Since I'm here blogging today, I might as well add a few thoughts... Jeni mentioned that she heard that 3 kids really changes your life. Well, I do consider myself a Mom of 6 because we have the older kids every other week, but because of the age gap and the fact that the older ones aren't here all the time... I find myself alone with my 3 year old, two year old, and newborn most of the time. Is life different? Oh my, yes! Thankfully, Brianna is sweet and calm a lot of the time because William and Lyden are crazy troublemakers! Just like Tyler & Niels have always been partners in crime, William and Lynden are inseparable little terrors that keep me running all day long. It's hard to stock enough cleaning supplies with them around. It's not that I'm a bad mother, I think I do pretty well... most of the time. Sometimes when I'm working at the computer, or trying to complete some other task, I find myself choosing the lesser of two evils. Let me explain, I have to backtrack a bit... When it was just William, I had more time to follow him around, keeping him in check and preventing messes. With two boys, I was outnumbered, and the two of them ran circles around me; I did my best to prevent disasters and was sucessful about 1/2 the time. Now, I have three and Brianna's just a newborn so I can just imagine what's in store in a year from now. I try to get work done or nurse the baby and inevitably, William & Lynden get into something and go dashing by on their way to cause havoc and make some big mess to clean up. So now I have to choose... Hmmm... I'll bet it'll only take 5 minutes to clean up the mess they're going to make with that box of crackers and it will occupy them for at least 15 minutes. So I finish what I'm doing! So Jeni... that is the difference between 2 and 3 kids! After the third, it just doesn't matter anymore... you and your husband are already outnumbered and from there it's just semi-organized chaos. The older ones get bigger and help with the little ones and when you all go out togethor you're going to get stares of wonder and a few knowing smiles. It's all worth it...

Oh, before I go I have to mention that I am officially beginning my battle against the baby weight! The other day William said to me "Mommy, when you bend over you have four tummies!"

ABC TAG

Okay Jeni, I'll do this ABC Tag thing, but I don't know anyone else but you that has a blog...


ABC Tag: ABC's "getting to know you" TAG ABC's of you. Each player then tags 3 people and posts their names, then go to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

A- Attached or single: Attached
B- Best Friend: Kelly
C-Cake or Pie: chocolate cake
D-Day: Friday
E- Essential Item: chocolate
F- Favorite Color: blue
G-Gummi Bears or Worms: YUCK to both. - Ditto to Jeni's answer
H-Home town: Phoenix, AZ
I- Indulgences: Chocolate
J- January or July?: January in Phx, July in Pinedale
K-Kids: 6
L-Life is incomplete without: family & chocolate
M- Marriage Date: April 23rd, 2000
N- Number of Siblings: None that I grew up with, 3 sisters that I found
O- Oranges or Apples: Watermelon!
P- Phobias or Fears: I fear nothing
Q- Quote: "Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it" - Ferris Bueller
R- Reason To Smile: family & chocolate
S- Season: They're all the same here in Phx... but I like Christmastime
T- Tag Three: I don't know any bloggers :-(
U- Unknown fact about me: I used to practice doing things with my feet as a kid just in case I lost my hands in some tragic accident
V- Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animal: Carnivore
W- Worst Habit: Tardiness
X-Rays or Ultrasounds: I've had them all
Y-Your favorite food: Chocolate
Z: Zodiac Sign: Pisces

P.S.- Jeni... you eat dirt?!