What is wrong with men!

I am not your typical 'man hatter' but sometimes I really wonder where their heads are at! Maybe it's just my husband but, hello they are your kids too! We just got home from an exhausting weekend with the boys and I am almost passed out on the floor with 2 toddlers jumping all over me and I get a whiff. Someone has pooped. I'm pretty good at knowing who it was just by the smell. I change diapers all day every day. So, I figure it's not too much to ask that my husband change one at least every other day. He tries to find anyway out of it. He actually takes longer scheming on how to get out of a diaper change than the time it would have taken to just change it.

So here is his new line "You should change it, you do it so much better". Seriously???

Traveling Update

Ok, so we got home early yesterday afternoon from a weekend visit for my MIL surprise 50th birthday party. As expected, the trip was beyond stressful. If K & B would just take a normal nap and go to sleep on time it would be easy peasy! However, they prefer to scream at the top of their lungs and take at least an hour or more to finally fall asleep. Ugh! Last night when we put them down in their own beds...nada, not a peep.

To add to the stress my husband thought this was his weekend off...now that's a knee slapper!

I'm a teeny bop

Ok this is hard for me to admit. I am an avid reader. No, that is not what I'm admitting. Lately I am addicted to the most childish books imaginable. Here is what I am admitting. I am 29 years old and I loved the Twilight series by Stephanie Meyer. There I said it.

Although I love to read, I will also admit I do not normally read scholar-worthy type books. I've been known to dabble in some Stephen King, Dean Koontz, John Grisham, and Greg Iles (looove him). After reading Twilight I got into some Jodi Picoult books...she's okay. I even read the Sookie Stackhouse series by Charlaine Harris. I figured her vampire books are better suited for my age...not as embarrassing. I just cannot seem to find my Twilight fix.

Looking around in Target last week, I saw some flashy vampire series. It is The House of Night Series by P.C. Cast. So I bought the first book. Again, it is a teeny-bopper book. But...I love it! What is wrong with me?! I think a 8 year old could read it. In only a little over a week I'm on my 3rd book.

I am accepting any suggestions for good, page-turner ADULT friendly books.

Poop there it is!

A nurse in the NICU once told me that changing diapers would eventually get harder. Stupid me I didn't believe her. How can it get harder than trying to put on a diaper that is too large on a screaming wiggling baby that pees on me all time? It does. Now the baby can scream louder, wiggle better and pee in larger quantities. But that isn't even the hard part. Now I have to hold down a screaming wiggling peeing toddler that is trying to put his hands in his (excuse me...) poopy penis while his brother is picking up the soiled diaper and running around the room.

p.s. Do not let your toddler walk around in just a diaper. They do know how to get out of it, you just won't know it until you find them peeing in the corner.

Traveling - Ugh!

So this weekend we are traveling with the boys to our hometown about 2 hours away...and I am dreading it worse than if I had to go to the dentist for 10 cavities. We are throwing a surprise 50th birthday party for my mother-in-law. We will be there Friday - Sunday. We always stay at my parents house (they live in the same town) and have all the necessities (pack-n-plays, etc) there. Well my parents are away for the weekend so we will be staying in their house alone - with no help. It is only Tuesday and already I am having trouble sleeping & completely stressing over this trip. Am I the only parent with twins that dreads traveling???
The worst part for me is putting the boys down for a nap or bed. We have two pack-n-plays set up in one room (at home they are in separate rooms) and we also sleep in that room. I don't know if it is because it is an unfamiliar room or what, but when we leave the room they scream. To make matters worse, they keep each other up crying. It breaks my heart to listen to it. At home, we put them in their cribs and they go to sleep, no crying.

We had the same issue when we went on vacation in April. We all had to share a room and they would scream when we left. They were both miserable the whole vacation because they were so overtired.

I am not looking forward to this, to say the least. I love going home to see all of our family (his grandma, my grandparents, my sister & nieces, our parents), but we hardly ever go because it is so stressful on me. I cannot wait until they are old enough to be excited about going to sleep over at Grandma & Grandpa's.

It's also hard for me because I feel like I am completely overwhelmed away from home with them. Nowhere we go is baby proofed like at home so I have to chase them around everywhere. Feeding them is a whole-nether story.

Well this will be the first time we put them in separate rooms at my parents. We will see how that goes. Someone please tell me traveling with twins gets easier???? Any advice on the sleeping situation??

Belly Pics

Everyone wants to see the belly pictures of someone pregnant with twins. I still cannot believe I got that big!

New Cooking Idea

With two kids under the age of 2 I find it extremely difficult to plan & execute meals. I have run out of ideas and cook the same things over and over again. I realize most of my problem starts with the grocery shopping. I always make sure I buy the meats (pork, chicken, beef) but I never know what to do with them. I usually resort to pork chops, cheeseburgers and chicken and rice. I never have enough ingrediants to cook anything from any of my cookbooks.

So I went on the internet searching for some idea's. I hit the jackpot with a website I found. It is called simplifysupper.com. The have menu's set up for the entire month. Most importantly you can search through all of their recipes and customize your own menu. Another great part of this site is that when you are done setting up your menu (or using theirs) you can print out the grocery list & recipes for the week. I love this idea! This way I know what I'm cooking every day, I have all the necessary ingrediants, and the best part is that I don't waste food because everything I bought is being used!

I am attempting to start this tomorrow & I will post an update at the end of the week on how I did.