Never A Dull Moment. 2

So, one of my very best friends just gave birth to twins via c-section! Their family has grown from 4 to 6 just like that. I am so excited I can hardly stand it!! So I have been spending a lot of time with their two older boys as they have been going to doctor appointments and such, and it has been so much fun! Well yesterday another friend and I went over to the Sconyers' house to watch the older boys and pick up around the house a bit before Sonja got to come home from the hospital. The day was fun and busy. Five boys 5 years old and under and baby Lyla. My little sweet Lyla Jane has entered the "I'm going to scream every time you are not holding me stage" as she is very near 7 months...not sure about you but it's still true for me, so far each of my kids when they turn 7 months old cry ALL the time until they start crawling...so as much as I want her to stay little and still...PLEASE START CRAWLING!! Anyway Kandi and I spent the better part of the afternoon cleaning and playing and taking turns with a fussy baby on our hip...and boy am I grateful she was there because I think I would have lost it. Having a baby glued to your hip makes everything a lot harder! Well a couple hours passed and Kandi and Parker had to go get back to the Smith household. Mind you Lyla also decided she did not want to take any naps. At all. So here I am alone, with 4 well behaved boys {thank God}, 2 of them are angels and I'm not talking about mine. And one extremely tired and fussy baby girl. I managed to get 5 loads of sheets washed, dried and folded {with Kandi's help} and got dinner on the table for 4 hungry boys and myself {with a baby on my hip}. During which my eldest knocked a plant off it's stand while they were throwing balloons off the stairs...the plant still stands, but with only half a pot...to this my son says, "I'm so sorry about that!" So we eat... Lyla finally decides Joshua's crib is cozy enough and sleeps for about an hour. During this time the boys and I are reading {EXTREMELY} quietly as not to wake up the little sleeping beauty. I am tired. But not too worn out. It's been a great day and Sonja gets to come home! About 6:45 I nurse Lyla for the 7th time {she usually nurses no more than 5 times a day...} and get a few things picked up and Adam and Sonja get home!! Sonja looks amazing by the way and is already walking around!! Praise the Lord! So I proceed to get my 3 little monsters ready to go home and see Papa. Lyla in the car seat. Check. Shoes and coats on the boys. Check. All bags, purse, water bottles, sheets by the door. Check. Uh oh, Lyla starts screaming. She doesn't like to be in her car seat unless it's moving. Meanwhile trying to get the boys to the door is going slow. Imagine Elijah with both legs sticking thru the railing right above the toy bins...Ethan on his way up the stairs to mimic big brother...I tell Elijah, "Okay feet out time to go." I turn to Sonja to watch a little yellow bouncy ball barely miss her head when...CRASH!!! HUGE CRASH!! My heart is now in my stomach and I turn to hear, "I'm so sorry about that too!" While Elijah was trying to remove his feet from the stairs he uses the toy bins for leverage...well it was a little top heavy to say the least. Now there are toys all over the living room. A screaming baby. And a little Ethan, who decides to disobey standing by he door like I asked, and instead climbs up the back of the couch, only to fall straight to the ground. Now he's crying too. Adam laughs and says one word. "Meltdown." Sonja and I are laughing too, although this hurts her to do so, there was really nothing else to do at this point. Okay now that it is after 8 we are finally out the door and in the car. We actually had a very quite drive home. Praise the Lord for that! So like I have said before. Never a dull moment!