Got ears?

Earplug o earplug

How I love to use you at night

You drown out the noise

Despite Isaac's screaming frights

I love your squishy and soft body

You bring me such peace

A constant companion you are

Just like a warm and fuzzy fleece

Please never leave me

I need you to stay

At least until Isaac's noises

Are far far away

Earplug o earplug

I am so happy you're mine

Jump back into my ears

To my dreamland divine

(A sidenote: Isaac sleeps next to me in his pack and play. I am such a light sleeper that I wake up to every sound. His grunting noises are just minimized with the ear plugs. I can even wake up to my boys crying, with my ear plugs, in their rooms down the hall! I DO love my purple ear plugs!)

Visitors

A shout out to mother's!  Little Isaac is super gassy and fussy at night time...it's so exhausting to try and relieve him of his grunting, cramps and pains. Anyone have any good ideas? 

On a side note...my mom and Oscar (her fiance from Argentina) are here for the week. It's fun for my kids to be around people other than mama. Although, truth be told, they totally take advantage of them! When

 I am feeding the babe, they'll try out new tests to see what they can get away with. It's frustrating to see them act so wild when I am not around! Spanish is the only

 thing being spoken in our household all week long. My mom seems very happy with Oscar:)

My best friend Arianne Pearce also came out for a quick trip last week. Oh how I miss her in my life! The way that she just swept through my house to keep it well organized, and was so

 involved with my boys was lovely. She always is up for a good conversation, is willing to stay up late at night with the baby (which I didn't let her, but she wanted to), and of course is my favorite working out partner. Despite our distance across the US, we are making

 this friendship work! I can't wait to see her again. She made Isaac'

s beautiful bedding...rustic orange and chocolate brown were his colors. I love love love it!

Jared took me out to a fancy place, The Comus Inn at Sugarloaf Mountain for V-day. It was a 6 course meal. (Small portions).We ate Oyster for the first time, and despite the long 2 hour service, it was nice to get out. I always tell Jared that I wonder if we will run out of things to talk about (other than our kids or work) when we are older and at a restaurant. So far we are still very much in love, but after a long day of work for Jared and a frazzled day of kids for me....even we were quiet in our conversation! It was fun for me to wear my hooker boots once again and squeeze into a skirt. 

The boys and I gave Jared a "Heart Attack" at work. We stuck homemade hearts all over his office. I wrote him a cheesy poem. How cheesy? The last two lines read: We love you papa, we're never gonna stoppa!  I had to be sneaky for him not to see me. The boys loved, "Valestime's Day" b/c of the candy, new super hero PJ's and cards. 

boobies

Apparently Wesley is very aware of mama's nursing...and my body...

Newborn Collage

Precious baby boy

Three weeks old

We had fun taking some pics of Isaac's yummy wrinkles, smiles, eyes, toes, fingers, etc. If only I could blog how sweet he smells and how soft his skin is! I continue to snuggle up on him as much as I can b/c already he is getting so big...so sad for this mama.

Target pics

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Starting to really feel tired these days.

Every night is a gamble. There are a few more adjustments with sleeping now that I have two other toddlers around and a newborn. The more kids you have, the harder it is to get in a nap! When the baby is sleeping, the others are wide awake.

Here was my schedule last night....of course around 11pm I have these high hopes that I will sleep in a bit more than past the 2.5 hours that Isaac allows me. By the time I feed on both sides, change the diaper (how annoying is it when you have just changed him and he then poops minutes later! Grrr! Makes you not want to change it at all, but roll over and just go to sleep again...but, then you feel guilty that you may be starting a diaper rash and it isn't his fault that he is poopy, etc...blah blah blah), burp the baby (which also takes a while b/c Isaac falls asleep 1/2 the time, I then lay him down hoping that he will sleep, but starts to grunt b/c he is so uncomfortable b/c there is a burp hidden somewhere in there)....you get the picture...the "feeding" takes so long at 2am!!!

11:30 pm Last feeding
midnight Grunting begins
2:30 am poopy diaper (Jared's turn)
3:00 am feeding
5:30 am Austin wakes up screaming, "Medicina!" Running a fever
5:45 am Wesley is up laughing at Austin's coughing attacks
6:00 am feeding
6:00 am Wesley and Austin are fully awake going full speed. I threaten for them to go to their room and read books quietly. Jared then starts to threaten too.
6:15 am More threats b/c the boys are not keeping quiet and it's still dark outside! Grrr! I am so darn tired! Go to bed boys!
7:00 am Put cereal in baggies, sippy milks and send them to watch cartoons.
7:30 am Out the door....heading to a Yoga class. Wish Jared good luck! I am outta here!
9:00 am Back at home, boys are overly-tired, baby is hungry, house is COLD (63 degrees) and my day begins

Everyday is a gamble. Will Isaac sleep longer if I put him in a swing or in bed with me or even in the bathroom with the fan on? Can I leave the house between feedings? Will Isaac wake up while I am doing my small errands back and forth? Will the boys continue to get up at 5:30am? Will Jared work 'til 10pm again? Will I ever feel like I am warm in this Arctic weather? When will I catch up with mopping and laundry and feel like a homemaker?

I love my little boys....sure wish I could get in a nap once in a while, or even sleep longer than 2.5 hours at a time. Maybe today I can force Austin to have quiet time while Wesley is at preschool...and hopefully Isaac will sleep as well. Then the decision will be: nap vs. cleaning. We all know what I hope to do, if I can learn to relax and concentrate on sleeeeeep.