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!