5 montharoonies

So, my little boys are 5 months old already! I know every parent says "they grow up so fast" but it's the truth! I can't believe how much they've grown in these past months-- They've gone from 6 pounds to 13, which isn't very big in baby land, but it's big to me. They absolutely cannot wait until they can start moving. They are desperately trying to crawl or scoot around, but just aren't strong enough and that makes them mad! I have a feeling I'm going to have early crawlers and walkers on my hands in the next few months. They aren't liking to snuggle with me much these days and that makes me a little sad :( We used to snuggle all day long! Oh well, there's always Nilla around for that ;)

I had to take the boys to Target with me the other day for an emergency wipe run. I haven't really taken them out to a store like that by myself because their car seats are so big I can't fit anything into the cart with them in there. And as cool as it looks, I don't feel like being one of those super multiples moms who push their stroller with one hand and haul a shopping cart behind them with the other. So, for this wipe run I decided to strap Greyson in my front carrier and let Connor ride in the shopping cart. This made enough room for my wipes and a few extras! I'm sure I looked amazing with Grey riding around and Connor snoozing away in the shopping cart. However, this was my first outing where I did not get any "twinarazzi" [thanks Nancy for the awesome word!] hounding me. It was secretly pleasing, but I also was a little shocked at my lack of annoying comments. I almost missed the "ooo are those twins" ringing in my ears. I'm sure my lack of attention was just a fluke since it was early in the morning. We all know that the twinarazzi aren't early risers. Anyways, I can't wait until the boys can sit up alone without their car seats so I don't have to look like a total dweeb as I shop.

Stir Crazy

We have lived in our new house for 2 weeks now. I love all the extra space and actually having something nice for once in my life. All our past houses weren't necessarily bad, just not necessarily nice either. I can actually move around in my kitchen now without bumping into anything when I extend my arms. Needless to say, I am loving it here and hope we can stick around in it for a while...
However, the past two weeks have been very long. I pretty much couldn't help Nate do anything at the old house because I had to hang out here with the babies. Between Nate working long days and not having unlimited help, the move went much slower than we planned. In his free time he has been working on getting our endless supply of junk over to our new house so I have been stuck inside with the babies.. and only the babies. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely love spending time with them, but I have almost felt like a single mother raising these guys for the past few weeks since Nate has been a little scarce. And it's tough! I'm ready for Nate to be here with us in the evenings and on the weekends already, and I'm sure he's more than ready for it too. Though, Grey and Connor have become my new best friends. We spend every waking minute together and I am learning so much about them. Sometimes they get pretty grumpy, but the second I see them smile or laugh at me it makes me forget about the grumpies. All our time together is turning them into the worst mama's boys, which secretly makes me happy. Those little guys are my absolute most favorite things in this world :)
I have barely gone out in public the past two weeks and I was starting to get a little stir crazy. Thankfully, I went out to lunch with Jessica, Melisa, and Ashley. We hadn't seen Ashley in about a year since she moved to Georgia so it was great to catch up with her. It was also great to get out of the house for a while!
After tomorrow we will be completely done with the other house and it will be glorious to have my husband back :)

Pack rats

So, after 4 years of living in a house that is way too small for us and all our junk we are finally moving on up. Nate and I have wanted to move for a while now, but lacked the motivation to do anything about it. Now with two tiny babies who are showing signs of desperately wanting to be on the move we figured it was time!

Nate and I saw a great house for rent a few weeks ago. The babies and I went to go look at it. I had an appointment to view the house at 3:30 one day...I don't do these types of things often obviously and now I know why. I got there a couple minutes before 3:30 and saw no other vehicles around. I for some reason figured the Realtor was running late so I waited in my car. Connor decided he didn't like being in his car seat so we were playing in the drivers seat while Grey slept away. 15 minutes later and still no signs of her I got the bright idea to go knock on the door. To my stupidity, she had been in there all along. This is why I don't do things on my own. I'm probably the only person alive who wouldn't go knock on the door in the first place. For all I knew the Realtor could have flown a jet pack to work that day and left her car at home.
Anyways, the house was great. We put in an application and I talked her into lowering the price by 200 bucks! I really didn't think we would get in that house, but she called and said we were good to go!

This whole back story is leading up to my main point. We're moving. We have A LOT of stuff. We also have two tiny babies who never seem to want to be without us for longer than 10 minutes. Therefore packing is not going as speedy as I'd like. Not to mention, we have accumulated tons of garbage...well, mostly just stuff that doesn't work or we have no need to keep. There will have to be at least 3 dump runs in our near future. And why are dumpsters so dang expensive!? Hopefully we can get everything done and the house cleaned over the next 2.5 weeks! I don't have much faith in that, but it will have to get done somehow!

On a brighter side, I'm stoked to move into a nice place where the boys have room to play. I'm also stoked that there is a park right across the street and an elementary school around the corner. If the boys grew up in our current house I'm pretty sure they'd be dealing drugs to Mexicans by Kindergarten.