How do you know?

How do you know that you make the right decisions when raising your kids? I thought about this today when I was driving home from work. Did I miss out on an opportunity to teach Joey something that I won't ever get to teach him? Did I tell him the wrong thing and now he will have it wrong for the rest of his life? I know that it seems like I am taking this too serious, but am I? I see people every day that don't take care of their kids and don't care one way or another what happens to them. It scares me. It freaks me out enough that I go home and kiss my kids extra times just because I can. But what happens when I get frustrated wtih the boys and I lose it? Did I just miss out on an opportunity to make a memory? To make Joey see something that he never has before and to teach him something?
I guess that I have to keep going back to a verse that I heard all the time when I was growing up. "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it." This means that you teach your kids the right things and they won't forget them when they are older, more specifically, you teach them about God. I think that this verse can encompase everything that you teach your child.
I believe that there are certain things that you should teach your children. Most of them aren't taught until they are older. Now that Joey is getting older (yeah like approaching 2 is older) I think that I have to start setting pretty good routines for him to follow. He needs to know that before bed, we brush our teeth, get our jammies on, and then get into bed. I need to start praying with him too. If he starts these things now, he will remember them and do them when he gets older. Once he is older, he will be taught how to be a good person and how to treat a lady. He will open the doors for women, he will push in a lady's chair, he will let ladies go first, and so on. I will also teach him that doing things around the house isn't always a womans work. He (and of course his brothers) will learn how to do laundry, dishes, pick up after themselves, and cook. These are things that they will need to learn to make them great men and wonderful husbands. Oh wait! Did I just talk about my 20 month old and 5 month olds being husbands? Yes I did. They need to learn things early so they will always do them.
Its scary to think about my little boys being husbands, but they will be someday. They will have children of their own and will hopefully teach them the things that I have instilled in them.
Some people might disagree with the things that I teach my chidren or the things that I let my children do, but they are my children and I (and Marc) are the only ones that are held accountable to God for what our kids do. We can only teach them the right things. Weather they follow them or not isn't my decision, but I would hope that they would learn from my mistakes. LOL.
I need to start praying that God will show me the opportunities that I have with the boys to bond with them and to teach them the things that are important to me and to them.

Great weeked!

Had a great weekend! On Saturday, the boys and I went and walked the Susan G Komen Race For the Cure! We went with a few people from work. Christy has twins as well and she brought one of her kids and Joey got to ride in her stroller since I went by myself to the walk. (Mom was in Jamaica and Marc had drill that day.) We met the people from work down there and all walked together. It was one of the hottest days so far. They predicted it to be 87 by the time the race started at 9am. I did the race and came home and got the kids fed and Joey and I showered and I put them all down. Once they were asleep, Mommy went to sleep too! They all slept for close to 3 hrs and I slept for 2! I felt a little rested after that. Marc came home that evening and we spent the evening playing with the kids and just hanging out. That night, I went and picked mom and dad up from the airport. Their flight was on time, but their baggage was damaged and the other bag was lost, so it took them a while to get out and on our way home.
Sunday, we went to church and went to mom and dads afterwards. The boys rested and I tried to sneak in a nap while Marc was outside working in the garden. We stayed there most of the day, but we went home in the evening and started to pick the house up and get ready for work the next day! It was so relaxing to just not have to do anything!

MIA (and no its not the singer)

Yes I am a bad blogger and have been MIA for a while. Why is that you ask? It's because I have 3 children who are pretty demanding. I also have been spending alot of time over at my moms house. She has been gone for the last few days to Jamaica. Oh don't I wish that I had the chance to go to Jamaica and get away from it all! Anyways, the boys are being quite a handful lately. The twins are teething and I think that is messing with their sleeping habits. Most of the time, they are each waking up once a night. That doesn't sound like much, but when its two babies at two seperate times, it sucks. I thought it might be them waking each other up, but I have seperated them, and they are still waking up. I hope this stage goes away soon. Mommy is having a hard time dealing with the lack of sleep. They are also refining some of their skills. They are rolling from belly to back more frequently now. The other night, I put them both on their stomach's facing each other. They loved looking at each other. Jonah kept rolling. I would then put him back on his belly, and he would roll again. It was so cute! Johnathan doesn't really seem interested on getting off of his belly, but he has the skills to roll. I have seen it, its just that he prefers to be on his belly.
Joey is developing so much right now. Everything he hears, he repeats. (guess that means we have to start watching everything we say) Its so funny to hear him say big words like baloney he says blownee. He can say his name now too! It comes out more like Doughy, but I still know he is saying Joey. He learned open yesterday. So cute! He will hand me his container of snacks and tell me opey. The words that he says aren't perfect, but its still cute and I still know what he is saying.

Birthday Time!

So I am now 27. Sounds old to me. I know its not, but 27 is closer to 30 which is on my way to 40. 26 is closer to 25 which is still in my mid 20's. Neurotic I know, but thats the way I view it. I had a few days filled with birthday celebrations. Wednesday night/Thursday morning at 1201am, I went and saw Sex and The City with Jessica. It was a good movie, but I was soooo tired the next day. I got home at 3am and one of the boys were up at 4 to eat and one was up at 430 to eat as well. Joey was up for the day at 630 and boy was I an emotional wreck. It was a super long day for me.
Friday I celebrated my birthday with my family (Mom, Dad, Jesse, Marc, and the boys) because I had to work on Saturday. I met up with Mom and I got to tan. She then took me out to lunch! We went shopping to a few different places and then we ended up back at her house. I think I took a little nap and then played with the boys for a while. Joey got an inflatable baby pool, so he was in and out of that the whole day. We worked on the garden as well. For dinner, we had BBQ pulled pork and chips and had strawberry shortcake for dessert! YUM! For my birthday, mom got me a Miche bag. If you haven't heard of them, they are super cool. The shells on the outside of the purse change so you don't have to take everything out when you want to change purses. You just switch the shell. I got the purse and 4 shells! Jesse got me a gift certificate for a mani/pedi!
The next day was my official birthday and I had to work :( I really didn't want to, but we were short on the floor anyways. I headed to work and not too long after I got there, Marc showed up with the boys and brought me flowers from the boys. He also brought bagels for everyone here at work! He then headed up to his parents house. That sucked. I really didn't want to be alone the night of my birthday. After work, I went and got Chinese food and went home. I ate and then cleaned. What a way to spend my birthday huh! Oh well. I am one year older and another year wiser!
The funny thing is that I wouldn't want to be 21 again for anything in the world. I am glad that I have learned what I have learned, but I wouldn't want to do it over again. I know that the decisions that I have made in my life have led me to where I am. Although I wish I could have changed some things, I love my life for who is in it.

Cloth Diaper Blog!

So since we made the switch to Cloth Diapers, I have been looking at blogs of those that do CD. One of the ladies that owns her own CD store lives about 20 min from me and she has been a great resource for all of my CD needs and questions. You can read the blog here to learn more about the co op of wonderful cloth diaper retailers!

Boo for being sick!

So Joey was sick last week. He had a fever for 4 days which wasn't good. He would wake up in the morning so hot. I would immediately give him some tylenol or motrin to help his fever and continue giving it to him all day to control it. I was pushing fluids as well. Poor guy crawled up in my lap a few times and fell asleep. Isn't it weird that you have strict rules when it comes to your children, but when they are sick, they all go flying out the window? I gave into pretty much anything and everything that he wanted just because he was sick. I gave him watered down soda just to make sure he was getting fluid in him. I went outside when he wanted to becuase I hoped it would make him feel better. I would have went to the ends of the earth to make him feel better. Finally, on Friday his fever broke and he was feeling much better. I took him to the dr on Thursday because I was so worried and he didn't have an ear infection, but his throat was red. No strep, but it was most likely something viral. Boy am I glad that its over!

Dr Appt

So the twins went in for a dr appt on the 14th of this month and had a checkup. They are doing great! Johnathan is 13lb 13oz and Jonah is 14lb 9oz. They had the same head circumference and Johnathan was a little longer at 24.25 in and Jonah was 24 in. They are getting so big! They are both rolling over from their tummies to their backs. It doesn't happen all the time, but they do have the ability to do it. Johnathan loves being on his tummy and looking around at everything. I got out of the shower the other day and Jonah was crying. They were both laying down on my bed and I came in and Jonah was screaming his head off and Johnathan was looking at him like he was nuts. They have somewhat noticed each other lately. It is so cute! I can't wait until they are playing with each other.
They are starting to talk/make noise too. They sound sort of like they are fussing, but they aren't. I love hearing them do that because I know that in a few months, it will be actual talking.
The dr said they are very healthy and nothing to worry about. WOO HOO!!!