Pumping

The girls were running around like crazy people the other night. I said, "What are y'all doing?"

Lily says, "We're getting our BLOODS pumping!"

Wrappers

Me, "Who wants grapes?"
Harper, "Me"
Lacy, "Can I just have the grapes, not the wrapper?"
Me, "Grapes don't have wrappers"
Lacy, "yes, they do. I don't like to eat the wrapper, just the grapes"
Me,"You mean, the peel?"
Lacy, "Not the peel, the wrapper"
Me, "Ok"

Patterns & Poop

So, after the gym, I decided to make a "quick" run into Hobby Lobby with Harper, Haley & Lacy since who can pass up 99 cent patterns??? My plan was to run in, look through the pattern book and grab some patterns. Wasn't going to be picky, really, they're 99 cents! Walk in the store, of course all of the Easter stuff is right up front. Lacy, "EASTER STUFF! Can we look?" Me, "Yes, just for a minute"...20 minutes later, we're finally headed to the back of the store to look at patterns. I try to sit down to flip through the book while Lacy sits by me, little ones in the cart. "I get out", Harper starts yelling. Get her out of the cart. Haley starts whining since she's the only one stuck in the cart now. Dig in my bag for a snack or a toy or something to keep the peace. Sit back down, where did Harper go? "Harper, where are you?" "I pooping" Ugggghhh...of course there are people around. "Ok, we'll change you" "I poop Hobby Lobby" "I know you pooped, Let me grab my patterns and we'll go change you" Now, I'm trying to grab my patterns out of the drawer while Harper keeps announcing, "I pooped, I pooped" I know, all the other customers know and Lord knows everyone is smelling it. We hurry to the checkout, by now 99 cents doesn't seem like such a deal for so much WORK to get in & out of the store. While checking out, the cashier says Hi to the girls, Harper of course answers super loud, "I POOPED!"

Our Last 1st Birthday!

This is not a birthday picture but Haley LOVES to sit on the dishwasher when I'm trying to load or unload the dishwasher,
I like my cake! Jason got shower duty after she was done.

Who needs forks?

Happy Haley!

Oooohhh...cake!

I love this picture because you see Lily & Lacy in the picture who are the ones aggressively tearing open Haley's gifts

My ladybug cake, well Haley's ladybug cake!

Yay, we've made it a whole year of being the parents of 4 little girls AND survived it! Even thrived most days! I sent Jason a text on Haley's birthday that said,"Congratulations on making it a whole year being the daddy of 4 little girls & not running away?" His response, "Gosh, no one told me leaving was an option, thanks for letting me know!" The big girls were really excited about Haley's "party" which was just us and we told them that but presents, cake and ice cream are a big deal I guess. Made Haley a ladybug cake, Jason said it was very Martha Stewart so I'll take that as a compliment. I like doing things like that, it makes a memory for me & the girls when they help.

My Haley is pretty laid back most of the time, a super snuggler, super fast crawler, smiles at just about everybody, says Hi, Mama, Dada, Bye bye and a bunch of other things that sound like a baby dinosaur. Not walking yet but stands up on her own. I've told her that she needs to start walking as soon as all the snow melts so we can ALL get out and play!

A tiny part of me was a little sad that she was turning one, my baby days are numbered but then that same evening, she cried LOUDLY all the way home from church and that made me decide, Nope, four is the perfect number for us!

Funny Quotes

From Lacy, "Ummm...Mommy, I thought I had to toot but now there's poop in my panties"

From Lily, "Did you know that today is Martin Luther George Washington Day and he lost his teeth and had cotton balls for teeth?"

From Lily, "Were you and Daddy the first people God ever made?" Me, "Ummm, no, remember we read about it in your Bible?" From Lily, "Were Lacy & I the first people God ever made?" Me, "ummm...no. Think, who were the first people God made?" Lily, "Oh yeah, Adam and Uve" Close enough.

From Lacy, "Daddy's the winner because he has the biggest nose in the family" From Lily, "But God has the biggest nose in the UNIVERSE" I have no clue how this conversation started but that's the piece I caught on the way to speech.

From Lacy, "Mommy, do we eat people?" Me, Ummm no.

From Lily, "Mommy, I see my germs coming out when I pee" This is because I told her to drink lots of water while she was sick to get the germs out.

Tootie Thief

Harper LOVES her tootie, other girls could take it or leave it. I truly think if Harper had to make a choice between me or her tootie, she would hands down, pick that tootie everytime. We've taken hers away from her her but Haley still uses hers occasionally which means Harper will watch her like a hawk and take it away from her when she can. She knows she's not supposed to have it so she'll try to hide it from us, here are some of her clever techniques:

Throw a blanket over her head so we can't see her
Close her eyes really tight because if you're two and close your eyes, apparently, no one can see you.
Stuff a couple a tooties in your zip up sleeper, they'll never know what those lumps are!
Take a tootie and hide behind the chair

I've been teaching Harper to say, "No thank you, I'm two" when Haley "offers" her the tootie. At speech while we were waiting for Lacy, Harper would walk back and forth where Haley was playing, every time she walked by, she would yell as loud as she could:
"NO THANK YOU, I TWO!"

Lily, the patient

I struggle and struggle to be a good Mom and a decent human being when Lily is sick, on a regular Lily can be a wee bit demanding so when she's sick, I really have to grit my teeth and just pray alot to be compassionate. I know she doesn't feel well, totally get that but when the other girls have the same bug and will be kind of whiny, sleep alot and watch alot of Strawberry Shortcake, Lily will MOAN & WHINE & CRY like she's dying but she will also bark out orders at me every few minutes, "Mommy, can you get me my cup?" which is two inches from her hand. "Mommy, can you get me fresh water?", which I just refreshed 20 minutes ago, "Mommy, can you tell the other girls that I get to pick the movie because I'm sick?", "Mommy, can you move my hair out of my face?", "Mommy, Harper just took Haley's tootie", seriously, if you're that sick, you shouldn't have the energy for tattling! "Mommy, can you take my temperature?" even though I took it 4 seconds ago. "Mommy, I think the Cheerios are staying down, can I have a cinnamon roll?" Me, "lily, I'll save you a cinnamom roll for when you're feeling better" "Can you save me TWO?"