Having Four Kids is a Snap

On Monday, the girls had their RSV synagis/shots. Greg's mom and his great aunt Dorothy were about to go to Orlando, but they were so kind to help me at the dr. office before going to the airport. I had all four kids with me to get to the dr. dressed and ready to go before 8:30am, so this was a big help once I got there. Greg helped feed them breakfast and dressed before he went to work. To comfort one baby after shots is difficult enough, so three babies crying after shots is impossible by myself.

I decided on the "cold turkey" method of transitioning formula to milk after talking to the nurse at the pediatrician office. I also decided to do it all at once and get it over with as far as going from formula in bottles to whole milk in sippie cups. Emery is still deciding if it is worth the effort of holding her own sippie cup and isn't thrilled with the taste of whole milk. Harper was kicking her feet with joy, she was so happy to have a new sippie cup with new milk. Addison loves the new change. The girls aren't finishing their milk in sippie cups like they usually did with formula, but it takes awhile to adjust their tummies.

Valentine's Day was greeted with Addison having a low grade fever (maybe due to teething) not wanting to sleep in her bed from 12 am. Greg and I took turns with her, so we could hardly function yesterday, but we pushed through our Valentine's Day and met eachother for relaxing lunch at Olive Garden with no kids. Greg brought me a beautiful bouquet of flowers and that was a nice surprise. He had given me a scarf and although it was 71 degrees, I wore the scarf around my neck and felt the extra warmth because it was something he had picked out for me.

After lunch and running errands, I picked up Caden at ABC-123 Club, and he was so excited because he learned to snap with his fingers. He wanted to call Daddy to tell him and he held my cell phone up to his fingers so he could snap. We were all very excited since it is just one of those things that once you learn how to do, you can do it forever.

For Valentine's evening, I had booked us a couple's massage and had our nanny Beatriz watch the kids. I had given Caden a bath and put him in pajamas at 5:30. He was really wondering why he had to wear pj's since it wasn't dark yet. He didn't take a nap yesterday, so I knew he would be tired and didn't want to worry about him falliing asleep in his play cothes. All the kids were still awake when we got home, so we enjoyed playing with the girls and Caden. I was holding up a duck to Harper and was reminising and telling Beatriz that Caden's first word after mama and dada was duck. Right then, Harper said "duck" as plain as ever. I could hardly believe it and asked her to say it again, and she did so I told Greg to come upstairs and he got the camera and got it on video. It is interesting because we have noticed that Harper and Caden seem to have this special connection and now it is extra special since they share the same first word!

I suspect Addison might be getting an ear infection because she didn't sleep Wed. night and this morning she has been very fussy if I set her on the floor to play. She only wants to be held, but won't let me hold her sitting on the floor. She wants me to stand up all day with her in my arms. At least she is the lightest in weight, but it is still hard to get all I need to get done. I just made her a dr. appointment because I want the dr. to check her ears for infection before the weekend.