Powdered Sugar

Haley has chunky little thighs that get a little chaffed at times so I'll often put baby powder on her during diaper changes. Lacy came up to me one day & said, "Can you put some powdered sugar in my panties?"

What???

"Like you do Haley. Can I have some powdered sugar?"

May Funnies Part One

Thank goodness all our girls are so different because if I had four just like Lily, I'm not sure how well I would fare as a mother. Lily is VERY persistent and will ask the same questions over and over and over...usually until she gets the answer she wants to hear. This particular day, she had asked over and over to play out front because she likes to ride her bike and scooter on the sidewalk. Of course that means i have to take both babies out front with us so I can't always do this as soon as she asks. So, after what felt like the millionth time she asked, I asked her,

"Lily, how many times do we ask mommy something?"
"One time"
"Lily, how many times have you asked to go out front?"
"70 times"

The girls like to make cards for everybody they know, friends, family, Mommy, Daddy,etc. Lacy was telling me one day she was going to make a card for Mammy, Pappy, Harper, Haley, Mommy, Daddy, her friend Erin,etc. I asked her who wasn't going to get a card, she thought a minute, finger to her mouth and says, "Strangers. I will not make a card for strangers because they are people I don't know" Lacy has trouble with her "r"s so this is even cute when said without the "r" sound.

Lacy also informed Harper that she can be her best friend when she is 7. I also overheard her telling Harper who had just eaten a big dirt ball that dirt is not a healthy food. This coming from our child who dips pears in ranch dressing, puts ranch and jelly together on a biscuit and adds grapes to her peanut butter sandwich.

Our Lacy

Lacy is our sensitive one, stubborn as can be but very sensitive. It's hard to discipline her or even push her too much without tears. My heart hurts for her because I know she's not comfortable speaking up to people that aren't close to her. Jason says he's afraid the world is going to eat her up because she's pretty thin skinned. I have to remind myself she's not quite 4 and still has all her growing up to do, I hope preschool and other new experiences help her come out of her shell a little more.

April Funnies

On our way home from somewhere the other day, Haley is screaming, Harper is whining & Lily starts crying...I said, "Why are YOU crying?" She answered, "Because the babies are making too much noise!" Amen, Sister.

Lacy has been going to speech therapy for a few weeks now and she informed me the other day, "I can talk like a grown up now" She also just informed me that Harper will be her best friend...pretty soon. Not sure why the delay..she's probably waiting until Harper stops being like Godzilla with her toys.

Our days have settled back into organized chaos for now, Haley is sleeping halfway decent which helps. I know some days seem very long but it won't be long before Lily is in K, Lacy starts preschool and the running around will begin. There are days when I think I have it all together for about ten minutes and then there are days when I think I can't possible do this for another ten minutes.

Haley Mae's Early Birth!

I was scheduled for a C section on Friday, February 26th, I had asked to have it scheduled on the Wednesday prior because I was so nervous about going into labor early & not having Mammy & Cheryl here in time. Oh, and I was so tired of being pregnant that even two days less of being pregnant seemed like a great idea...my Dr. didn't agree so I was scheduled that Friday, Cheryl & Mammy were coming in on Thursday morning.

I had some regular contractions throughout the week, regular enough to call my Dr. who said I could come in to be monitored but I knew if I did that, it was off to labor & delivery so I never went in. I kept telling everybody this baby was NOT coming early as her Mommy (me) is a planner and she would never go against the plans! I thought I was home free since I had no contractions on Wednesday, took Harper to the pediatrician for a runny nose, cleaned bathrooms, got the guest room ready, cleaned up the house,etc. Went to bed Wednesday night with no contractions, dozed off and woke up about 10:45 with a contraction, timed them for about an hour, kept having to go to the bathroom & they were getting much stronger. Got up to walk around, drink some water to see if they would please, please, please go away. They were NOT going away. I went into my organizational mode, printed off the girls instructions for my neighbor, got together the rest of my hospital bag (keep in mind, Jason is still sleeping away, oblivious to the fact we're probably having a baby tonight). By this time, my contractions were every few minutes so I woke Jason up and then I lose it and start crying because it really really hurts but even more than that, I didn't want to leave the girls and have them wake up without me there. Jason called Lauren who said she would be there right away, called the Dr. who of course said, come on in. Contractions were right on top of eachother & I felt horrible pressure. Jason asked if we should call an ambulance which I was NOT going to do since we could get there faster & the baby wasn't coming out without a C section anyway.

Made it to the hospital about 2am, they were ready for us. Dr. Huang came in so of course I reminded her that I really wanted my c section two days earlier for this very reason! I don't think she cared. I was still having really painful contractions but was only at 2cm. I told Jason that having C sections wasn't so bad because there was nothing remotely fun about labor. during all this, Jason is texting Cheryl that Haley is coming early, arranged a car to pick them up at O'hare in the morning so they can relieve Lauren. Took me to the OR for my spinal and at 3:30a, Haley Mae joined our family weighing 7lbs even, completing our family even if it was a day early.

For all of the chaos she caused by coming early, she is a pretty laid back baby. Probably because she's 4th, probably because she knows that she'll have to fight to get a word in & maybe just because it's time for us to take a breath and just enjoy raising our four healthy little girls.

Girl Talk

Baby Haley is home, more on her birth story when I get more than a few minutes to type it out..just wanted to jot down a few cute things from Lily & Lacy before the newborn fog made me forget them.

Lily told me yesterday, "Thank you for having the baby we wanted" Mammy asked her, what if Mommy had a baby you didn't want? She didn't know about that.

Haley was fussy yesterday evening and Lily asked why. I told her babies usually are fussier at nighttime. She asked, "Because they're scared of the dark?" Could be.

Lily & l.acy love to go downstairs when Jason is lifting weights, he shows them how to excercise, they ask a million questions that they just asked the day before and again, they just think he's a rock star in our house. Jason tells them that excercise will make them big and strong, well yesterday, Lacy was upset downstairs and Jason asked why she was sad. Lacy replied, "Because I do not want to be big like a giant"

Crazy Quotes...

The girls were crazy yesterday, not following rules, hyper, not listening...we usually talk about how well behaved the girls are for the most part. Maybe this was God's way of keeping us from being so prideful of it! Lily had already been in trouble for jumping on the furniture, pushing Harper, hitting Lacy and just being a crazy girl, so we sat down for a conversation.

Me, "Lily, why are you having such a hard time following rules today?"
Lily, shrugs her shoulders.
Me, "Lily, I need you to use your words and talk to Mommy so we can help you follow the rules. Now, why are you having such a rough day following the rules?"
Lily, "Because following the rules is not very much fun"

While she does have a point since jumping on the furniture and being wild is way more fun, I did explain her to why we have rules, blah blah blah. Can't help but agree with her some days...