Where to begin? Haven’t written in a while and so much is happening. First off, funny story. Eric’s mom sends care packages about few months or so. We got one recently and there were pajamas for P and C (thank you! they are soooo cute) and stuff for Drew. Also in the box were women’s underwear. I was thinking “why is my mother-in-law sending me undies?”. I ran a bunch of reasons through my head until I realized that when she was out visiting I was complaining because my underwear rode right on my incision site. So being the great mom-in-law that she is, bought me the high rise undies. Thanks!

Our party on Sunday was fantastic. I know Eric mentioned it in a previous post, but the day was great. Drew was the best baby ever. He slept through the whole service, only opening his eyes to get his holy bath, then went right back to sleep. He’s doing great. The only thing is that he gets cranky around 6:30 PM every night. I think it must be something I’m eating or caffeine consumption, 0r he just is like his siblings and doesn’t want to go to bed. Last night he woke me up to eat around 11 PM (he’s still eating every three hours) and I laid him next to me in bed. I woke up at 4 am and we both were in the exact same position. I have no idea if he was feeding himself as I slept…but I was excited to have 5 hours straight of sleep for a change. Did I mention he’s huge? Did I mention that all family members need to hassle Eric about getting me a new SUV with a bench backseat because it is getting really a pain in the tush to crawl through the trunk to get Drew in the car?

I started working out this week. I’m sore and loving it. Paige and Cole are still unsure about the Romper Room. The first day Cole just cruised around the room checking everything out while Paige clung to the staff. It was cute watching them on the video monitor. Today the roles changed and Cole was very clingy and Paige was checking out the place. All in all I think it’s good for them to have new experiences and I only work out maximum of one hour so it’s not too awful for them.

My girl J (mother’s helper) and I took all babies to the Railroad Park today to ride the train and carousel. Paige did fantastic and seemed to love riding her horse on the carousel. Cole was freaked completely on the carousel and had white knuckles when the train went through the tunnel. He just seems to have more sensory issues to work through. On a side note, we’ve been running the vacuum and Dustbuster more around him and he seems to be not freaking out as much. Anyways, the park was a lot of fun.

So part of the allergist’s recommendation for Cole was nightly baths. We’ve been doing this for about a week now. It’s a pain…but we’ve started bathing P and C together and making it part of the going-to-bed routine. It must be working because Cole’s rash and eczema have really cleared up. A mild complaint about the bath: they keep trying to stand up in the tub. It’s really bad when they both try to stand at the same time. Don’t know how to break them of this.

Personality wise Paige is blossoming. She learned peek-a-boo and uses her hands, toys, anything she can find to cover her eyes. She also has really started to love playing chase (which Cole has been playing for a while). It’s so cute to watch them both high tail it away from you when you try to “get them”. Paige is days away from walking exclusively. She can walk about 15 feet on her own and is braving larger and larger distances. One of Paige’s new favorite pastimes is to move chairs around in the kitchen. Sometimes when Cole is still eating in his high chair, Paige will push him around the kitchen. It’s too cute.

Cole is mastering the tantrums. I thought Paige had mastered them, but recently Cole has started to outshine her in this department. It’s hard to leave the room because Cole sees you and starts yelling and chasing you. Then he cries and throws himself against the gates, the floor, or pieces of furniture. I think he’s going through his separation anxiety phase. It is sad to watch him interact with Paige. He follows her around the house and takes whatever toy she shows interest in. I don’t know how to react to this because I like that he’s being aggressive, but it doesn’t promote good sibling interaction. I keep hoping one day she’ll not give in so much but for now he always wins.

Got to go…Drew is fussy again.