Fun in the Frenzy

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Abbie is exploding with words. Lincoln plays a game with her in the car that I call "Abbie Say." He'll list off 50 words and she'll repeat most of them. It's so funny to hear her say words like "dinosaur" or "fluffy". Sometimes I join the game and see just how crazy we can get!

Abbie is also all about babies these days. She's always rocking her baby dolls and wrapping them in dish towels.

Lincoln is so smart and creative. I wish I could take credit for it, but it's all him. He always asking to craft and draws and creates the most bizarre things. It's so funny to ask him what I'm looking at and hearing him explain everything. He recently got into youtubers catching fish with hamster cages. So random. I'm just glad it's not "What Does the Fox Say?" on repeat...



On that note, Abbie Rae is REALLY into Bruno Mars these days. Which I can tolerate. If I turn on nursery rhymes or Baby Shark she gets mad and demands I turn on her songs. But she's also discovered Taylor Swift and, unpopular opinion, I am not a fan. SORRY, friends! ðŸĪ· But I still turn it on for her anyway. Abbie Rae asks for specific songs based on one line of the song. Her latest is "Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah" from Bruno Mars. Or "Ooh ooh oooh" from T Swizzle. You should hear our guessing games sometimes. And if I turn on the wrong song she will make it known. This girl definitely runs this house and has all of us wrapped around her tiny little finger. I am the worst at telling her no and then not following through. I really need to fix that before it becomes a major problem, but c'mon...just look at that face!



Baby Boy is doing well! I would show you a cute ultrasound of him but I've misplaced the pictures they gave me... Oops! #thirdchildproblems But he's right on track and everything looks great! We have our anatomy ultrasound in a couple weeks. It will be so fun to see him again!

Thomas is, as always, excelling at work. He recently moved into a really great position he's been wanting. It was a long road of waiting and I'm relieved it finally happened. For awhile he was working a really awful schedule and it wasn't uncommon for him to leave at 6 am and get home at 9 pm. Now we get him for dinner every day! The kids are always so excited to see him. They're always asking to check him on the map and squeal when he walks through the door. I'm chopped liver when he's around (when is honestly fine since they're velcro babies during the day ðŸĪŠ) 

Life for me consists of wiping bums, noses, bums, being the snack slave, making macaroni and cheese, and cleaning up after tiny terrors. We only have two extra friends coming over these days and there's always a level of chaos in my house. My kids are happy and have so much fun with their friends. I am very much a homebody, so having friends makes me more adventurous. We go to the zoo, Children's Museum, and even grocery shopping! That's an adventure alone. The kids are always great (and stars of the show) at the grocery store. Today I got the "ARE THEY ALL YOURS?!". I don't mind these questions. The dirty looks and negative comments can get old though. And the  "Whoa, you have your hands full!" is on repeat. I mean, I get it. I'm sure I look crazy. Four or five kids in tow. Big ol' pregnant belly in full force. I've probably already got the waddle. 

I don't really get stressed when out and about with my tiny human army and I hope I'm wearing a nice face! I often get stopped (especially in the diaper aisle ðŸĪĢ) while people "ooh" and "ahh" over the kids. As exhausting as going out and about is, it's fun for the kids and necessary for me! When we run out of goldfish, bananas, and cheese sticks it is CHAOS. The kids seriously look at me like I have two heads when I tell them we're out of something. Then they go down the list and start gnawing the walls if I don't offer them something. We've gotten desperate and resorted to slices of bread as a snack. They were happy!

Life is good. 💕

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