Merry Christmas

I have a few minutes to wish you all a Merry Christmas. I know I owe you all more pics on the Picasa account (linked from this site). I promise to upload some more pictures next week.
The boys are celebrating their very first Christmas and they are going to be 6 months old on Friday! Aunt Brenda sent a very large gift, so large that Amazon didn't even put it in a separate mailing box. Thanks Aunt Brenda.

I'm trying to do 15 things at once today (not sure if it's any different than any other day) to get ready for Christmas Eve at Tiffany and Justin's house. I had to finish Mike's Mom's gift. The cake balls are in the freezer waiting for me to dip them in chocolate and the caprese salad will hopefully be done before we leave for dinner tonight.

I hope you all have a great Christmas!!

Where to begin....

It's been four weeks since my last post. Where has the time gone?? I can tell you exactly where it's gone. Try getting up at 5:30 feed the shorties and then get the big shortie up at 7:00 a.m. to get ready for school. Entertain and make breakfast, get the boys down for a nap and take Lauren to school. I either groom myself or get busy with the chores of the morning (yes, it's a choice that I have to make) and then after the boys get up from their morning nap the chaos begins. We really don't have a set schedule, they are not napping all at the same time, but they all eat at the same time. I'm really working on a eating, playing, napping schedule but it's S L O W. Than after getting Lauren from school, the fun really starts - everyone wants to be held and entertained individually and shall I remind you that it's just me taking care of them at that time. I've gotten Lauren to help as well and sometimes when Mike hears me losing my mind, he will come down and rescue me for a minute. If they are not entertained 100% then they cry and there is sympathy crying at this time too. It's getting a bit much for me to handle myself. We are seriously talking about hiring a nanny for the afternoon to help me keep my sanity.

Thanksgiving has come and went. Brenda and Drew showed up for a visit as well as Mike's aunt and uncle and cousins. It was a pleasant visit and lot of beverages and conversation was had by all.









**I'll update with names and activities soon - I'm tired and going to bed before it's binky patrol around 1 a.m.

Cheetah Girls Concert

Our good friends Robin and Rachel asked us if we wanted to go to a Cheetah Girls concert with them as well as some mutual friends. Of course, I had to accept since I knew Lauren would be all over it. Here are some pics from that night.

Lauren and Rachel walking to the concert

The lucky adults - me, Robin and Kelly

waiting patiently - singing along


THE CHEETAH GIRLS OMG (yes there was beer for us lucky ladies)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN - CONTINUED

Lauren and KK

The boys and Kenzie

The boys and their cousin Ava

Pumpkin butts

The boys' outfits


Finally I'm getting some time to update this and post some new pics. Let's just say that the time change has really screwed up the Scott family. The boys are way off schedule and are going to bed at around 6 p.m.; which isn't bad but hell hour now begins at 4 and doesn't end until they go to bed. Tonight was a two drink minimum for me!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Just had to post a pic of the boys from today. We are getting ready to go trick or treating in a few hours. I'll make sure to update tomorrow morning.

4 months old

from left to right - Logan, Travis and Ian aka Mr. Personality

The boys are four months old as of yesterday (26th). I can't believe it. It just seems like yesterday that I was waddling around waiting for the day to deliver these boys. I said to Mike last night that I remembered falling asleep on the couch every night around 9:30; I was just exhausted every night. I'm exhausted every night now but for oh so many different reasons.

Halloween is fast approaching and the boys will be dressed alike in orange and white sleepers with matching hats and bibs. We will be going around the neighborhood with Lauren's friend KK and her family, as well as Tiffany, Justin, Ava (sister/brother in law and niece) and Nana. Not sure how long we will hold out but we are going to attempt it.

Thanksgiving is going to be so exciting. Brenda is coming down for a week and I think she is bringing Drew (my niece). Drew is going to be a surprise for Lauren; she has no clue and hopefully it will stay that way. I know that I've almost let the cat out of the bag a few times. I usually host Thanksgiving at my house but this year I thought someone else should host it since the boys are here...but I've reconsidered. With three babies, I figured it would be easier on me if they were in their own room/crib plus there will be plenty of people here to help. Call me crazy - we will find out.

3 months old

LOGAN
TRAVIS
IAN


I'm a bit late (again) but the boys are 3 months old; and have been since September 26. Not much around here has changed. My days go by in a flash. We are still eating every 3 1/2 to 4 hours during the day BUT at night we are sleeping quite well. They are ready to go to bed around 6-7 p.m. and they usually sleep until about 2-3 a.m.
**UPDATE - two nights in a row they have slept from 7 pm to 5;30/6:00 a.m. WHOOO HOOO

A bit of bad news - my computer crashed and I lost about two weeks worth of pictures that you didn't see. I also lost pics that I had that I didn't upload to the Picasa account or on my jump drive. Luckily I put some pics on my jump drive to make prints out of them the day before it crashed - if I hadn't I would have lost a lot more. Mike is still reloading some of the programs that I had on the computer. I was without a computer/internet for about two days - talk about some withdrawl symptoms.

I've had some time to upload some pics to this site as well as some video. I'll also upload the rest of the pics to my Picasa account (see the link to the right New Pics).

I think the boys are ready for some baby food now. We feed them rice cereal before bed and for breakfast and they are eagerly awaiting for that spoon to hit their tongues. Our next appt with the pediatrician is on 4 November so we will find out how much they weigh.