only thing we have on it right now are the lights (prelit) red ribbon and pine cones. Adam and I both love the tree as it is, so I think this year we are going to forgo putting the ornaments on the tree. Mostly because we love it as it is, but also because I think the girls would have fun taking them all off! If you look closely at the photo you can see an area where the girls helped me put the bows on and they are all in one spot..

We also hung our Stocking sign. I got this new this year and I love it. Especially since we do not have a spot to put our stockings.. last year we put them on the piano but that was not really that much fun! I have three more stockings to add to the holder when I actually put ribbon on them to hang them. I made them last year but I think I might make some new ones as they were a really quick job!

I love Christmas in our home.. Not because of the gifts (though it will be fun to watch the girls sort of open them this year and Jazzy will be so much fun! It really though has to do with how much happier people seem to be this time of year!

Halloween

2010-11-03T12:45:00.000-03:00

I have been a bit neglectful with my blog but thought I would post a couple photos of my cuties from Halloween!

What would YOU Say?

2010-10-04T22:31:00.000-03:00

I would tell myself "It is OK to cry"

Monday Music

2010-09-06T09:54:00.000-03:00

How have I missed this song for the last year or so???

First is the Italian version which I think is every bit as beautiful - if not more beautiful!

Here is the English version featuring Kelly Rowland

What do you think???

What song have you been listening to lately more than normal???

Sunday Best

2010-08-22T16:31:00.000-03:00

We never made it to church today, between knowing the girls have been napping even earlier and are desperately in need still of two naps (and will NOT fall asleep on us) and a flat tire we never made it.

However, the girls still got to wear their Sunday best - I would be more than OK to let them run around in their pj tops and cloth diapers but my husband loves when they are dressed up really cute - so here they are today in their Sunday Best!

Aboiteau Beach - Cap-Pele

2010-08-21T08:23:00.000-03:00

We were lucky enough to get to go to the Cabins of Aboiteau in Cap-Pele again for an Executive work retreat for Adam and the family. Adam was in meetings during the days so I decided to bring my mother with me to help with the girls at the beach as I knew I would not be able to run in two directions and I certainly did not want to miss the opportunity to spend some time at the beach with the girls - their first real experience at the beach. They certainly did love it and watching them play and splash and giggle as they fell over in the little waves trying to get their balance was so much fun! They were excellent little girls who were really on their best behaviour for which all of us were ever so grateful! My only complaint about the place - and I mean only, is that where our cabins were at the beach entrance only had stairs going down to it and no ramp for us to take the wagon down without having to unload the girls and carry the wagon down!

Here are some photos to prove how much fun we had!

CHAT to the Future

2010-08-14T12:35:00.000-03:00

I mentioned a little in a previous post about CHAT to the Future!

My husband has been working hard with Gerald in Uganda to provide shelter, food, medicine and a school to these 130 orphans and has been doing such a great job and working so hard for such a great cause. I thought I would share with you a little video from the news last week and hope that everyone will join the facebook group and support such a great cause in any way you are able to.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

2010-08-09T20:29:00.000-03:00

It is hard to believe how fast 2 years have gone by and how much has happened to change my life in the past two years. Adam and I were talking about all the changes and honestly, as happy as we are, it feels like 5 or even 10 years should have gone by with all the big changes which took place.

I know most women say how lucky they are to be married to the man they call their husband, and I am no exception. I have been so blessed to be married to Adam! He truly has one of the kindest and caring souls of anyone I know. Honestly he himself has no idea of how great he is as a person which I suppose makes him even better! I truly married the perfect person - for ME! He puts up with me - honestly it is true, some days he really does have to just put up with me, and he does it because he loves me! I have never doubted the fact that my husband loves me not one day so far in our short two year marriage. I truly hope I can say the same thing 5, 10, 20 even 40 years from now!

So to Adam, my best friend, my laughing partner, a father supreme, my love, my true North Thank you, and I love you! Happy Anniversary!

What I Have Been Up To!

2010-08-06T17:27:00.002-03:00

I have been a total blog slacker these past few weeks and well I have no other excuse except I am lazy and do not really feel like I did anything all that excited to post about except last week, so I am posting now bullet form!

= Hanging out with these sweet girlies

= Adam went to Edmonton for 4 nights for a Canadian Teacher Conference and I had PLENTY of these girls, but I love them!

= Went to Denver for a Scentsy Convention = oh it was CRAZY over 6000 people together under one roof all who love Scentsy and work for Scentsy... it was seriously nuts but a lot of fun! I got to spend some great time with my sister Amie and meet some great new people and get to know some on my team even better. The trip was not without drama and sometimes I will never figure out why people choose to be the way they are but I had a wonderful time and had lots of laughs and am VERY excited for the new Scentsy Products coming out in September!

= We also held an event at our home on Monday August 2nd for CHAT to the Future and we had a nice turnout and got some great matches.. Check out the site and the sweet sweet African orphans who showed so much spirit singing to us via skype. We had a few more matches and some great memories for those here. I did a fundraiser which is still going from Scentsy, so if you are looking to get some great products and donate to a great cause email me to be part of the fundraiser or look at the website and sign up for the newsletter - anyone who signs up for the newsletter I will donate 2$ plus 100% of my commission for any purchases.. my email is jennymay.mckim@gmail.com
If you are also interested in sponsoring an orphan it is 300$ a year and you get LOTS of photos and updates and the opportunity to personally skype with your child.. Email me if you would like more info or send a facebook message to the group and my husband will help you out!

On the right is Glorious the 8 year old that Adam and I have "adopted" within the 130 orphans from the Orphanage. The money goes to the entire group but the contact is personal!

Gerald the director of the Orphanage and National Representative for Youth in his district shown here with most of the children in their most recent gift from some Swedish Visitors - CLOTHES!
Check them out CHAT To The Future on facebook or their Basic Blog getting started at
CHAT TO THE FUTURE

= Honestly it has been a busy but somewhat relaxing summer here in the McKim household and I can't believe we only have three more weeks until Adam goes back to work and until I have my after school children to make up for me quitting work!

The girls are starting to fuss around my feet and I should get their supper ready!

Pictures instead of a Post

2010-07-16T09:40:00.003-03:00

I have been seriously lazy lately posting.. actually, nothing all that interesting going on and we have been spending most days outside which means less time for me sitting here at the computer while the girls play and even today I do not feel much like posting.

The British Open Golf is on in the back ground and the girls are busy pulling all their cloth diapers out of the basket over and over again.

So instead of a true post, how about a couple cute photos! (a couple of which are not in perfect focus but getting photos at all of these girls is an accomplishment)

Mommy Message

2010-07-04T18:53:00.002-03:00

Because regardless of what each of us mothers believe... This is something I think we can all stand to hear... especially on days like I have had today!

I used to love Shoe Shopping

2010-07-02T19:55:00.002-03:00

I cannot say that I have a lot to post about lately. My mind seems to just be all over the place and I cannot seem to find the time to sit down and write a decent blog entry.

However, most people love pictures of cute twin girls... and I happen to have cute twin girls!

The twins are walking everywhere and I am surprised that they do not care where they are walking be it on the grass, on the deck, on the pavement or in the house WITHOUT shoes on. Normally they never wore shoes outside, sometimes Robeezs but normally just bare feet because they did not walk. Now that they are, we were in desperate need to find them some harder soled shoes. Off I went with them (because I really needed to try them on because I had no idea what size honestly)...

After a few melt downs of me trying to shove different shoes on the girls and letting them down to try them out and then torturing them by putting them back in the wagon I decided on a couple pair of little Ked slip ons. I got two pair of the same so in case we loose one, we will at least still have a set! Charlotte was having a great time tonight trying them out. It was very cute because she would step REALLY high with each step and look back and me and her feet and smile with her new shoes. I am for sure going to need a few other pair of shoes, but at least their little toes will not be all beat up and bleeding (yes I am a terrible mom sometimes)... There are SO many cute shoes out there but I cannot rationalize spending 25-30 $ on a pair of shoes they will wear for a few months - especially when I have to purchase 2 sets of each of them!

So what are you favourite first shoes for your children?

Mama's Listening

2010-06-24T15:16:00.003-03:00

I have been a fan of Sarah McLachlan since I can remember. I am so excited because after 7 LONG years, she's finally put out a new album, Laws of Illusion. If you have never listened to her before, she is chill, puts a smile on your face and it is the perfect blend of music. Her unique voice is haunting and simply beautiful.

If you are planning on only downloading one song or two from this album you would be mistaken. The entire album is beautiful and perfectly Sarah!

I am absolutely in love with the Song "Awakenings" and "Forgiveness" Her emotions are raw and out there in her music and you can tell a lot of it is based on the emotions she would have recently gone through with her divorce.

Here is a little listening pleasure!

If you are a Sarah fan.. what is favourite Sarah song????

We are Sewing... daily sewing..

2010-06-23T09:51:00.002-03:00

Well maybe I am not daily sewing, but I wish I had the time to daily sew. I will admit that I am not a seamstress by any stretch of the imagination, but I do enjoy sewing and I have made more baby blankets and burp cloths than I can count. I have made wool pants from old sweaters for the girls over their cloth diapers, but really I have not made any clothes for the girls... until NOW!

I found this do it yourself over at PRUDENT BABY BLOG (which I love and honestly has something for anyone to be able to do) and I decided that if I could actually do it, I could make the twins some cute dresses that would not cost a lot and I might not care if they destroyed. I went to fabricville yesterday and purchased some really cute material and then some more on super sale material which will make cute dresses for playing around outside.

So, here is my first finished product! I have the same material in red to make Ruby's dress but I have not finished it yet. The girls are sleeping (hence being able to sew and blog) so I will try it on her after and hope it fits.

What have you sewn lately (and send me the links if it is online... I love looking at new patterns!)????

These Boots were Made for Walking

2010-06-18T11:16:00.004-03:00

The Girls are walking....Charlotte has been trying for a while and making a lot of progress. Ruby has not really been trying but all of a sudden she figured it out. Perhaps it was all the watching of Charlotte, but they are having fun walking around the house...

Here are a couple of videos of the girls walking around...
Sorry for the terrible camera job, I thought the screen would turn sideways when I turned the camera sideways - guess I was wrong!

20 minute workout - Constantly

2010-06-16T15:50:00.000-03:00

I KNEW that having children was going to be a lot of work, and that I would do a lot of running around after them. What I did NOT know, was that I was going to be running after twins! The girls are on the move. Charlotte tries to walk everywhere, which in itself is extra work because she does not grasp the concept of walking around in our living room is not quite the same as taking off down the paved driveway. (Her knees tell the story though)

As most of you already know, my girls LOVE being outside. When I say love, I mean it in the passionate way that I love ice-cream. If it is there, I want it! Thankfully for me, ice-cream is not always available, but the great outdoors is. 730 in the morning the girls are crying at the front door wanting to go outside!

I can't make it through the entire day if we spend it all outside! We have a large property (which I love) but no need for a fence around it, and well I have to keep my eyes on them constantly. Between the many things they can get into, it is a constant work out running after them now that they are even faster on the move. It was WONDERFUL when we could all go outside, spread a blanket and they would sit and play for hours and not wonder what it would be like to eat dirt, grass, mommies plants, leaves, twigs, bugs, and whatever else they manage to find on the ground!

Now this is what my day consists of!
I have even taken to bringing their high chairs outside for lunch in the shade because dragging those outside is a lot easier than dragging them both inside kicking and screaming because they do not want to come inside. I cannot blame them really, it is beautiful outside and I honestly love eating my lunch outside on the deck, so I do not mind, and think it is quite cute!

So here is a peek at a couple of hours outside with the girls today...

LUNCH

A bit of story time after cleaning up from lunch! (as much time as I can get out of the chairs!)

Looking at mommies flower bed

Eating Mommies flower bed (I have tried many times to stop them.. I let them get a taste now hoping that they will figure out it is nasty and stop.. The more I try to stop them, the more they want to eat!)

Charlotte pondering the taste of DIRT!

Whoever said that premie babies do not get chubby - um well look at them now!! Ruby just crawling through the flower bed while Charlotte munches on a stick!

Charlotte in her very colourful outfit (yeah I know it does not all match) eating the leaves from the tree!

Can you tell which one is my trouble maker already??? Where I found Charlotte when I turned my back for a minute to stop Ruby from climbing up and standing on our deck chairs.. That is the look she gave me when I told her to get down... I did not quite catch the bottom lip hanging down. The girls are at the age now where they are understanding that mommy or daddy is NOT happy about something they are doing and you should see the lips they give us... CUTE - but not so cute!

SO that is about 2 hours of time during my day with the twins....
For all you mothers of multiples or little children close to age, what are some of your outdoor activities that you find keep them entertained and how do you keep them from running all over the neighbourhood???

Teaching them Early

2010-06-13T14:09:00.000-03:00

My twins LOVE going to Indigo Books to play and to read books in the "Teacup"! We also thought it was wise to teach the girls that grocery shopping is fun...That way maybe the fits will be minimal when they get older :)

Here is a little of both!

Please forgive the poor quality - these were on my IPhone!

Never Heard That Before

2010-06-11T22:00:00.005-03:00

So tonight my in laws (who are next door) were trying out their new fire pit for the first time and we had an invitation to come over and roast some marsh mellows and sit around the fire.. Which of course we took up! As I am writing this quick note I am basking in the scent of camp fire, and loving it.

So Jazzy (my step daughter) who will be 4 in October and our neighbour friend Gracie were playing hide-and-go-seek while we adults sat around the fire. The girls came back for round two of roasting and I noticed Jazzy looked like she might have peed her pants (which she never does). When we asked her if she had she of course was embarrassed but then quickly added the reason why she peed her pants, and I quote...

"I couldn't go in an pee, we were playing hide-and-go-seek and I had a really great hiding spot and I did not want Gracie to find me"

I think she might have her Fathers Competitive nature!!

The sun was right in our faces but I had to post a photo of the girls first "bon fire"

Overly Cautious

2010-06-10T14:55:00.003-03:00

We did not want the twins scared of the stairs, nor did we want to be nervous every time the girls went near the three steps between our dining room and living room. So, from a very early age we helped teach them to turn around and go down the stairs. Ruby I guess is going to be our overly cautious child...

I guess our camera has a great microphone on it because the TV sounds like it is screaming at me, and you can hear my stuffed up breathing as well... Please ignore!

I Can No Longer...

2010-06-07T15:27:00.000-03:00

"At the end of the day faith is a funny thing. It turns up when you don't really expect it. It's like one day you realize that the fairy tale may be slightly different than you dreamed. The castle, well, it may not be a castle. And it's not so important happy ever after, just that its happy right now. See once in a while, once in a blue moon, people will surprise you , and once in a while people may even take your breath away." (Grey's Anatomy)

My life takes my breath away everyday... Not always because of the best reasons, but always because my life has true meaning and reason!

I am not sure if it is simply the fact that I now am a mother, or that being pregnant royally messed up my hormones, but I can no longer watch just about any movie, or show without crying. During my pregnancy that is typical, but I really truly thought that it would change once my beautiful babies were safely in our world, but it has not! Every emotion is heightened and that is not always a good thing. I seem to have higher happy and lower lows! I even cried while re-reading Eclipse! Which brings me to my post today...

Things I can no longer do since having children

- I can no longer pee in private

- I can no longer read "I'll Love you Forever" without crying
- I can no longer fit in my favourite jeans
- I can no longer go the entire day with clean clothes
- I can no longer sleep in
- I can no longer plan more than a couple days ahead
- I can no longer hear and pay attention to most of church meetings

Finally

- I can no longer imagine my life ANY OTHER WAY!

Top Ten Thursday

2010-06-03T11:54:00.003-03:00

Top Ten Reasons I love my Husband (this week)

1. He knows how to deal with me

2. He tells me how great of a mother I am with the girls

3. He tries extra hard in the morning to be quiet not to wake the house when he goes to work so I might get those extra 15-30 minutes sleep before the girls wake up

4. He works really hard

5. He has such a kind and loving soul (not just for his family)

6. He is not a picky eater and will eat the same thing for dinner/lunch a few days in a row!

7. He is SO good with his daughters - and they love him so much

8. He supports and helps me find time to work out

9. He is supportive of my SCENTSY venture

10. My number one reason this week... the flowers he got me with the little note... and I quote!

"20ish team members (on my Scentsy team)!!!"

"20ish pounds lost!!"

"20ish days until I join you at home for the summer"

"20ish year I've been looking for someone like you"

I love you

What are some of the reasons you LOVE your significant other this week??

(I will post them in my Friday follow up next week and link to your blog)

Check back tomorrow for the Follow up Friday for last weeks Question

Wordless Wednesday - Dubrovnik Croatia

2010-06-02T21:31:00.002-03:00

Dancing Babies

2010-05-31T08:21:00.004-03:00

Just a small little video of my girls.. (Yes I do have a life outside of them, but me dancing around my living room is not quite as cute as them)

They absolutely LOVE "The Backyardigans" We do not let the girls watch a lot of TV, but when they do watch it, normally a show right after breakfast and then perhaps one in the cranky hour before bed, it is the same show over and over again. I have tried to get them to watch a different episode and after the intro which they LOVE, they loose interest and try to get the remote to change which episode it is.

So here is a little video of my girls bouncing (on my folded massage table) to the intro to their favourite show.

What are your children's favourite show????

Attempted Photoshoot

2010-05-28T20:06:00.001-03:00

I have come to the conclusion that trying to get my twins to sit still for a "twin" photo shoot is almost impossible. They will sit still and smile for the camera if it is just one of them, but try to put the two of them together - IMPOSSIBLE! Today was beautiful out, but with a slightly cool breeze off the ocean and some cloud coverage. So I thought maybe I would try my hand at getting a few new photos of the girls. The sweet little dresses I put on them for the photos were ones we got at Christmas time for them (I could not resist them) and they have only really worn them a handful of times and figured they were going to be too small for them before the cooler weather rolls around again.

So here is my feeble attempt at taking photos of my girls. Please note and remember, I am NOT a photographer... Though I love my camera, I really do not know how to use it! There are so many functions on it, and I would love to learn how to be a much better photographer, or one at all, but for now... I want to keep capturing my ever growing girls. One of these days we will get a professional to take some photos for an updated wall photo!

Please forgive me because there are a lot of photos.. There was a run of photos I just had to post!

As a side note, we rarely dress them the same and when we do, we always try to have something unique on each one of them. It is not hard to pick out which one Ruby is in these photos... Her little red shoes are going to be something I think she will always have!

PS for anyone who does not know (and it took me a while to figure out) you can click on the picture to make it bigger... I know - I was probably the last person in the blogging world to figure that out!

Now Charlotte was more than happy to be in the cute rocking chair (which happened to be my husbands when he was little) but wait until Ruby was the one in the chair!!

Ruby trying to get her to leave the chair alone!

Charlotte deciding she was getting up in the chair regardless if Ruby was still in it!

My girls are so much fun and though they always keep me busy, they always keep me happy!

10 Things

2010-05-27T20:01:00.002-03:00

10 Things I think are OVERPRICED!

1. Pregnancy tests

2. Feminine products

3. Toilet Paper

4. Diamonds

5. Car seats

6. Cars

7. Canadian cell phone plans

8. Good Running shoes

9. Baby Formula

10. Diapers (though I cloth diaper mostly)

Anyone agree.. disagree? Have their own to add to the list??

Next week I will post the most common results from my comments. Which means though that you will have to comment.. I will even say who the idea came from and linky link to your own blog! I have been having so much fun blog surfing and made me realize my blog is so insignificant out there, but I will still plug away at it since I have been terrible at journaling!

So do share with me what you think is seriously overpriced!

DUE DATE

2010-05-25T13:31:00.005-03:00

Before any of your freak out and get excited thinking that the title of this post has anything to do with me being currently pregnant and surprising you all, you will be seriously disappointed. I have one year old twins!! I do not wish for another baby just yet!

What today IS though, is my actual due date when my sweet little MoMo twins were due!

I just learned of a couple in Nove Scotia who sadly lost their MoMo Twins (at different times throughout the pregnancy) and it reaffirms just how blessed we were! The rarity and risk of the type of twins we have made me extend my arm of friendship to other mothers out there going through the same thing and when we learn of their trials, it deeply reminds me that having the girls screaming their heads off as they bang on the door at 7am to go outside is not a trial, but a blessing in those moments, because we have them with us to drive us crazy.

Life is so fragile and so delicate.

So today while I was out running a few errands and I got the usual slightly annoying, highly repetitive questions about wether or not the girls are twins (and then asked today after saying yes) being asked if they are Sisters, instead of giving them a "are you serious" face, I answered with much conviction... YES they are sisters and each others best friend already!

As I type this little post and listen to the girls waking up and laughing with each other and talking their own little language, my heart is filled and spilling over with the love I never knew I was capable of giving and receiving from them. Though they are constant work (like any children) and they test every ounce of patience I have, they are here... they are ours and they are healthy and beautiful, and for that, no matter how many late nights there were, no matter how many nights I spent in the hospital before they came, no matter how many trips to the hospital daily for 2 months we made after they were here, nothing clouds over my joy I feel when they snuggle into my arms and lay their head on my shoulder giving me a hug while saying "awww"... Awe is right, I am in awe at how blessed my life continues to be.

Baby Bumper Cars

2010-05-24T10:34:00.003-03:00

Multiples and more Question of the week

2010-05-23T14:25:00.001-03:00

The Question of the week is
"What is the craziest thing someone has ever said to you about your multiples and how did you respond?"

I asked my husband what he thought about this and the things he has been asked as well and boy do we have a few.. I can refer you to a few of my previous posts about annoying things people have said and done, and I can refer to the stupid thoughtless things people have said, but I think the craziest it has ever
gotten with the twins is one day while in Walmart (and I noticed as I read some others that they took place in Walmart!) the girls were tired, but I had some things I needed to do, and they normally go to sleep without much fussing, but today they were fighting it! Ruby was already asleep and Charlotte was giving it a good attempt to get me to pick her up and snuggle! Most of us multiple moms know that it really is hard to hold a baby and push a double stroller, let alone setting a precedence for them to know crying gets me to pick them up. So she cried, not long it was maybe two minutes into her crying and this woman comes over and starts to try to pick up Charlotte from her stroller..

PICK HER UP!

I abruptly asked the woman what she thought she was doing, and she responded with
"If you are just going to ignore your child, than someone needs to pick her up"...

I just about lost it!
Seriously, there could have been a little brawl in the baby food aisle of Walmart! I told her (and I still can't believe I did) that if she went near my child again I would call security on her! Who does she think she is trying to pick up some strangers baby without asking and without warning! I asked her if she had any children, she said YES - 5! I asked her if her babies ever cried - she said YES.. I asked her if they ever died from crying... Yes, I really did! Then I put down what I was doing and left before I wanted to run her over with my beautiful massive double stroller that I deeply "heart"!

On a side note.. the comment that normally made me fume the most was the constant question of "Are they your first?" When I would answer yes, people would always, always say... "Well thats good.. at least that way it is EASY (though sometimes they would say easier) because you don't know what it is like to have just one"!

To you parents of triplets or more... My hat goes off to you...

What I have been doing!

2010-05-21T16:52:00.000-03:00

What I have NOT been doing is being very good at blogging! What I HAVE been doing most days that it does not rain is chasing after these two sweet monsters!

(I know - we need to mow our lawn - it is being done today!)

Sunshine Makes Me Happy

2010-05-14T08:58:00.000-03:00

Actually, sunshine makes my twins happy and they LOVE being outside. Just this morning at 7am they were at the door knocking on it wanting to go outside already. It unfortunately is not really warm enough to enjoy outside at 7am yet here, so they will have to be content for a few more weeks staying inside and playing with mommy!

Yesterday was a beautiful afternoon which we spent outside enjoying the fresh air and the sunshine. The girls are getting better with leaving their hats on and are very willing to let me put on sunscreen (it is like they somehow figured out Mommy does not worry about our hats as much when they have it on) and they would sleep outside I am sure if I figured out a way for them to be able to do that. I am very grateful they love being outside and we will spend a lot of time outside this summer playing or at our pool.

I was eager to take some photos of the girls yesterday in the beautiful sunshine, but I think a few minutes into it one of them put their fingers on my lens and I never realized it. Most of my best shots have a "smudge" mark on them which you will be able to see, but I am posting them anyway. Maybe today I will try again as I am sure we will be heading out anytime after they wake up!

Our girls are growing up so fast! Charlotte took 8 steps in a row yesterday.. starting and stopping and Ruby is very proud of her two steps.. I know it is cute to see them "walking" but I certainly am not looking forward to running after them that much more!

Here are a few photos for your enjoyment...

Charlotte crawling away to try to eat more dirt!

Ruby- Giving me the - Seriously Mom - the hat again look!

Ruby - doing one of her favourite things, reading a book! (sorry for the terrible smudge)

Charlotte - look all crazy and cute

What would have been a great photo of Ruby - Minus the smudges

People always say how little hair the girls have, but I don't see it that way! (Notice the cloth diapers on my clothesline.. oh I love the sunshine!)

WHY do you LOVE the SUNSHINE!

{Top 10} Make Me Cry Movie Moments!

2010-05-10T13:07:00.001-03:00

So a blog I follow - Busy Bee Lauren has been doing a week long of top tens. I however, have not been doing that but decided to join her in her latest one.. Top 10 things which make me cry - like every time!

I was not sure if I could find 10 because lets face it - I never cry!! OK, I know I joke, but most my my crying involved movies, songs, TV shows, or babies!

So I have decided to go for the movie moments!

1. Pride and Prejudice - picking only one spot in the "movie" it terribly difficult because I LOVE LOVE the entire A&E 6 hour version! If you have only watched the newer version and loved it, I highly suggest you watch the true 6 hours of it!

2. Forrest Gump - Plenty of times through the movie but the ending when he is talking to Jenny's Grave is one of the most touching moments in movie history (IMO)

3. She's Having a Baby - Plenty of people probably have not seen this movie, and let me be honest not the worlds greatest movie, but I LOVE it.. and anyone with any type of heart would cry at some points in this movie! (keep in mind 1988 movie folks!)

4. Charly - A Mormon Made movie that would touch the heart of anyone who has ever loved or hoped to love! (Just adding this clip makes me cry)

5. Dead Poet's Society - If you have not seen it, please watch it! This is one of my favourite scenes from the movie - actually pretty much anyones favourite scene who has seen the movie!

6. Gladiator - Perhaps the ending scene is not the one I should use, but I love the music.. This movie does not only make me cry because it is sad and beautiful, but because it is movie brilliance..

7. Anne of Green Gables - It is hard to find a good video of Anne of Green Gables - and I don't have the time to upload one of my own, so I will post two! One of the scenes which breaks my heart every time when Gilbert says "please say yes" and the other is a good mix of scenes from their "journey"

8. Busy Bee Lauren and I have this one in common! Sense and Sensibility - I am a mess by the end of the movie and really - I laugh sometimes because I cry as much as she does and I KNOW I would be in the same lack of control of my emotions!

9. Message in a Bottle - Nicholas Sparks - Enough Said really! The ending of this movie breaks my heart in two every time... I do not know why I torture myself with it really... (it ends before she finishes the letter so watch clip 14 too!)

10. What list would not be complete without Notting Hill -

10 Things I love about today

2010-05-08T19:27:00.000-03:00

1. The twins are in bed and it is 713

2. Taking the twins grocery shopping - they LOVE sitting in the cart side by side and looking at everything (though when we went by the bananas it was a bit of a scene with them wanting one ASAP!)

3. Charlotte taking 5 steps today - 2 and stopping and staying standing up and 3 more!

4. Ruby actually attempting to walk and when standing up so still - SO PROUD

5. Listening to my husband and Jazzy bake cookies in her Easy Bake Oven - Oh how I love him

6. Watching GLEE with my husband while everyone slept - (he actually thinks it is funny)

7. Treating myself to Brie cheese and French Baguette

8. Fitting into my jeans comfortably (though not my favourite jeans yet)

9. Putting together my Mothers Day gift for my Mom

10.Wearing my Ruby ballet shoes today ( I heart them)

New Hair

2010-04-29T18:31:00.000-03:00

I have hair that grows faster than weeds, and is thicker than brush... Honestly my hair dresser always tells me he is amazed by how much hair I have... Today I had about half of it on the floor after a much needed hair cut.

He said the cut would make my eyes stand out even more, but I think he might have overdone it!!

Maybe the hair cut will make me actually DO my hair - though I highly doubt it!

Wordless Wednesday - Jazzy

2010-04-28T21:16:00.000-03:00

My stepdaughter Jazzy

Sorry not the best quality.. It was scanned!

Eat THIS

2010-04-27T22:24:00.000-03:00

So not only have the girls taken to blackberries... CHARLOTTE has taken to the "earth"
Sunday we were outside playing in the grass and digging in the flower bed and Charlotte keep eating the dirt by the handfuls! Not only did she like the dirt, she was licking it off the little shovel she had in her hand. I tried to stop her but I guess she just found it way too delicious! Today, I could not keep her from eating - well not eating, LICKING my shoes... my slippers, my flip-flops! Oh what an odd little girl!

What is the worst thing you, or your kids have eaten????

We love blackberries

2010-04-26T21:48:00.000-03:00

The twins had blackberries for the first time today and if you can't tell from the photos, they LOVED them. They actually ate an entire container of them... these girls can eat and our grocery bill certainly proves it..

RUBY showing here total love and showing off her many teeth!

Put your hand up if you love blackberries Charlotte

Ruby showing her cute self!

Charlotte making a crazy freaky face!

IT IS OFFICIAL

2010-04-20T15:14:00.000-03:00

I AM A STAY AT HOME MOM!

It still seems a little overwhelming some days that I will no longer be going back to the office that I have been calling work for the last 13 years ever again as an employee. I would like to say that I went out with a bang and we had a big office party and everyone came to wish me good luck and I got a cake that said thank you and good luck, but lets be honest.... I worked for Air Canada for 13 years, not Google!

NO, I signed a piece of paper, and handed in three key items!
1. My headset
2. My ID card
3. My health cards

After that... I went back to my desk to finish out my LAST shift with Air Canada. It was a brutal one with the Volcano causing my last day to be more of a headache than it should ever have been. Did I work hard??? No, actually I did not for one of the first times, I really did not care!

When it came time for management to leave (I was working in the afternoon) NOT ONE of them came over to wish me good luck and to thank me for 13 hard working years.... NOTHING. Someone asked me if I maybe did not know them very well, but all of them have been there the entire time I have and most of them I used to work with on the floor...

So yeah, GOOD RIDDANCE AIR CANADA.

THANK YOU for the opportunity to fly around the world and see amazing things and meet some amazing people... Thank you for a pay cheque for 13 years and some great new friends, but honestly, did you have to hit me in the butt with the door on my way out????

THINGS THAT MADE ME HAPPY THIS WEEK

2010-04-10T11:03:00.000-03:00

1. Ruby figuring out how to go up and DOWN the stairs. Though the fact that she turns around to go down the stairs a couple feet before the actual stairs is what makes me laugh.. (Charlotte still looks at her with amazement she does it alone)

2. Charlotte desperately trying to take her first step

3. Charlotte and Ruby laughing their heads off while they push each other in their little wagon.

4. ONE more week of my Full time job left.

5. The wonderful scent of Scentsy Hemingway floating throughout our home

6. THE MASTERS

7. 3 pounds lost this week

8. The girls constantly saying UH-OH when they pick up something and drop it.. SO CUTE!

9. My Husband coming home Friday night... I so missed him.

10. Emmy and Finley staying strong....

What made you HAPPY this week????

EASTER WEEKEND

2010-04-04T10:34:00.000-03:00

The girls are SO HAPPY to have Mommy and Daddy home for three solid days with out either of us having to be anywhere.

We have had lovely weather so we took the girls outside to try out their new wagon! Lucky for me Toys R Us was having a sale and we still have "mall money" left over from a gift, so we got a wagon for little out of our immediate pockets! We called it their Easter Gift, but really they needed a wagon anyway, and we are not ones to give big Easter Gifts (in fact we did not even do any chocolate eggs or anything this year - honestly they are one - they don't need a chocolate bunny on the foot of their bed that mommy or daddy would end up eating anyway!)

They LOVE their wagon....

Lately the girls are trying to walk more and push things around walking - So to provide hours of fun they have each other to push around...

ENJOY!

Two Weeks Notice

2010-03-31T19:59:00.000-03:00

So after a lot of anxiety and a lot of talking everything over in my head and with my husband, over and over and over and over and over again, I have FINALLY made my decision -
Drum Roll Please!

I am giving my Two Weeks Notice tomorrow!

I did NOT come to this decision lightly, and it has proved to be one of the hardest decisions I have ever had to make. Many tears were shed, plenty of realizations and a lot of grey hairs will soon follow.

I really have been flipping back and forth for months trying to decide if I should after 13 years quit a job which provided us with a little extra cushion and great flying benefits not to mention other things. I finally realized that the fear in my decision was NOT about Money, but about Independence! I have had a job since I was in high school, just about always had a job minus some of my schooling, so I have been mostly able to take care of myself! Quitting my job was going to mean I was going to have to rely on someone else to take care of me - Not an easy step to take!

Even after I decided in my head that I was going to quit! It wasn't until I prayed about my decision that I FINALLY felt at PEACE with it and KNEW it was the right decision. There is life after Air Canada (so I am told) and my life is about to get so unfamiliar emotionally in so many ways, but here is to Quitting a job I did not hate, saying goodbye to people I have grown to love, saying goodbye to people I never cared for and realizing how many of my friends are jealous I finally made the decision.

So thank you work for all the amazing experiences traveling around the world you have provided for me, and Thank you to my little twins for all the experiences I am about to have with you that Money will never be able to buy!!

(PS Thank you all ladies (and gents) for your sound advise and support, and if any of you need Airline questions answered and help with tickets for Air Canada, you only have two weeks left!!)

BIRTHDAY PHOTO OVERLOAD

2010-03-22T20:28:00.000-03:00

We decided this year was a big year for the girls and for us and Mommy and Daddy so we decided we would do a nice fun party for the girls with family and friends to celebrate everything which was their pregnancy and their birth story and their first year of healthy happy babies.. It was a wonderful birthday party and the babies were all so good all TEN of them... only one little crying fit when a mommy left to get her little one some food in the other room.. it was amazing and fun to see them all playing together. They are my friends from my baby group which have been wonderful to me and helping me with the twins when we all get together so I can feel somewhat normal!

The picture I posted yesterday was the photo of their bigger guest cake as well as the little party favours I made for everyone. I KNOW - ME making party favours, but I had those little boxes I got on clearance from Michaels and figured, why not use them? The candy inside was themed with babies - sour soothers, cabbage patch kids, and licorice babies.. From the photo you can see the little R and C for their names..

On with the photos and enough of my details happenings of the party!

The girls in their new Birthday Dresses

The play group girls at the party

The two Grandpas...

Opening gifts!

IT WAS SO MUCH FUN!

Birthday Party Photo Preview

2010-03-21T22:20:00.000-03:00

A sneak peek into the birthday girls party!

We had so much fun, but now I need to get to bed and get ready for my first day back to work.. I wonder just how much I will cry tomorrow - Not worried about the babies crying, just mommy!

Happy First Birthday (picture heavyish)

2010-03-19T14:51:00.000-03:00

I can't believe my little girls turned one today.
They are soundly sleeping during their afternoon nap and I already had my little cry over the fact they turned one and how blessed we are that they are such healthy and happy little girls. It amazes me every day that those two little precious spirits were entrusted to Adam and I to love and take care of. There are days where it overwhelms me how much I love those little girls.

Though today is their actual birthday, we are not having their birthday get together until Sunday afternoon due to conflicting schedules with family. I am excited to have family (and a few friends) over on Sunday to celebrate their cuteness for a whole year now.

So until I get more 1st Birthday Photos.. Let me remind you how much they have grown in the past year!

Me 18 weeks pregnant with the twins

The day they decided they needed to come out even earlier than planned!

Charlotte one day old - as they were switching her units I got to hold her without any tubes

or wires, or anything for a whole couple of minutes.. It was beautiful peace!

Ruby foot - I know I have this one before too, but I love it!

Charlottes little finger in mine!

The day before we got to come home as a family...

SOOO cute and getting bigger!

Just the other day - not their best photo, but a candid shot of how big they are getting!

Look for sometime either Sunday/Monday another post with their 1st Birthday photos and a bunch of photos of things they have done this year!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GIRLS!

MOMMY AND DADDY LOVE YOU!

Guilt - Oh Guilt

2010-03-18T19:33:00.000-03:00

Top 10 things I feel guilty about these days

1. Going back to work Monday - even if for a short time

2. Not getting to church as often as I should because the twins nap time is right during the first meeting and our day is turned upside down if they don't get that nap, and they don't nap on us.

3. Not keeping the house as tidy and clean as it should be seeing how I am home all day

4. Not feeling/looking what I wanted to look 1 year post baby!

5. Not making dinner every night for my husband

6. Not being more grateful for everything I do have and wanting what I don't have!

7. Sometimes envying mothers who just have one baby at a time.. (I know odd but it would be easier to get out more often)

8. Not exercising more

9. Some days not even getting out of my pjs

10. Wishing I could get away from my life for a good week..

I KNOW I should not feel so guilty - and I KNOW people are going to say that comes with motherhood, but still... It really can get me down from time to time...but I am trying!! Who knows how long I will last at work, and I KNOW (or HOPE) eventually I will get back into my favourite jeans, and my life will eventually get easier..
Don't get me wrong - I LOVE the life that I have, I think I just need a break, and realize I am not going to get it anytime soon (just like most moms)

Run Forrest RUN

2010-03-14T19:46:00.000-03:00

Having the name JENNY when Forrest Gump became popular, had no shortage of people quoting Forrest lines to me for years and years after. Even now I get the occasional one and think they must have just recently watched the movie!

My point is simple today - I wish I had been Forrest and been able to run across the country - just run, and run and run - maybe THEN I would fit into my favourite jeans!

How did you get back into your favourite jeans after having a baby (or two at once in my case)????

Wordless Wednesday - First Photo Session

2010-03-10T15:27:00.001-04:00

Bathing How To

2010-03-06T12:24:00.000-04:00

I absolutely love my little girls (though I have been dreaming about being pregnant with a boy) and I love how excited they get over little things. Example - Right now they are both crawling around the floor laughing chasing each other and an empty container of puffs is rolling all around and they think it is the most funny thing they have ever played with - How I wish our lives as adults were so uncomplicated.

This morning I decided to do a double bath again. They love it so much, and I have been trying to teach them to "wash" themselves with the face cloth.. We will have to work on that, as you can see from the photos they did just about everything but!

Bath Time

Who says the babies do not have any hair ????

Wordless Wednesday - Which Twin?

2010-02-24T09:26:00.000-04:00

I know, but can you tell which twin this is???

Entryway Make Over - Ty Pennington Who???

2010-02-21T12:45:00.000-04:00

OK so, MAYBE I don't have the skills that Ty has, but I also don't have the staff and the tools, but I am happy with my entry way make over. Yes, I did EVERYTHING by myself.
My husband was gone this week for meetings with the teachers Union in Fredericton, so I had double duty of babies during the day/night and I managed to get mostly all of this finished to surprise my husband when he came home. I love my husband, but we both know I am the handy one of the two of us, and I love doing handy things... So... One of the last rooms to have a MUCH needed facelift... There are still a couple things I need to add to the room including a vinyl quote for the wall... I had to take photos right away because we all know it is not going to stay looking to neat and tidy, but I am very HAPPY with the results and so is everyone who comes through!

Here are some before shots!

Yes it was a 1970's wood panel look with a cute ironing board closet!

On the right is where we would hang out coats...

This photo does not show our washer and dryer but everything else was just about the same with colours and I had still not taken down the lace window treatments.

So.. here is the new and improved room! I smile every time I come in the room now!

Need to figure out what picture to put in the cute frame I found to match the letters for our first names. I almost found enough for the family but they did not have any "R" left for Ruby so I opted to get just the two for Adam and I! I LOVE them and put them in the old ironing board closet!

SO there it is everyone! It was A LOT of work and I did it mostly all at night when the babies went to bed and a few things while I had a friend over so I could go down to the "shed" to use the table saw to cut the trip and the wainscotting. I had A LOT of fun and now it is just to decide what QUOTE to put above the coat hooks..
ANY IDEAS of what it should say?????

Think before You Speak...PLEASE!

2010-02-15T22:29:00.001-04:00

I briefly mentioned that the girls had their 9 month (adjusted) follow up at from the NICU last week and everything is great.. Charlotte is off the charts and Ruby is right where she should be... I just have to tell this little story because not only did it make me slightly fume, it made me laugh telling my husband of it later.

So I was getting in the elevator with my long beautiful red/black double stroller that I heart, when another lady, and a couple got on the elevator with me. Of COURSE I get the usual questions I sometimes wonder why people ask, like "are they twins???" YES - You must have your hands full? - YES (both of them I always answer)... Then the woman by her self asked another usual question and this is how it went down.

Lady - "Are these your first children"

Me - "YES"

Lady - "Well that's good, at least that way it is EASY because you don't know any different"

Me - "Do you have any children?"

Lady - "Yes, just one!"

Me - "Was THAT EASY??"

Lady - "ummmm"

Other couple - "laugh laugh laugh"

Nothing else was said, but sometimes I have to wonder if people really think before they speak....
Add this one to the list of "You did not just say that to me" comments while out with the twins!

That is right up there with the lady in the grocery store asking me if I was buying the canned mandarine slices for the babies (I think they were like 5 months), and when I said No - She said good because she has 5 children and she knows they are too young for that and I looked quite young so wanted to pass that along - Seriously? Seriously???

SERIOUSLY???

Feeling Nostalgic

2010-02-12T15:22:00.001-04:00

So I have been watching the girls grow so fast and we had our NICU follow up a couple days ago and it made me very nostalgic for the little tiny bundles that really did nothing but cuddle and sleep!
Do not get me wrong, they are a lot easier (not easy) now that they can move about on their own and feed themselves and play with each other, but oh they were so little!

Check out their first diapers at the NICU compared to their diapers now! (another plug for applecheeks) Look how they have grown!!!
Oh so tiny, oh so grateful they are healthy and happy little girls!
(I have to remind myself that because they are far from adorable little girls today!)

What are you thankful for today??

Ruby's Foot

Day one with Charlotte before going into her incubator

The Ultimate Question

2010-02-11T13:40:00.000-04:00

I have been SERIOUSLY struggling with a major decision lately. I am struggling with the fact that my maternity leave is up soon and my return to WORK date is MARCH 22nd. Three days after the girls real birthday and 2 months before the adjusted one year mark.

I have been going through option after option in my head trying to make sense of everything and trying to predict the future (which I have determined is really hard by the way)!

Do I go back to work, do I stay home, so I go back to work, do I quit??? Over and over again at least every hour I run the scenarios through my head until the all get jumbled up together and I have to start all over again the next hour.

First off I have to say that I have applied for an extended leave, and that was denied due to man power requirements. I have also had a request in for part time since before I went out on Maternity leave, that too is not going to happen for a while. SO I have done everything before I return to work to allow myself to not go back to work right away for full time.

For those of you who are followers of my blog and not from my immediate area of Eastern Canada, day care here for TWO one years olds is around 125/175 per week PER CHILD! So my husband and I could look forward to paying between 1000/1400 for child care per month. The day cares closest to us in Millidgeville are all 175/week per child and it goes down as the children get older...

Now before any of you jump at me, I realize there are many women out there who work and pay day care for multiple children and I tip my hat to those of you who do.

Here are my options in my head.... PICK ONE for me.. I'd like to say that which ever one gets the most votes is what I am going to pick, but lets face it I fear I am going to make the decision on the 22nd of March after my first day back at work.

Here are my options

1. QUIT work - simple sounding isn't it? It really isn't! After 13 years with the same company of Air Canada I have grown accustom to traveling for next to nothing and having a regular pay cheque and a social life revolving around my work friends. A great pension I have been paying into and wonderful benefits system (though my husband has a great one too so that is not as important)

2. Go BACK to WORK

a. Go back to work full time and work my rotating schedule of days/afternoons/evenings/nights and have the babies full time at day care and I will get to see them some days and some not.

b. Go back to work full time and work all evenings and not have pay for day care as my husband can be home from his teaching job at 4pm and I can go into work at 4pm (It is up the street) and work until midnight and take care of the girls during the day and see my husband on the weekends (when I have them off) but Remember ZERO day care costs...

c. Go back to work for a few months until my husband is off for the summer and then quit and have the summer off with him and the girls and worry about tomorrow - tomorrow??

3. Quit right now and take two children into my own home as their daycare and make up most of the difference from my pay cheque verses the cost of day care! (note would not have summer off with husband and babies)

4. Quit right now... do nothing until September and take a couple kids in at that point!!

5. Quit (I see a theme) and apply at the new Costco to work part time (assuming I would get hired)

6. Finally the last option... Go back to work... try it out and if I hate it.. QUIT and figure it out at that point...

Do you SEE why I am so confused..???

My husband is supportive of whatever I choose to do. Honestly he does not want me to go back to work but sees the financial benefit of doing so. I do not need to work at Air Canada, but I do need to do something to bring in some money each month to help pay my student loans (yeah still) and pay down our overall debt load.

HELP PLEASE! (I also take suggestions)

Perhaps the most beautiful ever

2010-02-08T10:32:00.001-04:00

If you are wanting to read one of the most beautiful birth stories ever, please go over to this blog and get out your tissues and enjoy the long, but beautiful story. Trust me you will not regret taking the time to do so.

YES MORE PHOTOS OF THE GIRLS

2010-02-04T12:57:00.000-04:00

I WISH I had more time to take photos, or learn to take better photos of just about anything, but seeing how my life right now revolves around my family, and especially the twins all day long, I thought I would post a couple more photos of them.
I TRIED to get decent shots of both of them, but for some reason Ruby was much more willing to sit still and pose for me. One of these days we will get professional photos taken of the family, but for now, my amateur photography will have to do!

LOST LOVE - AND TOP TENS

2010-02-02T11:55:00.000-04:00

ENOUGH SAID!

Also, through the Multiples and More website, I stumbled across a MAN who is doing a blog about top 10 for men at this site ! He has only begun but his intro is quite funny and having twins myself, I laugh because my husband would go around exercising with the twins. I can't wait to see what his next top ten will be and how I can apply it to my man! So for all you women out there who have men in your lives... this blog is for them (but it can't hurt if we read it too, be sure to read his Top Ten Things This Blog Won't Be entry... at least I thought it was funny!

At least I am priority over the CAT

2010-01-28T22:12:00.000-04:00

So the girls have a deep fascination with the CAT.
I would venture to say they obsessed with the CAT.
He really is a great cat and so good with letting the babies crawl around and chase him around the room and not even mind when they make their attempt at petting him, and they give him a good boink on the kitty cat head of his. Watching how excited they get is very CUTE!

They have taken such a love for the cat they even decided to start saying CAT every time they see the cat or we mention the word cat.. It is very cute to hear them talk. Ruby pronounces the "ca" very softly and then comes the much more significant "T" sound..

I love my girls and am very happy that as much as they love saying the word CAT, they still love saying Momma more!

Here are a couple of IPhone shots of the cat Chance!

NOT so cute anymore (updated)

2010-01-27T15:38:00.002-04:00

As cute as it has been that Charlotte is now standing up in her crib, it is no longer cute as she has not figured out how to get down from the standing position...
SO.... during her naps and for her night time sleep, she gets up and has fun standing up and then starts crying because she can't figure out how to get down... NOT FUN!

Anyone have the same problem or know how I can keep her from standing up???
It is becoming a major issue when Ruby falls asleep right away and Charlotte is a stand up - Mommy goes in and gets her down - Stand up - Mommy goes in and gets her down until she is just REALLY too tired to stand up anymore. NOT loving this new ability!

OK to UPDATE I figured out a way to prevent her from being able to stand up in her crib.. I put socks on her hands.. She does not seem to mind them at all, and at least she goes to sleep with Ruby.
During the day tomorrow we are going to have to do lots of practicing of standing up and sitting down.
She is so very proud of herself for standing up so I feel bad about the socks, but she needs the sleep more, and frankly, so do I!

What I learned today...

2010-01-25T15:29:00.001-04:00

This is what I walked into when we went to get the babies up from their nap. Thankfully I had lowered the cribs bottoms this past week.
We have NEVER, seen either of the girls even try to pull themselves up on anything. I guess they were waiting until that had a nice comfortable crash mat!

Our beautiful little girls are growing up!

(oh and for any of you wondering where I got the vinyl lettering for the girls names it would be HERE)

Multiples and more Question of the week! Naming Twins

2010-01-24T16:44:00.001-04:00

How did you choose your multiples' names?
Honestly this was not as hard as it should have been. I made a list of names I really loved and liked and my husband put his input into the list and then I picked one and he picked one. Though we both had to agree on the names, it turned out to be quite easy!

Did you stick with family names?
We actually did not stick to family names for their first names, but middle names were family names, but names we both still liked.

How do you feel about "match" names?
Without trying to insult anyone who did this, it was not for us. I think a big part of it for us was that we were having identical girls, we figured they would look identical, they did not need to have similar names.
Personally I think it is cute when they are little, and not so much when they get older!

Did you worry about their names "coordinating"?
We wanted the names to sound nice together, but coordinate as in old and new or anything like that, no!

Did you name your babies before you met them, or wait until you saw them?
We named the babies before we met them. With a step-daughter we wanted her to have positive association with the babies and we thought that naming them before would help. Plus they were such high risk being MoMo babies that if case something happened to one of them or both, we already knew which one was which.

What were your second choices?
If we were having boys (though we found out fast they were not) they were going to be Miles and Oliver and the second choice for girls was Maggie and I was hoping my husband would agree on Josephine but I don't think he would have went for it.

Did you consider the popularity of a name as a deciding factor?
In a way we did, but not really. Neither name is all that popular though they are growing in popularity.

So here are our little girls.. Charlotte Elizabeth and Ruby Jane 30weekers

Bouncing Makes Me Happy Video

2010-01-20T20:16:00.000-04:00

At least bouncing certainly makes Charlotte VERY happy. She has decided in the past couple of weeks to just go nuts. It is funny when she starts to get cranky she will bounce and be happy, stop and start crying, realize where she is and then start bouncing again... Ruby sometimes just looks at her like she has three heads!

Please ignore the TV in the background.. Football was on!

Mad Moves

2010-01-18T11:52:00.000-04:00

Our little Charlotte has decided to up the game from the military crawl to a full on, faster by the minute crawl. She seems to move the quickest when the cat is anywhere in her immediate line of sight!

Ruby, well she just gets mad at Charlotte when she does that.

This morning we had Charlotte crawling around the kitchen island chasing after the cat, and Ruby crying at the whole scene. I did eventually pick up Ruby, but I want her to realize that she can crawl too (and she does the military crawl quite well)...

So the getting mad at each other thing has already started!!

I just can't wait until they are arguing over clothes and make-up!

Then again, maybe I can!

I HAVE A NEW NIECE

2010-01-14T10:48:00.000-04:00

WELCOME to the world
Maggie Jane Harvey Bauer
Born January 13th
8lbs 15 ounces

Way to Go Bess.. All Natural!!

Healthy and Happy people all around!
Better pictures to follow!
(She came out so fast she has some facial bruising!)

In all their AppleCheeks cuteness

2010-01-09T22:46:00.001-04:00

I can't help but post these photos of the girls..
They are military crawling just about every moment they can, and a little regular crawling mixed in with it. They are loving their new found freedom.

I Heart these girls in a huge way!

(Applecheeks cloth diapers.. LOVE THEM!)

There you are VALENTINES TREE

2010-01-08T19:25:00.001-04:00

SO we are mostly finished decorating the Valentine's Day Tree..

YES, you read that correctly....

The only thing left to add to the tree are the High School Musical Valentines (So the selection was minimal and it was the best of the best for sure!) Who does not want Zac Efron hanging from the lovely branches of their Red/Pink Tree..? I only wish they had Christmas Ornaments with him on it. Then again, I am sure one of you is going to tell me you already have that...

Without delay...

Here she is!
(Please ignore the lame photography..... Hard to take photos of the tree lit and it looks so much better when it is...)

You KNOW you LOVE it.

If you DON'T nobody wants to know!

(OH also, you will notice there is basically NOTHING at the bottom, TWIN guesses as to why that is the case!)

OH VALENTINES TREE.. OH VALENTINES TREE

2010-01-07T12:14:00.000-04:00

We love our "small" Christmas Tree.. simple, plain, white lights.. red ribbon and pine cones..

The girls also LOVE the lights and they look for me to turn it on every time we come into the living room (Yes we still have our tree up)..

We actually do not want to take our Christmas Tree down (and yes it is fake my husband is allergic to real ones)!

We have decided to turn it into a HOLIDAY TREE..

We shall see how this goes..

First up - VALENTINES DAY..

Next stop.. Dollar store for some Valentines.. some hearts and ribbon..

Oh, and Cupid on top!!!

I will post pictures when we have it finished..

I KNOW it is a Silly idea... but we love the way the LED lights look, and the babies LOVE the tree!

(On a side note.. I hate watching TV in the total dark and my husbands hates with the lights on.. So compromise.. We turn the tree on and we are both happy.. who would ever want to disturb the happiness around Television watching in our home??)

Care to join us??

PINK, PINK and PINK

2010-01-05T20:47:00.000-04:00

This is what it looks like to have three VERY PINK car seats in your vehicle..
We opted for the Radian XT even though they were more expensive, it kept all of them in one row...
OH MY.. thank goodness we don't have triplets...
(Forward facing for Jazzy my stepdaughter, and the two others..)

OH, and the PINK were on sale 100$ less than neutrals... so when purchasing three can you blame us??

Teeth photo

2010-01-03T11:20:00.002-04:00

The girls seem to be growing so fast and I have to remind myself somedays that they were such tiny premies and that they really are only 7 months and not 9 months old when it comes to development.
They are finally both sitting up on their own and able to get from the sitting position to the laying down without always falling over to get there :)

Ruby has cut her first two teeth and Charlotte has one through and the other one being stubborn.
Some people say that they never really notice a change in their babies when they teeth.. Well to them I say, please do not ever tell me that again... No mother of twins wants to know that your baby did not show any cranky behavior or be more clingy while they were teething.. Yes, I am happy for you, and NO I do not want you to tell me AGAIN just how you never noticed the teeth were through until you saw them..

So with no further delay... introducing teeth number 1 and 2 for Ruby Jane

ANOTHER BLOG

2010-01-02T10:33:00.001-04:00

So I have decided to take my "Confessions of an Emotional Eater" to it's own blog. I am going to try to write each day how I feel and things I over come and things which cause me to break and steps I am taking to eat healthier and be healthier and be happier about myself...
It will be brutally honest and probably embarrassing for me to tell at times, but I think it will help me to keep on track and to figure out how to break this terrible cycle I am spinning in!
So come join me, feel free to post comments, and if you would love to share your own confessions I am more than happy to make you part of the blog so you can try to break the cycle with us..
It is meant to lift us up and help, but at the same time a place to be honest and to "confess" our habits and secrets of eating!!

So add me to your list, or follow me... I certainly will be able to use all the support I can get, and I know others of you out there could too!!!!

CONFESSIONS OF AN EMOTIONAL EATER

Confessions of an Emotional Eater

2009-12-31T10:29:00.001-04:00

Yes... I am admitting it.. I am an EMOTIONAL EATER!
Some of you might ask what is that really!
Emotional eating is eating for reasons other than hunger instead of the physical symptom of hunger initiating the eating, an emotion triggers the eating!
I never realized how much emotional eating was a part of my life and never thought I was an emotional eater until the twins were born. It has become so abundantly clear that emotional eating is something I do on a regular basis or try not to do on a regular basis.
Being an emotional eater is clearly not what any of us want to be.
I do not want to have a really bad day with the twins and get in the car to put them to sleep and stop at a fast food drive through because I can actually enjoy a few moments of peace because they fell asleep and the food seems to taste so much better because they are quiet and because it was not cooked by me, cleaned up by me, or healthy for me.
I am more than certain I was an emotional eater before the twins were born, but it seems to be that they for the good or bad, have brought the worst out of me and my emotional eating.

Do I know why I emotionally eat? No, I really do not know at all why I do, and I wonder if that is going to be a huge problem in trying to overcome being an emotional eater, I guess time will tell! Being free from emotional eating takes time – it can take a LOT of time. For some people their emotional attachment to food is less severe and they can be done with the issue in months. For others, like myself, I have no idea, but it really was not until just recently that I truly realized I was an emotional eater.

So I am going to start blogging about my love/hate relationship with food and my steps to becoming healthier and not allowing food to control any part of my life...
I think I am going to start another blog with my ups and downs and successes to share with you on my journey to being a healthier me!

What is your relationship with food?

Wordless Wednesday

2009-12-23T10:43:00.002-04:00

Tuesdays Tune- Christmas Songs

2009-12-22T16:02:00.001-04:00

Since Christmas is coming up so very quickly I thought I would share a couple Christmas Songs...
First a fellow Canadian Favourite - Sarah McLachlan - Wintersong

Second since my brother in law who is in the Air Force is serving away from his family this Christmas, I thought I would put this up in tribute to all the Soldiers from all around the world who are away from their families at this special time of year. This one makes me cry every time I listen to the song!

Wordless Wednesday

2009-12-16T16:10:00.000-04:00

Tuesdays Tune

2009-12-15T16:04:00.003-04:00

30 Seconds to Mars has a new album that came out
Dec 8 and this song, Hurricane is on it, and I LOVE it.
There is not an official video that I am able to find!

Oh and yes, for any of you that picked it up,
Kanye West is featured in this song...

Ah! Jared Leto eyes still get me every time!

Hope you like this song as much as I do!

Let me know what you think!

If Edward were Mormon

2009-12-11T10:29:00.000-04:00

OK I just have to post this.. I cracked up so hard watching this..
Anyone who has ever lived in a singles ward, or lived in an area where there are
plenty of singles wards, knows exactly how funny, and mostly true this is.

Paul and Lindsay, this one is for you two!!

Check it out... and have a good laugh!

http://ldsfriends.com/81/if-edward-were-mormon/

I must Remember

2009-12-10T14:53:00.000-04:00

I must remember that no matter how hard some of my days are with the babies (and some of them really are) I am so blessed to have them in my life and to have Heavenly Father trust me with their sweet little spirits. They are such a blessing in my life, and I did not know my heart and soul was capable of loving someone as much as I love them.

SUPER CUTE GIVEAWAY

2009-12-09T12:16:00.000-04:00

Though I am not creative enough to come up with the ability to sew these..
Someone thankfully is..

http://grosgrainfabulous.blogspot.com/2009/11/chubby-baby-car-seat-cover-guest.html

SOOOOOO CUTE

Vacation from life PLEASE

2009-12-09T11:45:00.000-04:00

Have you ever beat a toy moose against the wall and felt better for doing it, or even laughed when each time you hit the wall the little squeaker would squeak? No, well I did yesterday, and lets be honest all this week I could have used the same technique and perhaps felt a little better.

The twins are teething, both have colds and both won't let me leave their line of sight without crying.
I can't go anywhere without total meltdowns it seems, and I feel like I am loosing myself. Add to all of it, my wonderful time of the month and I am feeling like I am going to loose my mind AGAIN!
Don't get me wrong... I LOVE my babies and they are wonderful and precious and oh so very cute, but when I am wanting nothing more than to sit down and eat breakfast and all I get are two screaming babies because they can't see mom anymore, that LOVE is still there, but somehow gets moved aside to almost be replaced by YOU ARE MAKING ME CRAZY love.

Most mothers of twins tell me that it gets easier when they are one....others tell me when they are two...
I need someone to tell me when they are 9 months because 4 more months of this, and I might truly be an insane woman by the end of it.

Cute girls shots, and yes I am alive!

2009-12-06T20:25:00.000-04:00

I know I have been such a slacker lately with my blog, but I have been super busy with, well life having twins but also with my Scentsy business! It has been a lot of fun for me getting out in the evenings and socializing with other women and not just babies. Plus, lets be honest being as busy as I have been is going to make a SUPER nice Christmas bonus.

The snow which came down last night has finally made things feel a little more like Christmas, and so should these little photos! Charlotte is the first photo, than Ruby!

FIRST Night away from my BABIES

2009-11-28T17:10:00.000-04:00

I SURVIVED
Actually, I had a lot of fun, and though I missed the girls A LOT, I knew they were in excellent hands with Sharon and Stephanie. I did not even call, but sent a text after their bed time to make sure they were down OK.

Where was I?

My husband is in the Executive for the Teachers Union and they had meetings and a Christmas social last night. It was a lovely time and a wonderful dinner and socializing. The night ended with a Yankee Gift Swap, and my husband and I were very happy with our gifts of ITunes gift cards, and were happy that our SCENTSY products were well enjoyed, though I do not think someone enjoyed having their bottle of scotch taken away for some Scentsy products, but his wife was happy about it!

All in all it was a wonderful night and a great chance for my husband and I to spend some much needed alone time. This also was a trial run to see if I might be able to survive 36 hours instead of 24 hour so we can go away for a night to Halifax over the Christmas holidays to get away, as well as see AVATAR in IMAX.

So who knows what will happen, but I now understand those mothers who had a very hard time leaving their children for a night. Really though, it is not that I thought they would have a super hard time with it! Let's face it for most of us, it is because we mothers have the hard time with it.

How did your first night away from your baby/babies go???

Tuesday Tunes - Blue Rodeo

2009-11-17T09:29:00.000-04:00

Yes.. Blue Rodeo!!
They have been around for A LONG time, but they are another great little Canadian gem (In my opinion at least) and no matter how many years go by, I always love listening to the voice of Jim Cuddy

I do not think I have more memories associated with Blue Rodeo (good and bad) than I do with any other band...

This is from their new album just released called The Things we Left Behind and the song is called "One Light Left in Heaven"

Meal time fun photos...

2009-11-13T19:20:00.000-04:00

What happens when Daddy feeds Ruby...

Tuesday Tunes - Kings of Leon

2009-11-10T14:56:00.000-04:00

I love this song... absolutely love this song... Makes me happy every time I hear it, and I just love his raspy voice....

What song makes you happy?????

You know you are tired when....

2009-11-06T21:12:00.000-04:00

You know you are tired when you change your daughters cloth diaper and go to put it in the wet bag and realize it is clean, and realize you somehow managed to put the wet diaper back on your child....

When did you realize you were TIRED????

A WEEK OF EVERYTHING AND NOTHING

2009-11-06T21:06:00.001-04:00

So it has been a long week for some reason..
I missed Tuesday Tunes and Wordless Wednesday...

I promise I will be back next week.. I think part of it is the weather is getting cold and I do not like cold weather.. It sometimes puts me in a bad mood!!

Actually I will do Tuesday Tunes..
This is a unique song that many of you may not know... but give it a chance.. it grows on you..
Plus whenever I hear it, it makes me smile and tonight.. I certainly can use that.

What song makes you smile????

___________McKim Madness________