Sunday, January 17, 2010
Poor husband....
Today has been an all daddy day with the babies. We both are under the weather today but he is at least able to hold his head up. I have spent 14 of the last 16 hours in bed and now am awake but miserable. My husband is sound asleep, poor guy.
I don't know what is wrong with us. I'm just glad that he was able to take care of the babies. I have taken some over the counter meds and pray they kick in. If they don't I have no idea how I will make it with the babies tomorrow.
Right now, more meds, an ice cold diet Coke to cool me off, and back to bed....after I check on the babies one last time.
I don't know what is wrong with us. I'm just glad that he was able to take care of the babies. I have taken some over the counter meds and pray they kick in. If they don't I have no idea how I will make it with the babies tomorrow.
Right now, more meds, an ice cold diet Coke to cool me off, and back to bed....after I check on the babies one last time.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Whew, the first birthday
Since my mother won a silent auction item for the Baylor Spirit Squad to make a birthday party appearance at the babies' birthday, it has been a whirl-wind last 3 days to get it planned and scheduled.
Their birthday is actually on a Wednesday so we have always said we would have their party either the weekend before or after. That sounds easy enough.....no quite. My husband's mother will not be here the weekend before and the weekend after is Valentine's Day. The Spirit Squad have games the Saturday before and the Saturday after. So, my husband and I discussed it and basically just had to make a decision that we hope, at least, will cause the least amount of re-scheduling for everyone.
First, we called the Baylor squad sponsor and asked about the Sunday after, which is actually Valentines' Day. My husband and I are not big "Valentine" people but I know that college students can be. The sponsor called me back the following morning and said that if the party is in the afternoon, which it will be because that is the longest time period that the babies are awake, that she already had 6 commitments from people to be there. That actually worked out 2 of the possible date conflicts - both grandmothers will be here and the Baylor Spirit Squad (the majority of them) are available.
Next, since we will be inviting friends with children of all ages to enjoy the Baylor Squad, we needed to find a location. The Arboretum is nice but ended up being out of our price range. I hit the jackpot with the Woodway Family Center. It also is available on 2/14 and is affordable. We will have access to the gym for the Squad and children to play and another room for food set up.
Last nite I worked for about 5 hours - really - looking on line for invitations. There are just no choices for boy/girl twin 1st birthday. Everything is either gender specific or color specific. Finally, I found a puppy dog invite that is red and teal. I can work with this. If nothing else, I can just use a plain red and white color scheme - it is Valentines' Day as well. Those were ordered this morning and are to be here by the end of next week.
I have left to find someplace to order cupcakes, buy the plates/cups/napkins (again red if nothing else), and come up with goody bags. Not in a big hurry for those things, however. I have time to make those arrangements and I will need to get a feel from the RSVP's to see how many to order/make. So, I have a few weeks break....at least I hope I do.
Their birthday is actually on a Wednesday so we have always said we would have their party either the weekend before or after. That sounds easy enough.....no quite. My husband's mother will not be here the weekend before and the weekend after is Valentine's Day. The Spirit Squad have games the Saturday before and the Saturday after. So, my husband and I discussed it and basically just had to make a decision that we hope, at least, will cause the least amount of re-scheduling for everyone.
First, we called the Baylor squad sponsor and asked about the Sunday after, which is actually Valentines' Day. My husband and I are not big "Valentine" people but I know that college students can be. The sponsor called me back the following morning and said that if the party is in the afternoon, which it will be because that is the longest time period that the babies are awake, that she already had 6 commitments from people to be there. That actually worked out 2 of the possible date conflicts - both grandmothers will be here and the Baylor Spirit Squad (the majority of them) are available.
Next, since we will be inviting friends with children of all ages to enjoy the Baylor Squad, we needed to find a location. The Arboretum is nice but ended up being out of our price range. I hit the jackpot with the Woodway Family Center. It also is available on 2/14 and is affordable. We will have access to the gym for the Squad and children to play and another room for food set up.
Last nite I worked for about 5 hours - really - looking on line for invitations. There are just no choices for boy/girl twin 1st birthday. Everything is either gender specific or color specific. Finally, I found a puppy dog invite that is red and teal. I can work with this. If nothing else, I can just use a plain red and white color scheme - it is Valentines' Day as well. Those were ordered this morning and are to be here by the end of next week.
I have left to find someplace to order cupcakes, buy the plates/cups/napkins (again red if nothing else), and come up with goody bags. Not in a big hurry for those things, however. I have time to make those arrangements and I will need to get a feel from the RSVP's to see how many to order/make. So, I have a few weeks break....at least I hope I do.
Sunday, January 3, 2010
What a Day!
Well, after my post this morning I figured I couldn't leave it all hanging out there, so here is the end of it.
I left my mother with the babies while I ran a few errands. When I got home it was time to give the babies' their afternoon bottles then put them down for a nap. Mother & I got on the computer and downloaded and printed the pictures she took of her new house so she could refer to them when packing/selling items from Inez. I also had a few reports to enter online. Just as I was finishing that up, the babies were waking up early.
We played with them until dinner time and fed them their dinner and bottles. My husband came home from quail hunting and was exhausted. Poor man walked about 4 miles carrying a gun so his bicep was tight and his legs were tired. We all played with the babies until it was pj time then bottles then off to bed.
Then we had dinner and sat down to watch about 30 minutes of TV. My husband went to bed and crashed about 8:30. After I was sure he was asleep, which took only about 10 minutes, I then pulled down the attic stairs and began to get the Christmas boxes down. I had to get started packing away the Christmas decorations...they were killing me.
I got all of the ornaments packed away and the lights. I then repacked the Little People Nativity Set away in its box. If you have never seen one I recommend getting one. My husband's mother got one for the babies and gave it to them a few weeks before Christmas. Of course at this age they picked up the pieces and chewed on them but as they get older we can use it to teach them about Christmas. And, because it is Little People they will be drawn to it each year. I also got the mini tree and ornaments packed and the tree skirt and topper. All that is left is to take the tree to the curb for Wednesday pick up.
Now, everyone is in bed, which I will be joining my husband shortly. What a day!! Tomorrow will be just as busy with the round trip run to DFW and getting back in time to go to the bank. Since Christmas is basically put away I can use some of the time I had planned to do that tomorrow to get a few other things done on the way home from the airport. Now, enough wearing myself out just thinking about it and off to bed...
I left my mother with the babies while I ran a few errands. When I got home it was time to give the babies' their afternoon bottles then put them down for a nap. Mother & I got on the computer and downloaded and printed the pictures she took of her new house so she could refer to them when packing/selling items from Inez. I also had a few reports to enter online. Just as I was finishing that up, the babies were waking up early.
We played with them until dinner time and fed them their dinner and bottles. My husband came home from quail hunting and was exhausted. Poor man walked about 4 miles carrying a gun so his bicep was tight and his legs were tired. We all played with the babies until it was pj time then bottles then off to bed.
Then we had dinner and sat down to watch about 30 minutes of TV. My husband went to bed and crashed about 8:30. After I was sure he was asleep, which took only about 10 minutes, I then pulled down the attic stairs and began to get the Christmas boxes down. I had to get started packing away the Christmas decorations...they were killing me.
I got all of the ornaments packed away and the lights. I then repacked the Little People Nativity Set away in its box. If you have never seen one I recommend getting one. My husband's mother got one for the babies and gave it to them a few weeks before Christmas. Of course at this age they picked up the pieces and chewed on them but as they get older we can use it to teach them about Christmas. And, because it is Little People they will be drawn to it each year. I also got the mini tree and ornaments packed and the tree skirt and topper. All that is left is to take the tree to the curb for Wednesday pick up.
Now, everyone is in bed, which I will be joining my husband shortly. What a day!! Tomorrow will be just as busy with the round trip run to DFW and getting back in time to go to the bank. Since Christmas is basically put away I can use some of the time I had planned to do that tomorrow to get a few other things done on the way home from the airport. Now, enough wearing myself out just thinking about it and off to bed...
Busy New Year
Well, it has been a crazy busy last 5 days. My husband left Lexington last Saturday after Christmas to drive my mother's car to Texas so she would have it when she moves. So my mother flew back here with me and the babies. Again, surprisingly, they did great on the flight.
We all got home with my husband's help of meeting us at the airport and helping with the car seats and luggage. That nite my husband's parents came over to see the babies and to bring some additional presents that "appeared" (Santa had made an extra stop). My husband's mother also had gone shopping the day after Christmas and apparently found a huge sale on baby clothes. The babies got so many cute outfits it was hard to decide what to dress them in the next day!
We took the babies to their grandparents for the day and nite of New Year's Eve. My husband, my mother and I went to the Barkin' Ball party and had a blast. My mother ended up bidding on and winning a birthday package from the Baylor Spirit Squad - for the babies' first birthday!! It will be fun and quite the unusual first birthday party if I do say so myself. Now we just need to decide on a theme and get the party booked. Since the babies' birthday is on a Wednesday we were looking at the weekend before or after. We have to book it around the Baylor basketball schedule so the Spirit Leaders will be free and there is a game the Saturday before and after so we will look at a Sunday. I have to wait until Monday to call Baylor to get with the squad's sponsor. If we can make it work the Sunday after, which is Valentines' Day, maybe we can do a red Valentine theme.....That way it won't be to girly for our son.
Anyway, today my husband is out on a quail hunt and I have a few errands to run while my mother is here today to watch the babies. Tomorrow, I take her to the airport while my husband's mother keeps the babies. Maybe then I can work on getting the Christmas decorations put away when I get back but before picking the babies up. This is the longest that we have ever left Christmas decor up but with 2 babies the days fly by. Of course, I wouldn't change it for anything!!
We all got home with my husband's help of meeting us at the airport and helping with the car seats and luggage. That nite my husband's parents came over to see the babies and to bring some additional presents that "appeared" (Santa had made an extra stop). My husband's mother also had gone shopping the day after Christmas and apparently found a huge sale on baby clothes. The babies got so many cute outfits it was hard to decide what to dress them in the next day!
We took the babies to their grandparents for the day and nite of New Year's Eve. My husband, my mother and I went to the Barkin' Ball party and had a blast. My mother ended up bidding on and winning a birthday package from the Baylor Spirit Squad - for the babies' first birthday!! It will be fun and quite the unusual first birthday party if I do say so myself. Now we just need to decide on a theme and get the party booked. Since the babies' birthday is on a Wednesday we were looking at the weekend before or after. We have to book it around the Baylor basketball schedule so the Spirit Leaders will be free and there is a game the Saturday before and after so we will look at a Sunday. I have to wait until Monday to call Baylor to get with the squad's sponsor. If we can make it work the Sunday after, which is Valentines' Day, maybe we can do a red Valentine theme.....That way it won't be to girly for our son.
Anyway, today my husband is out on a quail hunt and I have a few errands to run while my mother is here today to watch the babies. Tomorrow, I take her to the airport while my husband's mother keeps the babies. Maybe then I can work on getting the Christmas decorations put away when I get back but before picking the babies up. This is the longest that we have ever left Christmas decor up but with 2 babies the days fly by. Of course, I wouldn't change it for anything!!
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