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Steamers and Beer

My mom is in town this week visiting with us and the babies. Brent and I have been dying for fresh blue crabs ever since we moved here but I don't have the heart to kill something that big and my mom is evil and has no problem with it. Plus, we just found a really good roadside seafood stand that sells live crab. Shucking the crabs is a lot of work and by the time you are finished eating, you are soaked in crab gut juices. It's pretty stank but ain't nothin' better than steamers and beer!

Here are some pictures of the babies from this week since I haven't posted any in awhile. I can't believe how fast they are growing!

An Ode to the Furbabies

Since we've had our squirts, our furry children have taken a backseat which I'm assuming has been pretty traumatic for them. Gracie has probably gotten it the worst. She was used to running the show and had Brent and myself at her beckon call. Now, she's lucky if we remember to fill up her food bowl. Initially, she was very skittish of the babies and wouldn't come within 10 feet of the flailing little annoyances. Now, she's becoming super jealous and will try and squeeze herself into spaces between us and the babies. The other day, we caught her grooming Callie's out of control hair. So, as much as she would hate to admit it, I think she's becoming fond of the little boogers. Tony (our retarded cat) is still oblivious to their existence. The puppies are actually quite proud of the runts. We'll take them for a walk with the babies in the stroller and they walk at guard very close to the stroller. Of course, if they happen upon a piece of poop from another dog, it's treat enough to forget their duties as watchdogs. Anyway, here are pictures of the furry kids I took today. Kiddie (the hyena look alike) resembles a piece of very ugly road kill in this picture! He's precious!

R & R

A very uneventful week followed by an even more uneventful weekend. I'm not complaining (it's actually the very first weekend we've had as just the 4 of us) ...I just have nothing to write about. It is nice marinating here in bed, surfing the internet with my girl peanut (as opposed to my boy flavored one) sleeping on my chest and serving the dual purpose of being one of the great loves of my life and a slightly squirmy throw blanket. Anyway, here are some recent pics of the squirts... Love!

Happy Easter & The Other Too-Ate!

Today we celebrated Easter and Brent's 28th Birthday! Ape came up from Charleston to eat brunch with us. Her birthday was 2 days ago on the 6th. We used to celebrate it together when we were little. I hope everyone had a Happy Easter! We miss you all!

The Big Too-Ate!

I can't believe that I'm 28 years old today! I feel like I've got one foot in the grave but I can't complain because it's the first birthday I've had as a momma and I couldn't ask for anything better than that!

Another Whirlwind of Visitors!

So, my little bro left Tuesday morning and my best friend, Laura (aka Aunt Zippy) came into town on Tuesday. She so far has been the only visitor to make it through a whole night of baby feedings! It was great and Brent got to sleep straight through that first night. Of course, I abused the crap out of him by sleeping through at least one feeding every night for the rest of the week. Anyway, Aunt Zippy was awesome and she was completely great with her niece and nephew. More so, she got me back to my roots a bit by being silly and helping me regain my sanity. It was refreshing as hell! We had fun just hanging out and playing with the kids. She left on Saturday afternoon. I miss her so bad!

Another one of my old friends that I've known since kindergarten came into town on Friday to see the little turdballs. She's a momma herself so she was just a natural at scooping up the babies and burping them or playing with them or whatever. I forget how nice it is to talk to someone who has known me since we were both so little. We both have such funny memories of being dorky little kids and getting into trouble together.

The babies are doing so well! We had a doctor's appointment today for them to get their first HUGE round of shots. Callie weighs 10 lbs. 14 oz. and Wyatt is at 10 lbs. 6 oz. We have dubbed her "Big Bertha" since she is turning into such a beast! Poor little Wyatt is starting to look scrawny compared to the Michelin woman. I keep telling her to pack it on while she can because it's the only time in her life when being obese is precious! She's my little homie!