My first official day....

as a Stay at Home mom....so, I have had a crazy work life lately....I worked somewhere for 5 years...quit to move to another job that I thought would fit my schedule better...found out I was pregnant and then decided it would be best to stay home with 4 kids three and under and then have had the opportunity to help out my original job part-time and on an occassional basis...which I LOVE! So after all the craziness...this is my first full week of no work.

I started it out with my mom and the boys getting out to run errands to pick up all the goodies for the boys Pirate themed 1st birthday! So fun! We had a busy weekend so I didn't have the opportunity, but my mom and I had a blast looking today. We even stopped to have a fabulous lunch at Charleston's....love the baked potato soup! YUM!

I think we have all the decor we need, the cake is ordered and I am off to order their outfits tomorrow. I still CANNOT believe they will be a YEAR old in 18 days...and I can't believe that in 8 days we will know what baby #4 is...well, not us since we are not finding out, but the doctors and grandma's will.

We left the house at 10am and finally arrived back at 5:15 with two very hungry and very tired boys. The best part was pulling into the house and seeing my lil' girl playing in her new pool in the backyard and having the best time! Her happiness is contagious and instantly gave me energy to finish out the night with lots of playing. While we were out and about today, KK ended up getting new stickers, a new puzzle, and a princess headband. All necessary items of course :)

Now all the kiddos are sleeping...and so is my poor sick husband! I am off to make some more 1st birthday goodies and decorations!!

Well...this time I mean it

The purpose of this blog was to keep a timeline and journal of what was going on in my families life...however, life got the best of me and I have let myself down...I think, at least once a day, "I need to write this down so I don't forget..." but then I never do...so I have lost some time, but with a 2 1/2 year old and two 11 month olds I still have plenty of their lives to journal. (This is how I have rationalized this to myself).

So, here is my day today....it started at 6:30 am when my sweet little nephew arrived. My sister-in-law and brother had to work, so I agreed to hang out with the lil' man. So, we cuddled for a little bit and then I heard my little men wake up. Carter first...and then Bryce....they have been sleeping alot more lately since they have been getting over being sick, but once they saw their cousin playtime began! Carter started to crawl around like crazy (which is exciting news since he has been army crawling forever...he is now officially up on all fours and he is very proud of himself...cute stuff). Everyone was getting along beautifully....in the midst of the playing, KK woke up and joined all three boys....then the workout began. Breakfast for four, clean up after four, making sure all were sharing and then the crazy process of loading the car. What an amazing day for all the cousins to hang, and I enjoyed every minute....but this is why I am super sleepy now!

However, I did manage on talking my husband in a trip to Target. The initial reason was to get KK a pool to play in since the weather is ridiculously HOTT! He is a sucker for his little girl, what can I say? We walked out with a pool....and about 100 other things...darn Target, they get me EVERY TIME! We got home just in time for some dinner and the boys went down shortly after that and Daddy and KK headed out to put the pool in working order. She had a blast and we have already promised to be outside as soon as we are done eating breakfast in the morning.

Now I am ending the night next to my baby girl while she puts together her alphabet puzzle. It was a wonderful day!