B+C+B+C+B+C: Strollin'

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Strollin'

I was feeling brave this morning (or just stir-crazy?) and decided we were ready to venture out solo - meaning without Brian or anyone else to help me. It's amazing how intimidating 3 little people can be when I'm all by myself and outside of my house. What if one of them has a diaper/potty emergency? What if someone gets stung by a bee? What if I forget something essential, like my phone/wallet/waterbottle ...? Or the worst - what if BOTH babies start crying at the SAME TIME... that's the most horrible sound! I've read somewhere that human beings are biologically programmed to find baby crying unpleasant. I believe hearing two babies crying biologically programs me to want to run and hide. Fortunately that rarely happens. So this morning I decided the neighborhood yard sales were too tempting to skip. I loaded all three up after B left for work and we went sale-ing. I scored some great finds! Gymboree dresses in 4T for $2, like-new cute frames for .50, good quality shoes and snow boots for Brianna for .50, books for a quarter... Brianna was having so much fun going through all the books and being able to have whatever ones she wanted (though I took a few out when she wasn't looking - some kids books are really pointless and annoying). We hit 4 yard sales, visited some neighbors that hadn't seen the babies (confession - I reallyreally like showing them off and the ooohhs and ahhhs from strangers - as long as they DON'T TOUCH!) and were gone for 3 hours! That's the longest I've been out of the house in 6 weeks! Sad, I know. But days like this make me feel more normal. Getting a decent night's sleep helped too - both babies gave me a 4-hour stretch - at the same time! Then a two-hour then a one-hour. That's good for us. I think I even have enough energy to go hit the pool for some laps. That will help me work through my depression about missing the Cedar Half Marathon today. Yep, still mourning over it. Dang knee. Funny story - while strolling, I asked Brianna if she wanted me to push her faster and RUN - she looked very concerned and said to me quite seriously, "no, mommy. You'll fall down." Sheesh. I've scarred her against running now. Hope she gets over it - because I sure will! So back to strolling... it was fun. I lovelove our stroller and the features on it.

Especially it's magical ability to put all the kids to sleep.

5 comments:

M and N Tenny said...: Sounds like you're really adjusting well to having three little darlings! Keep up the good work woman, you rock!; September 18, 2010 at 7:18 PM
Unknown said...: Ohmigoodness, two babies in one stroller seat is almost more cuteness then I can handle. I totally can relate to the confession (showing them off - as long as they DON't TOUCH). It's so fun taking Leah places and having strangers come up and say how adorable she is. We went on our first stroller trip this week, and it was pretty successful too.; September 18, 2010 at 10:28 PM
Cindy Clawson said...: Way to go Chelsea! I remember the first times of taking all three out at the same time - although I didn't have two babies! Glad to hear it went well!; September 19, 2010 at 3:12 PM
summer said...: way to go! what a cute picture it makes with all 3 in the stroller...absolutely precious! Glad to hear that you and the babies are getting more sleep, and to able to get out even if for a short time here and there. {I wish I had been to 4 yard sales - MISS those!}; September 19, 2010 at 7:28 PM
Melanie said...: I was just thinking about how my second was the MOST intimidating for me...but how with my third I was DEFINITELY outnumbered and you got it both at once! I love seeing your twins in the seat together! SO sweet! so you LOVE your stroller! you'll have to tell me all about it, because I love everything about my double tandem but can hardly turn the darn thing, so I never use it. bummer. let me know... I just might have to invest! :); September 20, 2010 at 4:15 PM

Quotes I want to remember

"The Lord knows our bearing capacity, both as to coping and to comprehending, and He will not give us more to bear than we can manage at the moment, though to us it may seem otherwise. Just as no temptations will come to us from which we cannot escape or which we cannot bear, we will not be given more trials than we can sustain."
- Neal A. Maxwell

"It is a fundamental truth that the responsibilities of motherhood cannot be successfully delegated. No, not to day-care centers, not to schools, not to nurseries, not to babysitters. We become enamored with men's theories such as the idea of preschool training outside the home for young children. Not only does this put added pressure on the budget, but it places young children in an environment away from mother's influence."
-Ezra Taft Benson

“Perhaps there has never been a time when we had greater need to pray and to teach our family members to pray. Prayer is a defense against temptation. It is through earnest and heartfelt prayer that we can receive the needed blessings and the support required to make our way in this sometimes difficult and challenging journey we call mortality.”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Live the gospel as conspicuously as you can. Keep the covenants your children know you have made. And bear your testimony! Don’t just assume your children will somehow get the drift of your beliefs on their own.
-Jeffrey R. Holland

"We hold in our arms the rising generation. They come to this earth with important responsibilities and great spiritual capacities. We cannot be casual in how we prepare them. Our challenge as parents and teachers is not to create a spiritual core in their souls but rather to fan the flame of their spiritual core already aglow with the fire of their premortal faith."
-Neil L. Andersen

"Certainly there are times when getting the family together to read the scriptures does not stack up as a spiritual experience worthy of a journal entry. But we must not be deterred. There are special times when the spirit of a son or daughter is just right and the power of these great scriptures goes down into their heart like fire. As we honor our Heavenly Father in our homes, He will honor our efforts."
-Neil L. Andersen

President Hinckley admonished both men and women to be nurturers. He said, ‘How much more beautiful would be the society in which we live if every father . . . and . . . mother regarded [their] children . . . as gifts from the God of heaven . . . and brought them up with true affection in the wisdom and admonition of the Lord.’ ”
-Susan W. Tanner

"Children are like trees. When they are young, their lives can be shaped and directed, usually with ever so little effort. Said the writer of Proverbs, 'Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it' (22:6). That training finds its roots in the home. There will be little of help from other sources. Do not depend on government to help in this darkening situation. Barbara Bush, wife of former U.S. president George Bush, spoke wisely: 'Your success as a family, our success as society, depends not on what happens at the White House, but on what happens inside your house.' "
-Gordon B. Hinckley

“I give counsel to husbands and wives. Pray for the love which allows you to see the good in your companion. Pray for the love that makes weaknesses and mistakes seem small. Pray for the love to make your companion’s joy your own. Pray for the love to want to lessen the load and soften the sorrows of your companion.”
-Henry B. Eyring

“Reverent behavior is not a natural tendency for most children. It is a quality that is taught by parents and leaders through example and training. But remember, if reverence is rooted in love, so is the teaching of it. Harshness in our training begets resentment, not reverence.”
-Margaret S. Lifferth

"There is no one perfect way to be a good mother. Each situation is unique. Each mother has different challenges, different skills and abilities, and certainly different children. What matters is that a mother loves her children deeply and, in keeping with the devotion she has for God and her husband, prioritizes them above all else."
- M. Russell Ballard

“As parents, we should remember that our lives may be the book from the family library which the children most treasure. Are our examples worthy of emulation? Do we live in such a way that a son or a daughter may say, ‘I want to follow my dad,’ or ‘I want to be like my mother’?”
-Thomas S. Monson

“Security for our families comes from learning self-control, avoiding the excesses of this world, and being temperate in all things.”
-Kent D. Watson

Saturday, September 18, 2010

Strollin'

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