Night waking and birthday stuff

For three nights in a row Karter or Kolton have woken up screaming or crying. Last night I got up with Karter 3 times, two of which he lost his binkie in his blanket and the third for who knows why. I don't know if it's just that I hear it more now that I have the monitor hooked up again or that I feel I have to check on them because they are all the way across the house, either way it's making me tired. Naps have also not been going as well. I used to be guaranteed at least a two hour nap usually from 12 to 2 now it's anyone's guess if they will fall asleep. Unless they are screaming to get out, I usually just leave them in there for some quiet time, for both them and me. It's a switch off who will sleep and who won't.

I'm fixing to start working on breaking the binkie habit and then on to potty training. I don't know if I'm abnormal or what, but I don't really look forward to either one of those. I know with both it's going to be exhausting. I don't really like exhausting, but I don't want to clean poop diapers for the rest of my life and I'm also tired of dealing with the problems that are arising from the binkies. So that's what's ahead for us.

As far as their birthday party goes, I've mailed the invitations and am now trying to organize in my head all the things I'm going to need and the stuff I want to do.

On the house front. All but a few boxes are unpacked. I would like to paint some of the rooms as they are all beige. Beige is ok in small doses but all beige is a bit much for me. I also need to get some pictures and curtains hung. I really need curtains in the breakfast area, which is the area we use to eat all our meals, as that area is like and echo chamber and the kids high pitch screams sound as if they just might kill you while in there.

A few small stresses remain that have been on my mind that hopefully we can get rid of soon. Our house in Shawnee has not sold yet, and neither has the rent house and two we still don't have a fence here. Hubby is working on it the best he can for now, but we are waiting for the neighbors to get their part done. I've stated this before but having no fence has been no fun and resulted in a really nasty rope burn on my leg, while trying to avoid the long line our 150lb great dane is hooked up to. Not to mention the terrible two's have come to visit and with it I think my son's hearing has been affected. No amount of calling their name or even yelling their name stops them from running from the back to the front of the house.

So this was a pretty random, post with several rants, but that's what came out when I sat down to type so that's what ya get.

*I'll have to add pictures later. The server I have them on is currently not working right now.

Comments made to me about my twins.

While working at my garage sale last Saturday, a women overheard me saying I had twins.

Lady: "Oh you have twins"
Me: "yes two boys"
Lady: "Are they Identical?"
Me: "no fraternal"
Lady: "hmm, that's too bad, I like for them to be identical"
Me: ???(under my breath, sorry to disappoint)

While in Dollar General Yesterday.

Lady: "What is the age difference of your boys?"
Me: "They are twins"
Lady: "oh I was going to ask that then I thought the dark haired one was older" (I get this statement a lot)
Me: "nope their twins"
Lady: "That's called fraternal right?" "They really do look alike, well except for their hair color"
Me: "haha, thank you"

First she said they don't look alike then she said they do. Really they don't, they just look like brothers. Why do people assume if they were born on the same day they have to look alike? They really don't get the whole fraternal twin thing.

March for Babies

It's that time again folks, time to March for Babies. As you may have noticed I have placed my fund raising gadget on the sidebar of my page. This year I have a lower goal quite simply because I'm not the ambassador family this year and I am not sure what kind of goal to set for my team. I chose $300. I figure surely I can raise $300, right? If I raise more that would be awesome but $300 is a nice place to start. In a few days I will be posting how the March of Dimes helped Kolton and Karter as well as some more information about the March of Dimes. This organization is near and dear to me not only for what they do, but for what they did for my boys. If you can donate it would be greatly appreciated, any amount is fine. If that's not possible, just spread the word, tell others about the March of Dimes. Knowledge is priceless and every penny counts.

It's partly because of the March of Dimes that my kids are alive and well and doing their favorite things. Like playing in the water.

Papa's Boots

On Father's Day I cooked dinner for my Dad, Brother, Brother in law and Husband. They along with their families came and everyone seemed to have a nice time. It was the first family get-together at our new house. The house was filled with laughter and babies, it was a nice time.

Kolton was having a blast putting papa's boots on. He would work so hard to get them on, walk in them for awhile, take them off and the put them back on again. He and Papa worked on this for at least an hour.

23 Month Update

Ah, the boys are just one month away from being two. Where did the time go. Once upon a time I thought I would not survive the early days, with no sleep, and not time to do anything, but here I am, two years later. Let me just clarify I'm so glad the earlier days are over. While I do have some fond memories of those days, mostly not and while some really enjoy having small infants, I did not. Now don't get me wrong, I loved them dearly would do anything for them, and I did, but I just prefer these days over those. As a matter of fact I knew I would, while I like babies, I've never been a big baby person, I like toddlers. They are funny and fun, and boy do they wear you out, in a running after them, laughing a lot kind of way.

Kolton-At last weight in about a month ago he was 27lbs, he feels much heavier to me now but I have not weighted him in a while. He's pretty laid back and will play contently by himself most times. He seems to be more of a mama's boy lately. He can communicate what he wants and needs through words and for the most part I understand him. He's not very gentle with the animals and prefers hitting them or pulling their hair. All animals run from Kolton. He's very silly and will sometimes make funny faces at us. He understands pretty much everything I ask of him or tell him, which still surprises me sometimes. He has the most beautiful brown eyes, they are so dark and he just get more handsome the older he gets. Not that I'm biased or anything.

Karter- At last weight he was 26lbs that was also a month or so ago. Karter is not really laid back as a matter of fact he can get pretty uptight and usually does so on a daily basis. He is a daddy's boy and love to do all the things daddy does. Daily he begs to play with the phone, computer, keys, outside and to mow. If either one of those are met with a no, which they usually are, then a meltdown ensues. However, when you do say yes, which he usually get to do one of these things daily, just not at the time he want to do them, he is the happiest kid alive. He LOVES the water or should I say water hose. We bought a kiddie pool just last night and will see if he likes that tonight. Karter is using 3 word sentences now. Just yesterday he said to me and Jimmy "Kolton play water" which was correct because Kolton was playing in the sink. He's always saying "mommy eat", "daddy eat", "Kolton eat" and so on. He's one smart cookie. He has the most beautiful smile and his little mouth just makes you want to kiss him all over. Although he was the baby face of the two, he is really looking like a little boy now days. I've got the two cutest kids ever.

They have really done so great through this move. I might write a post soon on why I think they did so good. I deliberately did somethings I think helped with the transition.