Yikes! I'm alone!

After being our super baby burper/chef/launderer/walking with stroller partner, Grandma Susan has gone back home to Grandpa (who was desperate to get her back after two weeks of frozen dinners and watching the news on his own) and so this morning I am alone with my munchkins. But here is the kicker. I am going to be alone with my munchkins for the next 33 hours, since Mark has had to go off to Havana on business for the night. That's right, Mark is about to get on a plane for Cuba! He'll be back tomorrow evening, but in the meantime, its Pascy in the deep end.

When he told me on Friday that he was going to have to go, I was pretty upset, mainly because I wasn't too sure how I was going to handle being on my own overnight with the boys, but yesterday was a good day, despite not really doing much (feeding and burping and cuddling were the highlights of the day) and I felt fairly confident when I woke up this morning. Tired, but confident. Plus it doesn't hurt that Amber has said she'll come over after work this evening and have supper with me, and Annie and Paul are coming over tomorrow nght to have dinner with Mark and I, so I know there are people who will be around at some point during the next couple of days.

The boys are fast asleep right now. Owen is alseep in a vibrating chair and Will is passed out on my chest. I'm sure he's going to have zipper marks on his face when he wakes up. Little cuties. Feeding them this morning was fine, but I think I need to get my technique perfected and then I'll have mastered double breastfeeding AND double burpings. At the moment its a little messy and awkward to burp them. There's always one who cries as they wait to be burped and inevitably ends up spitting up some of their meal. They fed this morning and both promptly spat up all over my chest and themselves within minutes of each other, so that didn't go too well. We'll see how their "elevenses" go.

My plan for today is to feed them and change them and feed myself and if I'm lucky and can manage to get them to sleep or at least lie down in a crib or basinette this afternoon, I might even have a shower and wash my hair. And I'll also be feeding myself at some point I hope! Andrea Lowes has made me some meals to freeze (thank you Amanjuhluh!) so my plan is to have one of those for lunch so I don't have to fuss about making anything. I also think I might take the boys for a walk after lunch today since that usually means that they sleep for the rest of the afternoon (fingers crossed) and then I might be able to snooze too. And that's about it. No other plans for the day, other than to not stress and to just focus on the moment.

Okey dokey, since they're still asleep I am going to see if I can take Will off my chest without waking him and maybe jump in the shower. Wish me luck.