Poop-tastrophe

My little ones are already 2 months and 5 days old! At their 2 month appt, Henry weighed 11 lbs, 10 oz (in the 52%) and Charlie was 9 lbs, 6 oz (in the 6%). They were both 21 inches long (2%). The doctor says they are both perfectly healthy and growing exactly as they should. We have an appointment about the helmet on Tuesday. Henry is our big guy. We nicknamed him "Hank the Tank" because he is so solid! They are still adjusting to the transition to formula. The first week was rough and I felt just terrible for them, but they seem to be ok now. We had an outing to Oasis for dinner with MeeMee and PopPop and an outing today to Luby's to celebrate Mim's birthday. We also had our first trip to the park this weekend. But other than that, we keep these babies at home! Nana came to help out last weekend too. They are both starting to smile and coo and are just so cute!

I was hoping I wouldn't have to hire help for the babies. I tried it on my own for awhile! And the realization was that although I could do it on my own, I couldn't do it well enough. One person just isn't quite enough for 2 infants and a 2 year old. There was always someone crying, someone neglected...And poor Harrison would have to occupy himself while I fed the babies which was all the time! I was terribly stressed out with my blood pressure way high. We now have a nanny named Mary Anne who comes 25 hours per week to help me. She is exactly what we needed! I am able to spend quality alone time with Harrison. When I am spending time with the babies, Mary Anne plays with Harrison. So everyone is now getting all the attention they need. Because of it, Harrison is so much happier. He's nicer to his brothers and so sweet to us. He tells us how much he loves us regularly. He told me the other day "Mommy, I love you. Please don't ever go away. I will come find you!" I overheard him tell Mary Anne "I like you. You're my friend. I want to do things that make you happy". He also has told me "I am going to be nice to Mommy. I am going to bake you a cake, water your garden, put on my construction hat and build you a house. And then build you another house". He is just such a sweety! Harrison and I spent so much time together before the babies came. And then I went on bed rest and then hospital stays and then taking care of the newborns and I hated that for us! But now I feel like things are perfect again with us. We still have our share of tantrums! But they are just because he is 2 and we will just have to survive those.

Ahhh and I can't write this blog without mentioning a couple good poop stories. It had been several days since Henry had done his business and I was starting to freak out about it. One morning I had him in the Bjorn while I washed bottles when I saw that he was doing his thing. I let him finish because there was no way I was going to screw this up for him! When I took him out of the Bjorn I saw that he had poop all the way up his back to his hair! Thank goodness Adam was still home. We just had to bathe that poor kid. But he had a smile on his face after that! I will be telling this next story for a long time. I put Harrison down for a nap the other day, which is becoming more difficult everyday. I got the babies to sleep too and then called the insurance company to sort out this stack of medical bills. I turned down the volume on Harrison's monitor for a few minutes while I was on the phone. When I finished, Henry and Charlie were starting to wake up (thanks for the 15 minute nap guys!). I grabbed Henry and went to peek at Harrison before I started feeding the babies. Little did I know the poop-tastrophe I was going to walk into. I first see the poop balls in the middle of the floor. I look up to see Harrison without pants or a diaper on. There is poop smeared ALL OVER his sheets. He apparently used his foot to smear the poop in every inch of the sheet. There is a puddle of pee in the middle. Poop all over his hands, feet, hair. And a big grin on his face. Around that time Henry starts screaming at the top of his lungs (Henry doesn't mess around when he's hungry). I laid Henry down and started to approach the crime scene with wet wipes when I realized how pointless that would be! So I just had to plop him in the tub. It was madness for awhile. I would have NEVER expected this from Harrison! He doesn't like "yucky" stuff! But he is a little boy and I have 2 more to expect these shennanigans from I guess!

Well I must go now because there are a million things to do before we can go to bed. Things in our house are so much better now that I am not spending 4 -5 hours pumping everyday and I have help! Things are exactly as they should be! (and bonus - my blood pressure is back to normal!) I will try to update again soon!