Following the Father

We now have 18 babies.  It's a busy house, but we still sing and laugh.  Sometimes we have to sing very loud to be heard over the din!  We now have extra hands to help out though.  The Skiles eldest son Mark arrived just tonight with his daughter, and his daughter's friend. (both are my age, 16)  He will be staying 2 weeks and the girls will be staying 6 weeks to help out.  Also on the 12th of this month an adoptive couple and their son will be coming to pick up their baby girl.  Also on the same flight an adoptive mom will be coming to stay with us for a couple months until Nya's adoption paper work is complete.  She'll help out with all the babies and get to know her's while she stays.  When the paper work is almost done her husband will join her.

I decided to keep track again of how many times I fed and changed a baby in my awake hours a couple of days ago.  My total ended up the same for each, 27 changes and 27 feedings.  It was fun to keep a taly, it made you think more about something that you do almost mindlessly after awhile.  A group picture that was taken a couple of months ago while two adoptive couples were here.  I didn't get a copy of it till recently.  I'm on the right holding a baby wrapped in a bright green blanket.