Life is good

As much as I love Natalie, I'm starting to wonder how I ever thought I could handle 4 kids!!!! I could handle 3 kids with my eyes closed but having 4.......that's a whole different story. My laundry is piled to the ceiling and we have resorted to using plastic utensils out of necessity. I have a lways been the type to fix my hair and make sure my makeup is done. But now I'm lucky if I've had a shower by the time Richard gets home. It is just choas. But I have always been good at dealing with choas and so I will adapt I'm sure....right??? Thank goodness for McKenzie and Halie. McKenzie is so helpful to me with Natalie and Halie will help me with house work and such. Ya know it's really not bad just hard. I'm so thankful that I have such a wonderful husband who never complains and is so helpful. The other day had been an extremely hard day with Sadie and Natalie. It was bedtime and I had just had it with Sadie's attitude so I had put her in her room. She was screaming at the top of her lungs while she was hitting and kicking her door. Natalie was in the other room screaming at the top of her lungs and I was just crying. And then Richard came in the front door with a look of terror on his face (apparently he could hear everything from outside). I looked at him and yelled "welcome to hell"! He immediately calmed Sadie down and took Natalie. Then he kissed me and said, "I missed you today. Is everything alright?" And since he was home it was. He has such a calming demeanor. Thank goodness!!!

Sweet Natalie

I've always said that babies have their personalities inside the womb. Natalie has been true to that. She was just so mellow in my belly. She is such a sweet little baby. She loves to sleep. She actually sleeps so much that I try to wake her up because I miss her. She sleeps very well at night also which is so nice. She looks just like Halie did except not as chubby. She weighed 5 lbs 14 oz when we left the hospital. She is tiny. She just fits right into our family. The girls all adore her. We love how our family has grown and can't imagine our lives without her.