Nothing Left

I would really like to post something fun or witty, but I've got nothing left today. Why, you ask, well, because this was my day:

from 1:00 AM to 5:00AM - sporadically up and down with Baby Vivian
6:45 AM - wakeup time! Talk with Scott about plans for the day, Pump and Potty.
7:00 - Cuddling - twins are up and in bed with me. Feed Vivian
7:30 - Big Kid Cuddle time - Ev gets up, we ceddle, I shower and she gets dressed
8:00 - Carry Nathan downstairs and buckle into highchair
8:03 - Carry Anna downstairs and buckle into highchair
8:06 - Carry Vivian and 4 dirty bottles downstairs while Evelyn carries pumped milk and socks downstairs
8:10 - make breakfast for the gang, beg Ev to get ready for school
8:30 - Occupational therapist arrives
8:35 - Wish OT luck and ask her to watch other kids while I walk Ev to bus stop
8:40 - Ask another Mom to stand in for me and hug Ev when bus comes so I can run back to the house to rescue OT that was left at my house with 3 small children.
8:45 - Help OT with Nater's therapy session - he's pretty uncooperative for her.
9:30 - OT wraps session, TSS arrives to begin her session with Nate - lots of screaming, but mostly happy screams today.
10:00 - Feed Vivian, Clean up kitchen from breakfast, make coffee,
11:00 - Speech Therapist arrives and conducts joint session with TSS and Nate. I keep Anna occupied and field phone calls.
11:45 - Anna's freaking because she's hungry. We skipped snack this AM, so early lunch for her.
Noon - Nathan begins lunch
12:15 - Anna is begging to go to bed, trying to hold her off until Nathan finishes lunch
12:25 - Take twins to bed for nap, finish paperwork for therapy sessions, great conversation with ST regarding progress and planning for meeting with all therapists on Thursday.
12:55 - Too much coffee and I have the shakes. Wolf down some crackers so hands stop trembling.
1:00 - Feed Vivian
1:15 - Interview with work communications department - explain that the noises are just the baby in my arms, pay no attention to that...
2:00 - eat lunch, wash bottles, clean up toys in family room
2:45 - Pump
3:00 - Get A&N up from naps, give them juice and snack, pack them into stroller
3:20 - strap Viv into baby carrier, get bottle ready for her.
3:35 - We're ALL ready to go for a walk!
3:37 - It's freezing out here - too cold to walk and Ev's bus will be here in 10 minutes
3:45 - wait at the bus stop, Collect grumpy child from bus and walk back home
4:00 - Argue with grumpy 6 year old about why homework needs to be done and why candy isn't really a snack. Feed Vivian.
4:15 - Call hubs, explain I don't want to cook and I have not left the house in 2 full days. Must get out soon! Plan to take the gang to the mall to exhaust them.
4:20 - Ev is in a full meltdown, screaming, crying and completely unreasonable and inconsolable. Call Scott back to explain we're not going anywhere tonight.
4:30 - Now everyone is crying. Begin feeding A&N. Commence praying for patience.
5:00 - Ev settles - now has a headache and tummy ache. Imagine that! She wants to watch Golden Girls, so I give in. She still hasn't done homework.
5:30 - Scott gets home, asks why car alarm is going off. He gets the full explanation when he sees Anna with my car keys. Make dinner for Evelyn.
6:00 - Clean up kitchen from kids' dinner time, ask Scott if he wants Cocoa Puffs or Cinnamon Toast Crunch for dinner.
6:15 - Sit down for cold cereal dinner for two at the dining room table.
6:16 - Anna and Vivian begin crying, Nathan poops.
6:30 - Finish eating soggy Cinnamon Toasts & clean up kitchen again.
7:00 - Wrestle with Nathan and Evelyn, put pj's on kids. Feed Vivian
7:30 - put A&N down for bed, get Ev into a bath, put on my own pj's.
8:00 - do homework with Ev
8:30 - Ev falls asleep on the couch, carry her to bed.
9:00 - begin blog post
9:30 - finish post, pump and head up to bed.

Can't imagine why I can't figure out how to fit words together into coherent sentences! When can I go back to work!?!?!?

Howdy Neigh-bors!

It was a beautiful morning today, and the horses were out in the pasture that comes up to our back yard. I was ready to make applesauce, so I saved the cores and we all went out to feed the cores to the horses. Anna loves animals, and ducks and "neighs" are often her favorites. She loved going out back to feed them and pet the horses. She has very little fear of the horses, and doesn't seem to mind at all when they nuzzle or lick her. I think I'm going to frame several of the horse photos for Anna and put them in her room. She just loves her Neigh-bors!

What a nice way to spend the morning. It was especially nice to have Guinness back, I think he enjoyed seeing his horse friends again, too.

First Month

Vivian has been with us for a month now. While there have been a few bumps along the road, all members of the family have pretty much adjusted to the new baby that now lives with us.

It's hard to believe she hasn't been a part of the family forever.