Sunday Night.
I have a whole bunch of changes to make to the twin club website tonight, but that really doesn’t sound like a whole lot of fun. I’d much rather sit here and tell you all about my boring assed day!
This morning, Pablo woke up wet and screaming at 6 a.m. I don’t know what in the hell is going on with his diapers, but all of a sudden, they’re bursting open and smattering little pee-scented gel beads all over my son and his bed. I don’t know what to do here, people. I change him moments before he lays down at night – it’s not like he’s going to bed wet! I do give him a cup of water at bedtime, but it’s a small cup. It certainly doesn’t seem like enough liquid to warrant these complete diaper explosions every other day!! He’s also in a size 6. The biggest they make in diapers. So I can’t move him up a size or anything. It’s very frustrating. Currently, we’re using Pampers Baby Dry, as they *seemed* to be more absorbent and less leaky than Luvs. I think we’re going to have to switch back, though – the Luvs leaked a little here and there, but they never completely blew UP. I’ve changed his bed every day for the past four days! Ugh. So, yeah. He was not a happy little camper this morning, and by the time we got him in dry britches and dry jammies in a dry bed, he was pretty much wide awake, and so was Mallory. We put on Nick Jr. and went back to bed ourselves, but they kept hollering for us every twenty minutes, so that was pretty much the end of our sleeping for the day!
And then I made fried potatoes and onions and bacon and scrambled eggs with hot green chile for breakfast. And Paul was very happy with this, as it’s pretty much his favorite breakfast, but holy crap. My stove was a WRECK after frying up all that food! And don’t you hate it when your house smells like bacon all damned day? It’s a nice scent when it’s morning time and you’re hungry, but I don’t like my house smelling like a damned Cracker Barrel all the livelong day. I opened up some windows (which didn’t last long with the 40 degree weather) and sprayed some air freshener in the air, which helped mildly.
And then my children decided to HELL with Spongebob and completely dismantled Kayley’s pumpkin. They spent all DAY climbing up to the counter and rearranging these foam pieces before I took them all away and threw the pumpkin out. Is it weird that we carved pumpkins almost two weeks after Halloween and then only kept them about 15 hours? Oh well.
And then Mike came over right around lunchtime, so I fixed him a grilled cheese sandwich and cut it into four pieces and served it on a Hercules plate and he ate lunch with my children. He said his sandwich tasted like it was made with “fancy cheese” – I was like, nope, it’s the kind that comes 90 a pack at Costco for six dollars. He asked if I put mayo on it or something and I told him that I just made it with LOVE; that’s the magic ingredient that makes MY food taste so much better than the crap he makes at home. Hehe! Food always tastes better when someone else makes it – I thought everybody knew that!
And then I started tagging a giant box of toys for the twin club sale. Unfortunately, I ran out of tags about halfway through. D’oh! Hopefully I can pick up some more at the next meeting. I’m getting all giddy thinking about the next sale and how I’ll actually be READY for it, and not tagging my shit all night long the night before the sale. And y’know what, I’ll bet I just totally jinxed myself. I’m sure I’ll STILL have a ton of stuff I can’t put in the sale because I ran out of time to get it all tagged. Such is the life of a crazy busy mama like me, right?
And then I made hamburgers for dinner so I got to spend a little quality time with my beautiful stainless steel barbecue in the freezing cold and completely in the dark. Y’know what would REALLY complete our outdoor kitchen? Some LIGHTING. Yeah. I was out there flipping burgers with a Power Rangers flashlight. And the burgers were yummy, except I need to go to the market so my pantry didn’t contain anything that “went” with burgers. You know, like baked beans or pasta salad or even DORITOS. No, we had brown sugar carmelized carrots and butter beans with our hamburgers. And it was okaaaay, but…don’t you hate dinners like that? Where you have to serve pork chops and toast and grapes because that’s all you have? Yeah, me too.
And then Kayley and all the little ones started playing ring-around-the-rosy together and it was only the cutest thing EVER and my head almost exploded from all the cuteness before I could grab my camera. Luckily, I snapped a few pictures before they lost interest and moved on to climbing on the TV stand.
And then we all sat on the sofa together and watched Family Guy. And my kids were SO cute – they were playing with this “new” toy that I brought out that they haven’t seen in months and really don’t remember having at all – and it made train sounds. Every time Mallory would press the button to make the train whistle, Nikki and Lexi would turn their heads to the side and go “Whoot whoooot!” It was sooooooooo painfully cute – especially because every time they’d do that, Mallory would fall on the floor laughing. We were starting to laugh at HER! I tried to get it on video and I was too late. Dammit! But here’s me and my big girl watching TV together:
And then I made all my children go to bed and I tucked them in and kissed their heads and covered them up and sat down in this very chair. And now you’re completely up to speed on my amazingly interesting life. And I’m posting all of this in the hopes that the three readers I have left will leave me a comment. Ha! Yeah, I’m talkin’ to you!
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Laura, also known as LaLaGirl, is the mother of a teenager and two young sets of twins. She's happily married, loves living in Colorado, and writes almost daily about married life, raising multiples, and parenting a child with autism.
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November 13th, 2006 at 12:27 am
Hey, I guess I’m one of the three! Your life is definitely amazingly interesting, and filled with an unprecedented amount of cuteness, as well.
November 13th, 2006 at 1:30 am
I have this problem too with leaky diapers. We have tried Pampers, Luvs, Huggies, generic brands, etc. I just have a peeing machine.
November 13th, 2006 at 2:01 am
Wow, I must be one of them too! The stories about the kids are always my favorites. I think maybe you need to keep the video camera attached to you at all times to get this stuff!
November 13th, 2006 at 6:08 am
hey girl… I used Diaper doublers for my sons, who in the beginning had this same problem. It’s bascially give them an extra lining. I got them at Publix here but Babies R us has them too..
November 13th, 2006 at 8:28 am
Laura, I posted the other day about those adorable tops you recently bought but couldn’t get my comments to post. Hmmmph. Gawd, Girl, you stay busy. You’re just the perfect wife and mother. I wanna come live at YOUR house.
November 13th, 2006 at 8:29 am
Forgot something. Do they still make rubber pants? If so, why not slip a pair over his diaper at night? Maybe I’m crazed and they’ve not been made for forty years; I’m not sure. But, if so, wouldn’t it be worth a try?
November 13th, 2006 at 9:23 am
I had the same problem wth the purple pampers, seemed it was just a bad batch. And its amazing how much kayley looks like you! both beauties!
November 13th, 2006 at 9:51 am
I hate diaper blowups!
And, it appears you have a couple more readers than you thought you did!
November 13th, 2006 at 10:00 am
I love reading your posts, even though I don’t comment much. I especially love when you talk about going to do things in Denver and I actually know where you are talking about. Glad you had a fun day!
November 13th, 2006 at 10:14 am
Love your site, Laura! These are the kind of posts that keep me coming back!
November 13th, 2006 at 10:39 am
I love reading your posts – I just never comment. Sounds like a wonderful weekend!
November 13th, 2006 at 1:03 pm
Another idea – buy the Goodnites underpants. They hold a LOT.
November 13th, 2006 at 5:43 pm
Kayley looks so much like you in that last pic!
November 13th, 2006 at 8:32 pm
I have been out of the diaper changing phase for awhile but didn’t I see on tv one of those brands that make a night time diaper?
November 13th, 2006 at 9:16 pm
Another thing you could try with the diapers is Pampers Cruisers, instead of the regular Pampers. My former stepson was a bedwetter and VERY heavy wetter, but those almost never leaked. Plus they stretch quite a bit -in fact, I think he was able to fit into a size 5 when going by weight, he should have been a size 6. Only downside – they are a little bit more pricey, so maybe you’d only want to use them for bedtime. Worth it to keep from changing sheets!
November 13th, 2006 at 11:04 pm
hehehe looks like more than 3 people read you! When my kids were in that odd stage, not quite trained but getting too big for pull ups, I bought pampers nighttimes (theyre pullup type as well) & I tell you what, there is no limit i dont think to the amount of liquid they hold. A little more expensive but worth it.
November 14th, 2006 at 6:18 pm
We also use teh Pampers Cruisers for night time here. I find they hold more than the Baby Dry’s.
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