Well, here goes nothing....

In case you were wondering what life with 5 kids is really like, well, I think this picture sums it up perfectly (isn't Dennis's look just about perfect? I'm pretty sure he's thinking "take the freaking picture Darlin'!")

So, I have tons of cute or funny things about my kids that I'd love to brag about. Pretty much that's it. Maybe no one will read it, but, well, at least I can feel better about never keeping up with the baby books right? Don't look at me like that. I can't be the only baby book slacker in the world. At least I bought them all baby books...that counts for something, doesn't it?

Alright, I'll start at the beginning...One fine day on July 23rd...oh, wait..too far back.

Lets try again :P

I met Dennis in high school when I was in 11th grade. From then on we were inseparable. We got married young (3 months after I turned 18 to be exact). 3 years later we had baby boy #1...and we shall call him 'Mini-me' (ok you know you had to read that in a cheesy Austin Powers voice...if you didn't read it again the right way!). No, we called him Spencer. 17 months later we had baby boy#2 otherwise known as Gideon (sometimes Booba, but don't tell him I told you that). Then 3 years later, baby boy #3, which was Sebastian. 2.5 years later we welcomed baby girl #1, Moira. Then 20 months later along came baby boy #4, Lincoln (aka, Shmoopie and Shmoobert, he answers to all three).

So, for those keeping score, that would be boys:4, girls:1. Here's the cliff notes version of what I just wrote:

Spencer, age 10
Gideon, age 8

Bastian, age 5

Moira, 3 in Feb

Lincoln, just turned 1.

Just keep that info handy...you'll be hearing lots about my monkeys.