there's 20/20 vision, 20 years, & 20 months...

I cannot believe that the babies are 20 months old TODAY! Our life is SO busy that I cannot believe in 4 short months they will be 2 years old! Oh My Goodness! TIME sure does FLY by! LIFE has been BUSY, BUSY for us! SO much stuff going on. My niece Clari turned 20 years old (I remember the day she was born!) & I will be celebrating my 20 year highschool reunion. YIKES has it been that long!? 20, 20, 20.. I just wish I had 20/20 vision to go with it! ha! The good Lord does not give you more than you can handle however at times I felt he did! I am just SO happy that they are becoming more & more self sufficient. We can actually take them places without their BIG stroller! YAY! I do not think I could EVER do the baby thing 24/7 again. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE babies I just do not want another one of my own. I will just have to wait for another 25 years when hopefully they will give us some grandchildren to spoil. That would be WONDERFUL! NO pressure just hope's & aspirations! Remember I ALWAY'S have a light at the end of my tunnel! heehee..

Let me share a little bit about each of them.

Miss Camryn is such an old soul. She understands practically EVERYTHING you say or don't say to her. It is like she just "knows" stuff before you explain it to her. Some days she can just read my mind & does what I am thinking. Like putting dirty clothes in the hamper. It is just TOO amazing for words! She LOVES to sing & dance if her sisters are dancing. She is also the little mother of the bunch. She tends to them & cares for them like she is me. VERY funny to observe. Michael says that she is MY baby. Since she still want's me ALL the time. I do not understand it completely because the rest of them do not need me as much. If there is a choice between Mommy or Daddy she wants me hands down. It bothers Daddy more than he lets on. Hopefully she will grow out of this!

Mr Brendan, our tow head. He is growing emotionally as well as physically. He is toughening up too! Those 3 sisters of his better watch out! He now take's things from them instead of the other way around. Any way you look at it living with 3 sisters is hard. We hope that when he grows up he will have a better appreciation for women having grown up with his 3 sisters! AGAIN this is my hope! Brendan is a VERY loving boy. He loves to show affection. He gives everyone kisses & hugs. He is also quite vocal. You can get him to repeat most words you throw at him. Most recently he said "Doctor" when we went in for their shots. TOO cute! He is definitely in the running for being the 1st talker of the bunch. Of the 4 of them he says the most words that you can understand. I cannot wait for the chatting to begin!

Avery, where do I begin. She is the WILD one! She love's to get into mischief & take the other 3 along with her. I cannot tell you how many times she has gotten them into "trouble". She is a leader & LOVES doing things first! She is like her mommy in that she loves an adventure. She is also our dare devil that thinks she has 9 lives. She is quite the dare devil. She is always falling down & scraping her knee. She is also very familiar with "boo boo's". She does not like the word "No". We are in for T-R-O-U-B-L-E! (= When we are all in the pool she will jump in without a second thought. Goes under the water and comes up laughing. This scares me immensely & she is the reason they will be getting swim lessons real soon. She takes care of her siblings similar to Camryn however she just does it. She will pass food along before taking some for herself just to make sure everyone got some. TOO cute!

Lindsey, well she is our joker. She LOVES to giggle & belly laugh. She can find humor in a grape falling on the floor. She take's after her twin & does her own stunts. One of which is going down the slide HEAD first. She never hesitates, she just goes full force ahead. She LOVES to dance. She hears a beat & her body moves to it. She also has this scary strut. Daddy was worried about it & had to mention it to the doctor. It reminds us of a person that hurt their back. She will be walking around & then start walking like Frankenstein. It is weird & that is her. The Dr. said there is nothing to worry about. She is just being a kid. I guess we notice things more since we have 4. Overall she is a lovie dovie who LOVES to laugh & smile. She can grin from ear to ear & is quite the ham. She loves to pose for a picture. Mommy just LOVES that! (=

We LOVE each of them for their unique personalities. They amuse me each day & I try to recapture some of it in my posts. I hope you all enjoy them too!

there's 20/20 vision, 20 years, & 20 months....

"D"....

These little people of mine have a WONDERFUL older brother Dustyn whom they affectionately nicknamed "D". They love him SO much. You have to realize that Dustyn was the only child for almost elevan years before these four little monsters came into the picture. You see we had tried to get pregnant for quite awhile & it just never happened. So once we actually got the news that we were pregnant we waited to make sure it "stuck" before telling Dustyn. PLUS we did not know how to tell him that he would not just be getting a brother or a sister. That this pregnancy was going to be different and his entire life would be turned upside down. The day finally came for us to spill the beans & tell him. We were at Grandma's, my mom's, house. We got out the words that he was going to be a BIG brother. He was excited & had a BIG smile on his face. I think this was something he needed to "grow up". Then we told him that I had FOUR babies in my belly not just one. Well, his face looked blank & his next statement was PRICELESS! He said, "All I wanted was ONE". I think about that moment when we told him to this day! Going from being the ONLY kid to one of five kids takes some adjusting. I am SO happy that out of the four he got a brother! I make a point to tell people that EVERYONE has a brother & EVERYONE has a sister. He is a GREAT big brother! Very attentive & loves them SO much! Our life is a CRAZY life and he is AWESOME in how he deals with all four of them. They look up to their older brother with love, ton's & ton's of love! He really enjoy's them but most of all I think he just love's it when they call him....

"D"....

superstars....

I wanted to make sure EACH child gets their moment in the spotlight & these two WILD women create MANY "moments" for mommy to talk about. They LOVE being the center of attention! I wonder where they get that from?! hehee! They LOVE wearing sunglasses & now own about 5 pairs! I do not even have 2 pairs!! Avery LOVES everyone but there is an extra sparkle in her eye when she sees her daddy. She will put on a show just for him. She also has music in her bones. I can be changing her diaper when she will hear a tune & start dancing ON HER BACK! She is TOO funny! Linz will try & imitate her at times & do a twirl every now & then but most of all she just LOVES the lens. She practically smiles EACH & EVERY time you point a camera in her direction. We RARELY catch her with a frown. She loves striking a pose! Can we say future model? Luckily we live in an age where we take plenty of pictures & videos to capture it all! I think that they will have a good laugh reading these posts & seeing their life in pictures/video. But mostly the blog. They are our little...

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