Our third annual March for Babies

On April 17th, we will be participating in our third annual "March for Babies" walk at Farrington Field in Fort Worth, in support of the March of Dimes. We encourage you to join us in honor of all the little miracles that are brought into this world too soon. Our cubs made their debut 8 weeks early, so this cause is personal to us. Please link to our page at http://www.marchforbabies.org/pairoflittlemiracles, join our team (or create your own), or donate if you are unable to walk with us. If you are from out of the area, please consider participating in your local chapter's walk. All little miracles deserve a fighting chance!

Road trip: Second Addition

Since everything occurs in twos around Cub Central, it seems fitting that for the second week in a row, the Cubs and I headed to Grandma and Grandpa Bear's house. This time, however, we ended up going sans Dad since he had to work. It was a last minute decision, the cubs and I were home alone with no plans, and Uncle Brian happened to be visiting from New York (a very RARE occurrence). Since Uncle Brian wasn't able to come to me, then in order to see him, I must go to him...and 'him' was at Grandma and Grandpa Bear's. The weather was beautiful. The cubs were able to play outside. Everything was great. Until bedtime. After trying to convince the cubs that air mattresses were NOT trampolines, and two hours of Emily crying, I made a very conscious decision to never make this trip again, especially if Dad isn't able to come with us. Grandma Bear and I tried everything to get Emily to go to sleep. She cried and cried. It was really putting a damper on my evening. Enter Grandpa Bear to the rescue. He took her from me, took her to her room, and came out 5 minutes later. Nothing but quiet. ?!?!?! I asked him in astonishment what he had done to my daughter (perhaps opened a window and tossed her out) and he said that he put her to bed, told her to be quiet and to go "night night". As if I hadn't already done that (only about 100 times). Must be that male thing. UGH! It was a rough night with little sleep. It is definitely easier for Grandma and Grandpa Bear to visit Cub Central. I'm still glad that I went. I don't get to see Uncle Brian very often, so the trip was well worth it. Just hoping that traveling will get a little easier as the cubs get older.

Road trip

On Saturday, March 6th, we loaded up the cubs and all their required paraphernalia and headed west to Grandma and Grandpa Bear's house. It's only a 3 hour drive, but with the cubs 3 hours can feel like 9. All in all, the drive went pretty well, with only one minor meltdown due to "need for snacks". Sometimes you just can't feed them fast enough. We arrived right before lunch. Steve and I unloaded the car, passed the cubs over to Grandma, and left to run some errands. We had an appointment, went to lunch, visited my Grandfather, and then headed back. Of course there were no naps taken while we were gone, so we promptly took them outside and let them run and run and run. Poor little cubs were so exhausted by bedtime, that Steve even commented that he had never seen Zach fall asleep so fast. Bedtime went much better than expected. Emily had the pull-out couch, Zach slept on an air mattress, Grandpa Cub provided a watchful eye, and Steve and I slept soundly in the guest room. We didn't hear a peep from the cubs all night. Unbelievable. Nothing like a little country air to induce a cub coma.

"Run, Sissy, RUN!!!" Twenty acres of vast openess await you.

The cubs even played a little golf.

Before bed. All that country air....

Poor Zach, sleeping on the way home....exhausted cub.

In my opinion

The first day of Spring in Texas should NEVER include SNOW. Period.

Yesterday we were enjoying 72 degree temps, today it is snowing. Unbelievable. Happy first day of Spring...make sure you have your winter coats handy.

Pictures to come soon.

Sesame Street Fun

On Sunday, February 28, we took the cubs to see Sesame Street Live. What fun!! Zach LOVED it!! Emily took a little longer to adapt, but I think she had a good time too. The only drawback: we went during their regularly scheduled naptime. Considering that, I think all went better than expected. Mommy had fun too!!

Rough waters

These pictures were taken on February 21st...another wonderful attribute of our weird winter weather. Whitecaps in the pool. Should have bought a surfboard.

Comings and goings

Cub Central has been crazy busy as usual. With preschool, therapy, and playdates there isn't much time for anything else. Naptime is usually a toss-up each day, even though everyone in the house could use a little downtime. We caved and put the rails back up on Emily's crib, so things are going much better in that department. She is no longer waking up at 3 am, thank goodness.

I am still busy in the evenings with my GNOs, the neighborhood Bunco group, and my Mom of Multiples group. I am now the treasurer, so I have a board meeting to attend in addition to the regular monthly meetings. Dad even manages to go golfing almost every Wednesday.

Cubs are doing well. We are finally over the sniffles. We are still rotating through the usual foods...the cubs are reluctant to try new things even though I offer them constantly. Zach actually does a little better than Emily when it comes to trying new things. Who would have believed that I would ever say that Zach is doing better than Emily in regards to eating?!?! Wow, we have come such a long way with our little man. Not long ago we would worry whether he was going to throw up every time he coughed (and he usually did). We are so thankful we have passed over that hurdle.

We are all really looking forward to the spring so we can all enjoy some more outdoor time. This winter has been much colder/wetter than usual and it has been pretty depressing being cooped up for days and days. We are all experiencing cabin fever and are looking forward to some outside play. Bring on the warmth!!

I have a ton of pictures to upload but for some reason I'm having trouble getting them on the blog. I've tried for a few days now with no luck. URGH!! Don't worry, I'll keep trying!