A new kind of normal

Since bringing our boys home, life in the Wilson household has changed in a big way!

For example, now when I wake up each morning, I feel like I'm living in a baby fraternity house.  I spend half of the morning rounding up random bottles from the night wondering, "Now how did that get there??"  :) 

(And in case you are wondering, yes, those are the bottles from one night's feeding.  Our sweet little boys can eat!)

Massive amounts of nighttime bottles aside, here are some other ways that our life has changed:

*As a light-ish sleeper, before the boys came home, I couldn't go to sleep unless it was completely quiet.  Now all four of us snooze to the constant crashing/underwater sounds of the womb....yes, the womb.  Our fancy sound machine simulates what it sounded like for the boys in utero, and I must say, it works like a charm!  The boys have come to know this as their "night-night" sound, and quite frankly, so have I.

*Burps are no longer rude, but instead are welcomed with great joy, cheers even.  You see, our little ones love their bottles so much, that they sometimes get a little upset when you stop them to burp.  You can't blame them though; they like to eat!  Just like Mommy....

 *Our new bedtime is anywhere between 8 and 9 PM.  We are a sleepy bunch!

*Jody has become a master at many interesting things, most notably, swaddling.  He is the only one who can swaddle our boys and it still be intact five minutes later!   

*We now record all of our favorite TV shows and watch them in-between feedings.  Watching one show is generally a three-day process.  We finally finished Grey's Anatomy and all I can say is, what in the world!  Just when I thought it couldn't get anymore dramatic....

*After several milk protein/tummy issues, I must say that I am now a big fan of normal looking baby poo.  So much so that I even call my mom and mother-n-law to say, "Guess who had a normal looking poopy diaper today??"    Strange, yes, but it sure does make a mommy feel better when she knows that her boys' tummies are OK. 

*Jody and I have become experts at making up random songs to sing to the babies.  OK, as Jody would attest, this really isn't something new for me (I think I get this awesome skill from my sister), but it is for him!  Hey, anything that will help to sooth a sweet baby...

*Changing a diaper without A). getting peed on, B). getting pooped on, or C). all of the above, makes us feel like a million bucks.

Well, I could go on and on, but alas, feeding time calls. . .

As you can tell, the new Wilson normal is the best! :)