"Wow, You have your hands full!"

It seems like we can not go anywhere without 1 or 2, or 10 people telling us, "Wow, you have your hands full." Sometimes its "Four boys? Are they all yours? Are you going to try for a girl?" I even had one lady ask if Dilly and Em were twins - never had that one before. But after all the answers of yes, they are all ours and yes, we do have our hands full, and no we aren't planning on trying for a girl (plastering a fake smile on my face and holding back my big bird gang sign) I wonder if people realize that having 4 children isn't an uncommon number for a family and isn't necessarily a large family. And having all of one gender isn't all that uncommon either. Maybe we turn heads because our boys are so... what's the right word... energetic? crazy? loud? extremely cute?

So on Saturday we went to Nebraska Furniture Mart. This store is ginormous. You could put all of RC Willey in it about 6 times. So you can imagine how many times these questions were asked in the hour that we were there. But my favorite was a lady that said she had 1 girl and 2 or 3 boys, and that she would trade her girl for 10 boys. My point being, it doesn't matter how many kids you have, when you are a parent you have your hands full. Whether it be an easy or a difficult child, if you are a parent that cares you have your hands full keeping track and taking care of your child(ren) no matter how many you have.

People wonder how I do it. How do I not do it? This is my life and I love my kids and each one of them is a blessing to me. They aren't always easy to manage, but we manage because there is no other choice. We adapt to our environment and I imagine that if I didn't we would be in a whole lot of trouble.