Busy weekend & more to come

I've got my pj's on and am just about ready to hop into bed. All three girls are all tucked into their beds finally and so far so good. I hope they sleep ok, we have to get up in the morning to make another lovely doctor run. Abby is saying her ears hurt now and the way the babies are tugging on them and not sleeping I wouldn't be surprised. Kara ran a temp Friday night and the girls were up constantly Saturday and Sunday night (not to mention very little napping) So they are exhausted and I am exhausted and we have had enough.


Speaking of doctors... still haven't heard a word on Abby's test results. At least we are going in tomorrow so that I can 'bug' them about looking at those. Thankfully I've felt a little better after spending the weekend down at Tom's parents. Once I realized that a huge part of my anxiety and sadness was related to past circumstances, and I was able to talk to Tom about it, pray and cry a little.... suddenly I wasn't feeling this deep pit of grief and fear. Thankfully!

We found out that Abby, Kiley & Kara will have another cousin this coming Spring. It is exciting news even if they aren't so sure what it means yet. Someone else can have the baby that I can hold! :o)

Overall the weekend was good. We did some swimming, lots of playing and just had a good time spending the weekend together. Abby's favorite (and only so far...) cousin was there and brought along his mom and dad. They play together so well and absolutely love each other. There were a few moments of "Anything he can have I want more..." the overall opinion is that in the end... they are friends. Two is just a hard age... and sharing is a tough lesson.This coming weekend we are heading back down for the church's 125th celebration. It sounds like it could be a lot of fun... I hope the girls are all feeling better by then! I also hope it doesn't rain... we've had enough rain!

I love spending the days with my girls (even if they can stress me out sometimes) I'm really going to miss that as I start school again. Suddenly textbooks will fill up a good portion of my day. But I'm doing it as much for them as I am for myself and Tom. It will be a hard year but it will be so worth it in the end. And it won't get any easier. I try to convince myself that it will fly by and soon good things will be here to stay. But I'm still dreading school like a 6th grader....

Kiley and Kara are really chatty now. They love to spend time climbing all over me and still speak the 'raspberry love language' often. They had mashed chicken noodle soup for supper tonight and absolutely loved it. It is exciting to see how much they love to try new things. Something new for me! Baths are a much loved activity and they get so excited the moment they hear the tub start running that they flock like a herd of wild horses to the bathroom door. It is so much fun to watch them play together now too, or talk to each other from across the room in their separate cribs. They had more fun trying to eat the grass than swimming I think (above picture) But it was still fun!


Abby is slowly becoming more and more my companion and it is amazing and also a little hard to believe she is growing up. She loves to chat with people on the phone and often ends the conversation with "Thank you Grandma (or Daddy or Grandpa etc) Bye!" We are unsure of the potty training thing yet though I wonder if she is slowly starting to get that diapers are something babies have. We are having more issues with her taking them off lately.

Not the most flattering picture of Kara here... but I find it hilarious that she likes to ride in her carseat like this... like handlebars. Perhaps I'll get a better picture of it later :o)

Well I think that is it for updates :o) Hopefully I'll remember, or have time to post more later!