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Emotions.... or whatever

As many already know we are moving... and not just down the street or across towns but into another province and back into my childhood home... yup moving back with the parents. Although this is temporary.. like a few years or so it is humbling, and stressful and all sorts of different things. We are currently looking for a renter for our house, trying to find a home for our cats (a wonderful friend has said she will take them.... but that is this weekend... I don't know if I am ready to say goodbye yet), packing a house with three young kids in it... and even trying to comprehend saying goodbye to my friends and family here... FORGET IT! I break down even thinking about it. We have made some amazing friends out here. I don't know if I could have survived Alberta without one particular bff...

So with only a few more weeks I am FREAKING out about everything. We have also had a wonderful house guest this last week who helped us finish the kitchen, take care of the kids and pack some boxes... he left today so now I am alone with my thoughts again. I hate being alone with my thoughts. And to top it off I have had the flu the last few days. Yes I know that this is turning into a woe is me post but that is how I feel today... yup I said it today is a down day. Kyle is going to work from home after he comes back from the airport as I don't have any energy left... what an awesome hubby.

Well off to loaf on the couch and watch the kids play... thank goodness they will play for hours... I don't know what I would do if they were having another needy day today. Only one needy person allowed/ day.

Snow??

Bad pic of Trace but for about a month he swaddled these and called them his babies!

Canaan.. always makes funny faces when I take a pic!
Jaxon... my sweet little man
Yup snowed last night... woke up this morning to find my oldest son already up and playing in the living room. We bought him mini hockey sticks this weekend and he has taken to sleeping with one and playing whenever he gets up. Funny thing.. I don't really care, b/c he now sleeps with the hockey stick he only insists on ONE soother! or Churro as he calls it! I am hoping to wean him off of soothers by Christmas.. maybe have one very cool toy that takes its place! He only gets them at bedtimes now too thank goodness!

Canaan is standing... most of the time without knowing it and only for a few seconds but wow!! Don't know if I am ready for a walker yet! It just seems like this year has flown by, last year at this time I had problems moving or walking for long periods, I had Braxton Hicks every 10 minutes and was just hoping to hold on to the boys a bit longer. They are 11 months this week... 11 MONTHS! Where did that go? I keep flashing back to the weekend we brought them home, how cold it was, how scared everyone was to hold them as they were so tiny. Now they are 17 ad 18 pounds, eating solids, only nursing 3 times a day and every day their little personalities show more and more. I feel so lucky to have them every day and yet... man I am tired at the end of the day!

So as some people know we are moving in a month.. yup one month.. still hoping to rent out the house to some nice people (possible renters are coming by this week!) and we packed up the basement this weekend! Yipeee to feeling like something got done for once. So after a full day of packing and moving stuff out to the garage we finally go to relax and realize that our drain in the laundry room is plugged and has overflowed EVERYWHERE! argh!!! No more laundry until Kyle snakes it out. Sooo frustrating man I can't wait to move. I mean I LOVE my house, my neighborhood is awesome but I want to be closer to my family. We are done being so far away and feeling so left out of things!

Rough

Trace on a cool fall day!

Canaan... playing in the grassJaxon... playing in the grass! Both at 10 months.

Man I am so ready for this week to be over, trying to wean just one feed from the kids as I do want to be done breast feeding them before Christmas, I am ready for it. They don't seem to be getting enough milk from me anymore and I would like to keep at least two solid breast feeds out of the four I do daily. Soo frustrating .. have tried so many different nipples and sippys ... anyone know the key? warm milk, cold milk? I just need a bit of a break. None of my other friends with twins have bfed this long!

Other than the trying to wean the kids seem to be extra whiny, I am trying to find the time to pack up the house, deal with the kids, hope for a buyer for the house or someone to rent it, then I get rear ended. So off to buy three new car seats which thank goodness my insurance is paying for! They said they will fight with the other insurers to get reimbursed! yipee for me! So three matching car seats, Jaxon and Canaan are now officially out of the bucket seats.

For those of you that didn't know .. WE ARE MOVING!! yup Kyle got a job back in Vancouver so we will be moving at the end of Nov! sooo excited! But so nervous, we have so much to do and sooo little time! I am praying that God takes care of us and helps us with the house ... we are looking for a home for the cats as we are going to be living with my parents for who knows how long. They will take the dog but not the cats as they already have one. It is devastating to think that I won't be curled up around my Jasper at night anymore. Love love love my cats!

Keep on meaning to post more often on here but just haven't found the time. Go figure! If you look back to my day in life you too will understand! haha!

10 Months... where did you go?

Trace at 2 years... and a few months
Jaxon 9.5 months
Canaan. 9.5 months
Jaxon with his back to us and Canaan and his silly grin... almost 10 months!
I can't believe that come Wednesday the twins are 10 months... I am already starting to plan their party, making the invite list, trying to figure out how we will fit all the kids in the house. Trying to find the answer to the question... what do they need or want for their birthday. Ummmm how terrible of me is it to say... gift cards please. I have no idea what I need for clothes, depends on how fast they grow, we do however need a new big boy carseat so gift cards can go towards that. Or gift cards to clothing stores so that when I do need something I already have the cash to get it! I can deny it I LOVE GIFT CARDS! Always have... the giver gets out of trying to figure out what you want and the receiver can go out and get whatever they want! It is perfect!

Lowered the babies cribs today... they are standing and trying to climb out so I figured for safety sake ... maybe just maybe I should do that. But they look sooo low! And I refuse to believe that my little men are growing up! The twins are crawling and sitting and pulling up... Canaan tries to copy things that I say which is pretty cute... he tries sooo hard! Jaxon is just happy to be held ALL the time! Somewhat frustrating as I can't hold all of them. I have taken to laying on the floor on my tummy and letting them crawl all over me. (They can't poke my eyes this way or grab a boob!)

Trace is talking more and more... he puts words into sentences which is awesome and we are actually understanding bits of it! He has started choosing what he wants to wear during the day which of course is sometimes quite scary... but what do you do? He is in his big boy bed since January, and he is doing awesome! Just figured out door knobs this summer... not so great but at least when he has a nightmare he comes to us instead of us going to him.

Kyle is officially looking at jobs in Vancouver and the surrounding area!!! I am sooo excited yet trying hard not to show it. We told Leavitt 6 months and they don't seem to be doing much about it so we are looking elsewhere a bit too... we both would really like to stay with Leavitt but they don't seem to understand our time line. Ah well.

Posted some updated pics too... for those of you that want to see them!

A Day in The Life....

For those of you who are curious.. or just so that I could look back and see what I do in a day... This was definatley an interesting day to record. And yet it was a typical day. So event by event here was my day August. 25th, 2010.

6:30 - wake up as Trace climbs into bed with us
7:15 - Twins get up .. change diapers Canaan pees through so I have to change his outfit
7:20 - nurse them
7:30 - Breakfast for Trace... he chooses 2 waffles, 1 yogurt and a handful of popcorn.. and eats it ALL!!
7:35 - Try to find the muffin trays and paper cups.
7:40 - Jaxon spits up on me and in my hair.. who would have thought with short hair but yup he coated me!
7:45 - Give up and have breakfast
7:50 - Canaan poops
7:55 - put twins in chairs with toys and soothers
8:00 - Realize Canaan is about to fall out of chair even though he is strapped in, take the boys out of the chairs and put them in their jumpers.
8:08 - Shower to get the puke out of my hair
8:20 - get out of shower pick up clothes off of floor and drop my nursing bra in the toilet.. great... just great.
8:25 - Trace puts his hands in the toilet ... declares them "yucky" so we wash his hands
- Trace grabs lint off of the floor and pops it in his mouth.. declares this "yummy"
- Realize that I need to vacuum.
8:27 - Twins still happy in their jumpers so I take out the vacuum
8:32 - finish the carpet and realize that Jaxon is terrified of the vacuum and the noise it makes... hmmmm
8:33 - cereal for the twins
8:42 - Finish cereal and leave them in chairs with snacks and finish vacuuming hardwood and kitchen
9:16 - Done vacuuming , wipe the kids and seats down
9:17 - Change Jaxon (poop) Canaan (poop) and Trace... no poop thank goodness!
9:30 - Make muffins
9:40 - Jaxon and Canaan down for first nap
9:45 - check email and brush my teeth
10:15- make a coffee and read my book club book
10:30 - read with Trace
10:40 - put in toy story and read scary sid to Trace
- make my Costco list
10:45 - Call Kyle re:costco and having help, text Auntie Lindsay to see if she can help
10:50 - Pretend I am a monster and chase Trace around the kitchen and living room
10:55 - remember I have coffee... thank goodness it is iced coffee!
11:05 - Jaxon and Canaan up
- Canaan has pulled himself into a stand in his crib for the first time
- Trace crawls into Jaxon's crib and start playing with him
- Call Granny
11:14 - Trace pulls milk jug out of fridge and uses it as a drum
11:16 - Call Lisa (but dial our home number by mistake first)
11:20 - Nurse Canaan
11:30 - Nurse Jaxon
11:45 - Trace down for a nap... after a massive tantrum and a thrown soother
11:48 - Get Jaxon and Canaan's lunch out to thaw
11:51 - Let Whiskey outside
- Do hair and paint on some mascara
11:55 - Throw in first load of laundry
12:05 - Email a few people back and have some lunch
12:18 - Clean up the spit up I just found on the floor
- Put Trace back in bed he has another tantrum
- Put Jaxon and Canaan down for another nap, they are both screaming but I have to get them down if I want to go to
costco
12:33 - Trace and Canaan still screaming, wipe Trace's nose and put him back in bed again
12:36 - ALL KIDS ARE ASLEEP!!!!!!!!!!!! (this is way to good to be true!!!)
12:37 - check email, eat the rest of my lunch, and read my book again.
12:45 - Trace still crying .. it was too good to be true... he demands Buzz Year to sleep
12:54 - House is still quiet... I think they are all asleep!
1:04 - Put laundry in the dryer and put 2nd load in the wash.
1:20 - pack diaper bag for Costco
1:44 - Jaxon is awake... feed him lunch
2:00 - Canaan is awake... feed him lunch
2:11 - change diapers and dress Canaan and Jaxon
2:25 - Trace is up and eating lunch
2:30 - Change Trace
2:32 - Change Jaxon... he pooped...
2:34 - Load Trace and Canaan into Van... Trace runs down the street.
2:37 - Load Jaxon and diaper bag into the car
2:40 - On the road to Costco
2:45 - Realize I forgot the money at home.. turn around and go and pick it up
2:50 - STARBUCKS!!!!!!!!!
4:30 - Get home and unload the car.. only Canaan pooped at Costco! It only takes 7 trips to get everyone and everything into the house!
4:40 - Change Jaxon and Canaan... both poopy AGAIN!
4:43 - Kyle is home.. and HE changes Trace's poopy diaper..
4:48 - Dual Nurse Canaan and Jaxon
4:59 - Start dinner (enchiladas) Kyle's buddy Kyle come for dinner...
5:04 - Get out dinner for Canaan and Jaxon
5:15 - Wash dishes from the day
5:40 - Dinner is in the oven
5:43 - Feed twins their dinner
6:15 - Eat dinner... FINALLY!!
6:29 - Jaxon poops.. change him
6:25 - get mauled by kids on the floor... play with them!
6:35 - do the dishes
6:45 - check email again
7:05 - Kyle changes Canaan's poop and dresses him for bed
7:06 - Nurse Canaan while Kyle changes Jaxon's poop and dresses him for bed
7:15 - Nurse Jaxon
7:21 - Canaan and Jaxon in BED!!!!!
7:26 - Jaxon is sleeping and Canaan is crying
- Kyle puts Trace in his pjs!
7:28 - Start cleaning up toys and making our living room look ... hmmm like our living room! haha
7:57 - Kyle brushes Trace's teeth while I get his room ready for bedtime!
8:07 - Trace is in bed
8:14 - Trace in bed a 2nd time
8:17 - Trace in bed a 3rd time
8:25 - Trace in bed a 4th time
8:37 - Trace in a bed a 5th and FINAL time!
8:44 - Head downstairs to veg
9:50 - Remember I was doing laundry.. switch loads over and fold clean laundry
10:15 - litter box
10:25 - Wash face, brush teeth and check email
10:30 - look in on the kids and tuck them in! My fav part of the night.. looking at sleeping kidlets!
10:40 - Read in bed
11:00 - Lights off in bed!
11:07 - Canaan cries... I get up and make sure all is well.. .then back to bed!

6:30 AM... IT ALL STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN!!!


Well to all of you who actually read this... thanks!!! I didn't realize that a day in my life was full of this many poops! And sometimes there are more! haha! BUT we got out, we cleaned house, we played and we napped! All in all a very successful day for us!

Who Woulda Thought?.....

Yup who woulda thought that just a few years after I got married I would have three CRAZY boys! My priorities would switch from work to breastfeeding and maintaining sanity. That my love for shoes and purses would switch to diaper bags, strollers and good buys at Baby Gap. Sigh.... I have to admit sometimes I miss just being able to leave the house no worries, heck I miss being able to leave the house. But I wouldn't trade that for the world. Speaking of Strollers my mom just picked up a great buy on a used Valco twin in Vancouver and sent it out. Instead of paying 800 for a new one I only paid 450 for a used one! AND I can mount a third seat on it for Trace... so who knows.. maybe I will be able to get out of the house. We are going to try it this week and go for a mall walk with my friends. We will see how that works... 4 ladies, 4 strollers, 8 children... I THINK WE ARE CRAZY! 2 of us are breastfeeding so at least we won't just be stopping for me thank goodness. Will update after the trip... who knows what will happen.
Ever since my mom left I have had dreams of moving home, a home... where the help is abundant and the friends and family are plentiful and the rain is ALL the time! I am so happy that I had help for the first few months as we are now somewhat established.. the boys sleep for 5 hours at a time now and we are somewhat sain at the end of the day. But to be around my parents and Kyle's family... would be such a prayer answered. Ah well a girl can dream right?
In other news we have shots this Friday for the twins... 4 months already! Where is this time going? Pretty soon I will be making baby food. I am going to the shots alone with them which kinda scares me. Don't know how exactly it is going to work but it will have to. Ah well. I look forward to seeing how much they weigh and how they are doing on their growth charts! Well they are stirring.... time to go!