Broken Boobies Friday 8/29/08

WE MADE THE CHARTS!!!!!!!! Well, I guess I should say E & G did...but I did provide the milk! The boys gained over 2.5 lbs this month and are now official members of the 2 mo growth chart club! Woohoo! They did have to get their vaccinations though. The poor little guys were troopers though and stopped crying by the time we got to the car.

As for the broken boobies...I have mastitis. Which really, really sucks. Hopefully, this will be a short-lived one time thing! Luckily, it doesn't hurt when they are actually nursing so the remedy of more frequent nursing is pretty easy.

Big C is with Bic at The Great Stoneboro Fair checking out the minature horse show! (For which Bic had to pay the ungodly amount of $8 for C's admission...anyone else think that full-price admission for 2 yr olds is flippin' ridiculous?) He was sleeping when Bic arrived and I went into his room singing the "Wake Up" song which had no effect...so I decided to try his tactic. I climbed on the bed, looked lovingly into his sleeping face, and "yelled" "WAPE UP!!!" repeatedly until he opened his eyes. He thought that was hysterically funny and woke up in a great mood. I gave him a hug and kiss before he left and he replied "Thanks Ba!" (MUCH better than "Gross Ba!")

Question of the Day: Do you vaccinate? On schedule? What do you think of people who hold the opposing view? Western PA is a "pocket community" where many children remain unvaccinated or do not get their vaccinations on schedule. Not b/c we are a progressive, alternative-thinking area, but b/c parents cannot afford them and do not know about free or low-cost options. For that reason (and the fact that when I work I tend to work with at-risk kids) I like to make sure my kids are protected. It is kind of scary to consider either way though...we are in the midst of a measels outbreak right now. :(

Good Things:
*The boys are growing like weeds!
*C has decided that Ba's kisses are no longer "Gross!" (hopefully ;) )
*J just made an extra $250 just for driving to Columbus! (That should pay off the boys' drs bill from the hospital!)

C-isms

I walked into his room this morning as he woke up saying "Is that my sunshine I hear?"
He replied, "No Ba! It's C T!!!"

"Wape UP!!!!!!!" lovingly yelled into his (finally!) sleeping brothers' faces

Having a conversation with my mom about nights with the twins, I commented "Sometimes I just want to pull my hair out..." C came running over with a concerned look on his face and said " No Ba! Don't pull...CUT!!"


When I was nursing G and commented that my back hurt, he leaned right over and kissed it to make it all better.

Super polite...when asked if he would like to take a nap, he replies "No Thanks!"

Also, at naptime, after telling me "No Thanks" that he would NOT like a nap, I finally convinced his teary self to lie down and I would cover him with his knit blankets...he insisted on "dino covers" and then said "Thanks Ba! " when I covered him up even though he was ADAMANT that he didn't want to take a nap!

Last night when I was upstairs putting E to bed, he came running upstairs "Please come downstairs Ba and see Bic!" How could I refuse?

He hands me an envelope from his playhouse..."Op and see!" Whose it from? "Sant.....Claus!" (Already?????)

When G was crying..."Pick him up and throw him outside!" (Hmmm...do you think I'd get in trouble for that?)

Runs in circles..."I'm dizzy!" Falls down..."I okay! Just shall down!" (Rinse and repeat.)

Brings over a container full of puzzle pieces "I baked a cake!" Takes it away... "Too HOT!! Let it cool down!" Blows on it... "Blow!" Hands it back to me... "Chew Chew Chew! Don't choke!"

Bea taught him donkey sounds...Bic told him that if he eats "bales of hay" (Frosted Mini-Wheats) he will turn into a donkey...Ba gave him bales of hay" and a little container of milk to dip them in..."Donkeys dip the bales of hay into milk? That's CRAZY!!"

After yanking back the curtain while I was showering..."Hi Ba! Are you clean and shiny?"

I'm sure this post will grow and grow... :)