Taking back my house...

Seriously.. I need to take back my house! Slowly over the last couple of weeks it has taken over me. Every night I make sure the kitchen is cleaned up so in my mind I have had control... then this morning I looked around the rest of the house... I need Merry Maids or something. Time to bring out my Martha Stewart Housekeeping book and organize my cleaning. Here is my new plan according to Martha!

EVERY DAY
* Make the bed
* Manage the clutter
* Sort the Mail
* Sweep the floor
* Clean while you cook

Here is my list for the rest of the house. Each night I will tackle a different room....


KITCHEN
*Wipe surfaces, including sinks, countertops, fridge and cupboard doors
* Clean out fridge
*Sweep & mop floor
*Wipe out inside of microwave

LIVING ROOM
* Throw out magazines & catalogs on side tables
* Dust all surfaces
* Vacum floor & sofa

BATHROOM
* Clean toilet, shower, sinks
* Wipe mirrors
*Change towels & bath mats
* Sweep & mop floors
* Empty trash can

BEDROOMS
* Change bed sheets
* Dust surfaces
*Empty trash cans
*Vacum floors
* Throw out magazines & organize night stands

THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE
* Wipe hand & pet prints from windows & doors
* Vacum hallway
*Clean & fold laundry

Also, WTF is up with Time Warner... I have been having problems with my internet all week!! When I have time (haha not these next two days) I need to call them to trouble shoot my modem and then if they can't fix it, they will send a service technician out. I NEED MY INTERNET!! I AM ADDICTED! I have an online problem and can't live without blogging, the nest and facebook. I have been attempting this post for the last 20 minutes and have been kicked off three times!!

I will have to just do a weekly roundup on Friday.

Awesome Day!

Bela, Gus and I at the E. Bridge St. park today!

What an awesome day I've had!! Gus slept good last night, and we started the day at 5:30.... feed him, put him in his swing and showered, and started some laundry, got a lot of laundry done today. We ran a bunch of errands this morning, hitting up Target, Walmart, Kohl's and the UPS store! Got home, greeted Bela, feed Gus and put him down for a nap. While he napped I went out and did some weeding and mowed the lawn. After a very late lunch we took a walk up to the park so Bela could run around and play ball. We even got our photo taken there!!

We got home about an hour ago... feed Gus, put the pork tenderloin on the grill for dinner and now am enjoying a little computer time before Pete gets home in 2o minutes. Now I just need to fit in exercising!!

Ode to Moms!

Mother's Day... my first as an actual mother! I started off the day by not waking until after 7!! As my Mother's Day gift, all I wanted was a full night of sleep. So Saturday night I went to bed at 9 and didn't wake until the next morning. Thanks Pete! Gus and I then let Daddy get some rest and went to buy flowers for the Grandmother's and Great Grandmother's. We then started the day of visits!

First stop Memere's (Grammy Pammy's Mom) house. It was a full house when we got there. Gus got to meet Uncle Randy who was visiting from North Carolina and the Webster's were there,the Wood's stopped by for a quick visit along with Grammy Pammy, Putt Putt & Auntie Cyn......

Memere and her 1st great granchild

Gus likes spending time with Grammy Pammy!

After the visit at Memere's we then headed over the Gram and Papa Wescott's house where we saw lots of family and Gus met some more of his aunt's, uncle's and cousins....

Enjoying a drink with Grammie Wescott

After the Wescott's we got to go home for a brief rest(well Gus got to nap!) before going to our next stop. We dropped off Grammy Pammy's gift and then headed up to Windham to see Mame and Papa Rick......

Visiting Mame

The day was getting exhausting!

We ended our day with a visit from Nonni and Poppi at our house along with Auntie Jenny and Uncle Craig who got to stop by for a little while!

Wishing Nonni a Happy Mother's Day

We all survived the Tour de Mom's 2009 and was glad to part of the race this year! No better gift then the little man I am holding in my arms at this very moment!! Happy Mother's Day to every Mom out there!!

Needing a little man time after all those ladies, he ended the night in Daddy's arms

T-Ball in Kennebunk

Ethan & I at his First T-Ball game

Saturday was a wonderful day spent with the Kahn's! Ethan had is very first T-Ball game at 10:00 so Gus and I drove to Kennebunk to watch. It was the cutest thing watching a group of 5 year olds play ball. Ethan loved every minute of it and Gus slept through the whole game! We went back to the house after for lunch and a visit and it was so great to spend time with the whole family. I miss the boys alot. They were so great with Gus, they wanted to feed him, burp him, hold him, play with him and were happy when he woke up! We(Ethan took a few) took lots of pictures and below are a few. When I go back to work, Gus will have great playmates!

Isaac very excited to hold baby Gus!

Ethan will be ready for his little sister!

Ethan took a turn at the camera and captured a cute moment!

Farmington Visit - lots of pics!

Gus and I made a roadtrip to Farmington on Thursday when Nicole had to have an unexpected surgery! She will be fine but it makes you realize how important your family is and how much they mean to you!! Mom had gone the night before to help out so it was a full house! With two babies in the house we were quite busy! I also drove Nicole up to her classroom so she could write sub plans and I was happy to help her get the plans ready.

On Friday morning Mom drove Nic to the doctors and I stayed home with the babies.. Wow!! I never sat! While one slept, the other would eat and then they would switch! When they were both awake, I attempted a photo shoot, not so easy with a 11 week old and a 5 week old! I was very happy to see Mom and Nicole walk through the door!

We might make another trip up next week.

Gus meeting Zeque! He is use to Bela so the occasion sniff or lick from Mary Kate and Ashley (AKA Cooper & Zeque) didn't bother him at all.


Strong School, Strong ME


Nicole's classroom


5:30am Gwen and I found Troop Beverly Hills on TV... It was a favorite of her Mommy and Aunties when they were growing up!


This photo shoot was harder than I thought!


Gwen and Gus annoyed by the photo shoot!


They were just as happy as I was to see Nicole and Mom walk through the door!


What's a trip to Farmington without a drive by the Chuck Wagon!
(Inside joke between Nicole & I)

Diapers, sleep and 5 weeks!

We have hit 5 weeks! I can not believe it... time goes by so fast! He is officially out of the newborn diapers and now I look at them and they look so tiny! We go through so many I remember I thought we had to0 many newborn ones and that he wouldn't use them all but he did!! He is getting bigger every day. His sleep is still the same up around midnight, again at 3:30 and then again around 5:30. The 5:30 one is the hardest for me because I have trouble going back to sleep after that feeding and I struggle to get to around 10 am... then I am fine for the rest of the day.

We took a little road trip to Farmington yesterday and will be leaving here this afternoon. I will post pics from our visit when I get home! We are pretty busy with two babies, one is sleeps while the other eats and then they switch. I give a lot of credit to Moms who have twins!

I took this with my phone yesterday at the Hospital
Gwen at 11 weeks and Peter at 5 weeks

One month old!

Our little guy is one month old!! I can't believe how fast a month has gone by! He is sleeping pretty well at night though he gave Mommy and Daddy a run for their money the last couple nights!! We have been still getting a steady stream of visitors and we got to go to Ethan & Isaac's birthday party on Saturday. He loves car rides, thank god!! We went yesterday to buy a video camera to capture all these cute moments. He is getting bigger everyday and we wanted to get him on film while he was still little. So stay tuned for videos!!!