I'm receiving hate emails and harassing phone calls from family members for allowing so much time to lapse between posts. Let me assure all of you it can only be attributed to the "Black lung" which has seized our home. The good news is that the boys are on the mend. Only runny noses remain. The bad news is that cold sores have commandeered my face. I have nine (yes, count them, NINE) cold sores right now. And I'm not counting the little tiny ones that huddle near the big ones for protection. I'm talking separate beasts, here. OK, I'm grossing myself out, moving on...
Birthdayness.
My sister Darel uses this term to justify week-long birthday celebrations and ridiculous requests regarding her celebrated day. I've chosen to describe the month of November at our house as pure "Birthdayness". The boys were insanely spoiled by grandparents, great-grandparents, aunts and uncles and honorary Grandma Patti. Mostly the month has allowed Brent and I to re-live the amazing and difficult time that was November 2007.
The boys have come a long way. Their heart, lung and temperature monitors no longer haunt our sleep. We don't live and die by the baby scale each morning, just hoping that the boys have gained weight. We no longer pray for Keith to have a bowel movement so he can eat. And fortunately, Brent and I do not share a less-than-twin size cot 24 inches above a tile floor.
Fortunately, these pictures bring back very real memories that also seem very far behind us.
Presently, the boys are tearing up the house. Just today, furniture was rearranged, an entire box of tissue was torn to shreds and partially consumed, toilet paper rolls were unraveled and literally every reachable kitchen item was pulled from its cuboardly home. And just to make sure I haven't lost my sense of humor, Keith decided to dock his own personal subs in the tub this morning. He just wanted to remind me how grateful I am that he has a healthy bowel system. And in a weird way, I'm glad he did.
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You write well Darc. Yes, we all have so much to be grateful for this Thanksgiving, not the least of which is Special K and Coley Bear. Last November seems such a long time ago. We're just happy that you get to sleep once in a while now.
I hope you feel better. Sounds like you have had it worse at your house than here. We just had little colds and and ER visit with Elyse for precaution. The boys are already a year old? Wow!!!! Doesn't time fly. My oldest will be 8 in a few months, yikes!!!! Hope you have a good Thanksgiving, I am sure you will be in Yakima and I will be here wishing I were there. :)
I think it's called Double-Trouble!
Yuckies - family sickness is NO fun and cold sores SUCK.
I am loving how cute and big your boys are - don't you just love their little fat roles :)
Hang in there,
Hugs,
S
We celebrate birthday weeks too, for every member of the family, though with mine right before Christmas, it ends up being a birthday holiday month. Sounds like an amazing journey you have had this year, with wonderful lessons all around. Glad to hear that all is well now, even if the crazies surround the healthy-ness.
Happy Birthday to the twins! It's amazing to see how much they've grown in only a year. They are so adorable!
Love-Shanna
Happy Birthday to the boys!!! They look SO big in the pictures. Isn't motherhood great with all its twists and turns and tugs at your heart strings? Congrats on a wonderful year and to many more to come!!!
Is it coincidence that the favorite aunt has the same birthdayness as Coley and Keithy? I think not. I can't wait to squeeze them at Christmas!
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