A day in the life of Mrs. Moody...

Well my mom so graciously watched all 3 of my kids so I could go grocery shopping. So I run out of the house and hit up Trader Joe's. I was a machine, literally 20 minutes later I have a cart overflowing full of groceries. It looked like I was stocking up for a year. I was definitely getting the stare down in Trader Joe's, I probably looked like a hoarder or one of those coupon moms. I get into the grocery line excited about how efficient I am and then... it hits me : (   I start panically rifling through all the diapers, wipes, baby food in my humongous diaper bag/purse for my wallet and it is nowhere. Then I realize that I let Mac play with it while I was feeding Hank and Oly the other day so who knows where it could be. Oops, so I go and hole up in the alcohol area of the store, impressed by Trader Joe's selection and think my dilemma through. I decide I have three options::

1. Start unloading the cart and putting it all back grocery by grocery... but that would be a huge pain and I really want/need these groceries.  Usually by the time I get to the checkout line I have already downed a box of crackers that I am going to buy. Man of man I was so glad I didn't open up a box of crackers to snack on this time.

2. Somehow talk Trader Joe's into letting me come back for my groceries... but I realized I have almost 20 things of frozen food... good stuff too (tater tots, falafel, salmon burgers, french toast). Or...maybe they would take my purse as collateral so I could run home get my wallet and come back to pay.

3. Call Jared and maybe he was around, or on lunch break so he could come bail me out... at least this time I didn't forget my cell phone.

Luckily it was noon and Jared was on his lunch break... I texted him "call me I have a crisis". So he of course called right away and I told him my story... he just laughed and said he would be right over. Thank goodness it is not too far from his office. Good news right! And waiting for Jared gave me about 10 more minutes to add more delicious food to my cart, so what did I add? Cookies, popcorn and licorice of course. After 10 minutes in strolls my night in shining armor to pay for my hundreds of dollars grocery bill. Thank goodness I didn't go through the drive-thru at Starbucks before the grocery store like I was planning on.

Lastly I call my mom to give her the scoop on why it is taking me forever to do some groceries shopping and check in to see how she is doing with the boys. She says, as our dog is barking in the background and Mac is talking loudly  "all hell broke loose". I can only imagine, both babies woke up hungry at the same time and are crying in unison, Morris is barking because he found a tennis ball and won't leave your side, Mac most likely either has to use the potty or it is time for his lunch, the phone is ringing and the doorbell probably rang all at the same time. But like I said she is a baby whisperer and can handle anything and she did.

It is just funny and we laugh often because that is how most of our days go. You can't really do much but laugh.. I can't wait to look back and read this to the boys when they are older. Our household isn't short on smiles or laughter that is for sure.

My grocery cart... The checker said "I have never seen a cart this full". 

Hank and Grandma : ) 

house tour :: dining room

before::

gold stamps on the ceiling, peach sponge paint :)

after:: 

new paint and a new light fixture : )

Twintastic : )

Sorry I have taken a hiatus from my blog... As you can imagine I have been keeping myself busy. After a bout of hand foot and mouth (Mac), a cold (Jared), mastitis (me), and a vacation I am back and our family is doing great now. If we can all get through the illness with two infants then we can get through anything.

Life with Mac, Hank and Oly has been great, extremely gratifying, amazing, fun-filled, difficult at times, and the best blessing we could have asked for. Hank and Oly are starting to smile, coo and giggle and it is just amazing. The incredible thing about twins it that we have double the blessings, smiles, laughs, love and we get to experience each milestone twice in the same moment. Mac has been absolutely wonderful. He is the best big brother. When Hank and Oly cry he says "I know, I know" while he gently rubs their bellies. He often wants to hold, kiss, rub the babies. He also says "I love you" to them almost daily. It just melts my heart.

You know you are a mom of multiples when... 

-you know to feed two babies at once, and you do it often.

-when you can cross off the to-do list in 30-45 minutes

-online shopping is the only way

-you go through 6-8 bottles a night

-you have to run the dishwasher half full because you need bottles

-you look forward to an uninterrupted hot shower

-you own a LOT of car seats

-you drive a minivan and you still don't have room for passengers

-four hours of sleep is considered a full nights rest : )

-your shoulder always have stains (spit-up, snot, tears) and you don't care

-your purse/diaper bag is so heavy that it leaves a red mark on your shoulder

-you've carried a child on the front, back and pushed a stroller all at the same time

-you have to think about what doors your stroller will fit through and strategically plan your outings around that

-it takes an hour to get everyone loaded into the car to go and get ice cream

-you can pick up anything with your feet

-people stare at you and your family A LOT

when I'm hungry i latch onto anything... even my brother

hungry together : ) 

when they are hungry at the same time

typical morning... sippy cup, bottle, bottle and coffee

our dishwasher full of bottles :)

grandmas are the greatest : )

love : )

best big brother : )

how we roll with all 4 of my boys

both practicing for the heisman trophy