I just got Madeline up from a 3 1/2 hour nap, and for the first time since 3am Sunday, she doesn't have a fever! Thank you, Lord. I have been so blessed that my kids really haven't been sick. Being a nurse doesn't change the helplessness you feel when your kid is sick. Maybe tonight I will get some sleep!

I had a hard time picking a picture for this blog. As you can see Madeline didn't like Santa too much. I tried to take them again, after a month of',"What does Santa say?" and, "ho, ho, ho" but she still pitched a fit when we got close to him. So, we just stayed in the stroller and walked right past Santa as she screamed. Ben got a Tonka dump truck from Aunt Tee tee (Tina's kids call me Aunt spittin' Brittain, payback is hell) and Madeline got a baby in a stroller from Santa. They fought over the truck for awhile, but many times Ben pushed the stroller and Madeline pushed the truck-too cute! Overall, Christmas was fun. The kids were great and it was nice to have Jamie around for 4 days. We spent the day after Christmas cleaning and going through their old toys. Now I realize why it was so exhausting for my parents.

In case any of the 3 people who read this were wondering, that realtor's name is Gwendolyn McKinley. I think she works for Remax or did at one time. I called her back to get her last name and the agency she worked for, but she wouldn't give it to me. I told her I wanted to know exactly who I was dealing with if she calls back and that she was a very inconsiderate person. I finally found her full name after some googling. Needless to say, I doubt she will try to bring any clients here, but I would rather rot in this house anyway!bbb

What I am about to say applies to most but not all realtors. I hate them (except Craig). They are rude and inconsiderate of others. I hate having my house for sale with two small children. It is a pain in my hiney. An extra stupid realtor just called to see the house from our front yard. I asked if she could give me five or ten minutes since my kids just woke up from their nap. She said sure, no problem. So my stupid hiney runs around getting the kids their snack, then straightening up the house. Good thing I called her before I packed up my kids and dog and left the house since they went to lunch. But she informed me she had my number and might come back another time. Oh no you won't!! I asked her why she couln't have called me to let me know she wasn't coming. Of course she didn't have a reason except that she is a rude and selfish person. I said thanks for nothing and hung up on her. Her name was Gwen, I will get more info in her sorry hiney Monday to warn fellow realtors haters of her. bbb

Yes, it is true. Today is my 30th birthday. For the record, my mind tells me I am about 21. Alexa, who is advanced, thinks I'm turning 21! Thanks Alexa! My b0dy says I'm 40, if you go by my gray hairs, sagging boobs, and I found this one really long nose hair-ewww. My mind and body really need to get together. A week ago I "flopped" on the couch (something a very young person might do) and I missed and landed on the armrest. I still can't sit right! We are having technical difficulties with the stupid laptop so I haven't been able to blog as much. Maybe my wonderful husband will fix the computer for my birthday! Here's to the next 30 years!bbb

Life has been so crazy lately. There has been so much going on and some things you just can't blog about! We had a crack in our gas tank last weekend. We hit something in the middle of the interstate on the way to Pembroke. My father in law filled the crack by rubbing it with a bar of soap so we could get home. Way to go Ed! We had a new gas tank put in before we talked to the insurance company. Big mistake! Nationwide would only pay for a used tank which would have cost about $300, and wouldn't have met our deductible anyway. (A new tank is only covered if you have OEM, whatever that is.) $800 later we have a brand new gas tank in our 2002 Tahoe, no thanks to our insurance company. The class Jamie was taking two nights a week is finally done. Yipee!! All four of us have been fighting a cold. My immune system has been a disappointment to me so far this winter. We went to the U2 concert Saturday night. It was a huge splurge since we're broke, but Jamie deserved a treat. Plus, that counts as his anniversary, birthday, and Christmas present. Bono is so cool, even if you're not a huge fan like Jamie. We were surprised that the fan base was looking a little old. I guess that means we are getting old, too. My mom is at Crawford Long having surgery now, so please keep her in you prayers. Last, I would like to say congrats to the gorilla at the Atlanta Zoo who just had twins! I feel a kinship toward the big ole monkey for some reason!bbb

I guess toddlerhood is officially here. The "babies" have changed so much in the past few months. We have gone in a few places withOUT using the stroller. I just held their little hands and walked in. This is such a big deal for us. Their stroller weighs 50lbs by itself, add two kids and I'm pushing 100lbs, not to mention getting the damn thing out of the car to begin with. We also play in the backyard everyday. They don't walk like drunk midgets as much as they used to, so the small incline in our backyard is no longer lethal. I am dreading "winter" or whenever it really gets cold because I know we are going to be stir crazy! The cutest thing they do is hug and kiss each other! Oh, it melts my heart! I hear them talking and laughing together all the time and it is so cute. Of course, there is lots of hitting, biting, and screaming that occurs too. It is not so cute and actually drives me a little crazy, but, that's another blog. bbb

I didn't think it was possible...but my children have gotten cuter than they already were! Halloween was so much fun. They were adorable, even though they didn't really know what was going on. Our street looked like we were having a street party. There were cars parked on both sides of the street and kids everywhere. We can't wait to do it again next year!

Customer service has gone to hell. Jamie actually had someone put that on their resume. He didn't even interview them, but its true! I had a plumber scheduled to come out one afternoon and their scheduler called to say they had a plumber in the area. I was at the grocery store with the kids and had already arranged my day around the appointment. That stupid lady told me there may not be another plumber in the area the rest of the day. I asked her why I had an appointment if she wanted me to drop everything and go home then (by appointment I mean sometime between 12:30 and 4). She got defensive and said she couldn't guarantee that someone would be in the area later that day. What a joke!! I told her to cancel the call all together and to have her manager call me. So don't use FitzGerald and Sons Plumbing because I am mad at them. Our stupid heater is broken, too. We had it worked on three times last winter. It needed some kinda new switch. Then it broke again a couple of months later. Lucky for us the part was under warranty but the service was only warrantied for 30 days. So we had to pay another 75 dollar fee. And we will have to pay another 75 dollars Thursday I am sure. Isn't that bull? It's not our fault they keep putting some faulty switch on the heater. So, after 230 dollars to the plumber, the heater problem, Christmas coming up, the Tahoe needs new tires, both our birthdays in December means new tags-the Bacons be broke these days! Maybe we should buy a trailor by the river. BBB

This is a picture of my babies when they were in the NICU. When we went to feed them that day the nurse said she had a surpise for us. They had put the babies in the same bed. For some reason I really wanted them together so this was an exciting day for all of us. I cried, of course, and we took lots of pictures. They were separated a few hours later because one of them had to go under the lights due to high bili levels, but it was a start! Fast forward 18 months later and I am reminded how lucky I am to have two healthy, happy children and a husband who loves me! BBB

Just wanted to see if I could get a picture of my dream man- Tim! Yummy to my tummy! We love you Tim! Please come back to Georgia soon! BBB

This blog is dedicated to my husband for admitting to me that The Apprentice IS good TV!! I have been trying to get him to watch it since it started. For some reason, he has been watching this season with me and made this major break through last night. Now if I could just get him to watch The Bachelor!

On another note, I want to say that our stupid house is still for sale. It should be against the law for a realtor to make an appointment and not show up for it or not to call and cancel like any decent human would do.

Today at the zoo, (yes we went again) some lady tried to tell Jamy Juhan that life would be easier when her twins were walking! HA! I politely asked her what she was smoking. I am sorry but life was easier when they were two lumps. I will admit that they are much more fun now though.

Last, I want to thank my neighbor for my coffee mug. It reads, "The best man for a job is ususally a WOMAN". Ain't that the truth? BBB

My children are advanced. Sorry I had to say it. Everyone else says it about their kids, so why can't I? God makes it so that most parents think their kids are the smartest, cutest, most adorable things in the world. That way, you won't leave them in a ditch after they stick their hand in poop. We went to music class on Wednesday and my babies got rhythm! The teacher said they would start to learn the beat but I didn't believe her. She was right though, they both were moving to the beat. OK, Ben was off a little but its a start. Madeline has learned to say,"here oo go", when she hands me something. If Ben is screaming she will try to give him a toy or juice to shut him up and she will say, "here oo go". Pretty smart, huh? Ben knows how to work the women. He flirts and smiles and always goes for the blondes. He sat in one of the other moms laps for about ten minutes. We don't know her other than music class but she is a very attractive blond. Their vocabulary is growing so fast. Everyday they say a new word or understand something I've said and it amazes me. (Yes, I have been watching my language.) I can't believe in a couple weeks they will be 18 months old. What happened to my little babies? BBB

Look at all the twins! To the left is my friend Rebecca with her twins Haley and Ian, who were born the day after mine! In the middle, Jamy Juhan and her girls Reagan and Zoey. And of course Ben and Madeline! This was taken at our new hangout-the zoo! The kids love it. We walk around, eat lunch and play on the play ground. All these twins brings new meaning to the phrase, "You belong in the zoo"! BBB

I did it!! I posted my first picture! That was so easy! This is an older picture of Ben and Madeline but it is soo cute!! My mom got them the two little chairs just their size and they love them. I had to move the chairs out of their play room because they were using them to stand in and climb on things. Maybe I will become a computer guru after all this blogging. BBB

Well, I thought I would try for blog #2. Today we went to music class. (Macon was seizure free so we were able to make it.) The kids seem to like it. Ben was in a bad mood so he cried everytime I had to take a musical instrument from him. Some lady had a tiny baby with her in a carseat. None of the other children even noticed the newborn, except mine! They stood around the carseat and pointed at the baby. So, I kept having to go over and direct them away from the baby. Finally, I just sat down by the carseat so I wouldn't have to worry anymore. The mother sat on the other side of the room for some unknown reason. Someone asked how far apart in ages were Ben and Madeline. I should have said, "30 seconds"! I have been getting this a lot lately, people don't think they're twins since they look so different and Ben is a little bit bigger.
On another note, I worked yesterday. Working helps me to keep some prospective on what's really important. Yesterday, I had a 25 year old with a brain tumor. Its weird how medicine is keeping people alive longer yet the patients seem to be getting younger. It's not fair for anyone to have poor health but it's worse when its a young person.
I learned something new. Blog comes from the word web log. Who knew!! My next quest is to figure out how to put pictures on this thing-wish me luck!! BBB

This is my first blog! What do I do? I never even heard the word blog til a week ago when I saw Shanna and Lisa's blog. I asked my husband that night (he's a computer geek) if he knew what a blog was. Of couse he did and he tried to give me some sort of definition. I think a "blog" is a weird name. (It sounds like what you would call someone who was being a bone head!) So maybe I will just call it a journal. I can use it to brag about my two adorable children and keep track of all the cool stuff they do everyday! I will also mention my wonderful husband, Jamie, and my dog, Macon. Macon is a Jack Russell who has seizures. The last seizure was Wednesday. It lasted so long the kids and I missed our music class. Two of my neighbors (thank you Chad and Gene) walked over to watch the kids so I could rush him to the vet but he was fine once we got in the car. Figures!! Next time, I will just put the kids and Macon in the car and go for a little joy ride! Well, how did I do? Brittain