Carter has not been sleeping well the past few nights. He has been getting up at least twice a night. We typically just need to give him a paci and lay him back down and then he'll go back to sleep. He is really pulling himself up on things now. Every time we go to get him from his crib he's always up on his knees looking at us when we walk in the room. He gets a great big grin on his face when he sees us.
The other night I had to get gas after picking up the kids from daycare. The next day as we were coming up to the gas station Calvin said "get some gas". I asked him what he said and he repeated "get some gas, dada". Smart little guy.
Calvin unplugged the tree so that he could plug in the train. I saw what he was doing and stopped him before he did. I said that they shouldn't do that. My speach didn't seem to work because they continue to unplug the tree and plug in the train. Now they enjoy playing with the train and train cars even if the power is off. They managed to break off one of the engineers from the train engine. That's what super glue is for.
Calvin was crawling on dada's back and flipping over when dada was kneeling on the ground. It started with me flipping him over. Soon he started flipping himself over. There were a few times where he almost landed on Carter. Once I actually had to pull Calvin back up or he would have landed right on his little brother. Brayden had to get in on the action too. They would take turns climbing on my back and flipping. It's a lot of fun doing things like this, but it does wear you out.
After a few nights of Calvin crying when we put him in bed he seems to be better. Now he'll go to sleep without a fuss.
Saturday morning we went out to Target and then to PetSmart. Erin just needed to pick up a few quick things from Target so I stayed in the car with the kids while she ran in. She was quite quick which was good because Calvin was a little fussy. I was doing whatever I could to keep him occupied. He kept saying "PetSmart". We had told them before we left that we were going to see fish and birds at PetSmart so he wanted to get going. After PetSmart we went next door to Office Depot. We picked up a Preschool book which Calvin really seemed to like. We also got a few pads of construction paper for them to draw on. Then we headed over to Belk and then Bed, Bath & Beyond just to kill some time and walk around. We got all sorts of comments about having two sets of twins.
We got home and gave the kids lunch and put them down for a nap. A little after everyone got up we all went to Erin's sister and brother-in-law's house for his birthday on Saturday. We stayed for quite a while and the kids all had a great time. They all had a late bedtime since we got back late. You would think that would help the babies sleep through the night, but apparently not.
I was able to get all presents wrapped on Saturday. Now we just have to wait for Christmas. I'm excited to see how the boys react.
Calvin was really fussy Sunday morning. He kept saying his ear hurts, but he doesn't have a fever so it doesn't appear he has an infection.
We had our routine trip to Wal-Mart in the morning. The kids went back and forth being good and bad during the trip. On the car ride home Calvin was crying just about the whole ride. He didn't really stop until we got him out of the car and in the house. Then he seemed to be quite happy. We got the groceries put away and gave the babies a bottle. Then we put the babies down for a nap.
Shortly after putting the babies down one of my friends came by with his wife and their 15 month-old son. The boys were still up eating their lunch so they played for a while. After forty minutes or so we put the boys down for a nap. My friend left a little while later. They moved out to the left coast (San Diego) a few years ago so I rarely get to see them anymore. It would be nice to travel out there sometime. We'll just have to see how much we'll get to travel with the kids.
Erin's parents came over this evening and helped with the kids. We always welcome the help. I know that they really enjoy seeing the kids so it's a win-win.
The babies went to bed very early (~5:30). They didn't nap very long today so they were tired. We'll see at what point they get up during the night.
Brayden and Calvin got a bath tonight. They were extremely well behaved in the bath tonight. They didn't really fuss at all while getting cleaned. The only thing they don't really like is getting their hair washed. Actually, it's more the rinsing part that they dislike so much. It doesn't really matter if I use my hand, a cup, a towel, a pitcher, etc. they just don't like getting their head rinsed.
After the bath we went back downstairs to play since it was still fairly early. Brayden was playing with a giant bouncy ball throwing it around, bouncing on it, climbing on it and all sorts of stuff. Eventually he started throwing it to dada and playing catch. Brayden figured out how to catch it after a few attempts. I am impressed because it's a fairly large ball and not that easy for them to catch. Calvin saw his brother catching the ball and wanted to get in on the fun. He grabbed the other large ball and started playing catch.
After playing for a while it was time to brush teeth and get in bed. The both did very well and didn't fuss at all when it was time to go to sleep.
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