Almost 4 Months, Almost 2 Years

Two minutes until 5:00 am. Been up since 2:30 am (when I fed Aida). I keep thinking Rocco is gonna get up like he usually does..I hear him rustling in the crib every now and again, but two and a half hours later, he is still asleep! Everyone is going to be up in about an hour anyway, so might as well stay awake this Sunday morning!

Yesterday we had our longest family outing. We went to Japan Town in San Francisco with my mother-in-law (who was a great help!). We must have been out there for 3 hours. That is a long time with infant twins and a toddler. Got to do a little shopping for all the Japanese snacks I love and even had some Ramen (MIL watched the twins, Ryo stayed with us). To be with just one kid is a rarity for us. This is the 3rd time we've been without the twins for a meal. And we have yet to be without Ryo for a meal. Yep, it has been almost 2 years and Aaron and I have not had a sit-down meal together with just us! I hear about other couples who have "Date Nights" and wonder, wow, what's that like?

100 Days!

As of January 7, 2011 the twins have been with us 100 Days!!! As I type, I have Aida in the all-powerful sleep machine - The Swing. I'm thinking back to how different things are with raising the twins compared to Ryo and his first 100 days.....

- With Ryo I took a picture of him every day up until his 100th day. I never printed out much of the pictures, so they are sitting on a CD somewhere....I've taken lots of pictures of the twins, but not daily.
- Gave Ryo infant massages 3x a week. The twins are lucky if I think of giving them one every other week.
- Ryo slept next to us in bed....and he STILL is sleeping next to me (yeah, he needs to sleep in his own bed)...twins...are in the crib (RYo didn't have a crib)
- I went back to work once Ryo turned 10 weeks. The twins are 3 months and a week old and I am enjoying being with them at home. This allows me to breastfeed more too!
- By 100 days, Ryo took his first trip across the state..yeah, with twins and a toddler that is not happening for awhile!
- We used cloth diapers on Ryo up until he was maybe 6 or 7 months. The cloth diapers are neatly folded away in a drawer for the twins....

What things are the same:

- Messy home ALL the time.
- Middle of the night feedings.
- Smiles, cooing, laughing to melt your heart.
- Loving being a mom....