Brainshambles

Audrey has just started smiling up a storm. Paige is still an angry little baby, and I usually only get smiles first thing in the morning from her. These little moments melt my heart.

Oh my goodness. Some important days are quickly sneaking up on me. My one year wedding anniversary is on Sunday, August 7th. Wow. WOW. Conveniently, my first day back to work full time is the very next day, Monday, August 8th. I hope I can find the strength to enjoy celebrating this past year of [...]

This night time routine has me losing the will to live. I could manage the 3:30am feeding followed by the 7:00am feeding by myself pretty well. Last night we went to bed at 10p, were up at 12:30a, 1:30a, 3:30a, 5:00a, 6:50a. Fuss fuss fuss fuss fuss ANGRY BABIES HATE ME SO HARD. Off to [...]

Everyone keeps telling me that things will get better as the girls get older. The strangest thing is…everything seems to just be escalating? The twins were easier to care for when they were 4 pound, fresh-out-of-the-NICU preemies. These girls are almost 12 weeks old (but really, 4 weeks adjusted age). It’s all really confusing. I’ve [...]

There’s been a whole lot of cranky going on in the DeVan household. It’s tiring me out big time. But moments like these make up for it.

Today I guess I turned 25 years old. I spent the afternoon with my family, in a truly nostalgic area of town – the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. On the way home we quickly passed the house I spent my first 5 years of life, and stopped at Honey Hut for some of that amazing ice [...]

We had a fussy evening, a rocky start to the morning, and quite a busy week ahead. But how can anyone stay grumpy for long when this is what they get to look at during “lunch time”? Oh yeah, we are only ounces away from hitting the 8lb mark. Per this weekend’s pokey, horrible pediatrician [...]

I want to step off a plane looking like this…

Hey, guess what pleasure comes with being the owner of a shiny new pair of twins? Double the vaccinating, double the screams, and double the alligator tears! Needless to say, I’m pretty thrilled about our pediatrician appointment tomorrow morning. BEST part (wait, there’s TWO best parts!)…my husband is a baby and won’t go suffer through [...]