WOW!!!

Life with 3 babies is busy. Have I told you that before???? I think I have mentioned it a time or two. Not even that they're bad kids... its just that someone ALWAYS needs something. I guess thats in my description tho. Just the every day-ness of life and the demands of a 2 year old, 1 year old, and newborn keeps me on my toes and I am T-I-R-E-D at the end... scratch that... middle of the day.

Just a little look into my life right now. Mostly so that I can look back and LAUGH, cuz one day, I will. :)

Payton's diaper is leaking because its so full of pee... why can't I remember to change her??? Stetsons crying... is he hungry??

No, he just ate. Must be dirty, change the diaper and get peed on in the process.

Happy baby.

Madelynn asks to eat.

Great, forgot about breakfast again. Thanks for the reminder my dear sweet Madelynn.

Sorry for starving you.

Payton won't eat.

Breakfast option #3 for her.

Fruit snacks will sustain my children right??

RIGHT??!?!

Stetson's crying, sit down for the 2 seconds I get to spend with him during the day...

oh but wait.

I hear the words I dread to hear when I FINALLY get to sit.

"potty momma"

Put the little man down where he has to continue to wait for his bottle.

Take Madelynn potty.

Stetson cries, Payton threw a book at him (out of love, of course)

Poor Stetson is hungry and hurt.

Back to check on Madelynn.

She has unrolled half the TP.

Fantastic.

Finally back to feeding him,

But where are the girls???

Why they're in the kitchen of course, pouring out a whole bag of cereal.

Put Stetson down and go sweep up cereal.

Girls are off again, this time to the bathroom.

Flushing stuff down the toilet is fun. So is throwing mommy's make up in the toilet.

Back to feeding little man.

Drop the remote on his poor little head.

What a good momma.

Get spit up on.

Change mine and his clothes.

Lunch time. Go through the motions again:

Payton won't eat. Fruit snacks AND chicken nuggets will sustain my children right???

RIGHT?!?!

finally,

NAP TIME!!!!!!!!

I argue with myself whether to nap or shower during nap time.

Nap ALWAYS wins.

Finally, some peace and quiet. Me and Stets man nap on the couch for our only quality, un-interrupted time together during the day.

Still no shower for momma.

I stink.

Girls wake up and usually (Madelynn) wants to watch a movie.

What'll it be today???

"fwatch Crebs"= watch Incredibles

"fwatch nemo"= nemo

"fwatch toy tory"= watch toy story.

Payton continues to destroy and get into things.

LAUNDRY!!

Stetson's hungry.

Payton's dirty.

Dishes need to be done.

Madelynn has to go potty.

Will I ever get a shower???

I should probably feed myself today.

Relief

mom and sisters are home from school.

At last, a shower for momma.

Dinner time.

Bath time.

Bed time.

Some days are worse than others, this was my day today. Of course, its not everyday that the girls pour out a bag of cereal. Some days are a bit calmer than others. Some days I wanna pull all my hair out and scream. Other days I wanna sit and cuddle my babies because I know, it won't be like this for long. Some days I can mange without having Nat by my side. Other days I just wanna sit in my room and cry cuz he isn't here. Sometimes I thrive on the chaos. Other days I wanna crawl in a hole and hide until they're older. Sometime I wanna laugh, sometimes I wanna cry. But at the end of every day, I wouldn't change one thing about my life!!! I am blessed beyond measure. God has spoiled me with the life I live. I asked for it, and He gave it to me.

First Haircut!!!

I did it!! After months and months of being in denial that my baby needed a haircut, I finally got the courage up to do it. Why is it so difficult to make that first move for a haircut?? I think its because I was nervous about cutting her curls and them not coming back. So many people have told me that once they got that first haircut and cut the curls, they were gone forever. All we did was a little trim and cut the dang hair that curls right into her eye. I did not want to cut bangs on her, but I had to in order for her to function without pulling that hair out of her face every 20 seconds. Her hair was just becoming scraggely and hard to manage.

Here is a good picture of before. C-R-A-Z-Y.

(I am aware of how ridiculous this picture is. Please note the seal is still on the bottle. :)

She was really shy at first and didn't want to have anything to do with what was going on. Once she warmed up, and got a sucker she did great.

Hard to see much of anything, but all finished!!

I didin't really get an after picture because it is just about impossible to get a nice, decent picture of her smiling and being normal. So this is the best I could get.

She looks so cute! Her curls got curlier, and thats just what I wanted!! It was either gonna go one of 2 ways, she was gonna cut what needed to be cut and the weight would be lifted and the curls would go higher, or she was gonna cut it and they would just be gone forever. I'm glad the way it turned out.

Check- up #2

Wow, between birthdays in July and August, sickness and having a baby, I kinda feel like the Dr.'s office is my second home!! But sadly, that was probably the last we'll be up there. Other than my 6 week appointment. Payton had her 1 year check up this morning. It was really sad to think that was our last check-up with Dr. Wehner. I love having him as a pediatrician and I am serisouly going to miss him!! He always does everything he can to put the momma at ease and I love that. You can never be to cautious and that is the way he is. I hope we find a Dr as good as him when we get to NM.

Anyways.... her check up was great. She is ahead of the game in every aspect of life... except the bottle thing. But her and I have agreed that she can secretly have it until she graduates from high school. Just don't tell anyone.

She weighed 21.9 lbs.. which now that I think about it, that is way off because she was 23 when I took her to the Dr.'s the other day. So scratch that. We will say she weighs 23 lbs.

31 inches long,

and 18 3/4 in. noggin. Full of brains I tell ya.

she did really good with her shots and getting her blood drawn. Of course it always helps to have someone who gets the job done when it comes to these kinda things. I can't stand it when you get someone slow doing shots and it is a long drawn out process and you are just thinking COME ON!!! as you hold your screaming baby... and it always helps when they get a good vein right off the bat.

She is so big, and so smart, and so beautiful, and so sweet.

I promise my children do own clothes.

As for Madelynn, I feel like I haven't talked about her in a long time!! Another part of having 3 kids I guess. She has been doing so much better since I have been able to be up and around be her momma again. Me being on bed rest really threw her for a loop in every area of life. Her behavior was awful, her potty training was non existent and she basically just peed wherever, and whenever she wanted to. It was very frustrating for everyone. But, I think sweet little Madelynn is back and we are getting better. It really broke my heart that things were changing so much for her. Not knowing if things would get better or not was tough.

My mom has these 3 pillows and a basket of blankets in the living room and Madelynn is obsessed with them. Anywhere she goes, she takes these 3 pillows and that particular pink blanket. It is quite funny. We may end up having to take them with us when we move. :)

I attempted the un-imaginable and got up and got ready and went to church on Sunday.. even made it on time. Leaving the house definitely is not an easy task, but I did it! On my own even.

Anyways, this is the best picture I could get of the 3 kids. Can't expect much out of a 2 year old, 1 year old, and a newborn.

Check- up

**Second post of the day. Scroll down if you missed the one about Stetson's room.

Wow, having 3 kids now I feel like I can blog all day long. :) There is always something to talk about.... and I'm always late on blogging because life is flying by me a million miles an hour and 4 days after the check up, I realize I never wrote about it. Not that you are probably to worried about it, but in order to keep up with and remember all these things about all these dad gum kids, you gotta write it all down, and this is where I write.

Anyways so Stetson's little 2 week check-up went great!! He weighed 5 lbs. 12oz. So he is gaining weight like a champ!! Other than that, he checked out great! Check-ups are always the best when you don't have anything to report.

ok, is it me, or is this Nat Jr.??? I look at him all the time and am totally blown away by how much he looks just like Nat!!! or maybe I am just missing him??

All I know is he is a little nugget butt and he is a sweet, sweet little boy!!!

Another thing about having 3 kids is the pictures. I now know why after child number 1, the pictures slowly fade to less and less. I vowed never to do that, and I am trying to keep up the picture taking but It is hard. Just got a lot to juggle right now. I hope once I get used to having the 3 kids all this will be easier. Going from 2 to 3 is a million times easier than going from 1 to 2. The only thing about going to 3 is just adding to the mix and feeling like you can't contain them all. Like trying to get a picture of the 3 of them is almost remotely impossible.. and getting them all corralled to the car is a complete work out. I know a lot of this has to do with their ages, and also the fact that some of the time I am having to do it all alone, where as Nat would usually be here to help me. So its all just going to take some getting used to.

Stetson's room

We had absolutely nothing "planned" for Stetson's room. I had looked around alot and didn't find what I wanted... well, I found EXACTLY what I wanted but was not going to pay $250 for it. Not that he has a room to do yet, but when we move he will so I have been in no hurry to get his room done. A while back, I was looking through a crafty book of my sister in laws and it had a tutorial for making your own crib bumper. So that was my plan all along to attempt to make one!!! Turns out I did the stupid of all stupids and packed up my sewing machine and all my craft stuff and its all lost in the storage room. Never to be found again until we move. So I looked and looked and I settled on something, but my heart just wasn't content. Its not what I wanted for the little cowboy, and I couldn't bring myself to buy the stuff. So I had a little chat with my SIL and she said she would make the bumper for me, and a crib skirt.

I knew EXACTLY the fabric that I wanted because I have had my eyes on it since I was pregnant with Madelynn... and every time I would see it in Hobby Lobby, my heart would sink and I would think, if only I had a little boy, I would totally do his room in that. Turns out I had a girl, then another girl (not meaning that in a bad way at all) and just had to stare at the fabric and keep wishing.

The day has come my friends. I can't wait to get his room all put together!

The red horseshoe fabric is the crib skirt

I had found and bought this blanket online (another thing I had planned to make) before we had talked about her making the bumper for me. So it turned out perfect!!

I bought this lamp and re-covered it like I did with the girls' and spray painted it red. Turned out looking sooo good!!!!

There are a couple of other things I need to get for his room to be move in ready.

I hope that I don't get in trouble for saying this, but I do believe that Kinsey is in the market for making these things for people. So if your interested, or know anyone that might be let me know and I'll get you in touch with her. She does good work and is a good lady!!! She made my ever lovin' day by making this for me. THANKS KINS!!!!

Birthday Girl

Happy First Birthday to my Paytee bug!!!! Guess I can't call her my "baby" anymore... but deep down inside I think she'll always be my little baby. Even if it was only just a few short 11 months that she was. She is still the sweetest little girl. I've said it before, but she just has a sweetness about her that you have to be around her to know what I am talking about.

Payton has no exciting birth story like her sibs. She was just a good 'ol planned c-section. Which after Stetsons birth, theres nothin better than a good 'ol planned c-section. I didn't sleep a wink the night before. Nat and I got up bright and early, headed to the hospital and sat in the room for what seemed like an eternity until they came in and said it was time. Wheeled me back to the O.R... which that in itself is torture. Its freezing in there. You see all these blue people all over the place and you just know what is coming so you just feel awful!!! Excited that your fixing to meet your baby, but the before-ness is torture. The Dr. did her thing, then I heard ITS A GIRL and I was thrilled to pieces that we got another little princess. Heard that first cry and my heart melted... there is just absolutely nothing on the face of the earth than hearing that sound.

my little squishy faced girl

my most favorite picture of Payton.

We had a little celebration last night for my mom and Paytons birthdays. It was fun... but really sad for me that Nat couldn't be there. We had a great time. Payton loved her some cake.

runny nose and a saggin diaper. Doesn't get any better than this. :)

Love you Payton girl. You have brought so much joy to our family. I thank God for you every day. Can't wait to celebrate many, many more birthdays with you!!! Your beautiful, inside and out. Your daddy and I look forward to seeing the lovely little girl you are growing up to be!! Keep your strong spirit and keep slappin those boys. :)

Scrubba dub

Well, Mr. Stetsons umbilical chord thingy fell off.... so I got to give him his first bath in the big tub. He LOVED it!!! He had been a little fussy (btw... I am holding him, feeding him, and typing with both hands. I am officially talented) (sorry for that interruption) and that calmed him right down. He is starting to wake up a little bit. He like actually cries when he his hungry, rather than fuss a little and fall back asleep and I have to pry his mouth open to get him to eat. It seems like he has been here forever... yet its barely been 2 weeks. I remember feeling that way with Payton. Like what was it ever like with just 1... or 2 kids.

oh ya.....

all finished and ready for bed. I LOVE the fuzzy hair after a bath... and he actually has enough hair for me to enjoy it.

He has his 2 week appointment in the morning so we will see how he is growing. He can't fit in his preemie clothes anymore so I know he has grown a little. No doubt, he is still a tiny little guy tho.

The girls have been with their nana for a couple days and I miss them dearly. I figured our best bet at keeping them away from Stetson at all costs is to take them away from him completely. I did meet up with them this morning to take Payton to the Doctor. Madelynn seems to be getting better, but as always, Payton gets it worse... and it always turns into an ear infection. Poor baby girl, she has definitely had her fair share of ear infections in her short little life. Sure enough, she has infection in both ears.

and then there were 3.....

HOLY MOLLY!! I can't even believe it. I have 3 kids. How on earth did this come about?? (Dont answer that.) I feel like I look around and there are small children everywhere... and there all MINE!!! I am totally in denial that I have 3 kids.

The girls are both sick, and not a moment to soon. I tell ya, if there is ever a time NOT to be sick, they'll for sure be sick. We have kept them far, far away from Stetson so pray that he doesn't get sick!!!!!

I feel like I was just sitting on my bed, watching TV with Nat making this little onesie for the little man... and here he is wearing it.

I see the future in this picture: Sweet little Madelynn reading to her bubba and loving him and teaching him everything he needs to know about life... and Payton picking a fight with him. (yes, she did proceed to slap him)

Sweet Payton kisses

Beauty at its finest.

Nat came this weekend for a visit. We (I) had a wonderful time with him. Madelynn really doesn't want a whole lot to do with him and I think it just about breaks his heart. Payton is shy at first with him but she warms up. Of course Stetson is just thrilled to pieces that his daddy was here. :) Ever since the day he was born, he moves and tries to open his eyes when Nat talks to him... won't do that for anyone else but his daddy. Let me rephrase what I once said... he is gonna be a momma's boy after he gets in from workin on the truck with daddy. He is gonna come inside and want me to cook him dinner and he's gonna tell me he loves me and I am the best mom ever and then he'll wanna sit on the couch with me and watch a movie... I just know it. Nat just thinks he got himself a little buddy....

........who am I fooling.

Home

Well we are all home!! He was able to come home that next day after I blogged about it (couldn't tell you the day because I don't have a brain at the moment.) Things have been going great. All he does is sleep. He does good at night to. only wakes up every 4 hours to eat and goes right back to sleep. He is quite the easy little guy.

We got this outfit when I was pregnant with Madelynn. Cars was out big at the time... and of course, Nat being Nat, he was just as excited about the movie as a 6 year old little boy. So when we saw this outfit he just had to get it. Mater is his favorite. I thought it would be special for Nat if Stetson wore it home since he couldn't be there to take him home.

All ready to go home!

Nurse walkin us out.

ridin in the car. He was awake the whole time just lookin around... I am sure he was wondering what was going on after being stuck in the same place for days.

When we got home, the girls were sleeping so we had to wait until they woke up. I think it ended up being better that way because we got to introduce him to them one at a time.

Payton woke up first. At first she was gentle and quiet... but after she warmed up to him there was a lot of slapping and head butting (kisses). She is being sweet in her own little 1 year old way, but to a little 5 lb. baby, its a little dramatic.

Madelynn woke up and went to town being a little momma. She is absolutely in LOVE with this little boy... almost as much as me. It is so sweet. She runs up to you and says "I unna hod him" Then she manages to sit in the couch for as long as you will possibly let her holding him perfectly. She has a little grin on her face from ear to ear like she is in heaven. I couldn't ask for a better reaction from her.

Stetson "brought" the girls presents home from the hospital.

Madelynn loved it, Payton is just a little to little to even understand what was going on.

Madelynn took her little puppy out of her back pack and brought it over "for brudder"... and btw, yes he is sucking his thumb. Oh so sweet... I am thinking he is gonna be a thumb sucker. Still doesn't want a paci.

My sweet little Payton girl

He is just a little angel.

Do you ever look at at picture and see another picture of one of your other kids?? Well I do it all the time. When I look at this one,

I am reminded of this one.

I dont know if I think they look alike, or why I see this picture but it just reminds me of it.

That is Madelynn at just about the same age as Stetson.

I am doing ok. I went to the Dr. Yesterday and got my staples removed and had immediate relief!!! She said that they were really irritating my skin and pulling, which I can attest to that. Since then I have been feeling soooo much better. Other than these headaches I am having. Every day at the same time I start to get a headache. Almost feels like a migraine. Prayers are welcome!! They are taking over my life, my days, and my attitude. She said it was because I am anemic from losing so much blood. This whole ordeal has taken a toll on me physically. I stay dizzy most of the day and she said that was also from the blood loss. She also said that it will probably take a good month for all the blood to be replaced and for me to feel normal again. Not quite what I wanted to hear. I am ready to feel normal again. I just want to enjoy Stetson being a newborn and enjoy my girls but it is hard when I feel like this day in and day out.