I couldn't let March go by without a blog post and definitely without a picture.
Hannah loves to make Scotty laugh and "coo".
I have other pictures but if I wait till I upload them I wont ever do it. So here's an update on the last month or so. Scotty is 8 weeks tomorrow and can I just say 5 kids seems like so many more than 4? Even just sitting in the living room during FHE I feel like they've multiplied somehow. The kids have been extremely helpful. Ashton is constantly throwing away diapers and all the girls including Lucy have become great at putting the binky back in his mouth whenever they hear him cry. It's been especially gratifying to see all the older ones choose to be great helpers on a regular basis and to feel so invested in how Scotty is doing.
Since I last blogged we had a visit from my parents, David's parents (and Aunt Boo), the stomach flu that hit everyone except Hannah & I, and Scotty caught RSV. It was a miracle he was not hospitalized and his 6 week old little body managed to fight it off on his own. I don't think life will ever slow down from here and I hope it doesn't. I love these kids. I even find it humorous that Mallie is writing her name on everything she can find (ie walls and tables) because she has her redeeming moments when she yells Mommy every time I pick her up from preschool. I love that Lucy is starting to talk and always gives the blue binkies to Scotty. I love that Hannah keeps telling me she wants to grow up and be a mom just like me. I love that Ashton runs out the school doors and through the pack of kids every single day to give me a hug. I love this mothering gig so much that I can forget everything else that makes it exhausting. I love my partner in all this who came to teach part of Sunbeams with me today and got on the ground in his suit and pretended to be an egg hatching into a chic while I nursed Scotty.
I have had so many moments lately where I look around at all of us in the same room and say to myself, "this is it - this is as good as it gets!" And you know what? It absolutely is.
Originally I ended the blog post there but this picture was sent to us from a friend on our ward. The USO on post has a family game night once a month where they serve dinner and all sorts of activities for the kids. On Friday night they served breakfast for dinner there were breakfast and donuts galore and our photographer friend caught this picture of Lucy. We've taken to calling her "poncho" lately because she always seems to have food in her hands. My Dad especially will love this picture as she won him over while they were here and he'd give her pretty much anything her little heart desired and this picture captures her in all her glory. Lucy continues to be one of the easiest happiest little kids I've ever met and has adjusted to the big sister role seamlessly.
