You Can't Handle the Truth Part 6

I get jealous when I see people with just one baby pushing him/her around in a really cool stroller. Double strollers just don't come in all the cool models that the single strollers do.

This Old House

So we decided to list our home. It should be available in a couple of weeks with an open house at the end of september. We're just tired of all the stairs and we want something a little bigger. This place was fine for just me and okay for the two of us, but for the 4 of us, it's just too small. I hope we sell it quick and find a new home quick. If we can't find anything to move into, we'll squat at my parents' house for a while.

When I first bought this place and moved in, I was quite proud of myself that I did it on my own. I was Mr. Responsible and bought a home rather than blow all my money on useless junk. This is my first home and has some sentimental value because of that. It kind of makes me sad to think my children will never remember their first home. Oh well, they'll create a lot more meaningful memories for me than this old house.

I'm an Addict

Yesterday my head almost exploded. I felt like someone had a pump attached to my head and kept trying to inflate it. I swear I almost had a stroke. Waking up in the middle of the night was torture and this morning I still had a headache. It finally dawned on me what the problem was. I didn't have my daily coffee yesterday. See, I have a problem. I'm addicted to caffeine. I need a cup of coffee every day or I go through withdrawal. No, seriously, I'm not joking about this. I get a really bad headache if I skip my daily coffee. I need a new coffeemaker so I can program it at night and have it ready in the morning.

Good news/Bad news

Good news: Amelia can now roll over onto her stomach.
Bad news: I have to keep a very close eye on her because she hasn't figured out how to roll back onto her back.
See it here.

Good news: I'm back to work soon so we won't be so broke anymore.
Bad news: I'm back to work soon.

Good news: We're going to the Philippines and Taiwan this Christmas.
Bad news: Expensive and traveling with infants.

Good news: We're getting a nanny.
Bad news: Who's gonna pay for this?

Our Friends

In honour of their new life together, I'm posting a video of Annalee and Noel dancing. If anyone else wants one, send me pictures of your face.

Dancing Maniacs

Chill Out

sheesh, relax everyone. I'm not saying raising one child is easy, I'm just saying that if we only had one at least we could take turns. As it is now, there are times when neither of us can cook, neither of us can eat, and neither of us can clean up (if we really wanted to but our house was a mess even with no kids). I don't care if you have one child, twins, 4 children, whatever - we have 2 and we're exhausted.

More Visitors

More of Celia's relatives are coming to visit at the end of the month. This is always a good news/bad news kind of thing.

Bad news: the kids end up being up way past their bedtime and they're difficult to settle all night.

Good news: we get a tonne of good shit. Seriously, it's better than Christmas and both our birthdays combined.

It's nice to meet her family though. Some of them I've already met so it'll be fun to see them again. I'm glad I'll still be on vacation.

Carry Me

When we used to take the kids out, we'd use the stroller. This worked okay sometimes, but it was always kind of iffy whether or not they'd stay in the stroller. If they got too fussy, we'd pick them up so they wouldn't scream at us. Then we'd end up carrying the kids and pushing an empty stroller. Stupid and a pain in the ass. Then we started using the baby carriers and everything changed. The kids loved being in the carriers, they never cried (unless they were hungry) and it always left us with 2 free hands. Since we switched to the carriers, we go out all the time. We've been to almost every mall in the lower mainland and run errands and all kinds of stuff without stressing out over the stroller. Lately, we only use the stroller when we take the kids out for a walk in the neighbourhood. Maybe we should have gotten an offroad stroller after all...

New Project

Now that we're confident the babies are okay and the baptism is done, we've started planning our wedding. Wedding planning is boring. I'd go to Vegas if I could. If you're a close friend of ours, expect an invitation.

Nowadays

Yesterday the twins turned 5 months old. "5 months? They're so small!" Yeah, stfu. When people ask me how old they are, I usually tell them they're about 3 months (their corrected age). It just stops all the questions and comments about their size so I can get on with my day. I can't believe it's already been 5 months. I was watching a video of Amelia when she was still in the hospital. She was crying and it was a tiny little cry, barely audible over all the beeps and bongs and bells in the NICU. It was definitely Amelia's cry though. Nowadays, I kinda wish her cry was that quiet again! I tell ya, when she doesn't get her milk fast enough she lets you know she's not happy. She also lets the neighbours know. I swear the neighbours must think we're abusing them because they cry so loud (we're not, btw).

What have we been up to? We spend a lot of time finding places to go and things to do during the day. We like to take the kids out to see the world. The world as in the different malls around the lower mainland. We're considering moving into a bigger townhouse. Why not a house? Neither of us want to mow the lawn or worry about exterior maintenance. We have a hard enough time with the interior. Maybe when the kids are bigger we'll move into a house.