That’s where I am. 

Here’s the quick version:

Last Friday: Mother of Twins Club sale in the evening.  I bought 3 bags of clothes for both kids across 3 sizes for under $150.  And I still liked everything when I sorted it out at home.  Nice!

Saturday: A long day at CU for Homecoming, seeing old friends, having a special reunion with my closest college friends at my parents’ house.  Burgers/dogs, lots of little kids, no rain, good talks.  It came off SO beautifully (thanks to Jesus and my wonderful mom – Thanks MOM!), but I was exhausted by the end of the day.  As were the babies.  And Eric.  He’s such a great husband!

Sunday: Church, babies’ nap, lunch, play with babies, babies’ nap, enlarged the ‘baby pasture’ to give them more room to play, back to church/work in Talker nursery room (I think I pulled a muscle in my back), home to crash

Monday: drove back to C-ville to watch my youngest 2 nieces while my SIL prepped the new house for tomorrow’s big moving day activities.  Me + 4 yo + 2 10 mo + 6 mo = long, tiring day. 

The rest of this week:
Tomorrow: morning Bible study
Wednesday: no plans
Thursday: doctor’s appointment
Friday: Moms group meeting (at church)
Saturday: Parents’ meeting for Baby Dedication Sunday (on the 18th) from 9-11 in the morning.

One of these days maybe I’ll get a break and maybe Alex will sleep all the way through the night and I won’t feel like I’m barely staying on top of the basics.  I hope.

But on a better note, Alex climbed the stairs tonight by himself (with Eric behind him to keep him from falling).  He’s definitely going to be my climber.  And Erin has started clapping along when you cheer.  Both are too cute!

And I have the best-est babies in the world…in all the craziness of the last few days, we’ve had maybe 2 meltdowns.  Thank you Jesus!

And now I’m going to bed. 

Apparently, I went missing from Xanga this week.  I didn’t mean to, but suddenly it’s Friday, and I have hardly been on all week.  I guess spending some time IRL isn’t too bad, though.

What have we been doing?  Mostly trying to get the babies’ nap schedule back on track.  After Sunday’s craziness and then another huge schedule shift on Tuesday, they needed some time at home to recover.  So that’s what we’ve done.  They’ve been getting 3 naps a day (when they’re tired, their optional late-afternoon nap becomes a must) and they’ve needed it. 

Unfortunately, Alex is now waking up in the middle of the night (right around midnight somewhere) and screaming and screaming.  Night before last, Eric and I were both up from midnight to 1:00 am trying to get the babies to stop crying.  They did, while we were holding them.  But as soon as we put them down, they’d start again.  So finally, we just let them cry.  It took about 15 more minutes for both to be asleep.  Then last night, Alex started in at 11:30.  I just let him cry without ever going in.  And he still cried, on and off, for over 30 minutes.  I just don’t know what to do anymore.  And I’d like to get some sleep again.  So if you have any ideas or input, feel free to share!

Other than napping, I’ve played with babies (they’re so fun these days!), done some housekeeping and paperwork, had a friend and her baby over on Wednesday morning, and gotten some groceries. 

Today, I really need to do some more cleaning and laundry.  And our Mother of Twins club sale is tonight, so I need to make a list of the stuff I need to buy.  And I need to finish prepping what I can for tomorrow.  It’s my 10-year college reunion in C-ville, and I’m hosting a little get-together at my parents’ house for some of my best friends from college.  I’m looking forward to it (I’m not sure Eric really is), but I’ve got a lot of work to do before tomorrow. 

Anyway, I hear babies now.  So I’d better run.  Happy weekend!