9 kids and 2 BFs

We had a really fun day last Thursday. My two great friends came for a visit. We went to high school together and roomed in college, too. Now when we get together, it's with 9 kids! Traci just had twin boys in May, and Charity just welcome Lukas home from Korea the first part of June. They both have little girls close to Ellayna's age also.

Anyway, it was the first time we've all been together since the expansion. It was fun having 3 babies in the house to hold. The twins look like little porcelain dolls. It's amazing to think how much they'll grow when you see my two "babies" next to them. Babies just grow up way too fast. Lukas has to be one of the cutest Asian babies I've ever seen. As long as he doesn't see his momma, I can hold him. If catches a glimpse of her, he is bucking and hollering. The 4 older kids and my two babies had fun playing in the play house and sandbox. Last week, I bought a little wash tub and washboard while visiting Amish country. The kids loved washing laundry and hanging out to dry.

Eastin, now 22 months, was the most enthralled with the babies. He was taken with them. He'd point to them, get down and look at them, want to pat them...but, for some reason Eastin was completely out of sorts. It reminded me of a toddler who just had a new sibling come home. I told him that these were not our babies, but for some reason his territory was threatened. So, my usual smiley boy turned into a whiny crying emotional little boy.

Thankfully, my mom, who deserves the best-mom/grandma-ever award, came and helped out for the afternoon. This was after she worked all morning and was probably tired, but that's my mom. She is selfless and just wanted all of us to have a good time. While we were feeding the twins and Lukas, she dished up the lunch plates for the other 6 kids. Then she stayed outside and watched the other kids play. Later, she took 5 of them (Eastin couldn't go anymore. He ended up instantly asleep in his crib.) back to her house to play and terrorize the goldfish in the fish pond. Don't worry the goldfish are used to little people trying to catch them.

This gave us a chance to have some talk time. How can hours go by so quickly? This would happen to us in college. On occasions when we didn't have class or weren't working, we'd find ourselves all at the apartment. We'd start to talk, and unknowingly hours would pass before realizing it.

It was a fun day, and we've planned our next get together. This time the guys are invited which will provide 6 extra hands to help with the kids.

*** I'll try to post some pictures tomorrow. I'm still frustrated with blogspot. I try to post pics and most of the time I have problems. The picture below is from our Outerbanks vacation in June. I tried to post other pics, but a no go.