Then, when I had the twins breastfeeding was OK for a while but then I got SOOOO anxious because after Sawyer would take a million years to feed I knew Truman was waiting to eat as well. I was, unfortunately, too LAZY to do it. Despite the fact that I had obstacles like a 13 month old running around and it took away from his Mommy time in a LARGE way seeing as 1 hour plus of every 2 hours was spent feeding babies. But at least a part of me was lazy. And that blows because at 5 months they would be feeding less frequently on most days and we are now on a schedule where only two of the twins feedings take place while Hudson is actually awake. So now? I PINE for breastfeeding. I miss it ridiculous amounts and I feel like I have betrayed my children & myself by not sticking with it. Laziness, I blame you.

Last night, I went on a hike with my friend Mario & I LOVED IT. Trail hiking is so much fun! I like it much more than walking on the bay trail. But it was HARD. I made myself go. And I complained WAYYYY to much while walking. But I had so much fun. And I need to make myself do that kind of thing more. Because I love it once I’m there. Same with losing the 40 pounds I need to get SERIOUS about losing. After the twins I dropped a considerable amount of weight but that number has slowly crept back up. I gained 50 pounds with the twins and when I got pregnant I still had about 10 left on me from Hudson’s pregnancy. So, basically I have only lost 20 pounds of my twin baby weight. 40 pounds need to be lost just to be where I was before I got pregnant with Hudson. And even then I was heavier than I’d like to be. It’s sick. But, again: laziness. Instead of preparing a healthy meal for breakfast or lunch I go with easy- toast with butter or crackers or basically anything I can get someone to bring me on their lunch break. I swear I’m gonna take this more seriously- because I have to! But laziness is such a hurdle for me. I’m not the type of person who gets stir crazy sitting in the house either. I don’t mind never leaving the house. Scary, I know. But I’d say that’s an advantage in my line of work. I love the isolation 90% of the time. Not getting dressed? I’d love to! Thanks!
Tonight my buddy Kristi got her son (who is 3 months younger than Hudson) to pee on the toilet by using advice from another friend Emily who’s daughter is also 3 months younger than Hudson. I was jealous. Because I have been “trying” to potty train Hudson for like 3 months. But then I stopped to think about it. And really? I haven’t done SHIT to potty train. The little Hudson knows is pretty much self-taught. He usually goes into the bathroom on his own several times a day and sits on the toilet fully clothed and makes a “shhhhhh” water sound and then ‘flushes’ the potty. Yeah, I mean, I taught him that. But, I still have yet to see anything besides his foot in that little container for pee & poo. Hudson shows so much readiness & I am being LAZY. He brings me diapers when he has gone in his diaper. Literally, he has done this several times. Today I told him it was time to change a diaper and (being lazy) asked him to get me one & he did. He knows what his peepee is. He watches us use the bathroom. I am just not diligent in taking him to go EVERY 45 minutes. I need to be. I swear he’d have it in no time if I could conquer my own laziness. We’d both be happier.
I need to find ways to combat my sloth. I need to make myself get out to the park with the kids even if actually getting down the flight of stairs with the 3 kids takes me an hour. Even if I have to push a stroller a mile with a 25 pound toddler strapped to my back. I have to force the laziness out of my house and slam the door. Because I have 3 children who look to ME (Lazina McLazerson, Queen of Lazytown) to teach them what is acceptable. And being a fat lump on a log sitting in front of the TV? NOT OK. I need you internet types to hold me to this, because my real life friends might be too nice to say “Hey you- get off your ass & DO SOMETHING!” especially when I usually have a very convincing argument against doing anything that requires getting dressed. As long as no one wants me to do stuff at night. Because by the time 5 PM rolls around- I’m usually too tired from sitting on the couch taking care of my 3 children all day that I really do just need to veg out.

Make me do this. Seriously. I want borderline rude tweets, comments & emails daily from anyone who cares about me that say things to the effect of “If you are sitting on the couch so help me god- I’m coming over there to hit you!” or “Hey- let’s go to the park. You have no choice.” or even- “let’s go walk around Target for 4 hours.” That last one I will definitely agree to.

And although some of it was over my head- because I am a “mommy” blogger & don’t know much about WordPress design, plug-ins etc., some of it was fascinating. I especially loved to talk that WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg gave. Although it made me feel totally old that he is a year YOUNGER than me & is like conquering the interwebs. You guys 8.5% of all websites in the entire WORLD are run on WordPress. That is AMAZING. And in this Mommy’s opinion- I can only see that stat rising & rising after WP3 is available.

The new default theme is pretty insane. It is basically my DREAM layout- and it’s the stock deal! Customizable headers that you can change for different pages or blog posts? SO EXCITED.And I know the rest of you will be excited too! The backgrounds will also be fully customizable with the ease of creating a Twitter background. And the plug ins? OMG. I don’t even know where to start. I am SO JAZZED for this, which is appropriate as Matt’s presentation on “The State of the Word” was based on his love of jazz. The powerpoint presentation was so stylized. His attention to detail is quite amazing, even from a novice’s perspective.

Ohhhh and the plug-ins! I am DYING to try out at least two new plug-ins that are still in beta that will work with WP3.

All I can say is that I fully enjoyed my first Wordcamp conference. I got a sweet badge at check in. And those saavy cats at WP had pulled my gravatar, twitter, online moniker & website. I didn’t enter that shit when registering- and it was all on the badge. Crafty, very crafty. The blue band at the bottom of the badge said “Blogger.” I felt legit. Look at me kids! I’m a BLOGGER- even the WP people think so!

I even credits how long I’ve been using WP to spam the internets with my face & the faces of my husband, children & pets.Yup, two years. I’m practically a vet! hahaha.

After Matt’s talk, I was able to meet him and I took a picture of the two of us- but I have yet to offload it from my camera. It’s literally the funniest picture ever. Like, just not flattering for anyone involved. Hilarious.

There were other great talks as well. The first guy we saw was talking about how to optimize for SEO traffic & in the lightning rounds there were some great presenters who spoke about plug-ins, the future of gravatar & even how WP helped to spread democracy in a country ending in -stan that I have never even heard of.

It was a good day. But now, I am even more anxious for WP3. I needs it. I needs it NOW.

So, I spent from like 415-530 typing it up. Once the boys wake up, I will print them all out.

Since that still didn’t make me tired, I just checked all the blogs and Facebook and am now blogging myself to try to help me fall asleep again, if only for an hour. Since, let’s face it, Hudson will be up soon!

Today (yesterday? Today?) I got a lot done. Sunday I made a LIST of things that were crucial to my life and am making an effort to finish the list this week while trying not to add too much more to my plate.

Today (as in TODAY) I have several things going on. I was supposed to take one of the dogs to the vet, but somewhere along the lines last night I discovered my cat is having issues. He is limping and has been hiding in the attic since about 6pm. I know his leg isn’t broken, because I have been through that before (Hello bionic kitty leg!) but I am thinking maybe he hurt his paw. Maybe stepped on glass? Or landed weird? So, he will be replacing Coco at the vet this afternoon. I can’t deal with taking them both at the same time and Coco should really hit up the doctor’s when her ear issues are actually happening, because really, they can’t figure out anything unless they can look at it. I’m convinced she just has allergies, since she scratches her ears and then when you clean her ears out daily she is totally fine. Sometimes I am really unsure how I ended up with three animals who basically are as special as they come. Love them. Hate them. But holy moly! Is there ever a day when one of them ISN’T having issues that cost me money?

After that appointment I have my second “big” ultrasound that will now be a monthly occurrence until delivery. I also have to do the glucola testing within the next week. Ugghh. This pregnancy has been really weird and different than with Hudson. I find myself much more worried about stuff healthwise for the kids. I know that I am progressing fine, but for some reason at every appointment I find myself having a moment of panic while they get the heartbeats. With Hudson, it never donned on me that problems were a possibility. I feel like two is just scarier. I think this is why I am even awake so early today. I sometimes wake up with horribllleee stomach pain. I think it is contractions, actually. Even though I had dilated with Hudson and had contractions, I will tell you now- I never felt shit.

Fast forward to now and these weird stomach pains, much like cramps. I have been getting them either in the middle of the night or when I first wake up for weeks now. I was able to relieve them this morning by chugging a bottle of ice water, so I think maybe I was dehydrated?

Anyhow, to sum up: I am awake and have been since 4. I am uncomfortable and have a lot to do today. Boo. Time to try to sleep, I suppose.

It was fun- but totally out of control.

This is probably something I shouldn’t advertise, but most of you have pets- so- Yeah, I have gross disgusting FLEA INFESTED animals.

I mean, they all take Advantage and stuff. But, apparently we woke up this morning and Scott discovered something called “flea dust” where we were sleeping. Gross. So, we immediately had to get up and deal with it- even though I’ve been complaining of being bitten by “something” for literally a month. He got one bite last night and suddenly- it’s like “GET THE FFFF UP! FLEAS!!”

So, we got up and took Bantam (our cat) to Cat’s Inn for a flea bath, nail clipping and Frontline application and then went to breakfast, and went to a couple jobs with Scotty. After he was done- we went to Petco and spent like wayyyy more than anyone should ever at Petco. We got shampoo- Frontline for two dogs, and FLEA BOMBS! Afterwards, we fogged the house and took the family out for a cruise in the Cruiser. Dogs are bathed and flea combed….

Scott also made me make an appointment for carpet cleaning in the morning to finish our flea-killing mission. But, since he is going to be super busy tomorrow and couldn’t be around to help me move all the furniture out of our room we did it tonight. Which is why I am sleeping on my mattress in the living room watching the 10 o’clock news! (Which, is doing a story on the stars of Twilight appearing at Stonestown tonight! lol)

And now- I wait. I am hoping Scott will bring home a slurpee for his twice pregnant wife. I’m even more embarrassed about this than the flea infestation- but my husband is with his friends at the mall. Waiting in line at Game Stop for the new Call of Duty MW2 video game that comes out tomorrow. Apparently, Game Stop is having some sort of nerd-fest tonight culminating at midnight when my hardcore gaming (but adorable!) husband will come home and play his new video game till he passes out. I’m sure that will carry over ’til later tomorrow when he will wake up late- be upset and cranky- go to work and then get home late and basically ignore us until next year when he realizes he’s been playing PS3 for 4 months straight. No joke.

And can I just throw in that my ass hurts?! I am like a 90 year old. Pregnancy complaint #1: Sciatica. I had it when I was prego with Hudson too- but it is sooo bad. It feels like a charley horse that goes from my right ass cheek to my thigh. AND IT HURTS! It happens suddenly and I cannot even MOVE for several seconds. Boo.

OK, I swore I was done- but one more thing, since this is a “mom” blog. MacLaren has officially recalled ALL MacLaren strollers in the US made from 1999-2009. Over a million strollers!! That sucks. So, if you have one- watch your little one’s fingers. Apparently, they are getting chopped off!!!

PS: GG was GREAT tonight!!!

I woke up super early and fed Hudson Plums. He was into it and made a purple mess of his cute little outfit. Luckily, it is pretty much too small so he won’t be wearing it much longer.

Stephanie came over around 10 and watched baby boy so I could get the Brandt Plumbing paperwork done. Thank god that isn’t looming anymore! Now- If I only had a million dolllllars!

After I was finished Hudson & I had a very nice day together while getting a ton done. YAY! We headed over to the post office and then went to downtown Millbrae as I had business to take care of at the city offices and bank- which are conveniently within walking distance of both my favorite bagel place this side of The Mississip & Starbuck’s. So, Hudson & I had a lovely little date while I got work done at the same time.

That’s where the fun ended for us though- it was off to the doctor to get round 2 of his shots. Last time wasn’t really that bad except he was super fussy afterwards. This time I didn’t cry, but Hudson certainly did. Luckily the crying didn’t last and he was back to his sweet adorable self by the time we pulled into the driveway. I gave him some Tylenol when we got inside because I thought I would head the muscle aches off at the pass. This proved to be a really great idea but I felt like after I gave it to him he got super hyper. He kept laughing and making this darth vader noise that was literally making me laugh so hard I thought I was gonna pee my pants. After a few hours of pure entertainment, he took a long nap. I finally had to wake him up because it was almost 8! So, I woke him up and gave him a bath/ let him splash water all over the bathroom, fed him, changed him, let our guests hang out with him for a bit and put him back down. Hopefully he won’t wake up screaming tonight- but so far so good.

Then some peeps came over to watch Weeds. SOOOOOOOOOO freaking good. SOOOO GOOD! That show is out of control & I love it. Just FYI. If you don’t watch you def should.

Now, finally I am sipping tea in bed and blogging away, watching Two & a Half Men. This is the life.

Tomorrow – our list is even longer. Hopefully little man is feeling friendly.

I know Scott is under stress 199% percent of the time. (199% is NOT a typo.)

Buttttttt:
Yesterday & today, although stressful made me feel super accomplished.

Scott usually has me get permits & help with larger estimate because I have previous experience in the plumbing field, and in fact have been in this line of work from the accounting and planning end just a little less time than he has. I’m not a contractor obviously, but I am good with numbers.

Anyways, we did this gas line for a new customer on Monday and the gas test was passed but the line wasn’t approved for backfill because they said it was “undersized.” Both Scott & I were panicking because A. It wasn’t undersized B. We looked really bad to the customer and C. Fighting with a City is usually a losing battle.

So, the homeowner went down there with my plans yesterday morning and they still rejected them. At this point we were going to have to redo an entire job for free to make this customer happy, all while second guessing our formulas etc and feeling like we fucked up.

But, I did those calculations about 50 times and always came out with the same numbers. So, on my way to the dentist yesterday I stopped back into the city with the same plans, redrawn out (this time I used multi-colors for dramatic effect!) and the counter guy said someone would call me around 5.

They didn’t. They in fact did not call me at all last night. So, I called this morning and realized THURSDAYS they open late!!! FUCK ME!

Anyhow, to sum this up: I was right all along and they called to tell me it was all good about 5 minutes before Scott went to go buy $500 in materials to redo work that we knew was right.

Sometimes it pays to be tenacious.

We met Scott @ Christie’s and had lunch. It was yummy, although not really WW friendly. I got a club sandwich and basically took everything out of it so it would be points-affordable. I did however just go to town on the french fries. DAMN YOU FRIES! You are like my nemesis.

Anyways, after lunch, Hudson and I walked around on The Avenue like a bona fide yuppie stay-at-home Mommy/Son team. Especially since we went shopping for all kinds of stuff at Baby Gap, Sephora and Janie & Jack. That was fun only because we came back to the car with a whole lotta new stuff for ourselves and a few others.

Then we headed to the bank, post office & Cal-Steam to pick up some parts for one of Scott’s jobs tomorrow…and to meet all the guys and gals in the warehouse there. We also headed over to San Bruno to hit up Lullaby Lane. I finally broke down and bought the Zolo links for Hudson. I love them and so does he! I took some great pics of him playing with them on my iPhone (and have already emailed them around!) We got a couple other little treasures there as well. Then, we went to the liquor store down the street on San Mateo Ave and got CARDED when I tried to buy a lotto ticket. So rad.

At this point both Hud-B & I were sweaty messes. We came home and sat around in our undies (well, he was wearing a diaper…but whatever) until Daddy came home. Then, we went to the grocery store to re-up on Teddy Grahams because Scott is a glutton and eats a box in one sitting.

Then, this evening Sari came over and she and Scott celebrated the holiday! Then we had chinese food and watched Scott play COD as usual. lol. FUNNNNNNNNN.

Now, at 12:30, Hudson got woken up by the dogs! He has slept through the night consistently for the last 2 weeks-ish and these fucking dogs ruined it tonight. I am hoping he will be back asleep very soon.

I’m off to find Gossip Girl’s new episode online since I missed it.
Night all.

Anyways, Monday I literally sat around wishing for some help. It was horrible. I needed to do so much but accomplished nothing. Krust came over for a few hours in the afternoon, but by the time I get to 2PM, I am already so tired. Hudson wakes up early and by the afternoon I am exhausted. So, really, I need a morning helper. I work much better before lunch. Monday night, Sarah came over to hang out. It was good.

Tuesday, Scott’s aunt came over and hung out and watched Hudson for a bit so I could clean the house. Scott had invited over a friend of his & his wife. We have known them a long time, but we have never done anything with them as couples so it was sorta weird but ended up being really fun. Anyways, I had to clean the house for that so it was good Rosemary was available. It really helped me out.

Today, I cleaned the house and got a bit of paperwork done. I still have a ton left, unfortunately. Scott got off early today because he had a Doctor’s appointment, so Hudson & I tagged along with him to the Doctor. After that and a few other errands (like mailing the Chanel necklace I just on ebay for $180!) we came home and met Krust. She brought Hudson some SUPER cute stuff. A. Paul Frank Skurvy swim trunks (for next summer, size 18M) and a few cute tops and cargo overalls from H&M! I had NO IDEA H&M carried baby clothes. So exciting!!

Wednesdays is the night Mom & George come visit. When they got here we walked to BJ’s & had dindin. After we walked home we had tea and watched Big Love’s season finale. Now, they left a bit ago and I am waiting to watch the new South Park at midnight. Hopefully I will make it. I’m pretty effin’ tired and have soooooooooo much to do tomorrow. 

I can’t WAIT till this week is over.

Since it’s not possible , I need 12 hours of someone else dealing with my child and only talking to me when I need to feed the baby or when I take a break. Possibly someone who will file for me when and if the baby decides to sleep.

This position is unpaid and needs to be filled like 3 hours ago.

Scott keeps reminding me that the cleaning lady is coming tomorrow, but I cannot stop myself from scrubbing EVERYTHING! I want to preclean. It’s kinda weird.

Tomorrow is my final preparation day. Andrew and I are gonna get the Jetta washed and detailed. We are gonna sell some CDs and then install the car seat. I may have a load of laundry to do tomorrow too, but other than that…it’s just time to RELAX!