A few day's short and a cold on top...

I am behind on the blog, but I have a real excuse... we finally moved into our home! What better way to celebrate than a cold, right? NOT! But, it was a gift from someone, and we received it well in the evening's, in fact I only had a few hours of sleep with Regan on Wednesday night, then the same with Henry on Thursday night. I ended up breaking several 'rules' in the process... but then again, I had a real excuse :).

You should never let your baby sleep with you. When they are screaming and only want you next to them, and all you can think about is making them comfortable (and sleep for yourself) we broke this cardinal rule. Letting each of them sleep with us. For Regan, this was enough and she slept with us until the morning. Henry was another matter...

With twins, a strict schedule is needed. Well, Henry would not sleep, his poor little head hurt when I would try to lay him down. So, I decided to do what my parent's did when we were little and not feeling well. We had a sicky party! I turned on the TV (Boomerang!) put toys in a pack-n-play, and I laid next to him on the couch while he laid in his pack-n-play for a little while before I had to hold him again. I only had 2 or 3 hours of sleep, and eventually the frustration kicked in, but we made it through.

So, now that we are armed with tylenol and humidifiers, we are all battling this generous 'gift' of a cold.

We survived!

We survived our first family road trip from Centreville down to Newport News. I almost felt the need to pack Henry a do-rag, but decided that his orange thermal with green camouflage shorts would be better. I have to add in that the weather is amazing!

So far the kids have done pretty well, Regan woke up crying at approximately 2 am because she did not know where she was, so I let her sleep with me for the rest of the night. It is amazing how you don't budge when you know you are holding a precious gift like Regan.

They have used their pop-a-tot's already (a huge success), and they are down for a nap... I have not seen daddy for a while, so I wonder if he is upstairs snoozing with them.

I cannot wait to see my 'extended' family, aka the Millers, this afternoon, and our friends that are coming by to say 'Hi' and meet the kids. I am certain I will post more later on, but for now that is all. We are here, safe and sound, and ready for this mini vacation!