There are a number of things I have learned over the past 2 years that I'm sure no one ever told me before I had kids. Here are a few..
*Your children WILL annoy you. I felt like the worst mom on the planet the first time I felt annoyed by the boys. I mean what kind of mother feels annoyed by her children? Let me tell you. Every mother! When your child has screamed, "All done!" for the 478th time in 2 minutes you can't help but be annoyed. You are human and the little humans you love so much will annoy you to no end some days.
*You may not bond with your baby (or babies in our case) right away. I can still remember holding Aiden for the first time and feeling absolutely nothing. For all I knew I was holding someone else's baby. At the time I didn't give credit to the fact that it was a long, exhausting day and that sometimes it just takes time to bond with a baby. Of course now I would go mama bear on anyone who tried to hurt my babies, it just took time to feel that bond. It's not some instant magical feeling the way I expected.
*You will never go to the bathroom alone. Ever. There will be pounding at the door and if they get in they will tear the bathroom apart and cheer for you when you pee in the potty. After all we cheer when they pee in the potty.
*You will be stalked like prey. They will find you wherever you are. It sounds endearing and I know I should feel flattered that they care enough to want to know where I am, but sometimes I just wish I could sneak around without them finding me. I want to put away a basket of laundry in peace. Nope. Not happening. Again..banging on the door, tearing apart of the room...you get the picture.
*You will sing roughly 50% of your day. (50% being conservative)
*You will love these little people like you've never loved anyone in your life. They will gross you out, bug you, make you angrier than you knew possible. At the end of the day you would do anything for them.
They are the most amazing gift in the world. I find myself not so patiently waiting for this little girl to make her arrival. I have to constantly remind myself that at the end of this is a gift like none other. Until then I'll spend my days enjoying my 3 little gifts who follow me around and repeat my every word.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Why our kids are weird
Nate and I often joke about how strange our kids are. Seriously, they are total oddballs. Here are a few things that make our kids weird...
1. They LOVE getting their teeth brushed. They excitedly line up and wait for their turn. Noah just finished crying about the fact that I took his toothbrush and told him to go play.
2. They line up to get their nails clipped and ears cleaned and will even ask for me to do either of those things.
3. They love bedtime. We tell them it's time for bed and to go find their Elmo (they all have a stuffed Elmo in bed) and up the stairs they go. They jump in bed for a few minutes and then lay down and go to sleep. It's rare that someone cries at bedtime. It's usually because they're really tired.
4. They love sitting on the potty. We have little potty's that are a big hit. Everyone wants to try to go on the potty.
5. They really don't watch t.v. I wish sometimes that they did. I turned on Thomas this morning for them so I could take a shower. When I came back down they have ripped apart my filing cabinet. Awesome. I really wanted to reorganize all my files this morning (note: read that with heavy sarcasm).
6. They would rather eat sauteed peppers and onions than macaroni and cheese. Reese asks for sausage of some sort at every meal, Aiden loves plain lettuce, Noah loves cucumbers and avacado. Don't get me wrong I'm very glad that they like healthy foods, it's just not what I expected. We always expose them to a wide variety of food in hopes that they find a lot of healthy food they like. I guess starting to feed them these foods early helped. Peer pressure helps too. If they see their brother eating it they can't be outdone.
7. They "help" with laundry. Yesterday I put a basket in the living room and they collected the laundry from the hamper and the laundry they had scattered around the room. I know that will end, but it's nice that they like to help!
I'm sure there are other things I left out, but those are a few of the most notable. I love my little weirdos. My favorite things are the things that make them so unique.
1. They LOVE getting their teeth brushed. They excitedly line up and wait for their turn. Noah just finished crying about the fact that I took his toothbrush and told him to go play.
2. They line up to get their nails clipped and ears cleaned and will even ask for me to do either of those things.
3. They love bedtime. We tell them it's time for bed and to go find their Elmo (they all have a stuffed Elmo in bed) and up the stairs they go. They jump in bed for a few minutes and then lay down and go to sleep. It's rare that someone cries at bedtime. It's usually because they're really tired.
4. They love sitting on the potty. We have little potty's that are a big hit. Everyone wants to try to go on the potty.
5. They really don't watch t.v. I wish sometimes that they did. I turned on Thomas this morning for them so I could take a shower. When I came back down they have ripped apart my filing cabinet. Awesome. I really wanted to reorganize all my files this morning (note: read that with heavy sarcasm).
6. They would rather eat sauteed peppers and onions than macaroni and cheese. Reese asks for sausage of some sort at every meal, Aiden loves plain lettuce, Noah loves cucumbers and avacado. Don't get me wrong I'm very glad that they like healthy foods, it's just not what I expected. We always expose them to a wide variety of food in hopes that they find a lot of healthy food they like. I guess starting to feed them these foods early helped. Peer pressure helps too. If they see their brother eating it they can't be outdone.
7. They "help" with laundry. Yesterday I put a basket in the living room and they collected the laundry from the hamper and the laundry they had scattered around the room. I know that will end, but it's nice that they like to help!
I'm sure there are other things I left out, but those are a few of the most notable. I love my little weirdos. My favorite things are the things that make them so unique.
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Now we wait
Life has been quiet, but busy, at our house lately. We're attempting to get things done and ready for this baby. I finally packed a hospital bag, got the car seat out and started packing a bag for the boys. We're slowly emptying out the baby's room. No, there is no room set up for the baby yet. Whatever. She'll sleep by me for now. It's fine. We'll put her in our room until she's a little bigger whether her room is done or not. No, she doesn't have a name yet. We still haven't made it through the name book. We have 1 or 2 possibilities. I'm not really worried. It's not really like me to not be concerned that we aren't totally prepared. I think I'm too tired to care. :) I haven't been sleeping well so getting things done takes a back seat to a nap many days.
Nate also was working some nights the past week so that really threw a wrench in our plans. I had to take the boys outside or to my parents' house just so Nate could sleep during the day. Keeping them quiet so he could sleep is merely impossible. So I didn't get much done and he didn't get much done because his sleep schedule was so messed up. Oh well. He's back to days now and hopefully we'll get back on track and get ready for the baby.
It seems as though we have some time though. I was shocked at my dr. appointment yesterday when he said I have made no progress towards labor. With the way things went with the boys I thought for sure this baby would be early. That baby is positioned with the head down, which is good, but there is no progress yet. I was a little disappointed, but I'm very excited that as of Sunday (37 weeks) the baby will be full term. I talk about this with my dr. and his staff a lot. When you've had preemies having a full term baby is an amazing feeling. I'm getting very anxious to meet this little one! Hopefully next week I'll have made some progress towards meeting this baby. I guess I'll have to find the energy to go for a lot of walks to get things going. I'm sure the boys will be more than happy to go for a lot of walks.
Nate also was working some nights the past week so that really threw a wrench in our plans. I had to take the boys outside or to my parents' house just so Nate could sleep during the day. Keeping them quiet so he could sleep is merely impossible. So I didn't get much done and he didn't get much done because his sleep schedule was so messed up. Oh well. He's back to days now and hopefully we'll get back on track and get ready for the baby.
It seems as though we have some time though. I was shocked at my dr. appointment yesterday when he said I have made no progress towards labor. With the way things went with the boys I thought for sure this baby would be early. That baby is positioned with the head down, which is good, but there is no progress yet. I was a little disappointed, but I'm very excited that as of Sunday (37 weeks) the baby will be full term. I talk about this with my dr. and his staff a lot. When you've had preemies having a full term baby is an amazing feeling. I'm getting very anxious to meet this little one! Hopefully next week I'll have made some progress towards meeting this baby. I guess I'll have to find the energy to go for a lot of walks to get things going. I'm sure the boys will be more than happy to go for a lot of walks.
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