All in a Days Unpaid Work

For the last couple of weeks I have been experiencing what I hear many new moms go through...the "I work so hard and what do I have to show for it " syndrome. The days just seem to fly by now that the twins have made their little nests in our hearts and in our home. Day after day the sun just seems to dart across the sky like in those movies with time lapsed filming. When I worked full time I was always on the run, buzzing all around town from appointment to appointment and the days mostly clicked on by at a rapid pace, but nothing like they seem to now. Although I must admit that the last 13 weeks have been a bit of a blur of feedings, burpings, changing of diapers, putting down for naps, getting up from naps, baths, and baby laundry, lots of baby laundry. I never knew such little people could produce such gargantuan quantities of laundry. When I think about how our mothers (or possibly grandmothers) had to hand-wash cloth diapers...well it just makes my head start to spin.

But on the wonderful upside are the gazes into those amazing umber and chocolate brown eyes, the cuddles, the coos, and the increasingly intense love for these two very special and very little people (although they are approaching a whopping 11lbs. at only 13 weeks when they were born at just over five lbs.

But today I am feeling rather successful (I have also had to start to reshape my definition of success.) I fed the girls at 7:30, put in a load of laundry, ate breakfast, and then loaded the girls in the car. I made it to Bed, Bath, and Beyond by 9:00 where I surveyed the kitchen section for "must haves" to add to my poorly equipped kitchen. Then off to Vons - boy is grocery shopping a "different" experience while pushing a double stroller. Then onward to Costco to get gas for "only" 2.20 a gallon. ( I remember when I was appalled when gas hit 1.30...those were the good old days.) Then back home to feed the girls by 11:00.

After that feeding came the burping, changing, playing, and napping cycle, oh and of course more laundry. However, I did manage to eat a frozen lean cuisine pizza before the girls got up again.
And then I really decided to challenge myself by making homemade pasta sauce for dinner (well I at least added sauted onions and mushrooms and ground turkey to the sauce from the jar). So I could make dinner for Jeff. With twins, making anything more grandiose than a frozen dinner means it has been a very good day.

Well as we look at the items for tomorrow, I am a bit excited because my mother-in-law has agreed to watch the girls while I go for a most badly need cut and color. It is so long overdue and I am feeling a bit adventurous so I may just decide to cut most of my hair off. That is how I live on the edge as a stay-at-home mom. :)