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I am a sleeper. No early bird gets the worm for me. I would sleep till 10 am (or longer) if you let me. I love to lounge in bed reading and have someone bring me coffee. The twins must know that about me because last night they slept from 11 pm to 7 am. We have been doing between 5-6 hours stretches but last night was fab. So wonderful that I got up after feeding them and made coffee and emptied the dishwasher…yes at 7:30 am. I felt productive and awake. Though I got back into bed with Derby beside me, drinking coffee (me not him) and reading. This may be a new side to me. Lord knows what has gotten into me lately. I actually made a large lasagna and then chicken soup last night so we would have some homemade meals on hand.

I had a small scare this weekend thanks in no part to my husband. As we were making our weekly pilgrimage to Costco I was commenting on how weird it was not to have my period. My gynecologist said I probably wouldn’t get my period back till after I stopped pumping. To be extra safe I am also taking birth control pills. Back to my story….so after I tell Tadd about my period I also said how would I know if I got pregnant again? The signs I had before were bigger boobs and exhaustion, which are part of my everyday life now. The whole “You cant get pregnant while breastfeeding” is a bit of an old wives tale as I am proof of that. You don’t think my parents actually planned to have my older brother, Iain and I only a year and 5 days apart??? After listening to me Tadd says “That is exactly what happened on Chasing Babies” (That is a blog that Tadd reads about a family who had 24 week twins and they have a younger baby as well). That freaked me out a bit, I feel like our life is finally showing signs of becoming normal. Tadd said he would be excited if we had another. That caused me to make a detour and get a Costco box of pregnancy tests. Whew… I’m not pregnant. I want to enjoy some time with the twins before we start talking about another. One of my friends (who is a breastfeeding mother of a 9 month old) said she also had the scare and got a pregnancy test.

Were just going to take one day at a time.

Here is the lasagna recipe from another mom of multiples. I like how it has the pureed broccoli and cauliflower as a sauce layer. Just another way to sneak some veggies in. It is FAB!

Lasagna

1 package no-cook lasagna noodles
1 lb ground beef
2 cloves chopped garlic + 1 clove chopped garlic
garlic salt
about 10 large FRESH basil leaves – chopped
1 large mozzarella ball of cheese – grated
1 large container of Ricotta cheese
1/2 container of grated Parmesan cheese
1 large (not family size) jar of Prego traditional spaghetti sauce
1 bag of cauliflower/broccoli in fresh food section, steam & puree
2 table spoons olive oil
salt & pepper

Heat olive oil in pan, add 2 cloves chopped garlic, add ground beef. Add a couple shakes of garlic salt, a few chopped basil leaves (not all) and some pepper. Add spaghetti sauce and simmer. Mix all cheeses together but leave out a hand full of mozzarella and 1/2 of the Parmesan cheese. Add chopped basil, 1 clove chopped garlic, salt & pepper (a few shakes each). Layer in pan starting with a small amount of sauce, then noodles, then cheese mix, then cauliflower/broccoli mix, sauce….. about 3 layers, then top with left over cheese. Bake as directed on box of noodles.