Fun With Cousins

I've been meaning to post these because they are so cute. And because my nieces Ailey and Genevieve look at pictures on the blog daily! Shout out to my girls ;)



Evan is heavy, says Ailey!

The Downward Spiral

No, Trent Reznor is not coming over to clean my house. But I would let anybody clean it right now, including a crazy, pierced guy who probably smells like my house. Right now I don't have the time or energy to clean the house the way it needs to be clean and it is driving me nuts. The walls are closing in on me. Of course, I could stop writing this blog post and clean. You are thinking that, right?? Sure I can "fake clean" by vacuuming and spot scrubbing liquid, hard cheese off the floor, but I'm finding it hard to bleach the counters, clean windows, dust, get out cobwebs, etc. So much so, I decided to call Merry Maids. It will cost a little more than I wanted and I would prefer to pay for Mommy and me gymnastics. I'm counting down the hours and minutes until John walks through the door, or more accurately jumps into the mini-van. I can't wait to start a real life and be able to be a family and -yes- CLEAN!!

Big Boy Haircut

I took Evan to a place where they sit in an airplane, car, etc, to get his haircut. They say the longer you wait to get them off of your lap, the harder it is. Well, he did better than he does when he's on my lap! Amelia was the one screaming and acting up. In between shavers and scissor snips, I had to feed her Raisinettes to shut her up. Always multi-tasking...

He even has man-product now to spike up his bangs!

Gross!!

I added canola oil to their Mac-n-cheese. They loved it. So much they put it all over them.

Half and Half = Fat Babies. Maybe.

So we just got back from the big weigh-in. Amelia only gained a couple of ounces (18 lbs) and Evan lost a few (below 20 lbs again). It's been over a month of non-stop eating. They are just so active I think they burn it right off. The doc said no juice or water and I cheated and did give them those things. It has just been so hot and Evan has one kidney and has been doing great, so why risk anything, though the doc said it was fine. Oh well. I will try it her way (mostly). I have also been instructed to put half and half or cream into their milk. And I have to put Velveeta on everything. I know it sounds crazy and a lot of people say they are fine, but they are severely underweight now. If they don't gain in 1 month, we have to do blood work. I don't want to put them through it, so I'm going to get serious with the fat. Adding fat to a fattening diet. I wish I could give them some of mine. I should mention that they grew an inch, so I think that is quite an accomplishment.

Anyway, here are some more eating pics from WI, where they ate and ate and ate and then ran up and down the hill everyday.

"I've seen some things, man... And some stuff!"

Green shamrock cookies at Irish Fest


Kitties like corn, too.

Here is a video (from my phone, turn down the volume) that shows how crazy it is with them and how fast they are. Notice in the beginning that Evan is way in the background. He took advantage of the situation and knew that I was busy with Amelia. Stinker.

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trying to set up blogging ';on the fly';. i'm so high tech!

In WI- it's all about the food!

The number one tourist attraction in Wisconsin is food. Or maybe it's beer. Since the kids couldn't enjoy a WI micro-brew, they concentrated on trying lots of new foods. They tried kringle (a Racine, WI Danish delicacy), cyclops (a Kenosha, WI chocolate/buttercream donut delicacy), cheese (of the non-curd and curd varieties), fried cauliflower, corn on the cob, cream puffs, and much more I'm sure. If these kids didn't gain weight in WI, I give up. Here are a few of my favorite food videos.

We're Baack...

Wow, it has been a long time! It was hard while on vacation to get online to post stuff. I can't believe how busy we were. The first week was a little slow and then, BAM!, everyday we did something- the beach, in the water, the farm, festivals, and so on, and so on. I didn't take quite as many pics as I would have liked, but still got some good ones. I will post them over the next few days.

On another note, travelling with infant/toddler twins alone is not something I recommend. But if you have to do it, here a few helpful hints:

1) DO NOT FLY AIRTRAN!. The flight to Milwaukee was such a nightmare, I still don't want to speak of it. Horrible flight attendants. The only help I had was from passengers. And I was practically in tears. After calling customer relations, they set up gate assistance for me. (Not really.) The flight back was soooo much better. Mostly because my mom parked and came in until we went through security. But I think the flight attendants were nicer. And willing to lift a carseat for me, which the other flight attendants said was "not a requirement of their jobs." So gate assistance was called, but because they wanted to get the plane loaded the Milwaukee flight attendants just said "screw it" and did it themselves. They didn't buckle the car seat in, though, I had to set two 19 month olds down on seats and tell them to "stay" (yeah, right) while I buckled it in. What, do tell, would happen if you had two little babies??

2) If you have to fly Airtran, call customer relations and put up a big stink.

3) No matter the airline, make sure to call customer relations first, that way when the ticket people or flight attendants start giving attitude you start screaming about customer relations.

4) Keep your chin up and buck up. Nothing you can do, so just get through it, it will all be over in a few hours.

5) Oh, and no matter the cost (well, maybe), try to get a flight when they usually go to bed. Mine go to bed at 8, so they were sleeping on the flight home. However, the flight to WI was past their bedtime, so they stayed up with all the excitement, then got really cranky when they couldn't sleep yet. FLIGHT TO WI VERY BAD.