mommy milestones & the small stuff

a two part post...

mommy milestones

last night was our first "date night" since the boys were born. i had been wanting to go out, but couldn't bring myself to actually making the plans b/c that meant leaving the boys with someone for more than 30 minutes. well, after a hard week of nights and fussy days i decided to take the first step and asked HunHun if he was up for going out. i mean, it would've been nicer if HE would've asked ME or done some nice romantic gesture, but i guess we take what we can get, right? and HunHun isn't really like that anyway.. blah.. anyway, i digress. he said, yes and i called my mom to see if she could come over. a bit before the 730p feeding we were out the door. we went to a shopping center's parking lot, 'the towers', where people from around town come and park their cars and hang out. it's old school 50's, 60's, etc cars and it's nice to walk the lot looking at the different cars and how they've been hooked up. we met up some of our friends there and after a while left so we could get some dinner before coming home. we went to chilis and before our appetizer was brought to us, we were both commenting on how tired we were and how we were ready for bed! lol any other friday night, before having kiddies, we would've been barely starting our night at that hour (9pm)!! i was a good girl (new mommy) and didn't call my mom once to check in. i really tried my hardest to let go and trust my mom would be ok. and i passed! we got home, fed the babies and were in bed quickly after.

this morning, my mom had agreed to pick up the boys around their breakfast time so we could get some "catch up" sleep in. at 730am, i called her and she was here in minutes. she took the travel swings and the diaper bag to the car and after i finished w/ aiden, she took him and they were gone before 8am. i was wide awake, but went back to bed to watch tv. HunHun joined me and we knocked out in about 10 minutes!! hahaha.. we were so tired.. we slept abt 3 hours before i woke up and took a nice long shower and blow dried my hair. again, i resisted and didn't call my mom. it was so hard though, b/c i wanted to know what they were doing more than how they were doing. lol.. but i knew i had to be strong. i don't want to be clingy.. anyway, HunHun was up by the time i was out and we headed out to the mall for lunch and then went to pick up my little sea monkeys. my sister confessed that my mom commented on how she doesn't know how i do it alone during the day. and i could tell she was a bit tired by the time we got to her house..

i also went to BRU w/ them today!! ALONE! after my mom's we came home, and it was time for them to eat again. after that i put them back in the carseats and went out while they napped. it was a good trip! can't complain at all about our first outing alone.

so a couple of milestones for me in 2 days. i left them for a date and some sleep. i didn't call to check in. and the 3 of us went out alone. life w/ babies, and twins at that, is proving to be an adjustment for sure. but so far so good, right?

the small stuff

well, within the milestones, there is the small stuff that i'm happy for.

- like driving. i know it's sort of silly, but driving is something i haven't done since november! november! i stopped driving the first 2 weeks i was put on bedrest thinking i'd be released back to work after that. of course, i wasn't and i never drove again.

- make up. i know i could've worn make-up here at home to make sure i didn't get too grungy and lazy, but i didn't. i enjoyed the fact i didn't 'need' it, but now that i'm back in touch w/ my eyeliner, mascara and lipgloss, it makes me feel like "i'm back, biatches!" - - from bedrest, that is.

- my clothes. well, the little bit that fits me. i can't close or button any of my pants, which sucks major ass, but i'm back into some of my shirts and elastic waist pants and that in itself is good enough for me -- for now. due to the bedrest i didn't buy any maternity clothes to hold me over the last 2 to 3 months. i only had a couple of shirts and 2 pairs of pants that i'd rotate when i'd go to the dr's.

- holding hands w/ HunHun while being out. b/c of the bedrest we didn't go out together until the last couple of weeks. but being able to be out and hold hands reminds me of back in the day..

- my wedding ring. it's back on my finger, baby!! i took it off one day while on early bedrest and since i wasn't going out, i didn't put it back on day after day. one day, i went to put it on, and it was super tight! so, for the remainder of the pg, i didn't wear it. and now, it's back on! i'll be honest, it's still a little tight, but it fits.

- shaving my legs. for a couple of months, i had to rely on HunHun to shave my legs, once a week at that! my belly got so big, i couldn't bend over 'comfortably', and then at some point at all, to shave my legs. and now, i can do it myself! it makes me happy b/c i don't have to wait for HunHun to be free to do it. i can shave when i want now! ha!

so.. these are the little things happening to me that i wanted to share.

:)