New Ears!!

Kiss had her post-op checkup on Wednesday and the Dr. gave her a two thumbs up!! He said that she was healing perfectly and that in a year or two the scar would be so slight you would need a magnifying glass to see it.

Check out the new ears!

And the super cute picture of Cookie. He has amazingly cute ears too!!


Thanks to everyone for the warm thoughts and concern! She did great and should be 100% healed in another week or so.

Too short, but oh so sweet!

On Tuesday we got a short but oh so sweet visit from Kiss and Cookie's Fairy Godmother, Natalie. Natalie is a pretty terrific person all around - and as terrific people do - she was doing a terrific thing. She DROVE with her amazing friend Carla from LA to Houston (check out woolanthropy for trip highlights) . Carla has just moved to Houston from LA and before she even got a chance to settle in they made the trip to BCS to visit with us. It was wonderful to see them and we were so appreciative of the time they took out of a hectic and emotional trip to see us.

Carla lovin' on Bentley (no we do NOT have a third dog - he is the SN's)


You can't read Kiss' T-shirt, but it says " I have a HOT AUNTIE!" - and Yes you do!!


Auntie N with Cookie


Auntie getting in some love and playtime with Cookie.
Hey does my butt look big???


Natalie - we miss you already.

Carla - Howdy! and welcome to the great state of Texas! We hope to see more of you now that you're within hollerin' distance!

Happy Birthday Grandpa L.

Super Happy Birthday wishes to Grandpa L. from Kiss and Cookie. We all hope that you had a terrific day. We miss you!!

Above and Beyond!

A shout out to our Super Nanny!!! Thank you thank you thank you!!!

She is well aware of the sleepless situation in our household and very generously offered to take her little charges home with her on Thursday night. At first I said 'no' and then I realized that I was literally on empty. I remembered that I don't have anything to prove and that I can and should take help when it is offered and so I did.

The babies stayed with Super Nanny and we slept 13 hours. It's true that I kept getting up waiting for a baby to cry, but then I would remember they were safe and sound with SN and was able to fall back to sleep.

I wish that I could say that I feel rested and whole again...but I think that's going to take more than one good nights sleep!! It was a start and now we both feel more ready to take on the sleep challenges of Kiss and Cookie!!

Mommy and Daddy looking a bit happier and rested after our night off.

Cookie looking mighty happy after a night with the SN!!

And Kiss sending a BIG hug and kiss to SN for giving mommy and daddy a much needed break.

Thanks Super Nanny for taking your work home with you!!! You are an amazing caregiver to our entire family and we love you!!!

Sleepless in College Station

Oh how cute they look while they sleep...it's just that they DON"T!!! Okay, they do sometimes - but not for very long. I have recently bought every book that I can lay my hands on to deal with this new development in the lives of Kiss and Cookie.

Some background. Cookie has never been a good sleeper. He is a very attached kid and really prefers to sleep in my arms. Now this is all well and good - except that then I can't sleep and after 6 months I am running on empty. The most recent thing was for him to fall asleep in my arms, then when I went to lay him down he would SCREAM, when I picked him up he would LAUGH. I kid you not. He would just laugh!!! Okay that was enough of that and I decided that we would Ferberize him. For those not deep in the " land of baby" that translates to let him cry it out. So there we went down the scream trail...and it worked. Sort of. Now Mr. Coookie is falling alseep BUT getting up every 2 hours. Yes, folks you heard right - every 2 hours!!!

So that's one kid, but we have two. Miss Kiss has aways been a great sleeper. In the past you could just set her sleepy self into the crib and she would be out. She would sleep for 5-6 hours and then want a bottle. On average she was getting up 1.5 times per night - no big deal. This is doable. Fast forward to today. Up 3-4 times a night.

Do the math. One kid is up every two hours, the other gets up 3-4 times per night - rarely at the same time as the other, this equals less than 1.5hours of sleep at a time. This equals exhaustion!!

So what's to be done? Stay tuned.........

Introducing Kiss and Cookie

Some of you know her by another name...but to quote Shakespeare
" A Rose by any other name would smell as sweet"











As for this little monster...he would taste as sweet!!

Just Two Ears Please!!!

One last shot of Kiss and her Second Ears!!!

She is looking and feeling fine after having her ear tags removed this morning. The thing I was the most worried about was not being able to feed her from Midnight until the surgery at 7:15am. For all those that know her - She likes to get her eat on!!!

But no fears! When she woke up for her usual 4am snack (yes it IS time to end this little ritual) we just pretended that it was time to get up and start they day. We all got up and played and read books and then the babes took a little nap around 5:30am and we were off to the surgery center. We were in the door by 6am, had the surgery at 7:15am and had a bottle in her mouth by 7:45am. Home by 8:15am. A busy morning for sure...






The loss of her second ears didn't seem to phase her at all. She was much more interested in her new toys and trying to eat the cat!!!






We love the new look she is sporting but will miss her little Who Ears!!!