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Well, we are finally on a schedule!! I thought it would never happen!! But, randomly about 2 weeks ago they just sort of fell into it!! I was starting to get a little paranoid that they would never have a routine and it would just be constant chaos...but to my surprise, it just happened!! They are eating 6 oz between 7:30-8 a.m., 12, 4, and 7:30-8 p.m. Then, I put them down for the night between 8-8:30 and they usually sleep until 6:15-7:30 a.m. One of them usually wakes up at some point during the night, but I can just run up, put their paci in and go back to sleep (I'll be glad when that stops happening and sometimes neither one of them wakes up, but it's very sporadic!). And, their daytime routine usually consists of a morning nap 9:30-12 and an afternoon nap from 1:30-4. Then, kyle and i usually take them running in the evenings for about 30 minutes and they usually cat nap during that time. So, for the most part they have been pretty consistent with this schedule, however, it seems like just when you think you have them figured out, everything changes so I guess we'll see!! But, I'm pretty happy with this schedule, so I hope it stays like this for a while!! I am definitely able to get a lot more done around the house!! There for a while it looked like a war zone!! Anyways...things are getting better and better everyday!! their little personalities are really starting to come out!! And, I think I can see some teeth coming in Mitchell's mouth so that's exciting too!! Oh boy, the fun never ends!!
This past weekend was our first trip to visit Grandma and Grandpa Dunn's!! The drive up there was the trip from HELL...seriously it rained for 6 of the 7 hours it took us to get there (which normally it only takes about 5 hours!!) Anyways, we were nervous that the boys would be awful since they were away from home, but to our surprise they did GREAT!! They loved their new surroundings and getting to visit with everyone!! And, what a treat for us as Grandma and Grandpa helped out SOOO much!! (not to mention the fact that they are both superb cooks...so we ate really good the whole time too!!) We had such a good time that we all decided we needed to go to the beach for a vacation!! And, auntie Jilly scored big by getting her bosses house in Seaside for free!! Oh boy, we are counting down the days until May 9th!! Fun times, fun times!! we really thought we wouldn't be able to go this year because the boys would be too little, but after their super good behavior this weekend...I think they're ready!!
Well, last Thursday marked 4 months...that's right Kyle and I have survived 4 months of parenthood!! And, as fate would have it, it's actually getting MUCH easier!! They have started sleeping SO much better!! I took them for their check-up on Monday and they weighed in at 11.12 (Parker) and 13.8 (Mitchell) Hooray!! We are so excited at how big they are getting!!
Well, Mitchell and Parker's best friend, Hollis, has finally arrived!! They have been waiting and waiting and waiting for him to get here!! They haven't officially met him yet because we don't want him to get any germs, but they are totally pumped!! Last Wednesday night we went to Pueblo Real for trivia night and we all made Kim eat a bunch of spicy mexican to get things moving and low and behold...her water broke the next day and she had little Hollis on Friday April 4th!! Kristen and I went today to meet him and he is absolutely precious!! It was so nice to finally pick up a baby that was smaller than Mitchell and Parker!! He weighed 8 lbs. 5 oz. when he was born and lost down to 7.13 (i think) and weighed 8.4 as of yesterday. His coloring is great and he is just beautiful!! I am so excited that we will be able to raise our kids together!! Congrats to them on the new arrival to their family!!
Well, Jennifer and I decided last week that we would keep each others kids 1 day per week. This would allow her a day to do her student teaching observations and give me a day to run errands and have some freedom from the boys. This would be a win win situation for both of us!! Anyways...Tuesday was my day to have Cole...he was PERFECT as always!! He is such a sweet child and Kyle and I hope we can just do half as good with our kids as they have done with him!! He is just precious!! Anyways...Victoria called yesterday morning and we were trying to figure out something fun to do, when she came up with us taking the kids to the zoo. We ended up with a pretty big group...the adults~Me, Victoria, Kristen, Laura, Lindsey, and Ann. and the kids~Mitchell (mine), Parker (mine), Cole (my nephew), Liam (Victoria's), Johno (kristen's loaner kids~her nephew), Anna (kristen's loaner kids~her niece), Caroline (laura's), Isabella (lindsey's), and Cooper (Ann's). That's right we had 6 adults and 9 children ages 4 months-4 years old. We got some pretty funny looks from people!! It was like stroller central. We had 4 regular strollers, 1 umbrella stroller, and of coarse my double stroller/school bus, plus I had one of the boys in the baby bjorn. They stayed until 4 but we had to bail at 2:45 because I was absolutely pooped!! Let me tell you, I definitely got a work-out...pushing a double stroller with 2 kids and carrying one more in the baby bjorn I felt like wonder woman!! I was definitely huffing and puffing my way around!! It's crazy when you are pushing that much weight
how many inclines there are~ha ha!! Anyways, we had a great time!! It was funny today I went to see Kim and meet little Hollis for the first time (and he is sooooo cute!!...and we're hoping that they will join the blogging world soon!!) Anyways, I was telling her about everything and she said, so did all the kids enjoy it and then I started thinking that really none of them were old enough to really know what we were looking at except maybe Johno. But, regardless, it was good for us mommas and aunts to get together!! I forgot my camera, but you can click on Lindsey's blog from mine and see pictures...they are cute!!
"Okay~honestly mom...I look like a dork!! What's up with these silly sunglasses??"~Parker
"We love our Poppy and Gramoanie (we don't know if this name will stick...but we think little Joanie is too cute and young to be called "grandma", so we came up with "Gramoanie" after we were talking about little Ramona being referred to as "Gramoana")"~Mitchell & Parker
We also think our Aunt Jilly & (maybe someday "uncle") Andrew are super cool!!~Mitchell & Parker
