Time Flies

Time is just flying by. Rose and Roman still take a good solid nap, while at times it is easier to just keep Allie and AJ awake and not fight to get them to sleep and interrupt the good 3 hour nap Rosie and Romo will take. So I sit here in our bedroom contemplating folding clothes as I watch Allie and AJ take turns covering up each other and pat each other's back and I think, "wow, where has the time gone". Our youngest child will be two in September and there are no more babies. I feel as though sometimes the growing up part is worse for us because we missed a big chunk of Allie, Aj, and Romo's earlier life since Allie was 1 yr old, Romo 8 mos old, and Rosie 2 yrs old when they came into our lives. In some ways it is nice not having babies anymore so that we can do more things, for instance, we will go on our first camping trip at the end of the month or like in a few years when we can get nice things in the house and not have to determine how it will be damaged by the kids. It would be difficult and like starting all over again if we had another baby. At the sametime I feel as though I want to have another baby to do it all over again and cherish it since our situation we have now happened so fast and it was more just being in survival mode all of the time. Well I could dwell on this everyday or I could just be at peace and try to enjoy each and every moment with the kids and not try to rush to the next thing. I choose to enjoy it and want to just make their life as great as possible so that when they grow older they would have had good guidance and great childhood memories. These kids are a gift from God. There was a time when my life had no purpose and I thought I would never have children and I still can't believe we have four beautiful healthy children that are all ours and I never want to take that for granted.
In closing there is one thing I really want the kids to know: Roman had the worse diapers out of all of you, and I mean BAD! His room still smells from the one he had this morning so Roman, you owe me big time, and the other kids should make you wipe my ass the most when I need it.
So some new things Roman says, "a mess", "spongebob"
Anderson says "look Allie, you" while showing Allie a picture of herself, also "little bear"

Kids Quote

Some things Roman says at 22 months
I Got It, Sorry, Get Down, Fun, Okay, a bee daddy

In the car the other day we were listening to a Kelly Clarkson song that says "cause we belong together now..." and Alice said, "Mom, that song says, Cause we belong together now, and we all belong together too"

SPECIAL KIDS DAY

Now that we have respite care, I have been able to spend more individual time with the kids so one day last week I took the girls to the Children's Museum. They had a blast, we packed our lunch and hung out for a while. Then another day I took the boys to play at McDonald's and Roman had a Dr. appt for his follow up with his ear tubes, which that wasn't fun but he still liked it. Now I am trying to do one on one time with the kids so today I took Anderson with me to run errands. All of the kids are growing up so fast and having this one on one time with them as allowed me to be more attentive to them and notice things that I wouldn't normally such as words they are saying, things they are doing, etc. I took Anderson to the mall to have lunch, ride the carousel, and play in the kids area. It was like he was so proud and confident to just be there with me. We also went to the Sprint Store to get my phone fixed and went to the cleaners to get hangers. While at the cleaners there is a fountain outside that he got to play in and we also got to see some firemen jump into the firetruck and run off with the sirens. Anderson said something today I had never heard him say, it was "mom, hold my fries" too funny. Anderson is such a mommy's boy, did I mention that he sleeps on our floor in our bedroom every night? I love it, I love having him right there with me but I am scared that he will never grow out of it, haha! Every now and then we can convince him to sleep in the girls room but most of the time we just don't feel like fighting him and will just let him sleep with us. Following this will be pics from the girls at the museum and Aj's day with mommy today from the sprint store and the fountain.