Stelie Designs

from my family to you and yours [if you usually get a card from me & haven't yet, don't worry, you will soon]

santa claus comes tonight. we know he will be for 4 wonderful little kids of mine. wishing you all a safe and happy holiday season. we'll be enjoying our 'smaller' christmas this year. won't be the same without you dad (he's in arizona with my brother.) we love and miss you papa.

today my mom & i got the kids dressed in their xmas outfits, staged them, then i began taking picture after picture in hopes for one photo good enough for our holiday card. i love how excited my boys are and how avery is saving adler from tipping over. while this is reality this isn't the one.

did your day go something like this... wake at 3:03 am to a crying baby stagger out of bed give her a nuk go back to bed wake at 4:07 am to same crying baby stagger out of bed give her a nuk go back to bed *wake at 4:30 am again to the same crying baby pick her up change her, repeat with brother feed them, put them to bed eyesight blurry, put self to bed within minutes different crying baby, lay him on his back (he's trying to roll) me back to bed, repeat stay up then realize he did go back to sleep, so i did too. we all wake, eat, make coffee, babies play while i work for 30 minutes shower try to work but babies cry without full attention play time, then i work like this... one baby in a wrap, one baby in my arm, while drawing on computer. once baby e tried bustin out of his wrap i called it a day (while they were awake that is.) many bouts of crying today if they weren't held or had mommys full attention. P&A arrived home and babies were happy, i guess they missed all the...