So I discovered Project 52: Date Nights this past week. (link to be inserted at a later date, because blogger isn't letting me put in a link at the moment. Lame).

George and I haven't signed the pledge yet, because I'm a chicken.

We did have a pretty awesome date last night though. We had a marvelous dinner.





That's right. Mac & Cheese, pigs in a blanket, and peaches.

You might be laughing, but in all seriousness, this is George's favorite. He really loves simple food. .
He even prefers chicken to steak. We're great at confusing waiters when we go out. He gets the pasta, and I get the meat and potatoes.

But we really did have fun. George loved the simple dinner, and then after dinner we watched "Rear Window". George had to watch it for his intro to film class (he needed one more fine arts credit). I liked it, it's a fun flick.

After it was over, George went back to the computer to study for his third test of the week (hoorah macroeconomics?)
It was quickie (the dirty part of me just laughed, you?) but it was good to have some time set apart to spend with my husband in between all of his work.

I'm oh so wise now...

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List 10 Things You Never Knew Until You Were a Mom

1. Why it takes so bloody long to get a crying baby in the middle of the night.
When I was about 15, one of my sisters moved back in with our parents so that she and her husband could pay bills. I got to share the room next to them, and I never understood WHY it took her so long to get to her crying baby and get him back to sleep.
But then I had twins. and I no longer harbor any resentment for the sleep I lost.

2. How much I would love my babies.
I've loved all my nieces and nephews, but oh my goodness. I didn't know my heart could love this much.

3. How hard it would be.
Most of the difficulty does come from the lack of sleep, but it also comes from the teething and the whining and the crying. And the fact that you love them so much that you want everything to go well for them, but at the same time you want them to learn from the trials.

4. How exquisite and marvelous sleep really is.
If you're a mom, you get it. If you're not, you don't.

5. How much I would worry.
Oh my goodness, there are so many things to worry about! Squirt's fever, Monkey's cleft, teething, baby proofing, growth rates, development, etc. blah blah blah.

6. How rewarding it is when they smile at you.
I'll always remember the first time little squirt smiled at me. George brought him in to me so I could feed him with monkey. Monkey thought he was dying, but squirt wasn't upset yet. He looked up and recognized me, and smiled.

7. How sweet it is when they can crawl to you.
My little squirt is the only one who can crawl at the moment, and he is constantly crawling over to find me. I love being the one he looks for.

8. How much it hurts when they hurt.
Remember this post? Still pretty much the worst day of my life ever.

9. How they would make budgeting nearly impossible.
I had a budget. It was pretty. But then I found out I was having 2 babies. Which blew my budget away. But I redid it.
Then they spent time in the NICU.
Which screwed with our budget more.
Then Tommy had his surgery, which was pre-approved by our insurance, but then the insurance company said the Dr. was out of network (even though they DID approve that Dr. to perform the surgery...) and so they didn't pay one red cent for his surgery.

10. How rewarding being a mom is.
I've always wanted to be a mom. Always. and I knew I would love it. But I didn't realize how much I would love it.
I love singing them their lullabies and rocking them to sleep at night. I love holding them for a few minutes before I put them in their cribs. I love nursing them. I love reading to them. I love playing with them. and I love that I am the one that they turn to when they are sick, or tired, or hungry, or hurt.

So there's my list. Hope you enjoyed!

Also, today would have been my brother's 34th birthday, had he lived. (He was born with anencephaly and spina bifida, so he died the same day). Happy birthday. See you on the other side.

Love these pictures

Don't want the food!

Big Climber!

Photographic evidence that they can share. and enjoy it (I had to be sneaky on this one).

No more toothless grins from this one. Love it.

Hostage

My husband likes to take our computer hostage.
He was on it almost all day yesterday.
and I can't complain, because he's doing homework.

Part of me loves that he's doing homework- it means he's working hard to try and better our situation.

But part of me misses having unlimited access to our computer.

Good Clean Fun

I give the boys a bath before bed every night. They eat their oatmeal (yum!) and then into the tub they go.
It's quite possibly my favorite part of the night. Something about entering the bathroom makes my boys instantly happy. Perhaps it's the baby in the mirror, or maybe it's that they know they're going to be able to enter mommy into a wet t-shirt contest while splashing in the water.
Or maybe it's just that they can be naked. Don't know what, don't care what, I just know it makes them happy.
and then when we're done, Squirt crawls around completely starkers while I get their pajamas. These boys LOVE to be naked.

With butts as cute as theirs, I love them to be naked too.

Here we have squirt about to go for a toy...

Here is monkey, playing with the playmat. Also enjoying his birthday suit. I love his moobs!

In other news, I heard about an App on the i-phone today that allows you to text while you drive. You simply say the text out loud, and the phone writes the message and sends it!

What I really love about this app is that it works even when you don't have an i-phone. I call it "calling rather than texting."

Random Acts of Kindness

So one of my neighbors did something very sweet today.
I don't know this neighbor very well. I know she helped me with the boys in church on Sunday (until I gave up and left Relief Society to listen to Sacrament Meeting in the foyer), because George was teaching, which left me alone with the boys.
This neighbor called my MIL last night to ask if I had an umbrella stroller. My MIL told her I had a stroller that my car seats could click into, but not an umbrella stroller.
So she and her husband went out and bought me this:

She's hoping this will make life at church a bit easier for me. She felt bad seeing me lug both boys around during the second and third hour, and so is hoping that I can just plop them in here, and then I don't have to bring in the bulky car seats. Another bonus? Maybe I can get them to sleep in the stroller and I can actually attend relief society (crazy, I know).

Can I just say how awesome that is, and how touched I am?

One day, I will be on the giving end of this spectrum. We have been given so much, and we truly hope to be in a position to give back.

10 months

Oh my goodness, how time flies. These little men are growing so fast.

Here is my little squirt, cute as a button.
He's been learning how to climb lately. He tends to stick out his tongue when concentrating.
It is adorable.Here is monkey. You can't see it well in the picture, but he is getting his first tooth.
He is getting so big! He likes to put up his arms and wave his hands to ask you to please pick him up.
He gets very sad when you do not.

I love these boys.