Sunday, November 18, 2012
Halloween!
Despite the hurricane, the boys did get to dress up for Halloween for a friends' son's birthday/costume party. I wanted them to be 2 different superheroes but couldn't find costumes in their size. So we settled on Hot Dogs! The party was great, really great filipino food and cake pops! It was so great to see their cousins all dressed up too. Sofie and Sam were princesses, "Baby" Ryann was Snow White and little Jeter was Superman. At first, Gray and Jericho hated being in the costume but as soon as we rolled in there with our new double stroller (that was our first time using it), they both took it all in and was mesmerized by all the different kiddies in their costumes. I forgot my camera so I had to use my phone for all our pics. Take a look below...
Friday, November 16, 2012
The Hurricane
I've been meaning to write this post since we got power back last Tuesday. After the power went out Monday night, it was like we were living in the primitive era...no electricity, no heat and no cell phone service. All we had was a hand-crank radio that thankfully my buddy Rich bought for us off our wedding registry. We roughed it with the babies in the house for 2 nights and it was a little scary because they are only 4 months and every few hours, we would wake up to make sure they were warm and snuggly. And then on Wednesday night at like 7pm, that same friend who bought us the handcrank radio we've been using, came knocking on the door to pick us up and take us to their house in South Plainfield where power was restored earlier that day. We're so blessed to have great friends who would drive an hour in crazy traffic for us. We packed up the car and as I looked down the street as the sun was going down, it really looked like a scene from Walking Dead...without the zombies. Crazy seeing absolutely no one outside and all the houses dark. We spent the entire week there with some of our other friends and had a blast. Peep the pics below...
A huge thank you to Rich and Kat for taking us in. My mom was really grateful we were able to find shelter with you guys and said "that's when you know your friends are family." The boys had a great time playing with Nicolai and Noah. Every night we would stay up after putting the kids to sleep and chit chat and laugh till our stomachs hurt. Great times even under those circumstances. Also thank you to Kat's Mom and Carmela and Ray for helping with the boys.
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Wisdom
It's 4am and I just finished feeding Grayson and this boy is still wide awake fighting his sleep. He's been laughing and playing so much more just like Jericho these last 2 weeks and it really warms my heart to see that we have 2 sweet playful happy boys. Of course when I saw that Jericho was making more eye contact and smiling more than Gray, I immediately got worried and started thinking why, if they're twins, was one more advanced than the other? I know babies develop at different rates but hey, I'm new at this parenting thing and I got worried. It seems like as soon as Gray hit that 3 month mark, he started spitting up less, smiling more and making more eye contact. It's been really rewarding seeing the boys start to do different things. They've also started to sleep longer at nights and can go 6-7 hours without a feeding. Sure they still wake up around 3 or 4 but its definitely an improvement than the every-2-hour schedule.
So anyway, I had one of my wisdom teeth pulled out today and am still in some pain. Lisa noticed I looked miserable for those first 6 hours after I got home and said "and that's why men can't have babies!" Hahaha and while that is true, she also had a wisdom tooth pulled last week and was fine. But mine was impacted and attached to a bone and feeling the pressure and hearing cracking in my mouth as it was being taken out was not cool. So I'm awake now and I just took 1 of the 2 pills that was prescribed. The 2nd one I have to take at 5 and that one is for the pain and I have to take it on a full stomach. My sister dropped off some of mommy's homemade bread for us (pictures below), I toasted that badboy, fixed up a cup of tea and had a nice little late night meal. It's crazy that as soon as I smelled the bread and the tea together, I was immediately teleported back in time with this exact same meal at this exact hour...when I was 20-something and in pain from my wisdom teeth coming in. I didn't have any benefits back then so I just had to bare the pain. I remember I used to take the cup of hot tea and put it directly on my cheek to ease the pain and swelling. I think thats how I remained so skinny in my 20s, from not eating. I love reminiscing of those days...days when The Nerahoo Family consisted of the 5 of us...days when I used to fall asleep on the couch and my dad would wake up at 3am, cough and drag his slippers on the carpet so we won't get startled if we're awake, would cover me with a blanket, place his hand on my head and say "go to sleep my son" and turn off the tv for me. Sometimes I used to wake up at 5am still on the couch, nice and cozy because my dad put that blanket on me to keep warm. It was tough being an adult living in your parents house because you want freedom but you still want to hold on to your family. In my 20s, I finally started to understand that my dad had a sickness, a horrible addiction to alcohol that affected his brain, his behavior, his judgment. But through it all, all those times I fell asleep on the couch, he ALWAYS put a blanket on me and tucked me in on that couch. I may not have always appreciated him then but now, he's all I think about as I experience fatherhood.
The last 3 months have been a beautiful experience. My mom had asked me how it felt to be a dad and I told her that my life is now complete. I can't picture life without them and I couldn't be happier. I haven't looked forward to the holidays this much since before daddy passed away 5 years ago (wow can't believe it's been 5 years!) I now have my own family of 4 to celebrate with and start our own traditions.
Whenever I dream, it usually takes place in mom's house and the 5 of us are living happily as if nothing has changed, as if my dad is still alive and we're all watching TV in our living room. Those were the happiest moments of my life...then...but now, it's a combination of those memories and memories with my new family.
Sometimes I'm still in awe that the 4 of us are now the new Nerahoo Family. I love it!
Till next time folks, gotta take my pain meds.
So anyway, I had one of my wisdom teeth pulled out today and am still in some pain. Lisa noticed I looked miserable for those first 6 hours after I got home and said "and that's why men can't have babies!" Hahaha and while that is true, she also had a wisdom tooth pulled last week and was fine. But mine was impacted and attached to a bone and feeling the pressure and hearing cracking in my mouth as it was being taken out was not cool. So I'm awake now and I just took 1 of the 2 pills that was prescribed. The 2nd one I have to take at 5 and that one is for the pain and I have to take it on a full stomach. My sister dropped off some of mommy's homemade bread for us (pictures below), I toasted that badboy, fixed up a cup of tea and had a nice little late night meal. It's crazy that as soon as I smelled the bread and the tea together, I was immediately teleported back in time with this exact same meal at this exact hour...when I was 20-something and in pain from my wisdom teeth coming in. I didn't have any benefits back then so I just had to bare the pain. I remember I used to take the cup of hot tea and put it directly on my cheek to ease the pain and swelling. I think thats how I remained so skinny in my 20s, from not eating. I love reminiscing of those days...days when The Nerahoo Family consisted of the 5 of us...days when I used to fall asleep on the couch and my dad would wake up at 3am, cough and drag his slippers on the carpet so we won't get startled if we're awake, would cover me with a blanket, place his hand on my head and say "go to sleep my son" and turn off the tv for me. Sometimes I used to wake up at 5am still on the couch, nice and cozy because my dad put that blanket on me to keep warm. It was tough being an adult living in your parents house because you want freedom but you still want to hold on to your family. In my 20s, I finally started to understand that my dad had a sickness, a horrible addiction to alcohol that affected his brain, his behavior, his judgment. But through it all, all those times I fell asleep on the couch, he ALWAYS put a blanket on me and tucked me in on that couch. I may not have always appreciated him then but now, he's all I think about as I experience fatherhood.
The last 3 months have been a beautiful experience. My mom had asked me how it felt to be a dad and I told her that my life is now complete. I can't picture life without them and I couldn't be happier. I haven't looked forward to the holidays this much since before daddy passed away 5 years ago (wow can't believe it's been 5 years!) I now have my own family of 4 to celebrate with and start our own traditions.
Whenever I dream, it usually takes place in mom's house and the 5 of us are living happily as if nothing has changed, as if my dad is still alive and we're all watching TV in our living room. Those were the happiest moments of my life...then...but now, it's a combination of those memories and memories with my new family.
Sometimes I'm still in awe that the 4 of us are now the new Nerahoo Family. I love it!
Till next time folks, gotta take my pain meds.
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