Connortations: June 2011

Well obviously I have had very little time to sit down and write a post, so I thought I would do a quick update of the last 4 months. Life is definitely busy but I wouldn't change a single thing. We are now getting solid sleep every night..amen! The babies eat between 7-8, go down for the night and don't wake until after 6 only to eat again and then back to bed for another 3 hours!!!! :-) Our kids have some sleeping genes because even Connor doesn't wake-up until 8:30. So that means I usually have a solid 2-3 hours in the morning where I can workout, eat breakfast, shower, and get ready for my day (ie couponing, cleaning, etc) all undisturbed. :-) But before you get jealous, once all the kids are up, it's non-stop the rest of the day and almost nothing gets accomplished except for taking care of the kiddos. Babies just started taking 3 somewhat predictable 2 hour naps during the day..usually at the same time but occasionally they get off a little. Although in the afternoon, I'm able to time it so Connor has 'rest time' in his room while they babies are down and that usually gives me at least another hour to start prepping for Eric to come home and get dinner going.

For those of you who are curious here are some answers to common questions....yes, they are on the same schedule. If one wants to eat, I wake the other to eat. Yes, I'm still nursing and they are doing great :-) I'm very proud that I've made it longer with them than I did with Connor. The only downside is I realize that I hold onto my weight while nursing and lose it like crazy when I stop but it's worth it to not be paying for formula. As far as personalities go, Jack is definitely more of a snuggler and needs a little bit of extra holding and loving. He talks a lot more than Ali and has a huge ear to ear open mouth smile. We are even getting giggles out of him which of course melts my heart every time. He is very alert and always looking around just like Connor did as a baby. Ali is sooooo easy going and laid back. She has the softest but sweetest voice when she talks to you and a cute little grin. She definitely makes you work harder for the smiles but she never breaks eye contact with you. Whenever we talk to her, she will start moving her mouth trying to imitate but no sounds comes out..lol.

Connor is still doing great with them! He is done with school for the summer and the heat has been awful especially this past week, so it does get a little tricky trying to keep him entertained without dragging the babies out in the heat. Connor just finished a soccer camp and I'm going to look into signing him up for basketball. He is so athletic and wants to play every sport.

Work is going great for Eric as he just got a promotion recently that was well deserved and overdue. I still love being a stay at home mom and wouldn't trade these years for anything!! I did start selling Tupperware recently (which makes me feel a little old..haha) because after spending so much of our days now within this house..I really enjoy getting out a couple evenings a week to laugh and have a great time with other women/moms...and the extra money doesn't hurt either. ;-)

Here are some week by week pictures just to show you how much the babies have changed. We go next week for their 4 month checkup (a couple weeks late)..can't wait to see how much they weigh but dread the shots...it's very hard to comfort two babies at the same time by myself with Connor :-(

Hope you all are having a wonderful summer and I will try and add some albums as soon as I can sort through the thousands of pictures (literally, thousands..I'm not joking!)

God bless,

Becky