Thankful

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She is amazing!

A Nudist in our future?

This kid refuses to wear clothes.  Yesterday she removed her diaper TEN TIMES.  I guess she figures since she was born naked...why change a good thing?

That reminds me...I'll never forget the day that Audrey found out that Olivia was going to be born without her clothes on.
Then she realized...

"She's naked right now?  In your tummy?"  

I guess it was hard to believe that my body could make a human being, but not a pair of pants.

Messes...so...many...MESSES

I've taken pictures the last few times I've come upon a baby mess.  And by 'baby' I don't mean small...I mean 'made by a baby'...

This was how I found out that Izzy could open cupboards...I ran downstairs to get something out of the freezer and heard a crash.  She pulled out a jar of nacho cheese and threw it at the tile.  Then she played in it.  How she didn't cut her hand, I'll never know.

 This is the girls' favorite past time.  Can you blame them though?  Who would play with the toys when there's a cupboard full of diapers nearby...

Or drawers full of chopsticks, towels, and cookie cutters...

**notice how saggy the drawer is...it didn't take them long to realize that an empty drawer makes a great place to sit...

 And this is how I found out that she could reach what was on the table...

And THIS is what my typical evening looks like.  I always laugh when people ask me how I do 'it all'.  I think it's funny that they think I do it all.  I don't.  Here's proof--I'm allowing you a glimpse into what my home looks like every night.  Actually, this was a tame night...it's usually worse.

 This is the mess after dinner.  I admit, sometimes I leave it like this until the morning.  I'm exhausted by 7:00pm...

Laundry on the couch, the babies locked in the cage, toys everywhere...and the TV on.

Halloween 2011

My plan for Halloween was a farm theme (actually my friend Whitney suggested it) but the older girls had other plans.  We ended up with Cleopatra and a gypsy on our farm.

We waited until the end of the night to get a picture...big mistake.  Oh, and you may have noticed that Jake is wearing eyeliner.  He dressed up Goth for work...and forgot to take off his makeup.  He looked a little...well....not straight.