Myke & Me Plus ThreeFour

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Gluten Free Vegan Crack Muffins

Chloë and I made GF/Vegan Muffins from a box we found at Vons...they were amazing...

Myke says they are "like crack" and has eaten half the batch already...

The crew

Not many of our "pre-baby friends" have kids. Most of them are still doing the single thing, the downtown thing, the bar scene, etc. We have friends with kids, but I think almost all of them we've met since Chloë was born...I guess that's just the way things happen...especially in southern California where it seems like people do the single thing for a lot longer than other places. Finally, one of the few married couples that we were friends with "pre-Chloë" had their own baby. He was born in February and I'm pretty sure I posted his photo on here back when he was born. Anyways, these friends came over last week for dinner and brought Lucas with them. The whole "realization that we are old" thing started when we planned dinner for something like 5pm on a Saturday evening. We had to keep Chloë and Lucas' bed times in mind. Then we decided it would (of course) be easier to order in instead of do the restaurant thing with a toddler and three babies. So we ordered Thai food and ate it at the house...and then we were sitting around talking and before I knew it the conversation was about breast pumps and minivans. I even found myself talking up our Honda Odyssey - they are planning to purchase a new car in the next year or so. Yes, I was SUGGESTING a minivan! The one I was so resistant to get a few months back. I couldn't even believe the words were coming out of my mouth as I spoke. What has happened to me???? Myke says the me-ten-years-ago would barf if she knew what the me now was driving, saying...and not to mention wearing--it's 1:15pm and I'm wearing my bathrobe over a tank top and stretchy capri legging-type things. Hey, it's about the comfort! At least I got a shower in.

And, by the way, our friends were out the door by 8pm... bed time for Lucas called. Yes, it was a wild Saturday night, my friends!

Friday, July 8, 2011

Day One: Smooth Like Butta

Day one of being on my own with three kids couldn't have gone better! I'm actually shocked at how smooth it has gone -- and I KNOW that all days won't be like today (I'm sure it was a fluke) but I'm so happy that we had such a good day. And to top it off: It's Friday!! So I only had to do one day and then I have Myke with me all weekend. Woo! Let me re-cap the smoothness:

So first off all, the boys ate at 9pm last night and then went to bed. They sleep swaddled in a PakNPlay downstairs. We kicked them out of our room early as they are loud and grunty sleepers. Anyways, so they were asleep by 10pm. Usually they get up to eat again anywhere between 5- 6 hours after their last feeding of the day. That is their longest stretch. Well, this time they didn't get up until 5AM!!! That's an 8 hour stretch from one feeding to the next. Their longest to date! I hope they repeat that again... I even came down by 4am to make sure they were alive and then just dozed on the couch next to them until they woke up. So it started off well because we all got sleep. After feeding them at 5am I went back to sleep for a bit until Chloë woke up around her usual 7am. Myke has been going into work at 9am lately so I we had 2 hours together this morning. Having two adults on hand let us get showers, get dressed, eat breakfast, get Chloë breakfast, take the dog out, start laundry, etc without much trouble. Also, today was a play date at one of Chloe's little friend's house. It was a first play date outing for the boys - and they weren't even the youngest babies there- another friend of ours had her 4 week old baby there. So we packed everything up and drove to the play date. I was wondering how I would get two infants, a toddler and the huge diaper bag (and my iced latte) into the house by myself but it all worked out as some friends came out to help. The play date went well... Chloë had a blast, the boys were pretty good, and when they did fuss there were plenty of willing arms to hold them. We stayed for nearly 3 hours! When we got home Myke was on lunch break so he helped us carry everything in on that end. Then Chloë was tired and asked to take a nap. Yes, she has been asking us to go to sleep lately. So she went down earlier than usual, and the babies were exhausted from the playdate themselves so they were both sleeping in swings....and I TOOK A NAP on the couch!! I had about an 1 1/2 hours of rest time until Chloë woke up. It was wonderful! Anyways, I do need to cut this short because I hear a baby crying--but the rest of the afternoon went great. The boys continued to sleep, Chloë was in a good mood and decided she wanted to sit on the couch and read a stack of books--so I had time to clean up around the house and do some things...then Myke got off early at 4:15pm. Let the weekend begin!

arts and crafts at the play date today

Owen smiling this morning

Had to add this one:

When I "google-imaged" "like butta" to get the photo at the top of this entry...this option also came up.

Random....

Thursday, July 7, 2011

Some Photos...

One Month Old

7 Weeks Old (4th of July Weekend)

4th of July BBQ

4th of July cupcake cutie

4th of July weekend at the beach

Kyla lounging in the sun

The boy sin their beach tent on the sand

Owen & Mom-Mom on the 4th of July

Double feeding time

Elijah started smiling over the holiday weekend

Choo Choo!

Chloë in her pool

Bye to "Mom-Mom"

Well, after months of having family in town helping us it's time for Myke and I to be left on our own! Time to sink or swim with three under three! Maureen (Myke's mom) is leaving tomorrow morning to go back to the east coast. She has been here just shy of a whole month already--and let me tell you, that month went so fast! We had a lot of fun though, getting iced lattes on a regular basis (the caffeine was NEEDED!), going on walks to the beach, taking Chloë and the boys on various outings, etc. Even with two adults running the house and caring for the kids full time- the work was non-stop! It was difficult to find any time to check emails, make any phone calls, pay bills, etc. because one of the three kiddos always needed something, the babies feedings take two people for the most part, the laundry was NON-stop, the dishes were constant, etc. Poor Kyla rarely got a walk. Yes, and all of this was with TWO adults on duty while Myke worked. Actually, Kyla rarely got a walk when we had BOTH my parents here helping either.

So anyways, tomorrow starts Myke and I on our own. The boys are 7 1/2 weeks old now so it's probably time we give it a shot.

Chloë has been lucky to have had a "Gramma" or "Mom-Mom" here solidly since late February!! We definitely appreciated all the help and feel so grateful that we have family that took so much time out of their lives on the east coast to come help us!