"On My Own"

Hudson and Harrison entered this world 3 weeks ago today!  For the past two weeks, we have had either Kevin's mom or my dad stay with us to help out with the babies and around the house.  But today, for the first time, I am going to attempt things on my own.

So for today, I've decided I'm going to blog about how my day goes.

Night Recap

Last night, we got home from visiting Gani and Denny around 9pm and it was time for H&H to eat.  After Kevin and I got everything unloaded from the car, babies fed, Grady put to bed, and bottles washed for the night, we finally got in bed around 10:30pm.  

1:30am - Harrison woke up to eat, so I fed him, changed him, swaddled him, and put him back to bed.  Kevin got up 30 minutes later to do the same with Hudson while I was pumping for their next feeding. 

A Day with the Twins

5:15am - Harrison woke up to eat, so I fed him, changed him, swaddled him, and put him back to bed.  Kevin came in to do the same with Hudson after he had showered for the morning.  I then pumped and got a shower myself (this in itself is the first accomplishment of the day).

6:45am - I woke Grady up and got him dressed for school while Kevin packed lunches and washed bottles. By 7am, Kevin and Grady were out the door for work and school.  

9:00am - I fed Harrison and changed him out of his jammies and then I fed and changed Hudson and we moved downstairs for the day.  I pumped and ate some breakfast while they snoozed in their cradles.  So far, so good.

10:30am - LAUNDRY time!  We've got a good stack of clothing, changing pad covers, burp cloths, etc. that have accumulated since yesterday morning, so that means it's time for a load of laundry and then some lunch!

Took time to put away 2 basket loads of clean laundry before rounding up dirty clothes to be washed.

11:00am - LUNCH/Relax

12:00pm -  Babies eat (Harrison then Hudson).  Babies spit up.  Harrison needs clothes changed, goes through a burp cloth.  Babies get a diaper change.  Hudson immediately poops in his clean diaper while Harrison spits up all over his fresh change of clothes.  Spit up claims onesie, burp cloth, and a blanket as it's victim.  Harrison is left in diaper while Hudson gets a new diaper.  Hudson spits up on his onesie (not bad enough to change).  Harrison gets fresh change of clothes and is put in his cradle....spits up on clothes {face palm}.  Harrison gets wiped down and it will dry.

Mommy needs to pump!

1:00pm - Pest control guy calls and asks if it's still a good time to come by and spray and do termite inspection....sure....why not!

Pest guy leaves, time to change out the laundry.  Oh wait, bottles need to be washed?  Better do that.  Need to pump first

1:50pm - Finally pumped (just an hour later than I wanted to)

2:10pm - Bottles finally washed and sterilized

2:30pm - Updated blog and got bottles ready for feeding in 30 minutes (didn't we just do this?!?!)

2:33pm - Harrison got cranky.  Picked up baby and he gnawed on shoulder.  Guess he can eat now.

3:00pm - Hudson got to eat, and immediately fell asleep (in my arms...so I snuggled and watched some tv).

4:25pm - Pumped again (What's for dinner?)

4:45pm - Relaxed on the couch with H&H and waited on Daddy and Grady to get home.

5:30pm - Daddy and Grady got home and we all ate dinner

6:00pm - Fed babies...again

6:30pm - Pumped again and Started watched "Planes" with Grady while babies snoozed (ohhh, and just remembered I have laundry in the dryer that needs folding...ugh)



I think it's safe to say that we made it through our first day and survived! Now that Daddy and Grady are home, we will hang out with them, get baths for the kiddos, and start our bed time routine.  Maybe tomorrow we can attempt to sweep the floors.  Maybe.