Mikey and I had the opportunity (thanks to our wonderful parents) to take a weekend trip...just the two of us! My mom offered to watch the kids for a couple of nights so we could get away and relax for a bit. Um...YES PLEASE!!
We've been wanting to go to Charleston for-ev-er to visit some friends, Jessica and Ed. We had it all worked out...down to the departure time and all the restaurants and hot spots we wanted to hit. However, and very Unfortunately, the weather looked TERRIBLE for the weekend we had scheduled, AND Jessica and Ed had a pretty full schedule that weekend with work and a race they had already registered for. So...we decided the stars were not aligning and we'd save our trip to Charleston for better weather and more available time with our buddies.
Of course canceling the trip to Charleston was a bummer...but we still had to use the time without kids to our full advantage. We scoped the weather in the Southeast (and even checked some flights to a few spots) and it turned out that the rain was pretty much South Georgia and above, so we ended up setting our sites on Orlando. We did priceline on Wednesday night - left Thursday night - spent the night in Lake City - arrived in Orlando Friday morning and had a blast.
We honestly did nothing but lay by the pool and go out to eat, but it was fabulous. The weather was in the high 80s the entire time, and felt so good. We thought about the kids a ton (how can you not in Orlando, FL with Disney at every corner...not to mention our hotel was super-duper kid-friendly with an awesome toddler pool area). It was great and relaxing to only have to care for ourselves for the weekend.
My mom and Mikey's mom had been wanting to take the twins to the GA aquarium for a while now, and the timing worked out for them to go on the Friday we were gone. They took turns watching the kiddos during the day and had lots of fun with Grandma and Grandpa.
GOOD STUFF.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Friday, February 15, 2013
Peeing and Sleeping
Update from last week's post...
Parks continues to pee on the potty every day...and Marlee finally did for the first time on Wednesday night. I am thinking about ordering another potty so we can have one upstairs and one downstairs because there is zero chance that I will go up and down the stairs with both kids 20 times per day to use one potty.
Marlee is sleeping so great in the big girl bed. She is really impressing me. For the first couple of days I sang her to sleep...then I just sang to her until she was sleepy (which was really fast). The first couple times she chased me to the door, but I would watch her on the monitor and she would go right back to her bed and lay down. Now she just wimpers a little when I lean over to kiss her because she knows I am leaving...but she stays in her bed and is usually asleep in less than 2 minutes.
I'm at 27 weeks today. Baby boy is about 2 pounds...that's half of a newborn baby Marlee!! :)
Parks continues to pee on the potty every day...and Marlee finally did for the first time on Wednesday night. I am thinking about ordering another potty so we can have one upstairs and one downstairs because there is zero chance that I will go up and down the stairs with both kids 20 times per day to use one potty.
Marlee is sleeping so great in the big girl bed. She is really impressing me. For the first couple of days I sang her to sleep...then I just sang to her until she was sleepy (which was really fast). The first couple times she chased me to the door, but I would watch her on the monitor and she would go right back to her bed and lay down. Now she just wimpers a little when I lean over to kiss her because she knows I am leaving...but she stays in her bed and is usually asleep in less than 2 minutes.
I'm at 27 weeks today. Baby boy is about 2 pounds...that's half of a newborn baby Marlee!! :)
Friday, February 8, 2013
Big Milestone Day
Yesterday was a big day for Parks and Marlee:
Parks peed in the potty for the first time!!
I haven't been trying to potty train yet since we will have a newborn in about 3 months to keep us busy...and I don't want to put the work in now and then have the twins regress and have to re-train them later. However, I did buy a potty and let them sit on it to get used to it (usually at bath time). Parks peed right away and was so proud of himself, but not as proud as I was. :-) He did it again tonight at bath time. Woo-hoo.
Marlee escaped her crib...twice!!
Not so great. I went in to get them up from their nap yesterday, and she was walking around the room and throwing a bunch of stuffed animals in Parks' crib. I was so shocked. Then, I put them to bed last night and a few minutes later saw her walking around the room on the baby monitor. Needless to say, we did some rearranging and have moved Parks into his own room (still in a crib) and put a mattress on the floor for Marlee's "big girl bed." She actually took a really good nap on it today with no hiccups and I put her to bed a little while ago...we will see how tonight goes. I did have to sing her to sleep for her nap and bed time, but that should only last during this transition phase.
I am 26 weeks preggo today!!
I feel like I am 36 weeks, which doesn't bode well, but things have been going pretty well. This little guy gets very active in the evenings when I FINALLY sit down to relax. My feet ache when I am standing a lot during the day and the heartburn is awful at night (I usually wake up every hour at night with unbearable burning). I am starting a rx heartburn med today, so hopefully I can make it through the night tonight. Other than that, I can't complain much and have been so thankful to have all positive doctor reports so far. I do my glucose test in 2 weeks and after that I have to start my checkups every 2 weeks instead of 4 weeks. I feel like I am so busy that I haven't been spending as much time mentally preparing for our new addition, but once in a while it hits me and I am just so excited and grateful for this miracle of life. I love him already. Now...does anyone have a perfect name suggestion???
Parks peed in the potty for the first time!!
I haven't been trying to potty train yet since we will have a newborn in about 3 months to keep us busy...and I don't want to put the work in now and then have the twins regress and have to re-train them later. However, I did buy a potty and let them sit on it to get used to it (usually at bath time). Parks peed right away and was so proud of himself, but not as proud as I was. :-) He did it again tonight at bath time. Woo-hoo.
Marlee escaped her crib...twice!!
Not so great. I went in to get them up from their nap yesterday, and she was walking around the room and throwing a bunch of stuffed animals in Parks' crib. I was so shocked. Then, I put them to bed last night and a few minutes later saw her walking around the room on the baby monitor. Needless to say, we did some rearranging and have moved Parks into his own room (still in a crib) and put a mattress on the floor for Marlee's "big girl bed." She actually took a really good nap on it today with no hiccups and I put her to bed a little while ago...we will see how tonight goes. I did have to sing her to sleep for her nap and bed time, but that should only last during this transition phase.
I am 26 weeks preggo today!!
I feel like I am 36 weeks, which doesn't bode well, but things have been going pretty well. This little guy gets very active in the evenings when I FINALLY sit down to relax. My feet ache when I am standing a lot during the day and the heartburn is awful at night (I usually wake up every hour at night with unbearable burning). I am starting a rx heartburn med today, so hopefully I can make it through the night tonight. Other than that, I can't complain much and have been so thankful to have all positive doctor reports so far. I do my glucose test in 2 weeks and after that I have to start my checkups every 2 weeks instead of 4 weeks. I feel like I am so busy that I haven't been spending as much time mentally preparing for our new addition, but once in a while it hits me and I am just so excited and grateful for this miracle of life. I love him already. Now...does anyone have a perfect name suggestion???
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