Alone... for now.

Well... mom has gone home for 10 days... she will be back on the 6th of Feb for three more weeks then I am really alone. Not sure what I think about that. Living away from home for the last almost 8 years has been hard, you don't realize how much you miss family until you have access to them everyday for 3 months. When I dropped her off at the airport yesterday I thought I was fine.. then I started driving away. Not so fine. I came home unloaded the kids one at a time and undid the boys from their carseats and then everyone started crying, including myself. I put the twins on the boob and then the only ones left crying were myself and Trace.
Today feels a bit better, the boys only got us up once last night which is nice, although we went to bed later. I am hoping that someday soon they will be able to sleep through the night... I know I am dreaming but a girl can dream right? Trace has been better today as well, he has been getting in 4 molars and 2 have somewhat broken through which is nice. I am dreading twin teething, though I know that is a ways off. Anyways... managed to take a shower and put on makeup (well mascara at least) so I am feeling much better today. But I do have my mom coming back to look forward to. Yesterday I was ready to pick up and move home to vancouver, man I miss that place. I wish we could but I don't see it happening any time soon.
In wonderful news I got my first smile from Jaxon yesterday. Sooo sweet, he looked right at me and smiled! yipeee! I was so happy! I can't wait till they are sitting up and interacting more! My mom called from Vancouver today, it is the first time that Trace has actually talked back on the phone, she was asking him all of the animal sounds he knows and he was answering!! Sooo cute!
The above pics are of the boys with their eyes open finally! Both in one pic and then Trace with his thumbs up face and his favourite hat on.. don't ask why but he loves that container!

Been a While

Yes this seems to be the story of my life... it has been a while and when do I actually have time to post. I am now a mother of three little boys. The twins Canaan Keith and Jaxon James are 7.5 weeks old! Man time flies. They were born on the 29th of November 2009 and have kept us busy since. Jaxon was born first at 4 lbs 14 oz and Canaan was born 4 minutes later 4 lbs 3 oz. He was our tiny baby and is now the bigger (by 3 oz) of the two!
Trace is adapting well, he is a busy little boy and I am very grateful for the help my mom has provided. She has been living with us since the end of November and will be staying until the end of Feb. As I type she is making spaghetti sauce to be frozen and used after she leaves! The boy are ALL sleeping YIPEEE!! Trace is now sleeping with the side off of his crib as I am hoping to have his out of his crib by the time my mom leaves as the boys will need it. We still have much to purchase but have been overwhelmed by the generosity of our friends, neighbors and even my church as they provided meals for us!
Some of our stories of late are Trace getting MANY teeth all at once, he is currently working on his first molars! That will bring our grand total of teeth to 12. He is running around lots and got spoiled for Christmas. He seems to love the boys and loves to hold and cuddled them. He is sure that they need their soothers at all times and ensures that he FIRMLY hahaha puts them in their mouths. As each day goes by the twins spend more and more time awake and I wonder what I should do to entertain them. I am breast feeding them both as well which is going quite smoothly! I am happy that this has been easier than breastfeeding Trace. Who would have thought.
I know that this blog has been many updates and I hope to share some of our stories as I now have a laptop and can use the computer upstairs!
Here are some updated pics of the twins (yes they are identical) and of Trace ... enjoy!