Home again, home again

Well, I am  home after being away for another week.  This week I was in Cincinnati to meet my godbabies, Aidan and Jaina.  Also to spend time with their Mommy, Kimberly.  We mostly stayed at home, but we did errands and got to the zoo and to church.  It is a daunting thing to deal with 2 babies at once.  I didn't have to do that much at all, because Kimberly was around.  However, I did have a few times holding one and bouncing one in a bouncy chair to try to calm him/her down.  I spent most of my days doing Jaina's feedings and most of my nights doing Aidan's.  I came away knowing Kimberly will be fine on her own, although probably rather tired.   The thing about babies is the dailiness of it all.  Each day is similar and equally tiring.  Babies are so dependent upon us for their needs and so much comes along with those needs.  I remembered the exhaustion of taking care of a newborn and must admit that I am glad to be done with that stage.

At the same time each stage has its challenges and my boys keep me busy and tired in other ways.  Both boys are learning and doing very different things and sometimes I need to stop and remember who I am dealing with and what is the appropriate behavior for that boy and react accordingly.

I had some lovely moments of remembering while there too.  I loved standing in the back of the church and rocking Aidan when he got a little fussy.  It reminded me that I did that fairly often with Harry (read - every Sunday).  I had forgotten that.  I never had to do that with Robert.

So without further adieu - here are the pictures:


It was a good week and here are some pictures.

Aidan snoozing in his car seat

Me at the zoo with a polar bear

Holding Jaina just after she had a little snack at the zoo

Kimberly and Aidan

All of us at the Cincinnati Zoo

Kimberly and her babes :-)

See I can hold both of them for a few seconds before chaos breaks out

Hanging out on the couch in her frilly bib

It was a good week.  I have a real appreciation of some of the challenges of multiples!  I came back to my husband and boys all in different stages of life.  We did fine away from each other, but home is always the nicest place to be.  Now we are looking at a possible hurricane and praying that all the folks in the path of Irene stay safe.