Stressful mornings...

Sometimes I think I bit off more than I can chew having kids in school...the mornings can be chaotic!

It begins like this...Jesse's alarm goes off at 5am...I go up and wake him up..he has been sleeping upstairs due to a bad cold and thus coughing and snoring at night which wakes up the babies. Then I beat on Colton's door to take the dog out. I go back to bed until about 7am when I get Alicia, Katie and Garrett up. Thomas and Anna are usually up too so I enlist Julia to hold Anna and put Thomas on the couch with juice and public t.v. on. Carlina has to take the dog out at this time. I help Katie and Garrett pick out clothes (Garrett still needs help getting dressed, I really need to work with him) and then fix them cereal. I remind Alicia and Katie to get everything they need in their backpack and sign appropriate things. Thomas is crying for me as is Anna, but I have to rush out the door to drive the kids to school. Today Garrett had an accident before school and I had to help him get his clothes changed, plus find new shoes for him which can be impossible in this house! Ahhhh, to have a new baby in the summer and not have to worry about school....Thomas was born in June and that was great! Also, to have them all homeschooled would be good for morning routines. But not to be, this year anyway. I would love for Thomas to sleep in his own bed, but that hasn't happened yet. Anyway, I rush back home to motivate the big kids to get started with their school work. I have two stinky diapers to change and breakfast to get for Thomas....plus all the laundry and dishes that await. I really love being a SAHM and all the things that I do but some mornings...ARRRGGGG!

Can't get enough of this face

Blinded by the flash!

Anna @ 3.5 weeks

She is growing so much! She is an alert little girl and starting to smile more. I love to see her dimple when she smiles. Gets so many comments on her full head of hair. She does have more hair than any of my other babies. A couple were almost bald-Carlina & Julia.

Sick babies...

I've got 2 of them. Thomas has a bad cold and Anna has a cough and a growly sound to her breathing. I took Anna to the doctor yesterday; babies this little aren't supposed to get sick. They tested her for RSV which came back negative, thank goodness. I am giving her nebulizer treatments 3 times a day to help her breathing. She seems to be okay, no fever. I would appreciate prayers that she gets better and it doesn't turn into anything worse.

Bad hair day!!!

Exhaustion!

Anna has colic in the evenings and I am tired! She is such a precious little doll and I feel bad for her, I hope it passes soon. The experiences that I have had with this show that it should be gone within 6 weeks or so, but can I last that long, lol???!! I finally got some gas medicine but it did not seem to help her much, maybe a tad. I don't get anything done in the evenings...I put her in the swing just now, but I hear her crying so much go:)

On a tasty note, Colton cooked a roast in the crockpot and I made a delicious sandwich..bread, beef, mayo. It was soooo good!