Stage fright.

and I have to pee.

Reason why !

Your perception

When my older boys were tiny and one would cry the other would immediately start up too. I remember thinking how beautiful the human spirit was, how empathy was ingrained on their little hearts at such an early age.
Now, when one baby cries and the other starts up, I know it's because the 2nd to cry has realized that the first one is PROBABLY, maybe, could get picked up and maybe if I cry harder she will pick me up.

It's all in our Perception.

(thanks Elyse)

I'm sure my perception on this is EXACTLY the same as everybody who views this picture.
DAMN CUTE right ?!
ya....I knew it.















My boys smile ALL of the time. Sometimes I look over and they are just grinning at me. THEN. I get the camera out and...ooooh, it's black and it has a shiny red light that shines right in my eyes and even when mama acts like a friggin' clown, raising her voice to an octave that only animals can hear, repeating Hi, Hi, Hi over and over...how can I not stay completely mesmerized by the stupid camera and smile for ONE lousy PICTURE.
So, not really smiles.
Nathan


Ryan

but yummy still the same. oh and clean too.

Blatant disregard for authority

Little shits. and that's a lot better than calling them little fuckers, but I gotta tell ya there are days when those words almost escape my lips. :)
They are like this with EVERYTHING. EVER-E-THING !
Like I've said before, there are 2 of them and only 1 of me. They think they have the upper hand. oh who am I kidding. they TOTALLY have the upper hand. (sigh of defeat)

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Show and tell !

My own little punkin patch :)


















Whistle while you work ! J would whistle to round the kids up, Cam tried to copy....it was the cutest damn thing listening to him scream woot through his finger tips.













I have to share. All 5 of my children came home from our vacation with colds.
I am an expert at the blue bulb sucker thinger. I became a certified bulb suctioner expert when Spencer was sick at 5 weeks. I hate using it though and it's oh so invasive.
Jen told me about the nosefrida.
We bought one and L~O~O~O~V~E it. Love it. I HIGHLY recommend it.
Ok so I haven't used it personally, but it's been used on my babies.
You see....you have to suck the boogies out of their noses. With your MOUTH. There is a big tube that could never be completely filled with mucus and a foam filter that won't let the boogies get to your mouth but the idea of it makes me (huck, huck,huck) sick.
I pick and wipe noses with no problem. I blue bulb suction and pull out REALLY gross shit clear from their toes. but using my mouth to inhale and pull snot from their toes could damn well cause me to hurl all over mine.
J does it and it really is effective. It works WAAAAAY better than the blue bulb suckers and it doesn't hurt their noses.
Tell your friends, tell your neighbors, tell new moms, and thank me later :)

See what I can do....

Remember when I said that Syd was teaching herself how to read and how I wasn't going to help because she would probably go to public school and I didn't want her to be so smart that she was bored.
Well damn it, even with all of my efforts, she reads.

(it didn't take me 5 hrs to download this time so no guilt in watching, but yer gonna wanna...she's pretty damn smart and I mean...she's pretty and she's smart)

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I feel like she's blossoming every day and is really learning a lot right now...grasping the concepts I mean. She's growing up so fast. and the bonus is her face lighting up each time she accomplishes a goal...whether it's changing her brothers diaper, doing gymnastics, reading or making her moms laugh....you can see how much it means to her.

Diapering 101

I have always wondered how drug addicts and mental cases take on the responsibility of a new baby. And there are crack ho's with twins. How do they manage ? I can barely do it sober (most of the time).
And then I watched this and realized, hell...if a 4 year old can handle it, SURELY a druggy can. and then I felt bad about myself for just hanging on.

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I know most of you will probably push play and then watch for 2 seconds and then hit comments because WHY watch 4 minutes of this.....but I need to tell you, it took me 5 hours to get this damn thing loaded to one.true.media and uploaded to my blog....so if that made you feel the least bit bad, maybe you could watch for at least 30 seconds. :)
You can sign up for winter quarter November 1st. Syd will be teaching all classes Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1-2 pm.

Getaway.getaout

I guess I was a little vague on my last post.
Disneyland has been put on the back burner.
With the economy the way it is, the stock market crashing, the recession we are practically in, oh and the fact that we didn't have the money in the first place...we decided to be all responsible and go later when ALL 5 can enjoy it. Maybe in 2 years. We figure Obama can turn things around in a couple of years.

We couldn't just NOT go someplace though.
We drove an hour away to a place called The Homestead and spent the weekend with some really good friends.
It reminds me a little of the Dirty Dancing resort. This particular weekend they had face painting, caramel apple dipping/decorating, Halloween crafts, witch hunt/fortune telling and a fireside spooky story time.
It was fun.
Everything started out GRRREAT ! and then it ended in the burning pits of hell !and then it was great again and then sweaty flaming dragons breath and then great....you see where I'm going with this.

The kids had so much fun and really were pretty good. They just wouldn't take naps and well, my kids without naps is like a crack addict in lock up. They really needed naps. but we were in a cool room with bunk beds and candy and a screen door to a patio and crunched up honey nut cheerios on the floor and who can we sleep under these circumstances. They didn't. We all suffered for it. Mostly at night. I think Spencer had his greatest, biggest of all times melt down Saturday night. And as much as you'd like to beat the shit out of a crack addict in lock up throwing the greatest, biggest of all times tantrum, there were witnesses to the left and right of us who I'm sure wished we hadn't come at all. Funny, the walls seemed thick to us as we didn't hear a peep out of anyone around us. OH YA, how could we when it was never quiet in our room. ha ha

The babies did great. My breasticles pushed forward through the irregular pumping's and lack of water. and at the end we were so happy that we went and will always remember the time Cam jumped in the pool over and over submerging his head or the time that Sydney slept in the top bunk or when Spencer ate 2 pieces of pizza. We may even attempt it again.

Sydney is going potty and just asked me to bring her a magazine. :) ha ha ha
I love that kid.

Finally, pictures.
Spencer















"DADDY!!" (as they are the spawns of Satan)
















Proof of that.
















Craft time.
















Our room.
















The bunk beds.

Holiday-hay

If we took a holiday Took some time to celebrate
Just one day out of life, It would be, it would be so nice

Holiday-hay Celebray-ate
Holiday-hay Celebray-ate

Peace out people !

I took all 5 kids to the park today. It took about 12 minutes.
We walked there. Well I pushed the babies. Both boys pushed their big trucks.
Sydney rode her bike much too far ahead.

45 minutes later....

I took 5 kids back from the park. It took about 38 minutes.
We walked home. Well I pushed one baby in the stroller, carried one fussy baby and one of the boys big trucks. I also dragged one pig headed 2 year old who was poopy and screamed at the other 2 year old to wait. stop. don't run in to the street. go. lets go. COME ON, MOVE. GO. FOR THE LOVE !!!
Sydney rode her bike much too far ahead.

Even little blue pills don't help on days like today. fuck me.

I'm failing miserably.

Remember the time I WISHED Spencer had put bag balm in his hair.

but instead.....



Yip, 9 oz's of thick salve all over the glider, ottoman, floor, door, walls, sheets, blanket, pillow and his clothes. Not one ounce in his hair.



I am sinking fast. These children out number me and are much to fast and nimble.
Rotten bastards. (said with an abundance of defeated love)

and...$130.00 (because he had to use a special solvent on it and A LOT and it costs $50.00 to open the bottle) later.....good as new.






What's next....astroglide !

Gymnastics

Remember when all Syd wanted was to be able to do a cartwheel ?

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She can now do a cartwheel, one-handed cartwheel, round off, she's working on an aerial, front kick over to back kick over (tick-tock) and now a back walk over (still being perfected).
All in a matter of months.
I know what you're thinking...rock star. My sentiments exactly.

Catty Stats

Boys 2 month check up stats :

Nathan (baby A) smaller at birth.
Weight - 12 lbs 6 oz 75 %
Height - 23 inches 75 %
Head - 15.7 inches 50 %

Ryan (baby B)
Weight - 12 lbs 2oz 75 %
Height - 23.2 inches 75 %
Head - 15.7 inches 50 %


Although by only a few oz, we were a little surprised by the gain in momentum Nathan has made in his circumference.
Other than a penile adhesion, turned in feet and a jacked up head there was really nothing more to say at our appointment :)
Oh, they have the head control of 4 month old babies. The doctor was very impressed. I think it's because we are usually carrying both or at least a baby and a big boy and don't help support their little heads like we are supposed to :) hee hee
AND they are extremely smiley and cooing like birds.

Catty :
Me and the wife. UGH ! We have been fighting so much lately. If we aren't fighting at the same time, we each get our little digs in. (yes J fans, J too) Cam hasn't been going to bed like he should and throw in a fussy baby at night and our fuses burn from both ends.
Actually, it's more like we are burning at each end and meet in the middle.
Things you can most likely hear after 9 pm coming from either if not both of our mouths.
(you can add condescending and anger where you see fit..hand gestures and facial expressions are optional)
"WTF, why is one of them always crying !"
"Can you GET him already !"
"FINE, you take him !"
"If you don't like it, then YOU do it !"
"Oh, so I am the one who has to do ALL of the disciplining because you can't HANDLE it !"
"Give him to me !"
"Will you go already !"
"oh, ok !" (lots of sarcasm)
"Oh, are we 8 now !" (sarcasm returned)
"I don't know, are we !"
"FINE !"
"FINE !"

The nice thing is, we are usually too tired to keep it up, so when we both shut our mouths and sit for a minute, we carry on like nothing every happened.
It's a good thing we love each other ;-) and I do J....I love you !

as promised

The chins

(Nathan)

















....and the cheeks.

(Ryan)

My babies turned 2 months old. TWO MONTHS OLD ! They have gotten so big. They are my roundest, chunkyest, cheekyest babies so far. We have their 2 month check up and I can't wait to see where their percentages are.
This is where I post a picture of their munchable fatness...smiling their big gummy smiles.
(insert photo)

DAMN IT, I'm pumping and on my laptop with no time today to post if I'm not doing it while pumping and on my laptop. I have no new pictures loaded on this computer. :(
Pictures of the babies to come. I promise.

I do however have pictures of our niece Jen who's been staying with us since Thursday. Who I LOVE and wish would never leave. Who I would handcuff to the basement someplace if I didn't think her screams would cause concern with the neighborhood kids when they came to play. (reason #31 as to why you should own a pair of handcuffs)

Playing on the trampoline.













Hold really still girls, tigers in the suburbs. OMG TIGERS IN THE SUBURBS !!!!













Jen, it was only a matter of time before they would all turn on you.













This is where I sit and cry my ugly cry and ask the question, why does everybody always leave.