get out while the getting is good.

this evening we took out our brand new double stoller! we strolled the babies around the mall and ate outside at camille's sidewalk cafe. hot DAMN do people like to stare at twins... its either that or they are staring at my gorgeous husband... probably both. but the babies loved the stroller... its so nice and light. what a lovely evening.. with my very favorite company.. minus one!

as hard as it is to pack it up and get us out... i'm starting to find that all of the hooplah is totally worth the mental reprieve of the change of scenery from the house. as much as i do adore my house. in light of that... we were on the go today!

had a great time with katie, mack and kevin hanging out at the house visiting. katie and i were laughing at how many babies we could cram into one room... and owen wasn't even with us! speaking of - i miss him terribly when he's in new orleans... i'm not sure how much longer i can take him being gone for days at a time - especially when he seems to grow up more and more each and every day!

can't wait to see him tomorrow... planning to go to new orleans and do something fun..

bought an overpriced hardback book today from borders. Dr. Laura's new book about stay-at-home moms... i'm so desperate for a pep-talk about staying at home that i didn't even care about splurging... whoops!

i love the babies more everyday. i divulged a guilty secret to brett about just now really being able to enjoy them more than in the beginning... is that terrible? i do love them so much. and more thankful for all my boys everyday. as crazy as everything is... the most important thing is how much we love our boys so so so very much. everything else pales in comparison.

mom blogging.

i think i'm really going to start trying to document our day to day lives to remember that although things are totally insane... life is good. and we are lucky. we love our lives. and our boys.

ive come across some awesome mom blogs...and i desperately want to put pictures up along with our stories. so this is my small daily goal. and maybe it will help my writing skills.. because i think i used to be good at it.

owen has been kidnapped by my parents this week. we miss him so dearly- yet it does allow for quality time with the twinkles who by the way turned 3 months yesterday. they are so happy and precious lately. smiling, laughing, squealing... i think i just decided this week that we may in fact survive the year. but up until now it was debatable. and it has definitely taken a village to get us this far. a village of mainly grandparents. and occasionally friends who are willing to put up with our circus. B and i most definitely feel like suddenly we are a traveling circus... but we do adore our circus and always remind ourselves how much.. "long days.. but short years" - thank you Barbara Bush for those words.

i am overtaken with guilt on how much i neglect my dear husband these days. but at the end of most days i truly feel like i have been beaten with a bat and i would pay someone a trillion dollars to just let me get in my bed and close my eyes. the constant entertainment of Owen at 21 months old is a job in itself.. not to mention almost exclusively breastfeeding 2 other human beings intermittently during the day and night. i'm tired just writing that. nursing has become so much more enjoyable just this week... and only when i feed them one at a time. otherwise it is partially miserable. but i'm trying to sort it out. i know it is best for them.. although most people in my life are telling me to give it up. sometimes i want too-- but deep down i mostly don't. they are so sweet. jack is so happy and laid back. parker is such a mama's boy and still loves to be snuggled most all the time. owen has been so sweet to them lately and i think most of his adjusting is now settled... although still has major mommy moments every now and again. just this past week or so his "mama" and "dada" has turned into "mommyyyyy" and "daddyyyy". its so adorable. i love his words. i love his voice. i LOVE him. so much. and miss him when he's away. i know my parents are helping by having him. but he is ours, after all. and we'd like him back. or truly i'd just like to move to new orleans so we can all be together.

in case i forget later... i want to have "movie mondays" on this blog and post weekly videos.
this already seems like more than i will be able to do... but i want tooooo???? hope so.

here's to trying!