TIME-OUT, TIME-OUT

This is really quite a face, isn't it? It's the type of face (and attitude) that will send you directly the "naughty" chair (just like Super Nanny calls it). The naughty chair is super effective for Mr. Cade. He will sit perfectly still until his minute (or so) is up . Then he'll be perfectly content to give you a hug and help you put UP the naughty chair. I have to tell you though, when Cade started sitting in time-out, there's was a sick side of me that couldn't WAIT to put him in it again. I would have to control my chuckling because I could feel these little eyes (and eyebrows) staring a hole through me.

Here's my little angel sitting in the naughty chair. I have to say that I don't have a picture of Jace because it's just not pretty when he has to sit in it. On a bad day, he's usually beet-red, arching his back and trying to throw himself onto the floor. On a good day, he'll just scream until I let him off of it. He's still my little lover boy and is quick to give me a sweet hug and kiss when his time is up.

Here is our attempt at the kids' pictures. I always love to take the boys for their pictures .. ahem...absolutely LOVE it! We took these at Super Target on Father's Day weekend. While we were waiting for our appointment time, we did some shopping. So when it was finally time for us to go in the portrait studio(a.k.a. the torture chamber), Steve volunteered to wait outside to "guard" the basket. What a smart man he is. I wish I would have chosen that job. The photographer and myself were playing peek-a-boo, making goofy noises, singing over Jace's crying and I was being attacked by a pink feather duster that the boys found absolutely hilarious. Brittney just sat there with the perfect smile during the whole event. What a champ she was. After it was all said and done, I was sweating bullets and was definitely ready to call it a day. All in all, I think it was worth it for a few priceless family photos. Now I won't have to do it again for another 6-12 months..whewho!!

Hi. Let me introduce myself. As you can read in my profile, I'm a mother of an 8 year old girl (Brittney) and twin 20 month old boys (Cade and Jace). Me and my husband work full-time but we have the best of both worlds when it comes to childcare. My mother retired early to watch her last two grandchildren grow up. (Yes, I'm absolutely DONE and so is my brother, my only other sibling, with 3 kids of his own!) It's been a wonderful set-up. I get lots of quality time with my kiddos plus I get to feel like a grown up and leave the house for 9 hours or so a day to have conversations with adults.



I have a new found respect for women who stay home. I couldn't even do it with my daughter (she was a horrible baby...or I was just a nervous freaked out new mother - probably a combination of the two). When my boys came along after years and years of trying, my respect factor came back into effect for the stay-at-home moms.

Anyway, my boys are very active. Much more active than my daughter was at their age. Brittney never liked outside (a lot like her mother) so it was great during the hot summers in Texas. Wow did things change when these little guys came along. They could stay outside day and night. It's only the beginning of the summer and it's already brutal out there. My poor mother is already experiencing hot flashes and the heat doesn't help her at all.

I wouldn't trade a thing in my life right now. We have a wonderful support group with my parents being 5-10 minutes away and my in-laws are about 20 minutes. We couldn't have survived the past 20 months without all the help. My #1 helper though is my daughter. She is the most loving and caring BIG sister. She absolutely adores her brothers. Of course she has a few spells of jealousy b/c they require SO much of my time, but all in all she handles it very well. We really make an effort to do "special" things with her without the boys and it's well worth it. Once the boys get a little older, my husband will be able to step in and help out more. Since his hands are affected by his injury, he's not able to do a lot of stuff for the boys yet (such as diaper changing .... DARN for him, or baths). I know there have been some diapers that he's thanking his lucky stars he didn't have to change (just kidding dear!)




I'm still experimenting with this site, so I'm going to keep this post short and sweet. I have LOTS and LOTS to talk about. I've been addicted to blogs lately so I figured why not start one too? We have lots of family that I can keep updated through the site also. Hope you come back soon.

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