This and That in Bullets

Life is crazy.  We seem to have a million things going on and I can't seem to form anything into a good solid post, so I will just fill you in with bullet points.

• We finished our first set of parent/tot swim lessons.  The Aquatic Center that we go to has a big slide that they let the parents take their babies down at the end of the last class.  Each baby got a life jacket and the pool is only 4 foot deep at the end of the slide.  We were very nervous, but decided we needed to get over it.  It was more about conquering our own fear than what the babies would get out of it since they are too young to really enjoy it.  Ayden and Rylee were the youngest in the class. Tony took Ayden down and I took Rylee.  Whelp, Rylee got her first dunking and let's just say she didn't like it.  Mommy lost her footing.  I did my best to hold her up out of the water.  She didn't go completely under, just her eyes.  Her hair was still dry!  She survived.

• The babies each got a report card for the completion of the class.  We were disappointed they didn't get promoted to the next level.  Just kidding!

• We had so much fun taking swim lessons and having something to do together as a family, that we signed up for the next session.  Ayden and Rylee aren't the only babies this time!  In fact, they aren't even the youngest.  Our twin friends are also taking the class and there is also another 6 month baby boy.

• I guess I did have enough on the swim topic to write a full post.  Oh well.

• Rylee has a dermatology appointment this Thursday up at OHSU.  Her bottom is doing pretty good. We did have a few days of diaper rash that started to bleed and I was afraid it was going to turn into more, but it didn't, thank goodness.  Her hemangiomas are doing good.  I imagine that they are just going to increase the dosage of her propanolol.

• In just less than two weeks I will be running the Hood to Coast.  I'm nervous.  My body hurts. There's been something going on with my feet that make it painful to walk a lot of the time.  I should really go to the doctor, but I'm going to wait until after the race.  I've also been battling pain in my achilles on both feet and last week I strained my calf.  I've been trying to ice and I stretch some, but not near as much as I should.  My longest run has been 4.8 miles when I did an 8k race last Sunday.  The shortest of the 3 legs I will be running for H2C is 4.92 and my total mileage will be 16.44.  Did I mention how nervous I am?  Our team doesn't run to actually compete with other teams.  We are all about just doing it and having fun, but I at LEAST want to be able to do my part without making another teammate have to run my legs in addition to theirs.  As long as I can stay injury free (or at least not worse than I am right now), I should be able to do it.  I just won't be able to walk the next day.

• I will be dropping off the babies for daycare on Friday morning of H2C at 6:45am and won't be home until Saturday evening.  That Saturday also happens to be their 8 month birthday!  I really, really hope that I can get home early enough to see them, but I'm not sure that will happen.  It's almost a 3 hour drive home from Seaside, where the race ends.  It will be interesting to see how much I miss them.

• What will also be interesting is how Tony does with the babies overnight by himself.  I'm fairly certain he will get very little sleep.  He is a very sound sleeper and he is afraid he won't hear them if they cry and need something.  Sunday should be really interesting with me exhausted and not able to move and Tony sleep deprived.  Oy....

• Apparently I could have done another whole post about Hood to Coast.  Oh well, you got it in bullet points :)

• We got a bunch of diapers, wipes, and formula donated to us.  And when I say a bunch, I mean boxes.  Big boxes.  Multiple big boxes.  I am forever grateful that we have still yet to buy more than just a few packages of diapers.  We haven't had to buy ANY wipes yet and I'm not sure we ever will have to with the stockpile we have!

• It's supposed to be 100* here today.  It was 97* yesterday.  It doesn't get that hot here in Oregon very often.  We only have a portable air conditioning unit in our bedroom.  That helps to keep the back bedrooms cool, but it doesn't do much for the rest of the house.  We aren't sweltering here yet, but we will see... It's not even noon yet.

• Have I mentioned that Ayden has his first tooth?  It actually broke through a few weeks ago.  I can't remember if I mentioned it in a previous post.  He's now working on his second bottom front tooth and been a very grumpy boy lately.  The tooth sure is cute though!

• Nap time around here hasn't been going very well lately.  One or both of the babies seem to only be able to sleep for about 30-40 minutes at a time.  I leave them alone for quite awhile to see if they will go back to sleep.  Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.  Like right now.  Ayden has been roaming around in his crib for the last 25 minutes.  And now he is finally crying, so it looks like this post is done.  This makes for very grumpy babies sometimes.  I'd love to have them both go back to the 3 hour morning naps they were taking up till last week.