1. we babysat 4 kids last night. So...for 3.5 hours we had in our home 8 children ages
7, 6, 5, 4, 2, 1, 9weeks and 4 weeks. wow. fun! :) Svend took the older 4 plus Tabitha to get icecream and fixings... when he got home, I was sitting on the floor holding bottles in both baby's mouths. I feel for mother's of twins!
2.Speaking of bottles... I think we're just about there with Brooklyn. It kind of sucks because this will be the first time with babies that we haven't had food stamps... we will have WIC but I HATE Enfamil! Not to mention all the guilt that comes with bottle feeding... I know I shouldn't care, because I have always bottle fed at some point, and the kid has completely HURT me (TMI?)... but I still feel guilty. I just hope I can keep most of my brain enough to remember bottles and formula! That was the nice thing about nursing Tabitha... I was so brain dead with 3 I would'nt have remembered any of that stuff. Still working it out in my head and heart...but I'm thinking the weaning begins tonight...
3. And speaking of emotions...I think the "Baby Blues" have finally hit. I am so emotional these past few days. Obviously this is way later than normal baby blues, but I think with all the craziness that came with Brooklyn being 3 weeks early and at a seemingly inopportune time, I'm grateful they didn't hit til now. Svend officially completely medical school yesterday...and now we have 1 1/2 weeks with just US before it gets crazy again with family and graduation and Brooklyn's blessing... I hate being emotional!
4. We have arrived! That's what it felt like today when we went to a friend's retirement party. Seriously. We get there and it's pretty much all adults (older adults obviously) then us with 4 kids. Tabitha managed to spill her drink EVERYWHERE not one, not two, but THREE TIMES! The other two were really good... and Brooklyn probably recieved every germ known to man...because I handed her to a close friend who then passed her to a husband, who then passed her to a friend who then passed her to a daughter and I didn't know HALF the people who held her.. annoying....frustrating...etc! tally went and asked one lady if she could hold her and the lady said " I just got her..." Tally was annoyed :)
5. Svend is off on a man-date. It's good. I encouraged it. he's worked hard and deserves a minute to get to watch THOR especially since I could care less about it... but Brooklyn is cranky and Tabitha will not go to sleep... ugh. Fun fun fun. And someone keeps letting her out of her room...
6. Tabitha is really struggling (we both are)...she's not THE baby anymore but is still a "baby." She is very frustrated when she comes in the room and sees me holding Brooklyn...especially when she's tired or hungry. But on the other hand she loves Brooklyn and gives her kisses and loves...
7. Another person who adores Brooklyn is Bergen. Today she was crying so I headed upstairs to get her out of her bed...and Bergen met me at the BOTTOM of the stairs holding her... "she was crying so I got her for you." He was beaming. I thanked him and took her and just smiled at him as we asked him not to do that again... ;)
8. okay...enough.
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