yucky!

This can mean MANY things. Normally around here it is referred to the stinkiest of poopies. While I'm changing them they will tell me "yucky" like I did not know they had a "present" for me in their pants. Well today little Miss Lindsey walks over to me with something in her hand, says "yucky" and then hands me this ->
I did not know what to think. I about jumped out of my chair because you thought it was exactly what I thought it was, POOP! Stranger things have happened! I'm like great! Who stuck their hands down their pants & decided to give me this present!? I start searching for the rest of it when Camryn then showed me this ->
I think Camryn knew what I was thinking & wanted me not to worry! I'm telling you that I have never been SO happy to see a partially eaten empty CARDBOARD paper towel tube in my life!

See it is the little things that make me smile! and it sure was...

yucky!

Happy Saint "Pap Pee's" Day!

Today is the day to be on the lookout for all of those little green men & searching for their pot of gold! Oh wouldn't it be nice to actually have there be a pot of gold!? Ahhh.. We all can dream! My Aunt Pat LOVES St Patty's Day! She usually will call around & wish everyone a "Happy St Patrick's Day" but in the most perfect Irish brogue! Sometimes I do not even know it is her! She is AMAZING! IF she called us she should probably say "Happy Saint Pap Pee's Day!" since that is how we say it here in the Fulton House! LOL! They try SO hard to say things & it is SO funny what ends up coming out of their mouths! It's TOO cute! Hopefully I capture their meaning well! I might have to create a 2nd edition of their dictionary soon! hmmm. Anyhow, I hope you all have a wonderful day spent being HAPPY & with bellies FULL of Irish fare! You know the traditional things, the corned beef & cabbage, the shepards pie, the green beer, etc. Oh and you better wear green too! You know we will! SO from our family to yours, please have a...

Happy Saint "Pap Pee's" Day!

sounds

I have noticed lately that Brendan reacts very strongly to loud sounds. It is not just LOUD sounds but different sounds. Today we went to a park near a church & on the hour the bells chimed, well Brendan started to get upset. I knew it as soon as I headed towards his direction and another mom told me I think he is upset. It was those darn bells! They were not loud at all, just something he has not heard before. Maybe that is it, being exposed to something he has never heard. But then the "normal" noises he still gets upset over, ie: the vacuum, garbage truck, etc. It has only been over the past few months that I can say I have noticed his "aversion" to certain sounds. He gets all excited & even ancy when he hears an engine revving. We could be FAR away from it & he will sort of freak. If he is in his stroller he will practically climb out of it to get away from the noise. We have never exposed him to anything scary so I haven't a clue where it comes from. What would cause him to feel this way? Michael thinks that maybe his hearing is just a little sensitive. I am starting to worry about this. I mean when he was born they did any & every test on him. Other than him having a hole in his heart he has been A-OK. So what shound I do? Should I get his hearing re-tested? Is this just a phase he is going through? Basically should I be worrying about all of these...

sounds...

Our family motto...

A few months back I found this really COOL sign at our local Hallmark Gold Crown store. They seem to have the COOLEST stuff, better than a "normal" card store. Gotta love Hallmark! Anyhow, If I had the luxury of time I could spend half the afternoon just perusing the aisles in a Hallmark store. I'm always looking for that perfect card, picture frame or for what I call a "find". LOL! My love for Hallmark is sort of like my brothers affection for a Post Office but that is for another post! ha! When I looked at this sign I knew it had to go on the wall of the quads bedroom! It SO fits us! Especially the fourth line from the bottom! Funny how four always fit's into the equation with us! I love it so much that I have decided that this is going to be...



Our family motto...

Little things...

It is the little things that matter most to me. Today I was reminded of that! Why I took on this job, why I wake up at 730 am & go to bed way after 11pm. It is in the little things they do! These kids of ours bring me SO many happy moments. Each day a different child steps up to the plate to give me joy! I guess they realize how I need a little joy each day to even out the hard times! LOL! Today was Camryns day to shine! She always likes to be asked to do things for me. It is like she is older than her siblings. There are times when she will take care of things just like I would do. She will go around shutting all the doors something I always do! If we are going out she will get everyones shoes passed out. She even attempts to strap them in their car seats! Oh how I appreciate her help! She even gets everyone's sippy cups & places them where each of them sit. When we are going to eat she'll put each of their bibs on them. I am not surprised that she wants to help me it's just that today she did something EXTRA ordinary! I had to make their beds before nap time so as I worked Camryn was being "Mommy". Little did I know that while I was in their room Camryn was cleaning up. The rest of them straggled in to see what I was doing. After changing the last bed I went to clean up their plates, I should say MESS! Well, Camryn had already started taking care of that. She had picked up the food they dropped by their table. She TRIED to clean up their mess & then proceeded to take her fork and scraped their leftover food into the garbage. I could not believe what I was seeing, she was imitating what I do day in and day out! It is in these moments that I appreciate the...

Little things...

walking in my shoes...

I happen to have two different friends that have quadruplets, I know how lucky am I!? Joellen used to work with me years ago. She ended up moving away a LONG time ago but we continue to keep in contact. She too struggled to get pregnant & with medical intervention had quadruplets. She has a set of twins too but that is another story! LOL! Michael & I visited her family the summer before we got pregnant. At this point in our struggle multiples were not on our mind nor did we ever think we would have any. We just wanted one baby! Anyhow that visit with her is still etched in my memory like it was yesterday. We arrived just before she got back from grocery shopping with all 6 kids. I know, CRAZY! She had like 4 gallons of milk plus several bags of food. I was truly amazed! She has three boys & one girl, plus her twins are boys. The boys were wild! They each wanted out attention, wanted to sit by us for lunch, etc. Lunch that day was so funny. They wanted to eat something other than what was on their plates & Joellen did not budge. She told them that was their lunch and to sit down & eat! LOL! I am SO this way! ha! Being that they live up north they have a basement, this is something a native Floridian knows nothing about. Their basement was the BEST playroom ever! There was SO many toys down there for them to play with. I guess when you have that many kids you need a TON of toys! I decided right then that I wanted a basement, in Florida! hahah! I think we left their house that day in a blur thanking God that was not us! Ha Ha Ha, the joke sure was on us! Little did we know that just a year later we too would be having quadruplets! WOW! Life sure is amazing! Those who cross your path and you get to call them friend is too! Joellen & I were meant to have that connection! She is one of the first people I called when my triplets turned into Quadruplets. She calmed me down & said that life would be CRAZY but it's manageable. Her saying that was all that I needed to hear! Thank heaven for her! (= This is why I appreciate my friendship with her so much. She provides for me something that is a hot comodity around her, someone that understands all the chaos! I talk to Joellen especially when I am in need of an "experienced" quad mommy's advice. She helped me through those first few months with VALUABLE advice on what to do, how to feed them all at the SAME time & how important it was to keep to a tight schedule. That is SO important even now! We continue to chat from time to time over the phone. We have not been able to travel up to see them since that day in June of '05. But one day we will introduce our children to each other! My other compadre is Nicole, she is my "new" friend who lives about two hours S of me & her quads are 15 months old. We chat about schedules, their development & our mommy guilt quite a lot! Yes that is something we struggle with even now. It is always good to have someone to bounce ideas off that will not judge because they too feel like you. The cool part is that she lives so close. The bad part is that our schedules conflict & we never get together in person. I know, TERRIBLE! I have to work on that! I just keep telling myself that we will get together one of these days! At least for now we can give each other the support & encouragement we need. I cannot tell you how important it is to talk to another momma that is part of the same club! I value these friendships SO much! In this CRAZY life we lead I NEED more friends that have been...

walking in my shoes...

CRAZY!

I FINALLY had some free time to call Dustyn's school to check on prices for the quads to attend preschool there in the fall. Dustyn has attended there since he was their age, PLUS it is a Christian school which is VERY important to us. When she went over the fees with me & rounded everything off I just about died! She could tell by my silence that I was not expecting that! LOL! The fee for all four to attend is just over what we spent to conceive them! YIKES! Let's just say it is over $35,000. CRAZY! We are going to have to get VERY creative to find the money to cover this expense. NO, I am not about to hand out that kind of money for preschool. I just needed numbers so I know where to begin. Now I just have to work out the details, but know this, preschool is a necessity! They need the structure of a classroom, to be around other children besides a play date setting & most importantly I need the break! LOL! We were VERY fortunate to have been given a scholarship for each of them when they were born. This will help us out tremendously! The Lord definitely looked out for us. We have happy, healthy children, what more can we ask for!? My hubby would say "Winning the Lotto!" haha! As they reach each new milestone we realize exactly how expensive it is to raise them. I could never imagine having more than these 4! In this life we lead I would not change a thing, I just need to get more creative! After scholarships, the multiple child discount (For the first time a discount that has nothing to do with having multiples! ha!), etc, it is still quite EXPENSIVE! I knew that sending four children to preschool would be steep but I just had no idea exactly how steep it would be! Somehow, some way we will find the money to pay for this. For now just pondering it all makes me...

CRAZY!