Ever since Halloween, it feels like our family has been stuck in some sort of revolving door at the pediatrician’s office. Honestly, it IS that time of year, so it isn’t unexpected. Still, John and I have wondered if maybe our children gathered in a room one day and decided to have a secret competition over who could rack up the most copays at the doctor’s office. These visits have all been only for minor little issues like ear infections or coughs but the number of them have made the past several weeks feel a little bit like chaos. Buried in all that chaos though have been a lot of little mom ..read more

The season is changing yet again, both literally and figuratively… Gone are the days of summer and we have now made it through almost one full month of our school days. What a change! John and I now have a second grader and three kindergarteners… There were times I never thought this moment would come, but of course the world was right- it was simply one blink away all along. All in all, it feels pretty amazing. School is going well for everyone and, now that we’ve made it through these first few weeks, the glazed look in the boys’ eyes is starting to lift. We are all getting into our routine ..read more

Today, I walked alone. As I went, I thought about all of the other “walking” I’ve done over the years. Life is a journey after all. There was a time I had just one baby in one stroller. We would walk and talk about all the things we saw, the colors they were, the sounds they made… Sometimes I would even jog. I was motivated like that with my one baby in her stroller. There was so much joy in those simple moments. And then, suddenly, there were four. I would walk while wearing one baby and pushing two in the stroller. Kylie would pedal her trike or walk beside. We walked, but we didn’t make it ..read more

Years ago, Kylie decided she was going to be a “stay-at-home daughter.” I suppose it was in reference to the fact that I was a stay-at-home mom. Somehow, she figured out that it was a good idea…to just stay at home. She told us then that she didn’t plan on moving out. Ever. She even started planting these ideas in the boys’ heads about their future living arrangements. She tends to be a bit of a planner, like me, and so she told them that our house was already taken. SHE would be living here. She was gracious enough to offer Colton that he could live next door someday if he would like. Of cour ..read more

I love to look at Kylie and just randomly whisper, “Who runs the world?” Her reaction is immediate and her face full of conviction as she scrunches up her nose, pumps her fist in the air and answers in her best stage whisper, “Girls!” She is seven years old now but we’ve been doing that for years. It probably started as a way to harass John, but it doesn’t get old. Kylie Jane is a force to be reckoned with and she’s always thrived on being a “girly” girl. She loves rainbows and splashes of color (especially pink), glitter and sparkles, all things fancy, and often has her nose stuck in a book a ..read more

FIVE. They are each officially a full hand…also known as a handful… I suppose that’s nothing new really but this feels like a BIG milestone. It’s amazing how much they are growing up and how quickly they are changing before my very eyes.  Myles is one of those little gems of the world. His eyes sparkle with energy and his laughter is one of the best sounds on earth. His latest phrase has become “let’s do this day again!” He tends to find joy easily and for that I am thankful. Christmas time is one of my favorite times of the year but truthfully, as a mother, it can also be one of the mos ..read more

The time has come to update the boys’ bedroom. Actually, that time came a long time ago but I just wasn’t ready to do anything about it yet. Over four years ago, the idea of having to buy three baby cribs for them was a little bit painful but I can laugh now as we definitely got our moneys worth. I know a lot of people transition their child from cribs to toddler beds way earlier, but Kylie scarred us a little bit on that idea. She was just two years old when we foolishly tried to impress upon her that she was a “big girl” in preparation of the boys being born. Her introduction to a toddler be ..read more

To combat the onset of depression, talk of the boys’ birthday begins immediately after Christmas time in our house. We trade in the nightly singing of Christmas songs before bed for the tune of Happy Birthday and the party planning begins. With Kylie’s help, the boys easily decided that a Monster Truck birthday was the way to go this year. For Christmas, they had received a Blaze and the Monster Machines toy and we soon after discovered the show on Nickelodeon. They would squeal with delight, shriek with laughter and bounce all over the couch in their excitement watching it. The month of Janua ..read more

The air is getting cooler, leaves are falling from the trees and we are once again reaching that time of year for the tricks and treats of Halloween. It’s not typical for the thought of Halloween to give me that warm, fuzzy feeling but this year it most certainly does. The memories creep up from only four short years ago, and yet it still seems like an entire lifetime. Our friends and next door neighbors were incredibly thoughtful and had organized a diaper drive for us during the neighborhood trick-or-treating. I was quite pregnant with the triplets at the time and not inclined to walk very f ..read more

It wasn’t too long after the boys figured out how to crawl that they could pull themselves up to stand. Their world changed dramatically then, they had a whole different view point on life. Especially after they discovered that wonderful hole in the wall and the beautiful view it provided to the outside world and all its glory- the window. As the boys grew, they spent countless hours in their toy room. Of course they played with toys and read books, but they spent a significant amount of time just perched at one of the four windows staring outside watching. Just watching… Watching the world go ..read more