Tidbits

Nothing major to report here, just a few tidbits, both wedding and boys related.

We have a tentative date: November 10th! The Rabbi said it would probably be OK, he just had to check with his wife first (which I find both hilarious and awesome). In the world of traditional wedding planning, I am screwed because I have less than a year to plan. Isn't that ridiculous!? I need one full year or more to plan a wedding? I think 9 months is a long time to wait, personally. I wish we could just do it tomorrow! Frankly, we could, but as I mentioned before, some traditional stuff is important to me, like having my family there and doing it Jew-style. :) So we are waiting to hear officially from the Rabbi that the date is a go, then we will start to plan. I need to look for dresses, and we need to decide if we're going to have the reception at the temple or find another venue. I am also lucky enough to have help from a few friends who are either planning their own weddings or who have been recently married in the area.

Poor Gabes had a little mishap the other day that ended in a trip to the hospital. So, last week when it was nice outside, my mom came over and suggested that we take the boys to the park. Gabe wanted to go down one of the bigger slides, so my mom put him on her lap and went down...only she didn't hold his legs on top of hers. So his right leg got caught and twisted between her leg and the side of the slide. Nice one, Nana! He screamed and screamed when it happened, but we were able to calm him down. A call to the doc reassured us to just ice it and give him some Motrin, and to put on a movie or something so he would sit down and rest. Mission accomplished, the boys watched (and LOVED) Wall-E. It's been about a week, and Gabe is still limping. So yesterday we took him into the pediatrician, and after she examined him, she suggested that we get x-rays of his leg, she thought it might be fractured. So off to the hospital I went, with both boys in tow since Steve was at work. Gabey FREAKED OUT during the x-rays, so I practically had to lay on him while the radiologist held his legs down to get the shots. Turns out that thankfully nothing is fractured, it's just a bad sprain. So rest (ha!) and ice and Motrin if he complains about it.

Also, Valentine's Day will give me the chance to practice my cake baking skills. I feel comfortable saying this because I am 99.9% sure that Steve has never even glanced at my blog! When you live with someone 24/7, why would you want to read their thoughts via the interwebs? Anyhoodle, while grocery shopping today it just kind of hit me that V Day is next week. Really I hold nothing but disgust for the Hallmark "meaning" of the holiday, but hey, it's an excuse to eat delicious sugary treats! So I plan to bake a red velvet cake and to make some fondant to either top it with or at least make little cut outs for decorations. I've not made fondant before so it should be interesting at least! Truth be told, I am not usually a baker of cakes, I specialize in cookies and pie. Especially pie. So I will need ample practice if I am to bake my own wedding cake.

It's a Revival, Y'all!

So remember that update that I promised you, the one that never came? Weeelll yeah I'm sorry about that. It's been about a year since I wrote last, and a ton of stuff has happened. First off, the boys are doing wonderfully. Here's how big they are now:

Huge, right? Like close to 30 pounds huge. Oh, and that's Gabe with the black mittens and Isaac with the green. No, I do not normally dress them in matching clothes - but those coats are really cute though, right?! Plus, sometimes I do want people to realize that they are twins. Like for example when I'm attempting to schlepp them into a store, or the doctor, or anywhere really. I digress. Last April, they were identified as speech/communication delayed through the Help Me Grow program. They were both eligible for private speech therapy, which Gabe is still receiving. Isaac did so well that after 4 months, he was discharged! They also got into an Early Intervention school program at a wonderful center for children with disabilities. Twice a week, they go to "school" and they LOVE it. They talk about school constantly when they are at home, all their little trucks and cars are always going to school when they are playing. They will be in school until the end of the school year, regardless of progress.

The most intriguing subjects of the moment for them are Elmo (he is like crack for toddlers, really), playing cars and trucks, and reading books. That's pretty much all we do, every hour of every day. We also draw a lot and play with Play Doh, and sometimes I let them help me bake and cook.

I still work 2 days a week at the hospital as a nurse's aide. It sucks sometimes to be underemployed, but I do enjoy my job and the people that I work with. I don't get to sleep alot on the days that I work, since I have to be up in the early afternoon before Steve goes to work, to watch the boys. That is our trade-off so we don't have to have formal childcare.

So the other big news is this:

Steve proposed to me! On our 8 year anniversary. So I apologize in advance, because the blog is about to be overtaken by wedding planning and commentary. Yes, of course I will still include info about the boys and their development. They are still the most important part of my life. But I'm gonna get to wear a poofy dress! And smash a glass! And have a party! Frak yeah!

So I'm reviving this old blog.

More musings to come. Thank you for reading!