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Pardon G with his pink bib and lavender Bu.mbo. :)

Stupid Mouse

A couple weeks ago, we noticed that something had gotten into our chocolate and peanut butter chips in the pantry.  We figured it was a mouse, so we set some traps and went on about our lives.  Maybe we should have tried harder to catch it??  About a week and a half ago, we woke up to water spraying everywhere and a flooded kitchen.  I'm talking like 2 inches of water.  And it's a big kitchen.  It seems that our little mouse friend chewed through the hose that runs from the sink to the dishwasher.  The most frustrating part?  We had been telling our landlord for a month that the dishwasher leaked.  She sent over her idiot "handyman" a couple times and he couldn't figure out what was going on

Fast forward to this week.  Two insurance claims later (homeowner's and renter's), we are living in a two bedroom suite in a hotel.  Sounds okay, right?  Well, with three adults, two babies and three dogs, it fucking sucks.  I think the hardest part is the dogs.  Without the ability to just open the sliding door to a fenced backyard, it's a huge pain in the ass to leash them all up and take them out to do their business while also trying to deal with two very needy babies.  I feel so bad that they can't run around in a yard for hours and get all their energy out!  J and the roomie have been trying to make sure they get at least one decent walk every day, but they are big, rambunctious dogs.  It's not enough.  

The babies are sleeping in PNPs in our room, which means we've been sleeping like shiiiiiiiiiiiit.  Both of them (and me) have colds and so there's a lot of sneezing and coughing throughout the night.  H ended up with an ear infection last week, but she's almost finished with the antibiotics and seems to be feeling much better.  I was worried that G had one, too, since he was coughing and grabbing at one of his ears, but the pediatrician checked him out and said it's just a cold.  I have a feeling it's from all the equipment that was being used to dry out the house - giant dehumidifiers and fans.  We were hoping to be able to stay in the house to avoid disrupting the babies' and dogs' routines too much, but once they determined that they were going to have to replace the floors in half the house and all the cabinetry in the kitchen, we gave up on that idea.

So... We're pretty much living here indefinitely in a space that is less than 1/3 the size of our house, while continuing to pay "rent" for a place we're not even living (don't get me started on that...).  The contractor assured us that it will only take "two weeks" (anyone seen The Mon.ey Pit??), but we've been in this hotel since Wednesday night and they have yet to start any work on the house.  Awesome.

In other news, G refuses to sleep on his back anymore - flips over the second we put him down - so we've had to stop swaddling him at night.  I was worried that it would be a problem, but he's actually been doing really well.  I think it will be a lot more difficult to wean H from being swaddled, but she's okay for now.

H the day the doctor said she had an ear infection.  She didn't seem to care.

Hanging out in G's crib while we got ready for work.  Prior to the hotel.

Just a few of the fans and dehumidifiers that took over the house.

Yummy

s just informed me that a year ago tomorrow was when we did our FET!! babies had their 4 mo. check up today. h is 13lbs even and g-man is up to 14lbs 10oz! the doc seemed very impressed that they are sleeping through the night and wanted to know what we tweaked in their routines to get them to that point. he seems to think we're doing a good job with them which is nice to hear since i'm always wondering if i'm a good mom. he also gave us the go ahead to start them on food!

so, we tried them on whole grain cereal mixed with formula tonight. h didn't quite get it, but g-man was having a good time. i think he got about half of it in his mouth... we're going to try the cereal a couple of more times and then move on to sweet potato, maybe h will like something less liquidy.

anyway, here's g enjoying his first taste of non-formula food:

h has started trying out her voice and has taken to lecturing us on a regular basis. here's a video of her. please take note of how she notices her hand halfway through and pauses for a very serious taste.

-j