Laptop Fixed!! Plus updates on our prison breaks...

Yay! I had goofed up my keyboard on the laptop by "blotting" it when something spilled near it. I didn't spill anything ON the laptop, but I was afraid some had splashed on the keys. Just for your own future reference-- never ever ever blot a keyboard on a Dell Inspiron 600m. The keys are really really fragile and I ruined the keyboard. Luckily, it wasn't so hard and/or so expensive to fix it. It was only difficult in having the time to troubleshoot the issue and order the new part (a new keyboard) while the babies were in the midst of their growth spurt and demanding to be fed every hour and a half and/or held constantly. This, of course, was also before the entry into our lives of the magical mystical baby swings. (Which they are both sleeping happily in right now). As for the swings, I had worried that they would sit in them and feel neglected, or something. But after a couple of days of them being around, I know that when they're ready to come out of the swings, they demand to come out. They don't sit there longing and pining for cuddles. When they want their cuddles, it's quite clear. So.

Nissa made the comment that she hoped I was telling Andrew about the things I've written in the blog. First, Andrew reads the blog fairly regularly, and the comments as well. Second, I wouldn't write something of an emotional issue in the blog without already having talked to Andrew about it. We are good communicators-- often, it might take a few hours after I'm frustrated for me to have said something (especially if it was in the middle of the night that I got mad) but it gets discussed.

Finally, we are getting out of the house a bit more. We went to church yesterday, where the babies were perfect angels as usual. We also went to Sam's the other day, and they slept through most of it. Whenever we go out, though, we are the entertainment of the day for dozens of people. Mostly we get lots of attention from older women-- they LOVE to comment on the babies. They tell us how gorgeous they are (we know that) and want to know how much they weigh (which I used to forget-- I was such a bad mom & people would ask how much they weighed when born and I couldn't remember!!) They will comment on how big I must have been (yes, I will even officially tell you I was 236 pounds at the end of the pregnancy!!! Seriously. That's a little under 100 pounds heavier than my normal goal weight-- which I haven't been in years, but is the target-- at 140ish). I lost something like 50 pounds when they were born and in the next week or so, just from getting rid of babies, and all the stuff that they come with. Amazing.

Today, we're going to a "high tea" party at a cute little restaurant called the Mad Hatter's Tea Party. It's quite a relief to be able to fill a bottle with some expressed breastmilk and know that I can be out for a number of hours without trouble. The only thing that makes it hard right now is that I don't have the stroller that I'm waiting for... it's on order, but not here yet. Hurry Mail-person!!

So that's today's update. It just gets different every day.