Things have been crazy around here for….almost 7 years…ever since I had kids.   I feel like they have taken over my life and I just can’t seem to get anything done.  O’well…the kids are awesome and I love doing things with them and having fun with them.  The last few months have been a blur.  I can’t believe Abigail just passed up 8 months old.  She started scooting/crawling on February 27th and now pulls herself up to standing with the help of baskets, stools, the girls dollhouse and anything else she can find that will work for her.  She cut her first tooth on March 10th.  I had no idea she was teething…I just thought she was having a couple ruff nights of no sleep and being cranky during the day.  She is my earliest teether out of all the kids.  Today she tried rice for the first time and loved it.  She eats baby fruits, graham crackers, puffs, crunchies, small pieces of dried fruit, bread and a few other things I am drawing a blank on.  She still nurses and won’t take a bottle.  She loves water and lemonade out of a straw that I feed to her but other than that it is all me for the liquids.  She is so fun and loves to give kisses, take baths, be held, play outside, play with toys, read books, and she loves her daddy.   She still has red hair and blue eyes although I am not sure the red hair will last through the next few months.  It seems to be growing in blond/light brown.  Sad since it is so fun to have a red head and have everyone ask where it comes from.

Other things happening around here…  Kids and I took the kids sledding one days as a surprise to them and they loved it.  Sage lost three teeth in November and December and has been toothless for a while.  As you can see from the picture one tooth has started to come in.  School is going well for Sage and she seems to be coming out of her shell a little more.  She is becoming a great reader and loves to help the twins with reading.  I love that I can have her read a book to the baby or Caleb and she thinks she is helping me out when I am just trying to get her to read without making it seems like homework.  Sage is also a big help and loves it when I ask her to big the big sitter and help with the baby, help me cook, hep Caleb, help her daddy or just spend alone time with Kip or me.  Sage is a great big sister. Caleb is my little handful.  He is constantly causing problems, getting in to trouble, always hungry, constantly wanting milk to drink, and it a totally funny kid.  I potty trained him in February.  It took him 5 days and he had it down.   He does have an accident about once every other week although he is doing great.  He is even night time trained and has only wet the bed once.  It has been so nice to only have one in diapers and we have cut way back on the wipe usage as well as diapers.  Braxton and Jayden are doing well.  About 10 days ago Kip took their training wheels off their bikes and they have learned to ride a 2 wheeler.  They love it and worked so hard for about 5 days to get it.  They are constantly begging to go and ride bikes now.  We have even taken them on the bike/walk and they did great.  Braxton was discharged from speech in January.  He was too good with talking to continue in the program.  He is doing awesome and I can understand just about everything.  He has started reading and loves to pick out site words.  He is having an amazing year in preschool and loves his teacher.  He wishes he could stay in preschool next year instead of moving on to kindergarten.  Jayden was just at PCMC last week for a check up and all her doctors say she looks great.  She gained 2 pounds in a matter of a month.  Her body mass index in looking great for her and they were so excited about her PFTs (lung function tests).  We got a green light and a pass for three month.  Jayden has loved preschool so much this year. She is reading well and amazes me every time she reads.  She loves her teacher so much and wishes just like Braxton to stay in preschool next year.

Five kids sure keep me busy and cleaning all the time.  I do about 10-15 loads of laundry a week, clean the house a million times a day, run the dishwasher 7-12 times a week, gives baths more than I care too, read numerous amounts of stories, cook and eat way too much food, sleep little if at all, but it is all worth it.  I love my family!!!