3am Thoughts...

Yes, I am up at 3am tonight and blogging.  It has been one of those nights where they're just not giving us much sleep, unfortunately, so here I am, just killing some time.  We are still doing good, in survival mode and sometimes on auto pilot.  Sleep is minimal, but thankfully enough to get by!  Grammy and Grandpa are heading out today (or should I say tomorrow??) so we will officially be on our own soon, although my parents are ever so close and will continue to be there to help.  And I'm sure Grammy will be back soon.  We are going to have to settle into some kind of routine that works for us.  I'm patiently waiting to figure out what that will be!
Just some thoughts I'm pondering this evening/morning:

1.  You would be amazed to know how many times we have been asked, "Are you going to have any more children?"  People....we just had twins.  And we have an almost-2-year-old.  We are D.O.N.E.

2.  Kate started sleeping through the night around 10 weeks old.  When will these boys accomplish this ever-so-critical milestone?  What if one of them wakes up to eat but the other is still sleeping?  Should I wake them both up to eat still?  Hmm....

3.  Kate is starting Mother's Day Out next week.  We took her for orientation yesterday so she could meet her teachers and see her classroom.  Bittersweet.  I can't believe that in just, what, 3 or 4 years I will be leaving her at Kindergarten.  Oh my.  I'm nervous about leaving her Tuesday for the first time, although I think it will be much tougher on me than it is on her.

4.  This has just been the pregnancy that keeps on giving.  This week I've started having problems with my incision and mastitis and have had to go on antibiotics.  I'm beginning to wonder if I'm ever going to be "normal" again...whatever that is!  I had to go for an early postpartum check up yesterday where she told me all is well and officially dismissed me as an OB patient.  I won't have to see them again for another 6 months!  I love my doctor, but this was music to my ears ;)

5.  And I thought having ONE infant was tough.  The hardest thing about having twins for me has been the fact that there is absolutely NO downtime.  There is always something to be done...pumping, laundry, cleaning, cooking, bottles, comforting fussy babies, playing with Kate, bathing kids, etc, etc, etc...it leaves no time whatsoever for us to just SIT and breathe.  Joe and I are lucky to talk for 5 minutes during the day, and it's usually on the phone.  Thankfully this will get easier eventually, but right now this house is sheer craziness, hands down.

6.  Trying to move Kate into her big girl bed is not going to be as easy as I had hoped.  Joe and Papa got the railings up on her bed last night and we attempted to put her in, but that didn't go so well.  She laid there for me for about 2 minutes, then sat up and pointed at her crib while whimpering.  I do not have the energy to fight her on this one right now, so I just put her back in the crib.  We'll try that again later.

Well, as much as I would love to sit here and spew off more thoughts this evening, it's off to attempt to get some sleep.  These attempts are pretty futile these days, but you have to take what you can get!  Yes, things are crazy right now.  But, in the midst of all this busy-ness, we really and truly are having the time of our lives and loving every minute...even the sleep-deprived ones :)  Til next time...