Busy, busy, busy

I was a bit on the busier side of life this past weekend…Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday to be exact. Bry and I took care of his brother’s kiddos while he and his wife went to New York City for a wonderful vacation – lucky them! I may have been on my toes a bit more than usual and lacked quite a bit in the sleep department, but overall things went well and we have fun spending time with our nieces and nephews!

I have to give a huge thanks to my mom and sister Shelley for being my saving grace on Friday and Saturday. It was quite a fiasco to get all the kids to their respective schools and activities and they saved me by coming and getting Andrew and taking him to school and even picking him up. Shelley even accompanied me to Carter’s 9 month checkup where I had Carter, Andrew and Eli! 

I am not sure I have fed so many children so many meals at once…Carter and Eli are of course spoon fed, bottle/breastfed…and Andrew needs quite a bit of help with spoon feeding and Emma is quite the little eater…the little lady was always hungry, but yet weighs nothing!

The babies did pretty well. The first day they even napped in the afternoon at the same time – it was great and I was able to get some of my typing done that was due. Eli is an angel child when it comes to going to bed. Feed him a bottle, give him his blankie and put him in bed and he goes to sleep. He sure is a mover though – kept me on my toes. Carter did pretty well considering he is such a home body. He sure did love all the fun toys though!

All six children were fresh and clean each night. I found that bathing the babies together first…then Andrew…then the girls was the easiest. Just drain and refill three times! It was quite a system, but it worked! Look at these two cute little nakey chunkers!

  Emma and Andrew were the best of buddies the whole time we were there. Andrew just adores his little cousin and they played SO nice together. I don’t even know if I can recall even a major squabble between those two. They played in Emma’s room and climbed on the chair together. 

Emma, Haley, and Andrew watched a movie and even played princesses. Haley and Emma were so sweet to give Andrew a crown when he kept saying “king, king”.  Hmm…I think we need to find a more masculine crown for this boy! 

After baths we all got on the girls’ bed and read stories together. They each got to pick a book and then we sang a song. Andrew so loves his cousins!!! We spent time in the backyard and Carter had his first experience crawling on the grass. He was not too sure about that.

Notice Andrew on the cell phone out there. His new favorite person to talk to is Aunt Shelley – he has become quite fond of her these days!

My mom accompanied us to the park on Saturday afternoon for some In-n-Out and play time to wear the kiddos out. They had fun running everyone and Bradley was riding his bike up and down all sorts of hills. I think everyone had a blast. They were all exhausted when we got home!

The babies were so funny with the crunchy, dead grass. They pretty much stayed on the blanket to avoid the prickles. They don’t interact too much with each other, but it is so cute when they do!

We got home Sunday night about 10:30 or 11:00…the boys were awake and so happy to be home….I think Carter’s face says it all. He sure missed his house and toys! We were so glad to be able to help out Brig and Camille and happy that they had such a great time. Their kids were great and it was such a blessing that all the kids got along so well! One of these days (hopefully not too far off in the distant future) Bryan and I will be able to get away for a night or two for a little vacation without the kids….if I can handle it – I might miss them too much!