And Babies Make Six

4 Year Old Comedy

andbabiesmakesix@gmail.com (Lynne) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 02:01:00 +0000

Kids are funny. They get funny around 2 and age 4 can be downright hilarious. Multiply that by 3 kids currently 4 in my house and call me entertained much of the time.

Here's a story from today.

We were on our way to preschool. I sometimes practice counting or do other memory things on the way to school. Today we were practicing phone numbers. We went through saying the home phone a few times, then my cell, then daddy's cell. The following conversation ensued:

John: "Mommy, I want a number. When am I going to have a number?"

Me: "Well, John. Some day you'll have a number. When you get older, you'll get a cell phone and then you'll have a number. We haven't decided when that will be yet. Maybe when you are 10 or 12."
John: "How about 10?"

Lauren: "No 12!!"

Tyler" "No!! 13!!!"

Me: [laughing at them arguing over a concept that they obviously don't get yet]

Lauren: "Mommy? Are you 12?"

Me: "No, Lauren. I'm 41."

Lauren: "I want to be 41 like you Mommy!"

John: "I want to be 65 like Daddy!"

Me: [laughing so hard my sides hurt (Daddy's about 20 years away from 65)]

John: "What's so funny?"

Me: "Daddy isn't 65 silly! He's 45!"

Tyler: "Mommy!!! Daddy's not 45! He's 46!!!"

Me: "Oh yeah! You're right Tyler."

N.e.e.d. M.o.r.e. C.o.f.f.e.e.

And now for a random picture:
Preschool Tumbling

From 2009-11-07

Halloween 2009

andbabiesmakesix@gmail.com (Lynne) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:10:00 +0000

It rained on us tonight because we went out early. I think the kids had more fun passing out candy then trick or treating. The highlight of the night was going to Austin's teacher's house. They all kept asking if we were there yet.

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Tyler, John, Lauren and Austin

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Our neighbor Pam.

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Getting cold and wet!

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Lauren's New Buddy

andbabiesmakesix@gmail.com (Lynne) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:37:00 +0000

Lauren and I went to Kentucky last weekend after mom came home from her surgery. She is doing well. Lauren helped Granddad with his "honey-do list".

From 2009_10_25

The Castle

andbabiesmakesix@gmail.com (Lynne) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:29:00 +0000

When my children get quiet it means BIG things are happening. Tonight, they cleared out the linen closet and built a castle.

Guess Where?

andbabiesmakesix@gmail.com (Lynne) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:14:00 +0000

Turn on ESPN2.

We Don't Like Bangs

andbabiesmakesix@gmail.com (Lynne) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:41:00 +0000

You would think I was talking about my daughter Lauren. No. As usual, I have another Tyler story. He came to me with safety scissors in hand and said, "Mommy, my hair was too long." (See the first row of photos.)

He apparently trimmed some of John's hair too, but I can't find the evidence (thank goodness). Clif took him to get it somewhat fixed. He kept saying, "I don't like hair on my forehead! I like it short!"

Mr. Carl fixed his hair up as best he could without going too short (see second row). This is the shortest it has ever been.

Asleep at Landing

andbabiesmakesix@gmail.com (Lynne) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:22:00 +0000

Lauren was lulled to sleep on the long taxi to the gate at Atlanta. We have landed safely and sleepily.

Intrigued by the Safety Card

andbabiesmakesix@gmail.com (Lynne) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:22:00 +0000

Tyler read the Safety Information card 3 times on the way home.

Proof that we are a little Crazy

andbabiesmakesix@gmail.com (Lynne) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 12:58:00 +0000

This was taken at the airport.

Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday!

andbabiesmakesix@gmail.com (Lynne) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:37:00 +0000

My babies are 4 and we are blessed. I'm still having trouble refraining from calling them, "the babies". I'm getting better. It is getting easier because they are all so different.

Every year we think back on this day with gratefulness. We are humbled that we were given three children on the same day. They were more tiny that any of us ever could have imagined. It took a long while to realize that we were the parents of 4 children. It has finally soaked in and we are happily busy.

It may sound crazy when you call our house. That would be because....well, it is. These three started out as helpless preemies that we had to leave in the hospital for 6 and 10 weeks. Those weeks seemed like years. Now, the last 4 years seem like weeks. The weeks are flying by and they are singing, dancing, playing sports, and fighting like every other set of siblings in the world.

Happy Birthday John!
You were baby A and now you are a funny, musical little guy with a sweet personality. You love your rock and roll and baseball and soccer and light up our days. You still have that little laid back personality with the steady progress you had when you were first born.

Every night John asks, "Mommy? Are we going to have breakfast in the morning?"

Happy Birthday Lauren!
You were baby B and now your are a sweet little baby-doll loving girl with a strong personality. You keep your brothers in line and are developing into a talkative little girl who loves to make up songs to sing to us and your baby dolls.

Lauren is up to 8 babies and would love to have several more. She has all but the 3 she picked out last night as her birthday present named.

Happy Birthday Tyler!
You were the surprise. We didn't find out about you until a week after John and Lauren. They watched you carefully the whole time. If some of those docs could see you now! You had to fight the hardest to get out of NICU and now you fight hardest on the soccer field and are asking to play football. Who would have thought you'd have the best memory of the 6 of us with all of the NICU interventions and medications!

If you need to know something you forgot, ask Tyler. That's going to come in handy as we get even busier.

So for any expectant multiple moms finding this post, take heart. Thanks to a log of prayer and all of the advances in medicine, preemies have a great chance.

From 8-16-2009

This is me a couple of hours before delivery on 9-26-05.

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John, 2lbs., 13 oz.

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Lauren, 1lb., 6 oz.

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Tyler 2lb., 3oz.

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2nd Tooth Gone

andbabiesmakesix@gmail.com (Lynne) — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:15:00 +0000

Austin pulled his second tooth tonight. It was loose and I got it almost ready and said, "Do you want to pull it?" The next thing I knew he was doing the tooth fairy dance.

Last Week Swine Flu, This Week Floods

andbabiesmakesix@gmail.com (Lynne) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:51:00 +0000

We were feeling pretty spunky this morning. We have been hibernating for about a week recoverig from the flu. We had varying symptoms, all pretty mild, but this buggar is persistent. Clif optimistically left the house for a charity golf tournament and I had all of the kids ready to go to school. The bus never showed up.

You'd think a half-way intelligent human being would try to find out why. We had no internet service, no home phone service, and no tv (thank you Comcast bundle). My next door neighbor left the house to sub at the school, so what was up with the bus?

On the way to take Austin to school my brain finally kicked in and I called a friend who told me that there was no school. Are you kidding? It's only raining. Well, having spent the last week working and taking care of sick people, I was a little out of touch. Apparently, the metro area of Atlanta has seen 10-15 inches of rain in the last day.

We have intersections flooded, buildings flooded, retaining walls collapsing and people losing their lives. One woman, only a few miles from our house. Please pray for those directly affected.

If you Twitter, the hashtag is #atlflood.

Ibuprofen- Side Effects (for parents)

andbabiesmakesix@gmail.com (Lynne) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:04:00 +0000

Tyler was confirmed with the flu this afternoon. He had a fever of 101.4, congestion and a super red throat. Four hours later and a dose of Ibuprofen and this is what you get.

John slept for 3 hours and Austin and Lauren have runny noses. Here is to a crazy week!

Off to Preschool

andbabiesmakesix@gmail.com (Lynne) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:04:00 +0000

From 2009_09_08

We are all excited about the first day of preschool this year. And, oh, what a difference a year makes. This year Austin is on the bus around 8 and they are already dressed and ready to go. Instead of rushing out the door I have an hour or so to get some work in before we leave.

Dressing Myself

andbabiesmakesix@gmail.com (Lynne) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:16:00 +0000

It's a lovely 68 degrees with a cool breeze waiting for the bus this morning. My southern born children call that 'cold'. Tyler tried to convince Austin that he too needed a hat!

Techies in Training

andbabiesmakesix@gmail.com (Lynne) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 17:21:00 +0000

They've taken over my IPod.

Weekend Fun

andbabiesmakesix@gmail.com (Lynne) — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:19:00 +0000

This is how weekends should be; busy enough to wear out the kids!

Tyler was so tired we found him sleeping in the linen closet this evening. Lauren had a 2 hour nap and was up playing after the boys fell asleep. Tyler had been playing with her for a while after John and Austin gave it up. She emerged at the top of the stairs and said that she couldn't find Tyler ANYWHERE!

I went upstairs to show her that he was on the top bunk. He wasn't there. After looking under the beds (where Daddy said that he had been hiding an hour earlier), we finally located him in the linen closet fast asleep. I wish I had a picture of that.

From 8-16-2009

Asking for a nap?

andbabiesmakesix@gmail.com (Lynne) — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 18:50:00 +0000

Austin must be exhausted! When we got in the car after soccer he cried to go home and take a nap.

Kindergarten, Here He Comes!

andbabiesmakesix@gmail.com (Lynne) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:46:00 +0000

Austin was so excited today. He was tired from the weekend, so I had to wake him up, but once he realized what day it was he ran downstairs to eat breakfast.

What a fun morning! No tears, not even from Mommy and Daddy, although Daddy admits to a lump in his throat (don't tell him I said that).

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Our Budding Journalist

andbabiesmakesix@gmail.com (Lynne) — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:05:00 +0000

This is what kindergarten orientation looks like through the eyes of the kindergartner. Austin asked me if he could take pictures today. It was so much fun watching him capture his own memories. He asked his new friends to pose and actually got me a few times. Fun stuff!

Austin's Orientation

andbabiesmakesix@gmail.com (Lynne) — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:44:00 +0000

Austin had a great time in his classroom. I helped some so he got to meet lots of his future classmates. He also had our little digital camera and took his own pictures. I'll post those later.

Shopping Exhaustion

noreply@blogger.com (Lynne) — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 22:07:00 +0000

We had a big day getting school supplies for Austin, school clothes, and back packs for the triplets to take to preschool. Clif captured this while I was at the grocery. Priceless!

Crazy Cowboy

andbabiesmakesix@gmail.com (Lynne) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:29:00 +0000

I work in the basement when our babysitter is here. John ran downstairs to tell me a "bedtime story".

Birthday Pictures

andbabiesmakesix@gmail.com (Lynne) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 00:02:00 +0000

Clif claims that I switched the candles, but I really didn't. He was just being absent minded. He is five years older. That would make him 19, right?

From 7-28-2009

Soccer

andbabiesmakesix@gmail.com (Lynne) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:24:00 +0000

Tonight is our first soccer practice. All 4 kids are playing at our church. This should be interesting.