Doing it for real

I always thought gaining just the recommended weight during my pregnancy for twins would make it easy for it to just melt off after they came out.  Boy was I wrong.  I am still fighting this pesky 16lbs that is being stubborn.  Then lets add the 20 pounds I gained from 3 rounds of IVF and all of the drugs.  So yeah...I have a lot to lose.  But DH and I have been on a kick.  We are both logging our calories and activity on My Fitness Pal and are actually seeing some results.  We used to try fad diets together all of the time, but after running into an old college friend who had lost a ton of weight she revealed that her and her husband just really tried hard to eat well and hit the gym everyday.

So far I've lost 3lbs since starting my fitness pal, but I feel like it is actually weight that is "real" weight....not water weight like you lose in so many diets. 

I am finally ready to get rid of this weight and not feel like a total "mom" anymore!  Feel free to follow me if you are on My Fitness Pal too.  My user name is Emilymorrisfoster

Wedding photo redo!

So if I have ever talked to you about my wedding, you probably have head the story about how our photographer was a total scam artist.  We did a destination wedding and found this woman on the internet.  She had a great website and beautiful pictures...so we thought "what the hell." In case you are curious, are wedding was in Key West and the photographers name is Jennifer Miller.  Her website is www.naturalportraitsinparadise.com (the funny thing is it takes you to a BS story about her little scam).  So anyways, this woman shows up to our wedding (in jeans) reeking like cigarettes to take our pictures.  Fast forward 1 year.  We still have no photos.  So I called her and asked for the photos.  She gives me this long story about how her house burned down and some of negatives burned but some of them were at the photo developers so she would send us those (the offer to send those was after the threat of a lawsuit mind you).  So we get this box of photos that stinks like cigarrettes and looks like my 5 year old nephew took.  They were AWFUL!  I have pictures of almost everyones double chin and even some pictures of a homeless person that was laying on the streets.

So anyways, when our photographer that took the girls baby photos offered a wedding photo redo contest we jumped on it!  We are in the final 3 couples elgibile to win!  She has left the decision up to her followers.  So if you have some time, please go to Brooke Kelly's Facebook Page and "like" her site.  Then click on Wedding Photo Contest and click on the first picture "Randy and Emily" and "like" it.  As you can see, the photo was taken with a keyhole lens (as were most of our pictures) and is actually backwards.  Look at the text on the southermost point.  I would really appreciate all of the support we can get!! 

Totally screwed up....

Yes...this is my kids daycare.  Not sure what the hell to do now!  There is a special place in hell for these women.

Child Abuse

Statatory Rape

Diaper rash woes.

My little Harper has the WORST diaper rash I think I have ever encountered in my life.  She has been battling some kind of stomach ailment for the past 5 days which is causing her to have a BM every single diaper (I'd say about 10-12 a day).  It is just awful.  Her little butt is SO red it is actually starting to form a scab.  I have tried everything....Butt paste, Desitin, A&D, Vitamin E, plain water, letting it air dry...but nothing seems to be helping.  

Mom's-any idea what else I could try?  I am running on 2 hours of sleep today because of all of her crying last night!!!

Seriously....

What kind of person am I.  I have not written a blog since January.  Have I become that blogger that stops writing once I have kids.  I swore I wouldn't!

There are seriously not enough hours in the day.  Here is a summary of my day
5am-get up, showered, ready for work
5:30am-help DH get the girls up and changed for school
6am-finish getting ready, grab my coffee and head out the door (while DH feeds and takes the girls to school)
7am-work
4pm-leave work
5:15ish-pick the girls up from daycare
5:30-get home and let the girls play
6pm: wash bottles and make more bottles and get the girls dinner ready
6:15: feed the girls dinner
6:45: try to feed myself dinner while the girls usually fuss and cry.  Retry at 7pm to eat a cold dinner
7pm: give the girls baths
7:30: Girls take a short nap.  I clean up the dinner/bath time mess
8pm: DH and I feed the girls their bed time bottles
8:30: put the girls to bed
10-11pm Pass out.  Wash. Rinse. Repeat.

It wears me out just thinking about it.

Lets see, major updates:

Sleeping: the girls now sleep in their big girl bed.  They sleep through the night and wake up around 5:30 or 6am typically.
Eating: they now eat about 7oz every 4 hours.  They also have a bowl of cereal in the morning and a fruit or veggie and cereal at night.  So far in our food arsenal we have green beans, carrots, peas (which were not well tolerated), squash, mangoes, bananas, and sweet potatoes. They LOVE their solid foods.  We have also started to practice with a sippy cup.  They haven't quite mastered it yet.
Movement: Harper has figured out that she can roll from place to place.  Stella is still not that into it.  They are scooting a little bit on their bellies but aren't close to crawling yet.  They can sit up pretty well but topple over quickly.
Things they love: Their light up toys, pulling on the dogs ears, flirting, laughing at each other, touching faces, making weird scream noises (they seriously sound like gremlins)

I am so in love with these two little girls.  I never thought it was possible to feel love like this.

As for me, I am still hanging on to about 15lbs of baby weight that I can't seem to shake.  It's pissing me off, but truth be told I have no time to work out so I am not going to beat myself up.

Work has been going well.  Sadly, I enjoy the little bit of "me" time that it provides during the day.

That is a brief synopsis of what's been going on in our Household.

Things no one tells you about being a new mom....

1. Your house will be a mess always...no matter how much cleaning you do, it will be a mess.
2. Your body will never look the same again.
3. Your house will take on a funky odor....a mixture of poop and vomit.
4. Two words-mom nipples.
5. Shaving your legs is a luxury, not a right...and you will master the art of the "rapid shave." This consists of shaving the fronts only and hoping no on notices.
6. You will live bottle to bottle.
7. Hemmeroids.
8. Sex.  What is that?
9. You suddlenly feel compelled to talk about poop consistency.
10. However long it used to take you to leave the house...quadruple that.
11. Sleep trumps all.  It is better than food, sex, or oxygen.
12. You know marshal arts.  Just wait until some stranger tries to touch your baby for the first time.
13. You notice every cough and sniffle in the room and now realize that everyone is disgusting because no one washes their hands.
14. The idea of tossing your maternity clothes is sad.  Why doesn't everyone jsut wear maternity pants. Hello...no muffin top!
15. You will eat cold food pretty much all of the time.
16. Wine is your best friend.
17. After someone has been elbows deep in your cookie, whipping a boob out in public doesn't seem like such a big deal. 

Merry Christmas to all

The girls first Christmas was a great success.  I'll just let the pictures tell the story.

Before Christmas Eve mass...

Harper...

Stella...

Santas cookies...

 Snuggling with mommy and daddy Christmas morning...

Looks like a nuclear fall out...