We are not poppin' bottles

nope...but we are "proppin' " bottles like a blizzard.  I don't know if the girls feel fly like a G 6?  I don't really know what that means, you will have to ask them..HA!

Love, Mommy

Dear Santa

Dear Theo and Mayzie,

These are your Christmas letters to Santa.  Theo you wrote "Dear Santa"  all by yourself but you think it says "reindeer Santa". 

Mayzie, I just wrote your for you and asked do you want a baby, a baby highchair, a furreal friends kitty cat, etc?  Because I already got those for you.  But you did a great job coloring :)

Notice at the end of Theo's he told me to write Merry Christmas and Happy Birthday.    I also over heard him asking Santa for an Evil Dr. Porkchop, and when he finished he said "please, please, please...in Jesus' name amen". This is funny, but I can see how when we bring Santa into the Christmas mix, the reason for Christmas gets confusing for a 3 1/2 year old.  We are working on explaining Christmas to our kids and explaining Santa too. 

Anyway, I can't wait to spend Christmas as a family with 4 young kids!  What a blessing!
 There will be such excitement every year. 

I want to start a tradition with our family when the kids are older that will help them realize "its not JUST about the presents.  I know the presents are fun for kids and kids do deserve new things, but I want to do something a little more selfless around the holidays.  I am thinking about serving dinner on Christmas at a homeless shelter and then going to movie as a family or on a "winter" walk.  Just something to take their (and my own mind) minds off of "get, get, get, me, me, me".

We will see how it goes later on down the road.  But for now, they are too little to do much but stay home and play with toys and eachother and cuddle with their mom and dad...which is just fine with me!

Love,  Mommy

i yov u Eo.

...As heard from the mouth of Mayzie as Theo helped her open the container full of cookies this morning, before breakfast.

Love, Mom

Comparing Kids

Its so hard not to compare your kids...here they all are at 6 months.  I hope to upload some better ones of the twins. 

Georgia Kate

Tillie Chandler

Theodore Everett

Mayzie Emma

I promise not to do this your enitre life!!!

Love, Mommy

6 Months Ago

Dear Baby Girls,

Just 6 SHORT months ago you came out of my tummy and into this world.  Our lives have never been the same but has been twice as amazing ever since.

I won't lie, the past 6 months have been nothing short of a blur, like I swear I just checked into the hospital yesterday.  And it for sure  has been double the work.  My brain has been scattered, then nights have been long, the days have been crazy and the laundry never gets done.  But I would not trade either of you for anything in the world.

Georgia, you are spunky.  You love to belly laugh and I love to listen to it and you can pitch of fit when you get fed up.  You go from hot to cold within a second.  You are already keeping up with Theo and Mayzie in your own little way, and I am pretty sure you will be giving them a run for their money.  You love to talk, you still wake up in the night-just to be held sometimes.  You love your puppy, Duke.   You are a snacker.  I don't think you have ever finished an entire bottle.  You usually have a furrowed brow, and it has to be your idea or you aren't going to do it..i.e.  smiling when being talked to.

Tillie, you are quiet and content.  You love to observe.  You go with the flow in every sense of the term.  You are my cuddle buddy and your smile melts me each and every time I see it.  When I look in your eyes I feel like you know so much.  You are content to sit back and watch the world around you.  You smile at people no matter what.  You are a sleeper- thanks!  You still have very little hair, and the hair you do have looks red.  You are as sweet as they come.  Sometimes you get lost in the shuffle of the day, and I feel bad because I realize you have been playing in the exer-saucer for way too long.

Tillie, you always reach your arm over to Georgia and Georgia you always look back at Tillie.  I have loved watching each of you develop your own personalities while becoming the best of friends.  You really do have a special bond.  Although I can't say I would love to do the "twin" thing again (its a lot of work)  I feel so incredibly blessed to be able to experience this with both of you.  We are so glad  you are in our lives!

Love,

Mommy

Dear Mayzie,

I am not ready for this.  Last night I heard a thud.  I didn't think much of it and assumed you tossed a book out of your bed.  And soon after I saw your little blond curls peeking around the corner.  You climbed out of your crib.  Something I thought you would never do- fight bedtime and nap time-but you have been, especially more recently.  Screaming until you fall asleep, skipping naps, its been a nightmare.  I want my sweet little perfect sleeper back.

We tried you in the "big girl bed"  (toddler size),  you did fall asleep, then woke up in the middle of the night and somehow managed your way into my room, where I was startled out of my whits when I opened my eyes and saw you starting straight back at me (like within an inch of me.)  So I cuddled with you and you fell asleep in my bed.  Then I moved you back to your crib, where you did sleep peacefully, eventually.  Mind you, all of this around 2 am and feeding Georgia at 3:55, basically I went to sleep at 4:30 am and woke up at 5:30 am.  

Someday you won't want to sleep in your mommy's arms and I will wish you did.  It is always so backwards.  Maybe that is the secret to life... to enjoy it while you can.  Which is something I need to do.  You will sleep.  And I won't die any sooner if I wake up every morning with 4 kids in my bed.

Love, Mommy

Jeans Update

Thank God for Jeggings!!! 

Teeth Whitener

 Being in charge of keeping four kids alive and thriving everyday gives me very little time to sit down and eat a meal.  I actually never sit and eat a meal (for sure never sit).  I graze all day long- carrots here, handfuls of cereal there, I even finish up what is left on Theo and Mayzie's plates.  I decided I need to concentrate on eating meals, and healthy ones at that.  NO MORE GRAZING.  It never tastes good and I never feel full.

  I have been doing a pretty good job and I owe it all to my teeth whitener.  That's right.  To ensure that I don't snack throughout the day.  I put in my teeth whitening trays in between meals.  I know its says to do it over night, but I doubt it really matters.  I am down 1.5 pounds in the past week and half and my teeth are sparkling.  talk about getting a two-fer! I think I should market this idea.

My Day Has Been MADE!!!

Dear Theo,

I was looking for yoga pants on the Victoria's Secret website, and you were laying next to me.  As I was scrolling through the images you said, "Mom, stop...that's you!"  and pointed to the copied pictured posted above. 

First, I wanted to ask him if he was blind, but then I decided to soak it in.  I even clicked on the image to enlarge it and see if he was right...I can see the similarities, can't you?  Just kidding, there aren't any except hair color.  I mean, if anything I do always wear a sports bra!

By the way, Buddy, if you treat all girls  the way you treat me, you will have it made in the girl department, they will just have to get by me first :)

Love, Mommy


PS. Have I ever told you, you are my favorite???