Let me introduce you to...

My kids.  God has blessed me with 4 little boys.  And in the blessings of any child includes love (lots and lots of love), frustration, happiness, fear, pride, and fun.  Different personalities.  Different likes/dislikes.  Different ways of embracing life.  

Logan, Ben, and Ryan

Here are 3 of the 4.  Logan and Ryan are identical twins.  We acutally had a DNA test done to determine if they were identical or not because I did not believe that they were identical.  Although they look the same to everyone else, the rest of their personalities and actions are SO different.  Night and day different.  Ryan was born first, and Logan came one minute later.  (I'm saving birth stories for another post).
 Ryan is very much a protector of his brothers and is always looking out for them.  He gets his feelings hurt pretty easily and is the closest thing to a drama queen that I have.  We call him "The Over-Reactor" because EVERYTHING is a production with him.  He loves basketball.  He's actually borderline obsessed with it because he knows it makes his daddy super proud.
Logan is very much interested in himself. He doesn't quite understand that there are 5 other people living in the house.  But, he can be oh so funny.  I love, love, love to see his infectious smile (example above).  He thinks everyone should just be allowed to wear their underware everywhere instead of clothes, and if anyone makes an unexpected visit to our house, you will most likely find him in just his undies.  (Oh, who am I kidding?! We can visit a few people and he's perfectly comfortable taking his clothes off as soon as we walk in their door).
Ben...Benji...Benjamin.  Ben has been my little saving grace.  I got pregnant with Ben when the twins were 4 1/2 months old.  I could not belive I was going to have another baby immediately after having TWO at one time.  Before he was born, I was kind of a crazy, obsessive mom.  Our whole world became routine and schedules based strictly on the twins.  And then there was Ben.  He is super relaxed.  He is funny.  Everything in Ben's world is simple because that's how he sees things.  He is very much attached to his brothers and would do ANYTHING for them.  If he makes his brothers happy, he considers it a good day.   He has a little issue with small animals (especially small dogs and cats), but we're working on that.  He also has some separation anxiety, but I suppose when your whole life has involved being with your brothers, it must be difficult to do things apart from them.

Aaron

And baby makes 4.  Aaron is 7 1/2 months old.  He is the BEST baby.  I'm not just saying that because he belongs to me.  I'm saying that because he really is just a phenomenal baby.  If every baby were like him, then everyone would reporduce hundreds of times (ok, slight exaggeration).  But seriously, we brought him home from the hospital and he never cried when he woke up.  I'd wake up and he'd just be lying in his Rock 'n' Play all wide awake, not making a sound.  I would think, "How long has this baby been awake?  10 minutes?  2 hours?"  He's a ton of fun and he loves everyone.  The only issue we're having now is that his brothers cater to him...ENDLESSLY.  So he's kind of getting really needy.  Here's to hoping we can break him of this habit...


This is only 2/3 of my introductions.  My next post will be about my husband and me.  You'll get to know a little about him, our "high school sweetheart" relationship, and how I became a stay-at-home mom (HELLO?! As if that isn't obvious, right?).

(Special thanks to Allie Darr of Allison Darr Photography for the awesome fall pictures.  She's also a blogger, and one of the people who is very involved in charity work that inspired me to want to get involved.  Check out her blog at www.tableformoreblog.com)