2 Bedrooms is 2 Bedrooms Too Small

I never realized how small our apartment is. Well, until we had family come to visit. (Side note: we hope they come again soon. :) My mom and sister came into town Tuesday afternoon with three children under the age of 3. And it was.... wonderful! I did learn within two minutes, however, how "unchildproof" my house is. But that is life and it is worth a few broken things to spend time with family.

The twins are five months old and I have deemed them absolutely fantastic as well as quite gorgeous. Their blue eyes are stunning and we're all holding our breath, hoping they will stay blue. They have moved to the smiley (and drooling) stage, so I acted like an idiot the whole week, always hoping for another grin and chortle. On a side note: they are looking more and more identical, so I painted their toenails different colors for a cheat way to tell them apart. Both mom and I had to check out their feet constantly.

Tuesday was spent talking, cooking, and catching up. My sleep habits are way out of wack recently (I'm going to blame night shift), so I actually fell asleep from 6-9pm. I hope they didn't consider me a rude hostess. I tried to stay awake, I really did!

Wednesday we went clothes shopping for the kids... This was tricky with three adults to even out the three kids. I now understand why Rachel can't get out of the house. Good grief! :) Shopping was followed by Christian's first visit to Chuck E. Cheese. We were more excited than Christian- until he saw the basketball hoops and the "key-tars" they were playing up on stage. Suddenly we couldn't keep him in the booth. He took two rides and then was very insistent that he only wanted to "play hoop! Basketball! Hoops! Hoops!" Simon should be proud.

Thursday's main event was the Quad City Zoo. Yes, I have been getting to go to the zoo a lot. Is it great? Yes, it is. It was fun to see the zoo through a child's eyes again. Helping Christian search for the animals in the cages, trying to help him pet the sheep, laughing as he asked to pet the tigers. It was a good time. The girls were pretty fantastic troopers as well. We messed with their nap schedules to be at the zoo all morning, but they're precious little things. (As long as their not both crying at the same time... they have fantastic lungs aboard those tiny bodies.

Favorite parts of the week: Watching Christian's face light up when one of the twins would smile at him. Hugs and kisses from Christian before bed every night. Selah's laugh. Jadah's dimples. Sharing conversation and a bag of corn nuts with my mother and sister. Christian's first poo-poo in the toilet. (Yes, that was a wonderful moment full of celebration).

It was a wonderful week.