Catch-Up

I hope this isn't going to be a trend!! There are so many things I want to be posting about, so many things I want to remember... but it seems I have less and less time, these days! Yikes. What are things going to be like when this baby arrives?!

The boys went almost two weeks without napping, which meant some VERY long days for Mom! Despite their insistance that they should basically play all day long, I have FINALLY been able to instill a "quiet time" in the afternoon, which means both boys are in their room and I have a chance to take a quick nap. Pregnancy is catching up to me, and I'm finding that it's harder and harder to keep up with the boys. Of course, since I'm using this time to nap, it means that things like email/phone calls/blogging, etc. have taken a back burner to, well... life.

This is a video from well over a month ago, but I just have to share it. One of the drawbacks of D.R.'s schedule is his limited time with the boys. He does such a fabulous job of making the most of the time he does have with them and the boys love the physical play that they get from Daddy. It's been hard on both boys when they go several days without seeing D.R., but it's encouraging to see how quickly the relationship can be restored each and everytime.

D.R. had a wonderful long week-end with us and I loved every second of it. We enjoyed an excursion to a local gluten-free bakery wiht its very own play kitchen for the boys. We went to a model train shop and watched the boys engage in the most adorable train play. There were walks outside and forts inside... it went far-too quickly and we're, once again, getting used to the reality of D.R.'s busy work schedule.

The boys also had another appointment with their GI last week. We went through cystic fibrosis testing and are going to be running several other tests in the weeks to come. I haven't heard anything from the CF test, yet, but I'm assuming things are fine, since the initial screening came back negative.

The boys are as funny and as busy as ever. Tonight, bedtime was delayed as they chased each other around their bedroom trying to "eat" each other. I have no idea what that meant, except that I could hear them shouting and laughing, and then, every once in a while, Dexter would shout, "No eat me, Ja-Ja!" Inevitably, everytime I walked upstairs to check on them, they would quickly jump into their beds and pretend to be asleep. I guess you could say these antics are equally entertaining as they are exasperating. :)