Jade was getting her molars when I took this photo. She was a bit fussy and just wanted to be with her Daddy. Jim did a good job getting her to sleep. I think he almost got himself to sleep too.     

One of the children was cutting up some food for Jade. Jade needed some more, so the person (who shall remain nameless because he/she feels terrible about it) left the knife on the table. Before the child returned, Jade had picked up the knife and cut the palm of her hand. It was a pretty…

I heard this horrid screeching yesterday. I couldn’t imagine what the source was, and then I discovered this: You may ask, “Who is that?” That is my sweet daughter, Jade. You also may ask, “What is she doing?” I’ll tell you. She’s screaming into a really big funnel and broadcasting her screech throughout the house…

About 2 am the other night, Jade started crying. I let her cry for a bit and then gave up. I got out of bed and got her a drink. She gulped the whole thing down so I gave her a kiss and went back to bed. The moment I laid down, she started crying…

Just had to share a Jade photo. She’s growing up so fast!    

We were enjoying a baked potato feast with lots of different toppings. Jade, however, decided to forego the potato in favor of just the black beans: Makes you just want to give her a big hug and kiss, doesn’t it?    

I was recently reminded that my youngest child often gets overlooked in the photo department. She’s very cute, but she definitely doesn’t demand attention like the older children. So far, she’s pretty mellow. But she is crawling now, so she’s going to start getting into heaps of trouble, I’m sure. Here she is in her…

Have you seen that thing that goes around the internet about multiple children? It goes something like this: First child: you boil and sterilize the pacifier Second child: you wash the pacifier under running water Third child: you wipe the pacifier off on your sleeve People are always sending me stuff like that (I can’t…

You would think that with 8 children, they would have covered it all by now. But nope, they keep coming up with new things. Out of my first seven children, I had 2 pacifier babies, 4 thumb suckers, and 1 bottom lip sucker. I wondered what Jade would do. I had hoped she’d be a…