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Sun, Aug 6, 2006 11:47 AM
Well, true to form, I waited about a month to post again. I figure if I can post monthly, I'll be doing good! This was our first week all by ourself, without any help. Mom went back home last weekend. We actually went up to Jackson last weekend to visit and because I was helping host Brandi soon-to-be Evans lingerie shower and wanted to see my cousin's soon-to-be (fingers crossed!) step daughter get baptised. It was an eventful time for all!

The girls are getting SO BIG! And I'm just waiting for the perfect photo op to get a genuine smile. They are giving those smiles more freely everyday. Mom told me they were beginning to smile week before last, but they sure didn't offer me one. My thinking is they probably thought she was their mom considering she has been caring for them the majority of their life now. I'm not getting my feelings hurt too much. I figure when they notice that I'm not leaving, they'll know who I am. They sure know their Daddy! They give him big gummy grins quite frequently! And they know their brother. He's the one who pats them on the head and points out all their body parts. It's pretty cute!

Aiden is actually adjusting quite well. He LOVES to see his 'BABIES!' When you show him their picture and ask individually who each is, he says babies for both. But I know that he knows them apart because when I say 'where's carsen?' or 'where's camden?' 9 times out of 10 he gets them right. Kids are great that way. Also, he knows all his colors now! (red (reh), blue (boo),yellow (lellow), green (geen) and purple (puple). I think this is genius! Of course, I have always found him to be highly advanced, you know. He's still just as beautiful as ever, and we are very concerned that the girls are going to be even prettier than him. Anthony is already sharpening his knives, preparing for the first dates (which, of course, won't be until they're 21!)

Update of the job status:
Well, we're still applying for jobs that would get us closer to home with the understanding that we'll move when God is ready to get us there. We are waiting on a federal position, and we have put the feelers out to everyone we know on a federal level. The thing is, we're happy here and we're blessed to be as close to our family as we are. So, that said, we're not complaining. We're enjoying our wonderful, blessed life and loving every minute of it!

Update on childcare:
Well, we are very pleased with our situation as far as the girls are concerned. We found a wonderful, caring, Godly (most important!) woman to care for them daily. She only keeps 4 kids at her house, so I am thrilled to say that the girls won't be exposed to 'daycare germs' their first year. Once they turn a year, we'll bounce around the idea of putting them in a daycare where they can be exposed to other kids.

Aiden is still in his same Daycare, which I have been pleased with up until lately. When I picked him up last week, there was a child standing with his foot on Aiden's back, hitting him with a stick-like toy, while Aiden was hysterically crying. Now, as a mom I know that I am supposed to always be in 'teaching' mode, and always be aware that kids will be kids (yada yada). But I tell you, my initial instinct was in two directions: 1) to pull that kid off of Aiden by the head of his hair and then take Aiden and run, never to return to that horrible place OR 2) Yell, 'hit him back, Aiden! Get him!' while holding the child by the hair. I know, a little dramatic...but this is my child laying on the floor, helpless! Where was the teacher, you ask? She was tending to another child who had just cut his face (probably from that other kid beating him with the stick!). I told her that I was not happy with what I'd walked in on. Bad for her, because this was like her second day in their class. Realizing that this woman needed to like me and not take my attitude out on my child, I did soften a little when I learned she was tending to the bleeding...but not much. So this incident has been on my mind ALL WEEK. I'm considering pulling him out and putting him somewhere else. Am I overreacting? Probably so. He may do much worse to others when I'm not there, but I don't think so. Actually, they tell me he's the most well-behaved child in the class. I don't know what I'm going to do, but this incident will stay filed in my mind...just waiting for the next time.

Update of 'How do you do it?':
Well, I keep getting this question over and over again. My answer: You just do. It's as simple as that. And you don't dwell on the things you aren't getting done. You do praise God for what you do get done, and for every minute that you get to bond with your children. In the words of my step-mom in law, "My house can be clean when my kids are gone." If anything is ever said about my home...I want it to be that it's comfortable and loving. If everything's not in place, and you have an issue with that, then stay at your own house. Enough said. But I guarantee you that my kids will know love. So there. :-) Can you tell that's my pet peeve.

The girls are doing well sleeping through the night. Sometimes they wake around 2 or 3, but most of the time they sleep all night and wake around 5. Aiden is sleeping well in his bed when he's feeling good. He's on his third round of antibiotics since the girls were born, bless his heart. He had lymphantitis (swollen lymph nodes), strep and now a sinus infection. I'm hoping he's caught all that he can get for the time being. My leave that I had earned is now gone again, so I'm in the same boat I was in when I was on bedrest. I'm hoping all the kids will stay well long enough to let me earn a little more.

Future Trips:
We'll be going to Memphis for the Labor Day weekend to see our buddies, the Holleys, for their little Maddy's first b'day. I can't believe it's been a year! We will ALL be going, so pray that it's a smooth trip.

Sometime in latter September, some of my cousins are throwing a sort of 'Welcome to the World, Baby Girls' party for us so that everyone can meet the twins and see us and Aiden. I can't decide if we're inviting family and friends, or just family, but you'll know soon enough. We're excited about this! It will be in Jackson, not sure about exact location yet.

Well, that's probably all the time I can afford to be away from the crew. I am working on washing and folding and putting away (my least fave thing) all the dirty clothes in this house before this weekend is up. We'll see how that goes. Woohoo!!

Love to all!!!
Mandye

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