Getting Out

We've had a busy couple of days around here.

Yesterday morning we took the boys in for their bloodwork and Samuel's x-rays. The x-rays were the only part that went well. The bloodwork was h-o-r-r-i-b-l-e. I only heard the screams. Chuck was the one who held them as they were poked repeatedly. We have a really awesome children's hospital, CHKD, in our area. This was a CHKD affiliated office. We were completely dissapointed with the way the bloodwork was done. Sure, we've only been parents for 36 days now, but we just can't believe that it took sticking both of our sons twice and fishing around for the vein to get blood. Maybe I'm wrong, but it just doesn't seem right.

The boys were given free kid's meal coupons to Red Robin. We got brave and decided to go. We expected meltdowns. We expected problems with eating. We got none of that. The boys were great. You'd never know they'd just been tortured at the doctor's office. They stayed seated the whole time and ate all their lunch. They also each tried eating their crayons, but we put a stop to that. To top it all off, our server was great. She was excited to wait on our family and was a former nanny of twins. God sure was with us at Red Robin!

After that we ran a few errands - the kind where I jump out of the van and come right back. We bought some clippers from Sally's and we'll be cutting the boys' hair sometime soon. For now we are going to keep it short while we all adjust, but we are looking forward to eventually locking the boys' hair.

Today we went out again. We went to a park in Virginia Beach to see a lumberjack competition. We didn't see much of the competition, but we did have some fun with the boys. Both of them were too scared to try the swings, but they did try some other playground equipment. I got a few pictures and I'll eventually do a picture post (DJ!). Afterward we went to a BBQ and stayed for a short while before coming home. The boys were napless today, which became pretty evident at about 5:30. They were falling asleep as we were putting their lotion on tonight. Hopefully they will sleep long and hard. Samuel likes to get up in the wee hours of the morning, though we make him go back to sleep.

I'm thinking of attempting to go to church in the morning. We will see how the morning goes. If the timing is right, I will try. I just don't know how moms do outing with three little people.

Thanks again for all the encouraging comments and great advice. Tristan has been doing a lot better, but got fussy at our 7 p.m. feeding. It's time again to feed him, so I'm hoping he does better this time around and that he sleeps well.

That's all for now!