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Well the waiting is over! Thank Heaven. Our little girl arrived on August 30th, 6 lbs. 11 oz. We are so happy to have her here. She's beautiful, and all of her brothers think so too. I knew Ben and Brendon couldn't wait to have a sister but now that she's here, they are truly obsessed. All three are such proud big brothers. It's kind of been nice because they want to help me so much with her. I can say go put Gracie's diaper in the trash and they will. That's so nice for me, although most of the time Ben is going to be at school and maybe the "new" and "fun" of helping may wear away with Brendon. Billy, I was worried about a lot because he's such a Mommy's Boy, but all is well! He loves his little sister, and likes to touch her head and point to her and say "baby" and most of all he loves to bring me her pacifier. I know it has been a little hard for him to have my hands full...literally. He's so used to me picking him up and carting him around all the time. I think I held him more than the first two boys, mainly because it was safer for him to be held by me than it was for him to be at the reaching level of his older brothers, but other than that he hasn't been the green-eyed monster I really thought he'd be. Another thing to be glad about. Blake went back to work today....sad, but he only has to work tomorrow and then he'll be back on days off!

Gracie has been a doll. At least I think she's one every morning when I'm putting her clothes on...it's been fun. My sister-in-law says I'm obsessed with putting hairbands and bows on her...well she's right, but it's been a change I think I'm entitled to. Billy is also obsessed with the hair flowers. I clipped a flower in his hair yesterday while I was getting her dressed he thought it was awesome, but mainly he just wants to play with them. I'm sure if I left him with one long enough it would end up destroyed, so after a quick minute I took the flower away and put it back in the closet...yeah I scream fest then began, but nothing a Thomas the Train movie couldn't cure.

I think tomorrow is the first real complete day of reality for me. Today is Labor Day so the kids didn't have school, so we've kind of lazed around a bit. Tomorrow Blake will be at work and the kids will be back to school...so the first morning home with both the boys going to school. I'm sure it will be fine, just a little hectic. I guess I'll see how it goes...that might end up being a whole new post! Besides one doctors appointment Gracie hasn't left the house. Tomorrow we'll have to leave at least twice just for Brendon to be dropped off and picked up from pre-school. I still can't even imagine trying to go anywhere by myself with all 4 of them (Ben will have been picked up by the bus before I leave to take Brendon to school). I think it might be disastrous even if Blake was with me. I guess I'll have to learn sometime, I remember feeling this way after I had Billy, and it has all worked out, even though it's always crazy, so maybe...no...it's a bad idea, I'm never leaving the house by myself with all of them, except to go to church, where once I get there I have family to help me! Well enough of my blabbing. All you guys care about is the pictures! That's okay.