Roo in technicolor

life happens...

I am hoping to start feeling better soon - I got some kind of upper respiratory thing that has also settled in my chest. I have been fighting it for a week now so it will hopefully have run its course by tomorrow.

This morning Adrienne greeted me with a little surprise of her own, or maybe better said, a pile of little surprises in her crib. Seems we did not make it to her room in a timely fashion so she took it upon herself to strip her diaper and toss it over board for the sharks to snack on while she hoarded the contents, and seemed to be pondering the physics of poo while running various experiments on physical manipulation of leftovers. It's one of those briefly paralyzing moments when you wonder where to start and what is safe to touch. After a good scrubbing and laundry, things are back under control and she is right now sitting on my lap as I type this.

Ahh, the joys of parenting never end. At least they make up for the gross bits by being so wonderful at other times!

Visiting Tom and Amy

We recently got a chance to visit Tom and Amy and had such a nice day. The weather was perfect and so was the company. It was relaxing and fun, even factoring in 8 hours of travel time in the car with the babies.

Thankful

Today is Tommy's first birthday - this year has flown in many ways as have the last several. Adrienne is now 2 and a little mommy and great big sister to Tommy. He is off the feeding tube and into everything which is so cool to see. I am excited to see where he goes next and so thrilled to have him - as well as the rest of our fantastic kids.

While this parenting thing is at times exhausting and often a little stressful, it is also one of the most rewarding experiences of life. Jess is working with them every day and it shows in their activities. Adrienne is using full sentences and sounds so grown up sometimes!

Life is good - we are blessed and so very thankful for our 5 amazing kids.

Sleep is a fond memory

The kids have been sick the last few days and as a result not sleeping. Night before last had us dividing and conquering splitting time during the night with each baby. The telling moment for the situation came around 2 or 3am when Jess was holding Tommy who had gotten sick again and I was sitting in front with a towel to catch and clean. She looks down, back up at me and says uggghhh - too much I have vomit in my cleavage, or something to that effect. There is not much to say to that one. :)

We got them to the Dr and they have their meds and will hopefully be getting better soon. We had to take Tommy off the tube for now since he is getting sick at night no much so let's pray that does not set us back to far on the weight gain.