Sleep, who needs it!

I sit here on my lunch break contemplating my life as the father of twinfants. I'm happy to say that I got almost seven hours of sleep... if you add up the last two nights together.


(This is what Saxon looks like when he sleeps. Notice that it is daylight outside)

And my sleep comes at the expense of Callie's. Unless you've suffered from insomnia (which I have) it's hard to describe the way lack of sleep affects you. Here's my best shot at it:
1. Take your starting I.Q. divide it by 2 and round down. Now subtract what you have left.
2. Add caffeine.
3. Substitute agitated alertness for rational thought.
4. Trade your ability to focus for that of a four-year-old.
5. Continue to maintain your job, housework, help your older kids with homework and care for the aforementioned twinfants.
6. Repeat. EVERY DAY.

Now, don't get me wrong. I love Saxon and Ella with everything I've got and I wouldn't give them up. But, geez, is it tough.

Despite the fact that the babies don't sleep through the night they are doing quite well. I guess it's all the sleep they get during the day.


(Ella catches an afternoon nap to rest up for a long night of crying, pooping and being fed.)

We are still supplementing the twinfants' diet with formula. Finding one that agrees with their little tummies has been a little tricky, but I think we're getting there.

The babies are growing at any rate. We are now officially done with preemie clothes and diapers. We realized this when we noticed Saxon can no longer stretch his legs out in a preemie sleeper. Fortunately, when mom found those clothes at the church sale, there were newborn and 0-3 month clothes in the mix. Callie was digging those out today.

We are also settling into a more routine schedule now that the kids are back to school. Of course with the twinfants, there are always new experiences. For example: I had to buy diapers for the first time this week. The supply given to us as gifts had run out except for a box of size 2s. --This is the size for babies up to 18 pounds, so needless to say, they were quite huge.--

Those of you who haven't purchased diapers recently may think that a diaper is a diaper. Let me tell you, you are WRONG! Not just a little wrong, but utterly, totally, completely and in all ways WRONG!

I can't even begin to tell you how many different brands, styles, sizes and varieties of diapers there are. As I stood before the monolithic wall o' diapers, I felt my brain begin to implode. Fortunately, I recognized our "brand" (Pampers) and quickly located their Swaddlers style. Next it was a simple matter of finding our size (N, which I think stands for newborn, as opposed to P which was for preemie).

I was stumbled, however, by a packaging/price variance. I couldn't figure why the bag of 70 diapers cost $19 while the box of 92 cost $20. They appeared to be the same brand, style and size. But why was the box with 22 more diapers only $1 more? WHY would they practically give me 22 more diapers simply for taking them in a cardboard box rather than a plastic bag? Were those in the box somehow defective? Do diapers have expiration dates? What was I missing?

Confident that I was never going to solve this mystery while standing in the baby section of Wal-Mart, I opted for the box with 22 extra diapers. I figured if they weren't as good as those in the bag, at least I'd have a lot more of them. To date, I've not been able to tell any difference.