Why can't they just stay in there?

When this house was built in 1974 it had a garage but for some reason in 1979 the owners decided they didn't need a garage and remodeled it into a family room. Our house is then made up of a family room and a living room. What am I to do with all of this space? When I was pregnant with the twins it was very apparent that the family room would be given up to them and all of their accessories. They have a WHOLE room dedicated to keeping them happy, filled with probably thousands of dollars worth of toys (not always bought new of course!). Now why won't they stay in there?? Why does David, followed by Henry scale the gate 100000 times a day, leaving poor Nolan whimpering at the gate so they can tear apart the rest of my house, is it really that interesting?
I think they must do it just to see me squirm, or David just really enjoys time out :) Once he gets caught he puts his arms up 'Cury me' he requests and I'd be lying if I said it doesn't melt my heart... not one little bit!


Now that Ryan is back at work the biggest hurdle of my day is taking a shower. I haven't had this problem since the boys were 7 months old! I try bribing them with a Thomas movie and a snack but just as I'm rinsing my shampoo I have two peeping Toms sneaking their head around the shower curtain! The other solution is to 'lock' them all in D & H's room. The only problem with that is Nolan's apparent claustrophobia because he immediately starts screaming at the door. It's amazing my neighbors haven't called child services on me yet! Thank God for old, sweet, deaf neighbors right!?!
Maybe I should just stop showering all together, most people don't know what to say to me in public anyway other than 'You sure have your hands full' or 'Are they all yours?'. Bless the sweet gentleman at story time on Tuesday. He thought I was their babysitter... I've been trying to convince myself since Tuesday morning that he just thought I was too young to have three children, not that any mother in her right mind would allow her children to act that way in a library :) Another MoM friend told me about that library's story time. The librarian was really great but so many of the kids were so well behaved! I'm used to our special private story times at the big library downtown for just our multiples group. 80% of the kids only pay attention to the songs, like my kiddos. Why sit down where there is a new room to explore?? Oh the joys of 3 under 3.

Henry's going commando!

Ryan and I have a system when it comes to bathing the boys. We bathe them all together, I wash them, he gets the big boys out of the tub while I get the baby. We take them into David and Henry's room. He dries their hair and I lotion and diaper them. He gets two of them dressed and I get the last one dressed, it works really well for us!
Yesterday was kind of a weird day anyway but it was a bath day none the less and we didn't adhere to our system as closely as usual. Henry has pooped on the floor a few times recently so I lotioned him up and threw a diaper, socks and his jammies at Ryan to put on. Then I moved onto Nolan and I noticed that Henry was dressed really fast, he usually does cooperate really well but I was definitely impressed! As I finished diapering Nolan and throwing his socks on Ryan exclaimed 'OH NO!! I don't think I put a diaper or socks on Henry'. So I felt Henry's bottom and sure enough there was no extra padding!!
Ryan chased Henry down and laid him down, unzipped his jammies and put his diaper and socks on, all the while Henry was laughing hysterically! It was so darn cute!

Playing catch up

I want to keep this up! It seems I get pulled in eight different directions when I decide to post though :)
Christmas was wonderful, just what I had in mind. Last year I decided that I was going to take a break from doing a big dinner so I could really enjoy the day with my family. The boys woke us up so we brought them out to their stockings and unwrapped presents, David was TOTALLY into it. Unwrapping presents that weren't even his. Henry was into it too but in typical (adorable) Henry fashion he was very particular and wanted to give us every little shred of paper he pulled off so it could be properly disposed of. Obviously Nolan just wanted to chew on the paper :)
Three days after Christmas David and Henry turned two years old. I still can't believe it. We had a party for them at the carousel and invited some other twin friends there age, we ate pizza and Auntie Melissa made them an amazing dump truck cake. They seemed to have so much fun. I think the next time we have a big party for them I'll have it catered so I can sit around and really enjoy the time with the boys.
Up next is Nolan's birthday. I just can't believe it! I hope by this time next year we are in a totally different place in our lives. New job, new house, new city... maybe a new baby on the way? :) Here's hoping 2009 is a year of changes for the May family!

Why I hate Wal-Mart & this town!

Ugh! Tomorrow Ryan and I are taking David and Henry to the Zoo Lights in Portland (yay!) and my mom is going to watch the baby. I am still nursing Nolan (another yay!) but I don't ever pump and since we are going to be gone for a chunk of time tomorrow night I thought it would be best to pick up some ready made formula just in case. It's after nine, the kids are in bed and I head to Wal-Mart to buy a bottle. I also thought about picking up some bottle liners since that is a cost effective way of going BPA free. The only packages they have are of 100 liners, there is no way I would need that many so I don't want to waste my money. I decided just to get the formula. I head up to the check out and there are only two open but of course there are about 10 Wal-Mart employees standing around doing NOTHING. I get in one of the lines and there is a problem with something not ringing up right, two cashiers are trying to figure it out, finally I said forget it and took the formula to customer service and told the lady I wasn't waiting in line for 10 minutes to buy one thing and headed out the door!! What the heck Wal-Mart? You're going to pay all of these employees to be on the clock just to chit chat? So you ask... why do you hate the town Laura? Well because I live in grand 'ol Dallas that only has one store like Wal-Mart unless I want to go to Rite-Aid and pay double for something that is twice as old. So I ran to Safeway, got the formula for $1.78 less, still no liners but my stress level was significantly decreased!

A typical day...

Today was such a typical day in this house... the kids all woke up at 7 and Ryan asked to sleep an extra half hour. I grabbed three dipes and covers, came out and changed everyone. David and Henry were signing 'eat' like crazy so I got them some cereal to tide them over and went into the kitchen to start making pancakes. Two minutes later I hear glass shattering... wonderful! The big boys had been bulling the bulbs off of the tree and Henry broke one all over my new floor!! GRR!!! I was so bummed, the bulbs aren't anything fance, $4.88 at Walmart five years ago but I was just bummed... oh well, Ryan cleaned it up and then the boys ate their breakfast at the table like big boys and Nolan had pancakes too (for the first time!). I jump in the shower, get the boys dressed and we get ready to head out the door for a play date... the boys play great for about an hour and a half and we left to Costco for lunch and to pick up a few things. They did pretty good through Costco and everyone fell asleep on the way home, YAY!! I thought I might get to rest for a short time, nope! Nolan didn't want to take a nap and David decided to only sleep for 45 minutes, grr again! Oh well, he is a little clingy but I manage to get some pictures taken and get some things listed on craigslist, the kids are getting crazy so I make them some dinner while they are whining like crazy, driving Ryan and I both insane! We feed them some dinner but they are still whining and it's only 5:15PM!!! How are we going to survive another 75 minutes... I get the genious idea to put everyone in their jammies and jump in the car and go hunting for Christmas lights, we found some great ones and the big boys seemed to really like seeing the ones we found. Ryan and I decided we will go Christmas tree hunting every Monday night in December. We get home and they seem to go down easily... nope David is FREAKING out. I go in there, put him back in, Ryan goes in there and puts him back in. I throw the diapers in the washing machine and notice their bedroom light is on! They are in their playing so I put them back in their cribs and they start freaking out again and then I guess gave up and went to sleep suddenly... I'm ready to pass out and it is only 7:22PM!!

My first post!

Well hello!!
I'm Laura... married to Ryan since July of '04 and we live in Oregon where we are raising our three handsome boys. David and Henry were born on December 28th 2006. We started trying to get pregnant in October of '04 and finally in April of '06 we conceived D & H through IVF. In May of '07 I got pregnant on our own and February 16th '08 Nolan arrived! Most days are crazy having three under two but it is the most amazing thing I have ever done!
Ryan and I make a lot of sacrifices for me to stay home but the things we don't do like drive new cars, go on vacations or have fancy things is so totally worth it! I have the most important job of creating amazing men... it's quite the task but I feel confident that I can do it :) Most people think our family is big enough but I can not deny the feeling that we are not yet complete and feel strongly that there is room in our home and hearts for one more child. We will start the process of trying to get pregnant in August (or so). We hope to use our frozen embryos from the IVF cycle that we conceived D & H with.