Last night, I had my first “real alone time” with both kids.  My wife went on a little shopping trip, and then to a movie… leaving me with little girl, and the 4 week old boy for like 6 hours.  The first few hours were pretty hectic… but then I got to feed the boy for the first time.  He has only been boob fed until now.  We have about 60-80 bags (our freezer is full of boob juice) ready for the eating.  As soon as it was time to feed the boy, I thawed out some milk and gave him his first bottle.  He drank it all up… 9 oz of it!  Then he quickly filled up a bunch of diapers before falling asleep.

With Wyatt sleeping, I was free to concentrate on getting the girl bathed and tucked in to bed.  The night went really well.  Usually the boy will want demand some food every two to three hours.  But I think that this time he got really full.  He slept from 8-1:30am.  Then mom came home and hooked him up when he got up.

I have a chance at surviving two kids after all.

How many diapers do you use in a year…?  I was wondering that very same questions form myself, so I tried to do a little math

I have two kids in diapers so…

right now, I think that I change about 10 12 a day for my newborn, and about 8-10 for my 21mth old.  So lets just round down to an average of 17 a day, 119 a week, about 476 a month, and 6,664 a year.  So lets say that they are in diapers for only two years… thats at the very least 13,328 diapers.  I wonder what that looks like.  How big would the pile be.?

Here is video that show us some diaper facts…

dont get me wrong… I will never use disposable diapers… and we use this many a year…

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Well, I have the car and bags all packed up again.  Just waiting for the call from my wife, who is still working, that its time to go.  I feel like I am on constant alert.   But, lately… its been more like hurry up and wait.  I don’t know if this little guy is ever going to come.  I wonder how big he is now.  About a month ago, the ultrasound read 7.9lbs.  Got to be at least a 10 pounder.

Wait and see…

Christmas, along with 2009 has come and gone.  Wow, that went fast, it seems like the blink of an eye.  Being a stay at home dad during the holidays is pretty stressful.  Lots of Christmas shopping, cleaning of the house, wrapping of the gifts, decorating, baking, running countless errands.   Lots of stuff to keep us busy.

This year was great.  Seeing our little Marley grow up so fast, has been strange.  Just last year, she was barley getting around, and now… well things are much different to say the least.  She is running all over the place, and running our lives, and running us ragged.  She is getting so big, and so smart, and so sassy.  This girl is nuts over princesses, and princes, and singing, and telling us how it is.

Getting her to do what we want is getting harder, as she gets smarter and able to make more decisions… Marley is going to do what Marely is going to do.

She is getting really anxious for baby brother too.  Oh ya… that’s another thing that coming.   Any day now.  The baby right now, not even born yet… is measuring about 9lbs.  Its going to be a big one.  I feel sorry for my wife… ouch.  She’s super strong and determined, and ready for the baby boy.  Still no name.

Everything is in place now.  The bags are all packed, the room is ready, the swing, bassinet, pack and play, newborn car seat is hooked up, phone numbers on speed dial… just waiting for the words….”It’s time”