March 20 2013

I finally have my own computer at home now- so now hopefully I can keep up to date on this thing.  The days have been fairly typical and busy.  I am now about 5-6 months along in my forth pregnancy.  The baby will be a girl (as far as we know)  and we have picked out the name Hannah Grace Hawkins.  I would have liked another boy but either sex is welcome in our home. I think this pregnancy will go quickly as I am too busy most of the time to even remember that I am pregnant - excluding the times where I accidently  turn on the washing/drying machine with my growing belly, or find some food stuck there.

Today was full of kids spilling food/juice all over the floor.  I don't know why but the cups never ever end up in  a standing position like they are supposed to be.  Most of our spill proof cups are no longer spill proof.  Those cups are expensive!  This morning Sarah slipped on some juice that had leaked out of a cup.  I quickly mopped it up (Abby helped using her hands) and Sarah promptly slipped again. I made her sit on a chair with a blanket until I had swept and mopped the floor.  Nathan and Sarah (mostly Sarah) also trip on the blankets and pillows from the couch that they are forever throwing on the floor.  Abby mostly gets stuck on the blankets as she crawls now.

I'm trying to think of crafts/projects to do with the kids to break up the TV watching a bit.  Its hard to find things to do with 3 kids under 3 without resulting in a giant mess after about 5 minutes.  I smile at the suggestions I find on the internet that claim to keep your toddler entertained for "hours" - the longest they can pay attention to something is about 15 minutes (usually less).  I was happy to finally have cleared off the counter enough so I could wipe it this morning (its been a few days)- I didn't want to clean up a craft mess....so no craft today.

Abby has just celebrated her first birthday.  Its hard to believe a whole year has gone by already, and yet its not.  Abby can do so many things now - she can feed herself , is starting to talk, climbs stairs and is starting to be her own person.   She is so darn cute :)