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Been just under a year since the kids were born. BIG party tomorrow. A few suprises. I’m sure it’ll be lots of fun. See you there!

Seems that either Jen or I have always got something going on. We’re constantly busy. Seems like sometimes we’re almost two passing ships in the night. If its not doing something for the kids, its something with the kids, etc. Don’t get me wrong, wouldn’t have it any other way, just tough on us sometimes.

I love hearing people complain about their 1 baby is so tough to take care of. Imagine two, and our kids are GOOD. But even w/ that, they’re still a lot of work.

With their 1 year birthday coming up, lets do some quick math. They average probably 10-12 diapers/day between the two of them, so I’ll split the diff and say 11. 11 diapers * 365 days = 4,015 diaper changes
4 meals day * 2 kids * 365 days = 2920 meals (that doesn’t include snacks between meals)
You could see how that begins to add up time-wise, and that doesn’t include baths, playtime, clothes changes, etc. It’s a big wear on us, but luckily we have a loving family that helps all they can.

All those crazy numbers aside, it’s been a great year. It’s insane to think how much they’ve not only grown, but developed. About walking now. They’re much more self-sufficient at meal-time. Just think of the things they’ve already experienced. Hailey and Tyler have both been on a carousel. They both LOVE the park (just try and getting them off the swing!), the zoo, even running to the store, or a long walk.

Our little babies aren’t so little anymore. We used to be able to hold each of them just cupped in the palm of our hand, now we’re lucky if we can even catch them cause they move so fast

Anyway, their first birthday party is in about a week. BIG party for a BIG milestone. There are a ton of people coming too. Shows you how much they’re loved

Should be fun! see you there

Had another good weekend with the monkeys. Problem is, the weekend was such a blur cause it went so fast I almost forgot what we did. Some errands saturday and a long walk sunday. Weekend over

We entered the kids in a baby contest today at the towns fest. Kids did awesome. 1st and 3rd in their division. Such cute little hams. Bubs ate up the attention, Hailey was a bit more laid back, throwing dirty looks to the judges and all ha.

All the kids got participation awards and the ones that placed got ribbons. They even got a trophy!!!!

Tyler gets to walk (well, ride in a float) in the town parade tomorrow. Pretty cool. Now we have to flip a coin to see who gets to ride with him.

Too bad it’ll be smack dab in the middle of naptime, so he’ll probably sleep the whole parade, or be cranky that he cant fall asleep with all the commotion, but, it’ll be a cool experience regardless.

Jen did an awesome job getting them ready. Cool little outfits, I think that was the winner!

Here’s just a few pics of the fun http://mikecompton.com/pics/thumbnails.php?album=61

Tyler was sitting on the couch w/ daddy watching baseball and he was getting asny. I gave him the remote to play with thinking what harm could it do.

I look back up on the comcast guide to see he is *ONE* click away from ordering Bent Over and Juicy 2. I’m going to assume that was NOT a cooking show!

me: !!!! 

I snatched the remote away just in time. Try explaining that one to a comcast rep on the phone. Um yeah, can you cancel that charge, my 7 month old ordered it. WHOOPS.

He’s starting young. Gonna have to keep an eye on that one!

So we’re 5 1/2 weeks into being parents, and it amazes you just how fast you pickup on things your kids like and dislike.

Both kids hate baths, but love their head shampoo’d and a towel around them. Both kids hate laying on their stomach but love laying across daddy’s stomach. Both kids love their feet massaged by mommy.

One Jen found out this week is, both kids love….. Barney the purple dinosaur? I guess Jen turned on Sprout Tv for them (kids channel) as they were laying down after a bottle yesterday. They were both facing away from the tv, but when the heard the music that they’re singing on that show, they BOTH turned their heads towards it. And today Jen had it on for them again, both kids, content. Then she turns it down so they can nap, walks away, WAHHHHHHHHHHHH Tyler starts singing. Turns it up a bit, *content again*. So there you have it, the Compton kids like Barney, so our big tv w/ full surround all ready for sports is now a dual purpose tv as a baby-calmer.

Oh, did I forget to mention that both kids also like to keep mommy and daddy up at all crazy hours of the night/morning? almost forgot that one as I nodded off…