I finally have a moment tonight to add some pictures and write a bit--granted I am pumping whilst I write this, but that's my life lately. The key word is "multitasking." I had dinner tonight with Sam and Melissa to celebrate the awarding of Melissa's PhD today--I'm quite proud of her. In the past five years she's become a doc and I've had four kids...funny... anyway, I had the babies with me and they were little gems the whole time...and then they screamed the whole way home. When I arrived at home, Sonia reported the atrocious behavior of my eldest child. Apparently she was playing Todd off of Sonia and being very difficult through all of it. I am usually at a loss at what to do with her when she acts like that and each night I pray that she doesn't act that way anymore...but I feel like she's my test (whatever that means). Ty had a fever today--a continuation of yesterday--but no other symptoms. A virus perhaps? Who knows. We gave James gripe water today in an attempt to ease his colic and I think it took the edge off. Isabella smiled at me today for the first time--so cute and rewarding!! Gosh, that's a lot of kids to report on! I have been thinking of all the numbers lately--4 kids, 3 in diapers, about 20 diapers a day (amongst all those in diapers), 16 bottles a day, about 8 feedings (x 2), 10 outfits a day for all the kids, no less than 3 loads of laundry each day, about 5 hours of sleep at night, almost 2 hours each day spent pumping (collectively)...I have to stop because my brain starts to hurt. My workload this go-round has intensified exponentially (thank you Sonia for reducing my numbers on many of those categories above!!!). I think that's all for now...cheers!
