Monday, April 14, 2008

The First Weeks

I will not deny it - having four small children is crazy. There is always something that needs to be done or someone that needs to be taken care of. With friends providing dinners the first week and my mother coming soon after we have entered this new stage slowly. I joke (kind of) about what my house is going to look like when I am home alone with all four. After a rough week or so Micah is nursing better and gaining weight. There are things that you take for granted when you have your fourth child. It never crossed my mind that there would be a nursing problem - I've done this three times before right? Well, that is just another reminder that every child is different. We wondered how Lucas would adjust to having a baby in the house. He has really done well and only tells me to put the baby down when he first wakes up from his nap. The problem we are finding is that Lucas is still two, which means he is getting into everything and looking for opportunities to cause trouble. Just yesterday I went to see what he was up to and found him in the bathroom with gel running down the side of his head. I cleaned him up and then two minutes later I found him standing on the toilet. He had dumped baby powder all over himself and the floor. What else could I do besides laugh and get my camera? After my mother leaves I think that I will have to lock Lucas in a room with me while I feed the baby!


Isn't he sweet?!
Trouble, trouble, trouble!!!!

2 comments:

bruinballer said...

Micah is a real cutie and he looks like he might be as smart as he is cute -- just like his uncle.

I think you have your hands full with Lucas but he has a face that is impossible to get mad at.

Hope they are all having fun with Nana. Take care.

Lisa said...

We sure love you guys! What a sweet baby :)

Ella was at the computer when I was reading your update, and I told her you had a baby. After trying to remember who you all were(OH! The ones that threw my toy over the fence.) She said, "Wow, four boys, that's a LOT of trouble."

There's an understatement, my one is enough trouble on his own!

Praying for all of you crazy people.