Easter with my kids!

Last weekend was Easter and so Lindsey was in town with her family! They stayed at mom’s house and almost took up the entire upstairs.  There were kids everywhere, or at least it felt like it! Louis is much better than he was two months ago, but he still has some trouble sleeping.  So Sunday afternoon, after we got back from Uncle Chris’s house I found myself in a glider with a fussy Louis.  He is three months old and 16lbs! He’s a big boy, perfect snuggle size! He fit perfectly in the nook of my arm.  He doesn’t cry (unless the pacifier is out of his mouth) he is just….fussy.  So I have gliding in the chair singing all the songs I could think of.  Keeping a monotone voice so the inflection doesn’t excite him, I can be very animated when I sing! J

I remember having the same interaction with all my kids! Babysitting Betty in Charleston.  The first time Lindsey and Tab went out after she was born; she paid me to drive to Charleston because she didn’t trust anyone else with that sweet girl.  I was in the glider with her singing ‘I see the moon and the moon sees me’ over and over again while she cried.  Lindsey asked how she was ‘great, she did great!’

Sitting in the rocking recliner at mom and dads I held Raina and put her to sleep.  She was easy, that girl loves her sleep just like her daddy!  She was a big baby too, perfect snuggle size! I watched her as we rocked.  I studied her face, her eyelashes, her complexion, and her soft little ears! She was a beautiful baby! Just like now, you just had to put her blanket up against her face and she was half way gone!

Almost 6 years ago Trevor was that size! Each of these kids has their own little idiosyncrasies.  Trevor would sit in your lap with his pacifier with his fat little hands balled up in a fist in the palm of my hands.  I can smell the top of his head and feel his fine hair on my chin!

I remembered all these moments as I was sitting there with Louis studying all his features.  I knew I had to get them on paper (or computer) or I would quickly forget them!

Man, I love these kids.  All of them very differently, for their own little features, their own idiosyncrasies.  I wish I could quit my job and just rotate my time between all four of them.  That would be the best case scenario!  I’m happy that I’ve put into place that starting at 5 years old they will celebrate their half birthday with me! It’s hard to believe that the girls are just two years from that! I need to document more of my time with them! They do and say some of the funniest things!

Betty: (to Raina) “What’s your last name?” Raina: (to Betty) “Williams” Betty: “Oh” and then went on with their business playing with the coveted hula hoop!     

Happy Easter!