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If this doesn't make you smile...


Hope you have a great Tuesday!

Love,

Kami

Empty Nest?

Well, not quite...but we have had some recent nights where our little birds have spent the night away in other nests. You see, we have been struggling with 4 sickies and 8 ear infections which as you may know leads to many sleepless nights. I think we were a little spoiled when they started sleeping all night at 5 months and continued to do so until their first little bout of sickness in December. That was when the first ear infection struck. Since then, we have had some full nights of sleep but they have been few and far between. So...our friends and family have come to the rescue, occasionally taking a baby or two to relieve the number of times we get up at night. And there was one night...all four were away! It was a little sad as it was our first night away from all of them (or them from us as the case may be), but I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy my bed a little more that night ;) Of course, we missed them like CRAZY and couldn't wait to see them the next day!

Karoline and Meredith taking Rocco and Sloan for the night!

Nanny gets Madden!

Jagger waiting on his ride (G.G. and Big Pop)

Another night...Sloan's off to G.G.'s

Madden: "Later Momma!"

So they've been a little under the weather...nothing major, just runny noses and ear infections mainly. But it has kept them from getting their one year shots. They are 13 months old now. We have been a few times for our one year well visit and each time been sent home with more medicine. I am hopeful that our scheduled appointment for this Thursday will be the one!

It's been awhile...so what's new? Well, we officially have 4 crawlers. Yes, Rocco and Madden decided they wanted to turn one before they decided to crawl! But lookout, they are all over the place. Everytime we get in the "cage" (that's what we call the play yard in the living room), they attack you like a school of piranhas. They are now all pulling to stand, cruising and starting to take some steps with assistance. Everyday brings something new...it really is so much fun!

Our latest battle, however, is one with Miss Priss. Her bangs are starting to get in her eyes. I am a fan of headbands with flowers which she pulls right out. So then I switched to the little clip bows. For awhile there, she would wear those never acting like they bothered her. So I went and added to her bow collection and wouldn't you know it...the very next day she started pulling those out too! Any suggestions to keep bows in? We've tried distracting her while I put it in which may work for a short time but she always finds it and pulls it out! We've tried telling her how pretty it is! I've tried wearing them in my hair...cute, I know! I am definitely gonna keep trying but I may have to trim her hair in the meantime (sniff, sniff). Stay tuned to see who wins the Battle of the Bows!

This was one of those rare moments where she was distracted long enough for me to snap a picture. The bow is not even doing much but it was the best I could do!

I had to resort to the pebbles look which I'm not a huge fan of, but she doesn't know or doesn't care that it's there and it gets the job done...sort of.

Oh and today, I saw the proofs of their one year photo shoot with Cherish. I'm so excited to show them to you. We are in the process of getting the web images so that I can...can't wait!

Love,
Kami

The 1st Birthday Baa-aash!!

So the big day was a couple of weeks ago, but I couldn't go without posting pics of that special day. To us it was more than just a birthday party for Sloan, Rocco, Madden & Jagger, it was a special celebration of their first year of life. Life...because in the beginning, we were told that the chances of coming home with all four babies were not great...and coming home with four healthy babies, well even worse. We know that our God is bigger than statistics. And yes, He could have chosen to take one, two or all of our children and we would have accepted that it was part of His plan. But He didn't. He gave us four healthy babies. We want to praise Him everyday, especially this day, and give Him all the glory.

The invitation

The memorabilia table

The food table

The birthday boys' and girl's special seats

The awesome cake
(made with love by G.G.)

the party hat smash cakes

Party favors: "Thank ewe for coming!" lamb cupcakes

The party was great. We were surrounded by lots of friends and family which is exactly how we wanted to celebrate the day. Unfortunately, I think our little ones were a little unsure of all the buzz or it could have been their change in schedule, but we didn't capture too many of those million dollar smiles we see so often everyday. All four babies were very cautious when digging into their cakes which was a little surprising to me. I was expecting them to dive right in judging they way they reach for and grab at their food at home. It took a little while, but they eventually got comfortable as you will see in the pics.

One guest of honor, Madden with Grandaddy

Daddy with birthday boy, Jagger

The princess mingling...thrilled, huh?

Family Pic
(Jagger, Sloan, Madden, and Rocco)

There's a smile!

The boys with their cute hats...we were trying to get Missy Ma'am to wear hers. She wasn't having it!

This was when we were singing Happy Birthday to Jagger (yes, we sang it four times)...the look he was giving everyone was priceless!

Madden: "Are you serious?"

Jagger liked it...and yes, that is only green icing in his nose!

That's the way Sloanie. Oh and of course, she had to have a wardrobe change to eat cake!

Roc: "Yummmmm...."

Momma and cake monster, Rocco

And Look who dropped by?!? The Tubre quads and their parents, Jac and Torey. Thanks for coming guys!

Now that's alot of babies!
(Nick with Madden & Jagger, Torey with Tyger and Cullen, Jac with Emma and Abby, Me with Sloan and Rocco)

A collage of other special guests

And once the big "kids" cleared off the jump-jump, we let the babies have a turn.

Nate (our nephew), Nick and Alicia

"Yeah, so what's the big deal?"

Thanks to everyone who came and celebrated with us. Special thanks to our friend and photographer, Chad Keith, for taking these priceless pictures for us. To G.G., thanks for all of your hard work with the party....thanks for helping to make the day super special for us! We love you.

Love,
Kami

Happy 1 Year!

Wow. One year ago today....such a wonderful day that changed our lives forever. For the first time, we met four little people that we love so much and now can't even imagine our lives without them. We have been so blessed. Soon (I promise), we will post pics from our 1st birthday celebration, but today I will leave you with these.

Sloan Olivia
February 12, 2009

Sloan Olivia
February 12, 2010

Rocco Dean
February 12, 2009

Rocco Dean
February 12, 2010

Madden Jax
February 12, 2009

Madden Jax
February 12, 2010

Jagger Cole
February 12, 2009

Jagger Cole
February 12, 2010

Beautiful sweet babies.

Now...momma and daddy are off to celebrate tonight.

Have a safe weekend!
Love,
Kami

Can't Wait!

I've been quite the blogging bum lately, I know. But January for us has been full of sickies, new teeth, doctor appointments, sleepless nights, first birthday party planning, and I could go on and on. Tomorrow is finally the big birthday baa-aash! Their actual birthday is next Friday on the 12th, but we are celebrating tomorrow. As I sit here on their first birthday party eve, I can't help but get a little emotional thinking about the past year. I can remember when they were so tiny and still in the hospital all the "can't waits" we used to talk about. "I can't wait to hold my babies with no strings attached." (code for all the monitor wires, canulas, etc.) "I can't wait to bring them all home to Baton Rouge." "I can't wait til they start smiling and laughing." "I can't wait til they call me mama." "I can't wait til they lift their arms for me to pick them up." "I can't wait for their first birthday party!" Oh wow, we have come so far. And now that we are here, we have a whole new set of "can't waits." But really when it comes down to it, I can wait. I will wait. I want to wait.

Me (one year ago from today)

What a year.

Love,
Kami

Hello 2010!

We brought the new year in with a bang...well, if you call me being in bed by 9:45 a bang! It is much more of a treat to have the babies back on schedule (in bed by 7:30) and have them sleeping through the night again than to go out with my festive clutch and high heels! Besides, I would have been going out solo because the hubs went on a shotgun trip with my dad and brothers to the Capital One Bowl game in Orlando. They left on Thursday around noon and were home this morning around 3am. Oh and did I mention they drove? All for the love of those Tigers.

The game didn't end as hoped but at least they had good seats...

They even made it on TV!

So since Nick wasn't around for a New Years kiss, I had to find somebody else to take his place. It wasn't too hard.

My four New Year's kisses

Bringing in the new decade

Party like a princess!

What does 2010 have in store for us? I can't believe in just six short weeks the babies will be turning 1! And I guess we will soon find out what raising four 1-year-olds is really like. Lord help us! Oh yeah, and Sloan wants to bring the rat tail back in 2010.

Any takers? C'mon...it's cool. :)

So here's to fewer sad faces...

and more happy faces...
lots of laughs...and more bubble baths!
Love,
Kami