13 revisited...

Lately we have been a house full of teethers. The quads have been teething their eye teeth aka their canine teeth for quite some time. It always seems to be Camryn & Brendan that have a TERRIBLE time teething. Our pediatrician told me that these are the worst teeth to teethe. UH OH! Like I need more drama in my life! It started with Camryn spiking a fever one day & then she basically refused to eat. I have tried EVERYTHING & even gave her some icecream thinking that would make her gums feel SO much better. NOPE! She wanted no part of it! She is just one BAD teether! Now on the other hand we have Miss Linz who apparently thinks teething seems to be a piece of cake. She never gives us any trouble. She may be clingy but that is for other reasons. Having 4 children of the same age going through the same stages makes it VERY hard to keep up with. Seeing who has what tooth & when did they get it is SO hard to keep track of. I just started to write ANYTHING & EVERYTHING that happens down in my agenda. That way there is a record some place! LOL! Every few days I attempt to check for an new teeth by sticking my finger in their mouths. I know, what am I thinking? Do I WANT to get bitten!? I seem to have gotten pretty good at swooping in & checking, PLUS they seem to allow it from time to time. Well, the other day on one of my "checks" I found that Lindsey has 13 teeth. 1 more than the rest of the bunch. She never complained one iota that she had a new tooth coming through. It was just there! Funny huh!? Well, It was Dustyn who noticed that she has as many teeth as he has years. That made me realize that this moment was definitely...

13 revisited...

boo hoo moment...

The other night Michael & I decided to take our brood to the mall for dinner & some shopping. Another PLUS to this excursion was that we did not have "clean up" duty after dinner, YAY!(The little things that will make us happy! ha!). Lately Florida has been having some WEIRD weather, ok not weird, it's been down right COLD! We were not prepared & were in dire need of some cold weather clothes! We seem to have plenty of sundresses & shorts but NO long sleeve tops. So we needed to hit the stores for some sales! We actually found a few necessities that we desperately needed. Remember we live in Florida where it is suppose to be warm 365 days a year! I am a native Floridian & I LOVE the heat! LOL! The kiddos were VERY good especially since we had them out past their bedtime. On the car ride to Grandma's house we turned the radio up so they would sing, dance & mostly stay awake. There's nothing worse than waking a sleeping baby! The babies LOVED it! We were dancing in our seats & probably looked very "KOOKY" to every other car on the road! To each their own! ha! Then this song came on the radio, you know the song from "An Officer and a Gentlemen", the one Joe Cocker sings when Richard Gere carries Debra Winger out of the factory. I LOVE that song, anyhow, Brendan starts saying something & I do not quite understand him. He repeats himself a few times until I FINALLY get that he is saying "Grandpa". Once he saw that I knew what he was saying he then pointed to his heart. (I tell them ALL the time that Grandpa is in their heart). I then started paying attention to the words of the song. "Love lift us up where we belong, where the Eagles fly...". It's funny how he associated this song with Grandpa. Especially since it mentions eagles. My father LOVED eagles! He had a HUGE collection that we still have. He was letting me know that Grandpa was there! I started crying. Now some people will say that he is ONLY 2, how could he possibly know this. I truly believe my father was there in that moment. This was definitely a...

boo hoo moment...

4 Fulton's & 1 Mechtly...

Here is a photo I took of our bunch on their 2nd Birthday with their BIG cousin Lauren. Taken outside of an IHOP after they had chocolate chip pancakes, YUM! The sun was behind them yet Lauren needed her "eye goggles". Don't you LOVE it! Happy Tuesday!

"She's STUCK!"...

These are the words I thought I heard come out of Camryn's mouth the other day. I had to have her repeat herself three more times until I understood exactly what she was telling me. "She's STUCK!" & then she proceeded to take my hand and drag me into OUR bedroom. I was wondering "what" would be in our bedroom that was "stuck" & that needed MY attention. How did she ever know to use this word. hmm... Well, Lo and behold at the head of our bed was Avery half clothed stuck in what appeared to be my bra! She has had a fascination with clothes for quite some time & once she caught a glimpse of my bra she apparently HAD to put it on. Yes, she attempted to be a "big girl" and wear mommy's bra. Needless to say this was a sight to see because she was indeed stuck. Now picture this, her entire body was in the part your arm goes in! The shoulder strap behind her neck & the strap that is suppose to be under your arm was under her knees. She was not going anywhere! First I made sure she could breathe and second I grabbed my camera to capture this PRICELESS moment. Can you tell how ticked she was that she was caught!? It's a good thing that her "big" sister was on the ball & came running or else we'd still be hearing...

"She's STUCK!"...

4 times in a row!

That's how many times Lindsey has pee pee'd on the potty! Could we go for 5?!? Nope... 4 seems to be her record for now. I must say that she is definitely getting the hang of this potty training business. Speaking of business, trying to potty train four of them at the SAME time is HARD work! I feel like I am ALWAY'S in the bathroom waiting for a urine sample! I thought those days were over! LOL! They LOVE the idea of everyone sitting side by side, in their "special" potty, yes they think each potty is different just by where it sits on the floor. Sometimes they drive me crazy by how many times they switch seats & then scoot around on them across the floor. I told you this was difficult! ha! Sometimes I am caught saying "Just sit down & pee!". Terrible but it works! Then there are the days where they "pretend" to go. Do they think they can fool me? LOL! SOMETIMES they surprise me & actually do go. Then there's the flushing of it down the BIG potty, oh how they LOVE that! I just wish they would dislike the diaper more so this process would be a whole lot quicker! Now Brendan is the only one that has not peed at all on the potty. I just do not get boys! I asked Michael how he potty trained Dustyn & he said he had him pee when he did. Well, times must have changed because this boy LOVES sitting on the potty, fully clothed & then will proceed to point into his EMPTY potty saying "Pee Pee". Oh to be that cute! I NEVER thought I would be SO happy to have a child pee...

4 times in a row!

a BIG round of applause!

We have a NEW look here on the four little fultons blog site! I felt that since our kiddos are now 2 they deserve a more "grown up" looking blog. We found this WONDERFUL blog designer named Hilary through a "new" friend Gen McNulty & after MANY ?'s on my part this is our new design! I am still tweaking things but this is it. What do you think? Looks good huh! You should check out her web site. Her work is AMAZING! I am SO computer illiterate that this has been one BIG work in progress for me! She has probably received more emails from me about what I like & what I didn't like, etc. Hopefully I did not drive her CRAZY! LOL! I think the FINAL product is AWESOME! SO please join me in giving Hilary...



a BIG round of applause!

a BLAST from the past...

Today my Mom & I took the babies by Dr Denker's office, our fertility doctor, so he could see how the babies he helped create have grown. This is not a first time thing, I try to stop by & visit all of the people that have helped us along this journey. First of all the babies did not get their usual nap. They usually go down around 130pm & sleep till 430pm. Well today they sort of skipped it all together & surprised me at how well they behaved. Once we entered his office I noticed a young couple & another woman waiting in his lobby. I started to feel bad that I had my children with me & they were most likely there to get one. I SO remember what it was like when I saw other peoples babies at those low periods of our fertility struggle while I was yearning for a baby myself! After having that "moment" I look down to see that my children are jumping & dancing all over the place to the radio being played in the lobby. Uh Oh! I SO wanted to tell those women about OUR story, how I was once like them & that there is hope, to look at me now but the words could not come out. The babies were oblivious & probably just thought they were on yet another outing with Mommy & Grandma. Little did they know that this was "the guy" that came through with his promise to give me baby SO many months ago. I can still remember him telling me that as I was sitting in his office bawling my eyes out. I can get you a baby! WOW! I NEVER thought I would have a child call me "Mom". Now I have 4 of them! See what happens when you get what you wish for! hahah! I think I made out in the deal wouldn't you say? haha! I owe him a lot so taking some EXTRA time to stop by for them to see the babies is the least I can do. The babies treated him like he was Santa's brother! ha! As you can tell by the picture they were not very happy! It's been...


a BLAST from the past...