settled?

It's been a month now that the girls have been with us. I think we are as "settled" as you can be with three kids. I feel like I am learning a lot with all this. Here are a few things that I think I have learned and that I am still learning...

* bed time is beautiful for a lot of reasons...we all pray together and read a story. Makaylah names every person we can think of to pray for. It also means that Caleb and I finally have a chance to connect...I realize even more how important that time is.

* Follow-through is really important when it comes to discipline. I am still working on this one.

* Toe nails and finger nails are ALWAYS growing!

* Those same finger nails are easier to clip when there is just a little bit of peanut butter underneath them:).

* a 10 hour road trip is manageable with enough Beyonce'.

* a six year is old enough to get herselfed dressed but not old enough to find the motivation to make it happen at 7am.

* Anything is better if it gets a kiss from Mama Ashawee.

* a 4 year old can be as sassy as any adult I know...

Here are my most recent cute quotes and conversations...

"I Love daddy Caleb so much...I just want to hug him and not let him go"

Makaylah: "It's my Uncle Shoe"

Anniiyah: "No, no he all of our Uncle DREW'S"

Makaylah: "Nope, he just MY Uncle Shoe"

Anniiyah: "Ashawee, I don't like when she says that he not my Uncle too"

Makaylah: "Kourtney, is that your brother?"

Kourt: "No, this is Brandon...I am going to marry him."

Makaylah: "You going to marry your brother?"

Kourt: "He is my fiance'"

Makaylah: "Brandon is your Beyonce'?"

Anniiyah: "Dear God, Thank you for the world, thank you for all my friends, thank you for the way you care, thank you for the friends we share." (she is on a "rhyming her prayers" kick)

Makaylah (walking through the target parking lot): "Ashawee I love you...oh no, oh no...."

Ashlee: What? (looking down I notice that her pants have fallen to her ankles). I hate it when that happens!