The Jig is up...

The other morning I was feeding the ladies and chatting with the husband while he made coffee. We were talking about all the little things we took for granted before we had kids...sleeping it, having coffee when you want, watching a TV show at any time of day that your home, going places just because we can...the list goes on. Not that we would trade the ladies for anything, because it was a long and painful road to just have the opportunity to just have them. But I assume any new parents comes to the realization of remember when.

Well while we were remembering and laughing, my husband then says is that why you spend a long time in the bathroom sometimes taking a shower??? and I look at him like what????? He says well you seem to take a while when taking a shower now, not as long as before we had the ladies but pretty long. I've wondered what you could be doing. how long does it take to dry your hair?????'

I look at him with I have no idea what your talking about, I hurry in the shower, I don't take my time and wonder what else I could do because I know once I leave the bathroom I'm back on duty...no not me....

And as he begins to piece things together, I scoot into the kitchen to clean up from the morning breakfast....not sure what he is thinking now, but until then this momma is going to have to take the small moments to hang up her super momma cape and breathe where she can.

You know your a Momma when...

Your enjoying the few quiet minutes in the morning with coffee and you hear your kids sqeek over the baby monitor...and you go to their room to find them asleep; so you begin to do the happy dance while backing out of their room, because you know you may have another few minutes of you time :)

Happy Sunday Mommas

Teething Monster turns into the Tooth Fairy?? WTH!

Once again one of our little ladies decided that from 1am on she wasn't comfortable with the idea of sleeping. She tossed, turned and whined to the point that my very tired husband was pleading with her at 415 this morning to just go to sleep. Needless to say I got up at 5 and with a little Momma Magic (aka rubbing of head, blankie in right spot) she went to sleep. However the jury is still out to how long, she woke again at 615, due to our smoker detector. Thank you smoke detector for deciding to tell me our battery is low this morning....

Not only did you wake one of my sleeping children, but you scared the crap out of my fur child to the point of him still hiding in the bathroom, again thank you. At any rate with a quick binkie fix and a yanking of said smoke detector, all is currently quiet. I'm now waiting for my other little lady or Twin B to wake up and be ready to roll because its going to be one of those days..

Which leads me to wonder is my little one waking due to teething? or just to toy with us??? Because she is quite happy during the day, no fuss unless hungry,has a dirty diaper or her twin has whacked her one to many times. I stick my finger in her mouth and feel around, nothing. I look when she is in the mood to let me, and again I see nothing. However I'm trying to remind myself that maybe this is not going to be a nightly thing, and if it is for a while then I should be glad that it isn't both little ladies right? Or should I want them both to go down this teething road together and we can all bond as a family in the wee hours of the morning...

All I know is if this is what is going to be known in our house as the ladies teething, I would like to kick the teething monster in the balls and tell off the tooth fairy. Because I think they are working together.

Unconscious

Yep that was the night before last times ten...okay who are we kidding, that happens nearly every night at least once and when they were newborn I think that happened wht...every hour????. Now with that being said, my husband currently comes home from work about 2am. When he gets home he never comes straight to bed, normally he will stay up for a bit and get some Dad alone time i.e. computer, ice cream, maybe a man movie. But I also know that he will listen for the ladies and take over if they wake so that I can get an hour or two of sleep.

Well like most mornings in true Momma fashion I'm up before anyone else and I'm getting myself together and it hits me....did the ladies wake at all last night???? I think they did once or twice, or was that the night before last? I got up right? didn't I? Its mornings like this you know you slept hard, but it still freaks me out that I can't remember if what happen was truly the night before or a few nights ago. Its becoming a blur of unconscious events! Thankfully though the ladies will not remember me stumbling into their room at the wee hours because they whined or needed some binkie help, because it so happens neither do I.


Ahh the joys of Mommahood.

Long Nights mean,

Finding your inner Momma zen to get through the day....My oldest little lady who is the oldest by a minute decided to wake up hourly last night...and things were going so well (pulling hair out here). So the husband and I are not sure if the teething monster is coming.Because you know we are so going to be throwing said monster a welcome party. Im just counting my blessings that my youngest little lady (by a minute) seems to be going about her nightly routine the same ol same ol way...

So this momma is going to pull up her big girl panties and put on a coffee induced smile and get through the day...hoping of course that bedtime comes quick and is less painless then last one.

ahh mommahood..

Momma also known as Boss..

This is what my husband calls me when other people ask if we want to do something, or if my husband wants to do something "Let me check with the boss"..And its funny because when it comes to our ladies it works that way too. He says that he has learned its easier to just ask me rather than doing something only to have possibly re do later...

But with this awesome title also comes the work and stress. Do you ever wish you could go back in time when you only had to worry about you??? The simpler life when you only had to decide if you wanted cereal or toast or if you wanted to take a shower before coffee. When now-days its how much time do I have before they wake, are due for another feeding, leave for work, be let outside..did I put deodorant on??,have I brushed my teeth today??...

Sometimes I feel like I'm doing nothing more than holding on to my mind that is going a mile a minute, trying to stay one step ahead of every ones needs. And when I get frustrated with having to keep the entire family going and having to think about everyone else before myself, I remind myself of those glorious single days when I was alone and all I wanted was a wonderful husband that loved me even when I look like death and to have kiddos that we could do things with. Those reminders puts things in perspective...sometimes it may take a few minutes but eventually it really does.

Ahh, Mommahood, where you have to keep all the daily duties in the air.

Pee On-Demand

So do you ever go into the bathroom now that kids are in your life and tell yourself if you have to go then GO! because they will know you are in there and the alarm will sound....I feel like I'm now chanting everytime I do something for me "go go go!!".

I'm learning that no only do you have to now truly focus and use your time wisely while doing your business, but there is no more the little distractions like Oh I should work on my eye brows, look I will touch up my make up (what make up?!?!), hmmmm lets re organize this drawer...

I admit though I do take advantage of when the husband is home and he can watch the ladies while I use the bathroom....it then changes from pee on-demand to what else can I do in here and not have to go back out there...

ahh the joys of mommahoond