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Christmas at the Cluffs 2010

2011-01-16T21:50:00.003-07:00

Since we were going to be in California for Christmas Eve and Christmas, we celebrated Christmas with Jeremiah's family the Monday before Christmas. The kids got spoiled rotten as they always do by Jeremiah's parents and sisters. Jeremiah's parents are so very generous at Christmas and always. Here's a picture of the kids with the scooters that Aunt Cheri gave them. The kids are now 3 and 1/2. It's crazy how fast time flies. The kids went into Sunbeams today at church for their first time. They are no longer in nursery, but are now in primary!

Play date with the Davis'

2010-04-26T09:04:00.004-07:00

On March 15th, we went to my dear friend Leah's house for a play date with her cute kids. Leah has two sets of twins--all born naturally!! She has one year-old boys and four year-old girls. The kids had a great time playing in their beautiful backyard and enjoying the Davis' toys. It's so great to have a friend who totally gets the craziness and joys of raising multiples. I love Leah so much and I am so grateful for her friendship. These are some pictures of the kids having a picnic lunch outside in the Davis' yard.

Leah and me with our many children.

Addison, Weston, Brynlee, Olivia (back), Cambria, Audrey (front), Grant, Clark (highchairs)
What cute kids!!

Fun in the Backyard

2010-04-25T20:01:00.005-07:00

The kids' new favorite thing to do in the backyard is to push each other around in their Cozy Coupe. It's so cute to see them really enjoying each other and being able to play together happily. These pictures were taken on Easter, April 4th.

The boys pushing Brynlee

Brynlee pushing Addison into the picnic table. It's funny because it really is like bumper cars.

Addison pushing Brynlee

The boys pushing Brynlee

Brynlee and Addison pushing Weston

Brynlee and Weston pushing Addison

Brynlee, Addison and Weston pushing Cambria

Brynlee and Addison pushing Cambria

Brynlee and Addison pushing Cambria into the curb

Weston, Addison and Cambria pushing Brynlee

Addison and the girls pushing Weston

Grandpa and Grandma West came to visit from California

2010-04-11T20:40:00.002-07:00

It was such a great weekend because my parents came out to visit us from California. They are such wonderful people and I feel so blessed to be their daughter. They look so incredible for their age also. If you can believe it from the below pictures--my dad is 81 and my mom is 74. They are such amazing grandparents to my kids. My parents have 41 grand kids and 10 children and it always overwhelms me to think of how they did that as I struggle to be a good parent to my four. They are very special people and I love them so much. It amazes me how well my kids remembered them for not seeing them since Christmas. They remembered them right away as grandma and grandpa and freely gave them hugs and kisses. Friday night my parents took me and Jeremiah and Jeannine and John out to dinner at Texas Roadhouse to celebrate Jeremiah's birthday which is coming up very soon. It was such a fun night and we always enjoy it when my parents come in town. Before they drove back to California on Saturday they came by to say good-bye and I captured some great shots of them with my kids.

Weston, Addison, Brynlee and Cambria with grandma and grandpa in our backyard

My mom with my kids--isn't she beautiful?! My mom is my shining example. I hope to be the kind of person she is one day. I love her so much!

My dad with my kids--I love my dad so much. He is such a kind, loving, cheerful and patient man! People always tell me that I look a lot like him. What a compliment because he is so handsome!

Freestone Park again, but with Daddy

2010-04-04T12:28:00.004-07:00

On Saturday March 6th, Jeremiah and I took the kids to Freestone Park to ride on the cute little train they have there, play on the playground, watch the ducks and have a picnic. It's so rare to have Jeremiah home on a Saturday morning, so since he was, we took advantage of doing something fun with the kids. Jeremiah has been working so hard lately including Saturdays on all of the home he's flipping. I appreciate all the long hours he's putting in to provide for our family, but it's sure nice to have him around! We had a wonderful time and the kids had a blast! The weather right now is just perfect. You've got to love springtime in Arizona.

Weston, Brynlee and Cambria had fun climbing on the little coin-operated carousel.

Cambria and Brynlee

Their little faces looked so cute as they rode on a carousel for the first time.

Weston

Cambria

Weston enjoyed "driving" this old Chevy with Addison on the hood.

Look at Brynlee's happy face! I just love her little dimples!

Addison was having the time of his life!

Isn't Addison just the most handsome little boy?! He loves to swing.

Cambria enjoying the swing.

Daddy with Addison

What handsome boys!

Cambria

The kids are getting so big. They're learning to climb up ladders and chains to get up on play structures. It amazes me how fast time has flown by. They're almost 3!

Picnic time

Weston, Mommy and Addison on the train

Brynlee, Daddy and Cambria on the train

Fun at Freestone Park

2010-03-28T16:14:00.004-07:00

On Wednesday March 3rd I decided to be spontaneous. I felt bored of our same routine, so with Maria's help I got all of the kids ready and loaded the car and went to spend the morning at Freestone Park and then afterwards we went to McDonalds for lunch and the kids had a grand time playing in the play area. It is really getting so fun with these little kids because going places with them is more doable now. It's nice to have them getting to the age where they really enjoy doing all these fun things. Freestone is such a beautiful park. We went to two different playgrounds there and the kids loved watching the ducks. At McDonalds the kids loved eating French fries and chicken nuggets. It's fun that we're doing more stuff that kids that are born one at a time do. I'm so incredibly grateful to have Maria's help. Without her, I wouldn't be able to go many places safely with these four little munchkins.
It was a very fun day!!

Every time I would give Addison a push on the swings he would just giggle with joy!

Cute Weston enjoying the swing

Cambria being pushed by Maria on the swing

Maria took a picture of me with the kids running through the field.

Brynlee standing by the play structure. She's been going through a stage lately where she's very frightened to try new things or is very shy in new places. This was one of those days for her.

Action shot of Cambria going down the bumpy slide

I love Weston's little smile to himself as he went down the tunnel slide

Look at cute Addison with the static in his hair

Here's Addison before he went down the slide

Grandma and Uncle Ray's Birthday Party

2010-03-23T20:59:00.005-07:00

On March 7th Jeremiah's family got together at our house to celebrate Grandma Cluff and Ray's birthdays. Ray is Jeremiah's brother-in-law and the kids now call him Uncle Ray after much practice with Ray having them repeat his name. Our kids absolutely have a blast with Uncle Ray. He's a great play structure for the kids to play on. This post is just a collection of some cute pictures of the kids from that night.

Mommy and Weston...I just love this rough and tumble little boy!

I just love my sweet little Brynlee!

Addison had fun playing with the tissue paper from the gifts.

I just bought the boys some new baseball hats and I love it how Addison put his on backwards just how Daddy wears his baseball hats. I love my handsome, sweet Addison!

Here's Brynlee and Cambria with their biggest fan--Grandma. I'm so grateful to my in-laws, Paul and Rochelle, for all the love they show my children.

I just bought these shirts at Old Navy and I just cracked up when I saw the year 1994 on the back of their shirts like this was so long ago. That was the year I graduated from high school. I am getting old!

I love this pictures of Addison just chilling in Ray's b-day present. That's Uncle Ray in the background.

Ah....sister love.

These are just some sweet shots of the gang all together in their new clothes. It amazes me how much joy these four little people have brought to my life. I feel so lucky to be their mommy.

Weston, Brynlee, Cambria and Addison

Weston and Addison with their Aunt Cheri

Our Little Lady--Miss Cambria

2010-03-23T19:46:00.002-07:00

Our sweet Cambria is getting so fun and grown up these days. I can't believe how much she's talking and what a cute little lady she's becoming. I feel so blessed to be her mommy. Cambria makes life so fun and truly brings me so much joy. She is constantly making me laugh with the cute things she does and says. Tonight while Jeremiah and I were getting the kids ready for bed, we looked over and Cambria was riding on our two little rocking horses side-by-side at the same time. While we were saying family prayers, she climbed on my back and then after prayers I crawled around with her on my back and pretended that I was a horse. When horsey time was over I made a snoring sound and said that I was tired. She patted my face and said "you okay" and put her pointer finger to her lips and said "shhh." She must have thought I was sad or something. Cambria loves to brush our hair and run her fingers through her daddy's hair. He loves it when she does that. Cambria is very polite. Often when I bring her milk in the morning to her crib she says "Thank you mommy." Those words just warm my heart. She gives the best hugs and kisses and says "I love you mommy." It's so cute to see the kids expressing their feelings of love verbally more and more. Cambria's favorite words are "What are you doing mommy?" It's so cute to see her trying to instigate a conversation with me and Jeremiah. After I've answered her question she'll tell me what she's doing and so I've learned to ask her the same question back so she can tell me what she's doing also. She loves to clean up using a rag and her new thing is when she's sees that we're done eating our food, she loves to carry our plates to the sink. I'm amazed at how aware and thoughtful she is of other people's needs. She's is just such a happy, sweet, little girl.

The scene below is quite common around here. Cambria loves to put on my high heels and I swear she walks better in heels than I do and I'm 30 years older than she is. She really is just a natural at being a cute little lady. She found my baseball hat and put that on too. Later I found Weston trying to walk around in those same heels. He wasn't quite as good at it as Cambria, which is a good thing.

Isn't she a cutie!!

The girls went to their first b-day party at Chuck E. Cheese!

2010-03-14T21:22:00.005-07:00

Cambria and Brynlee were invited to their first birthday party. My friend Tawna's daughter celebrated her 3rd birthday at Chuck E. Cheese on February 27th and it was the girls first time to go there. They had a grand time. Brynlee was a bit overwhelmed by all the noises and lights from all the games, but Cambria adjusted quickly and used most of the tokens on the games because Brynlee was not interested. Brynlee's favorite part was of course the cake and having her own big cup of fruit punch. It was a very fun, new experience for the girls and it was very enjoyable for me to have some time with just my sweet girls. I think Cambria really enjoyed looking at the birthday cake with all the princesses on it. I'm amazed how she already knows about princesses and I don't even remember teaching her about them. The other morning when I was getting her ready for church and I put on her a pretty pink tutu skirt that she had never worn before, she looked at me and said, "Mommy, I'm a princess." It was the most adorable thing!
Here's Brynlee wearing the blue frosting all over her face. She was in heaven!

What a sweet picture of Cambria enjoying her cake! That is a moment of sheer joy.

Have you ever seen two little girls so happy to be eating cake?

The Kids Climbing the Tree

2010-03-14T20:46:00.003-07:00

It's been a beautiful winter with lots of sunshine mixed with some very rainy days. I just love rainy days! On February 16th, I ventured out into the neighborhood with the kids to let them ride their tricycles. Only Weston has totally figured out how to ride his. My neighbors from across the street came to visit with us. I got talking to them and then noticed that Weston was up in our little tree in our front yard. He is my child that is always discovering new things and getting into lots of trouble and messes. Of course he'd be the one to figure out how to climb a tree first! He's such a smart and curious little boy! The other kids had fun following his lead. This little tree almost died after it fell over after a big storm several years ago, but Jeremiah kept working with it and now it's the perfect little tree for the kids to climb.

Addison isn't as strong as Weston, but he worked so hard to get himself up in that tree.

Brynlee got herself up in the tree and Weston had fun swinging from one of the branches.

Here's monkey man (Weston) himself up in the tree. Isn't he cute? Ever since he was little Jeremiah has called him monkey man because he had pj's with monkeys on the feet and he sure has lived up to his name.

Cambria enjoying the little tree.

Our first visit to the Arizona Museum for Youth

2010-03-03T14:17:00.004-07:00

On Saturday, February 20th, Jeremiah and I took the kids to the Arizona Museum for Youth! It was the most amazing place and just a perfect place for the kids to play. I look forward to going back there sometime with the kids. They had such a blast!

Here's Weston and Brynlee cooking up some yummy food in the kitchen.

Addison with an apple

Cambria with a carrot, checking out the pineapple

I just loved seeing Weston in an apron just his size!

Here's Brynlee enjoying the little kitchen

I love these pictures of the kids in the little Jeep they had at the museum!

Brynlee, Addison, Weston and Cambria---what adorable kids!

When Life Gives You Lemons...

2010-02-23T22:48:00.005-07:00

On Tuesday the kids had a blast picking all of the lemons off of our little tree. They loved squeezing the lemons and we ended up with about 3 gallons of lemon juice.

Happy Valentine's Day!

2010-02-15T19:45:00.003-07:00

These pictures were taken on the 23rd of December on one of our many walks around our neighborhood. We had a very nice Valentine's Day weekend. Poor Jeremiah came down with a horrible case of strep throat last Wednesday morning, but he felt much better by Saturday. I've never seen him that sick our whole married life. I'm so glad to see him not suffering any more. I've never had strep throat and thank goodness the kids and I didn't get it. The doctor told Jeremiah to stay away from us until the antibiotics kicked in because strep is extremely contagious.
On Saturday while Jeremiah worked on the houses he's flipping, I felt courageous and I let the kids help me make Valentine sugar cookies for daddy. They loved stirring the dough and putting the heart shaped cookie cutters in the dough. It was a little crazy, but we did it and the cookies turned out yummy. I let the kids put sprinkles on one frosted cookie each. Their favorite part was of course eating the cookies. Afterward the kids had fun coloring on the Valentine's I made for them to give to Daddy.
Jeremiah's sweet parents watched the kids for us while Jeremiah and I enjoyed a delicious Italian dinner at a restaurant that I'd never been to--Anzio's Landing. It's a restaurant next to a little landing strip. I was so impressed with Jeremiah for picking out such a romantic and unique place to eat for Valentine's Day. It was beautiful to watch the little planes taking off and landing while enjoying the sunset as we ate and visited. I love you hon and I'm so glad that you're my Valentine for life.

Christmas Memories 2009

2010-02-12T15:08:00.016-07:00

Here are some pictures of our month of December and all the fun Christmas memories we made this last year:

The kids had a great time "helping" daddy put the Christmas lights on our house this year.

The kids were very interested in the whole process of picking out our Christmas tree.

After decorating our Christmas tree, the kids were no longer happy campers. Doesn't this picture show "Love at Home"?:)

This is a picture of our decorated Christmas tree--it never looked that good again even though we put our corral up around it. The kids were just too tempted by it to stay away from all of those ornaments.

Weston loved helping with the ornaments

Daddy was in charge of giving the kids the ornaments and the kids handed the ornaments to me to put on our tree. It's fun that they're getting older and that they can help more with things.

I had to get some pictures of the kiddos after church in their Christmas outfits. They are just such cute kids!!

I love this picture of Brynlee and Addison hugging.

So sweet--the brothers hugging each other!

Addison, Brynlee, Cambria and Weston with their handsome daddy

Cambria with her daddy

Sweet Cambria

Handsome little Weston

Adorable Addison--look at that awful bruise on his forehead. Poor kid!

Cute Brynlee with her mommy

Here's Jeremiah and me before attending our ward Christmas party. It's so rare to have a picture of just the two of us together.

Every year Jeremiah's parents host a Christmas party at their home where Santa comes and all the kids get to sit on his lap to tell him what they want for Christmas. Santa brought each of the kids a fun present that night. The girls got dolls and boys got cars at the party.

Here's our family with Santa

Here's Cambria on Santa's lap. She cried the whole time and didn't want to have anything to do with Santa.

We couldn't even get Addison to sit down on Santa's lap. He just kept standing up on Santa's lap and pushing away. I guess they're just too young to appreciate Santa.
(Refer to the picture at the top of this post)

Weston just sat there, but never looked at Santa. He was more interested in the yummy cookies that grandma had made.

Brynlee was absolutely horrified by Santa and did not want to let go of her cookie.

One night we went to see the lights at the Mesa Temple with my sister Jeannine and her family. It was beautiful and the kids absolutely loved all the lights.

I love this picture of my kids with their cousins.

Our little family

On Christmas Eve we had Jeremiah's parents over for dinner and we read the nativity story from the Bible together. I borrowed some cute puppets from my sister to share the story with the kids. As you can tell, it was pretty much chaos, but we're trying to teach them from a young age about the most important things in life.
I love this picture of Jeremiah and his dad with puppets on their hands.

After we read the nativity story together we gave the kids their Christmas pajamas to put on. Here are some pictures of them in their cute new pjs.

Cambria

Brynlee

Weston

Addison-what a sweet smile he has!

I love that smile! Cutie-pie Weston

The kids enjoyed climbing on the big box we received from aunt Cheri with our Christmas present in it.

Christmas morning after Santa came to our home

Christmas evening after the kids had fun with their toys

The day after Christmas Maria came to help us with the kids while Jeremiah and I packed to travel to California. The girls wanted to put their stockings on their feet like socks. I just love this picture of them!

Our Christmas tree on the morning of Christmas

Our Christmas tree in the evening on Christmas day after the kids had a blast putting the pom pom strings from the pom poms they got from Santa all over the ground and all over in the tree. Too funny!

The gifts that Santa brought the girls

The gifts that Santa brought the boys

The day after Christmas we got all packed up and drove out to my parents house in California. It's always a highlight of our year to spend the week at my parents house with my 9 brothers and sisters and their wives and children. My parents now have 41 grandchildren and it's always so much fun to be together for the week after Christmas and to have all the grandkids to have time with their cousins. My kids had such a great time with all of their cousins, aunts and uncles and with grandma and grandpa West.

Addison loved snuggling with his cousin Alex

Brynlee loved being the center of attention with all of the older cousins

I love this action photo of Weston and Brynlee being thrown in the air by their older cousins. They had the time of their lives with all of those big kids.

Cambria had a great time reading to her cousins and aunt Julie.

All that fun at grandma and grandpa's house had Addison very tuckered out. What a sweet shot of him resting with daddy.

We had a wonderful week in California and drove home a few days after New Year's.

The Kids are Finally Healthy!

2010-01-31T21:28:00.001-07:00

After a month of illness, the kids are finally healthy. It's so great to have them back to their normal selves. These little kids are growing up so fast and are getting so smart and at times sassy! When the kids were younger I used to tell my sister Jeannine how I couldn't ever imagine getting really angry with my kids or that anything they did would ever bother me because they used to be so sweet all the time. She assured me that the time would come. How sad that they have to grow up and turn into little people with strong emotions at times. No it's not sad, it's good, but hard to deal with four little people at once with strong emotions and learning that they can be naughty if they want to. Cambria, Addison, Weston and Brynlee really are great little kids, but time-outs are a common occurrence around here. Especially with my cute Brynlee and cuddly Weston. These two truly try my patience. Not that Addison and Cambria are perfect--they're not. They also get time outs, but Brynlee and Weston are my more high strung children and more prone to anger. However, Addison and Cambria are more prone to whining. So, they all have their great parts and more trying parts. It's so interesting how I have two of each personality type. Addison and Cambria are more laid back.

One day this month, Maria and I took the kids on a walk on the canal to feed the ducks. It was their first time to do this! They absolutely loved it!

Last night as the kids were being put to bed I took some cute shots of them.

Here's my cute Weston in his crib tent with his stethoscope on. Weston is my rough and tumble little boy who can be so sweet and cuddly one moment and then angry and into all sorts of trouble the next. Weston has the cutest and loudest voice. He and I went to Walmart this week and everything he saw that he recognized, he would yell it out for the whole store to hear. We're working on the inside voice thing. Weston knows his colors really well. I love this shot of him with his doctor gear on because it reminds me of my brother Stephen. My mom told me that Stephen was just like Weston when he was little and now Stephen is just the nicest guy. That gives me hope that my rough little guy can turn out like his uncle Stephen who's a plastic surgeon. I could imagine Weston with a career where he gets to take things apart and put them back together like a surgeon does. Right now he's especially good at the taking things apart part.

Here's my handsome, sweet Addison in his crib. Addison is just such an easy-going little kid. He is definitely learning though to ignore our requests for him to come to us to get ready for bed. It seems like Addison has a body made of rubber. He is a little gymnast and is very tough on his own body. He's talking so much these days, but it's so hard to understand some of his words. Addison loves to make the sign for "cold" from the Signing Time videos to make us laugh. Addison also knows his colors really well. This week was my sister Jeannine's B-day and I took Addison with me to bring her breakfast. He probably said "Aunt Nini" about 50 times as we drove there and when he saw her at church he said her name many times also. He loves to say "An Nini".

Here's my skinny, sweet and sassy Brynlee before bed. Brynlee is such a sweet little cuddler. She wants me to constantly hold her and says often "hold you". It's very endearing, but tough when I have three other kids to tend to. I've always said that Brynlee has the toughest time being a quadruplet. Brynlee loves to sing and speaks so well and remembers the words to many songs. It's so cute to hear her singing in her crib many songs. Some of her favorite songs are: the Barny "I Love You" song, "It's More Fun to Share" and "Nap Time" from Yo Gabba Gabba, the colors song, the clean up song, etc. She just loves to sing and has such a good memory. Brynlee is a very smart girl! Unfortunately, one of her favorite things to say right now is "no" and "I don't want it". She's definitely learning to show us that she has her free agency.

Here's Cambria reading her books before bed. Cambria is my sweet and caring little girl. She definitely is learning to whine and learning to ignore us when we request her help. She's probably tired of always helping everyone because it's so a part of her personality. Cambria is talking a lot these days and is constantly trying to have a conversation with us by asking us the questions "What are you doing now?" or "What happened?" and she always uses our names when she asks us those questions. It is so adorable! During church yesterday it was so cute because she was feeding Addison her Cheerios. Her generosity amazes me at her age.

The kids continue to be sick, but they're sure cute!

2010-01-25T14:56:00.005-07:00

The kiddos are still sick and it almost seems like they're getting worse! Addison threw up Friday during his nap after a coughing fit and then threw up again Sunday during his nap and Cambria threw up after she went to bed from coughing so much. I know doctors tell you not to until they're 6, but my sister suggested giving them 1/2 teaspoon Dimetapp. I've also tried homemade cough syrup--1/2 - 1 teaspoon corn syrup and my nanny suggested honey mixed with oil. We've also given them warm juice, ran the cool mist humidifiers in their rooms, put Mentholatum under their noses and on their chests and put nasal decongestant drops in their noses and suctioned them out. Who knows what will take away their awful coughs and congested noses. It's been pretty rough. I feel so bad for them. I wish I could figure out how to get them better so that life around here could get back to normal and the kids wouldn't have to suffer anymore.

However, we've had some cute moments with the kids. Yesterday before the kids went to bed, Jeremiah and I found Weston sitting in the dolly's stroller and Brynlee and Addison were taking turns pushing him around the house. It was so adorable!!

On Saturday Jeremiah took all four kids on a walk around the neighborhood. He is such a great daddy. The leashes help very much when we take out all four by ourselves which rarely happens. I always thought leashes were cruel until I had quadruplets. They are the best invention ever because the kids have the freedom to explore a little and we don't have to worry about them running into the street. At Target Eddie Bauer makes some with monkeys and puppies the kids wear on their backs like backpacks. My kids love their leashes. They call them their backpacks.

Weston in the dolly stroller. The camera was set on the night setting, but I thought this picture was sweet with his big smile and his big, beautiful eyes.

Brynlee, Addison, Weston and Cambria on a walk with Daddy
Aren't they the cutest?! (even the daddy:))

Four Sick Two and a half Year olds are no fun!

2010-01-17T20:00:00.009-07:00

Addison and Weston in the fall leaves--I love this shot of their profiles!

It's been a tough couple of weeks with the kids. We went to my parents' house in California for the week after Christmas and had a wonderful time, but the kiddos came home with a cold. It's just so hard when all four of them are sick. Jeremiah and I honestly thought we might lose our minds with the kids today. So much whining and wanting to be held constantly wears me out. Well, thanks to our dear little Weston, we spent lots of money to take our kids into the doctor

Friday night because he was inconsolable. Our pediatrician has hours at night. Well, all the doctor could tell us was they have a cold. I already knew that!! Oh well!! It's good to know that it's not anything more serious, but just sad that we spent all that money to have all four kids checked out to find out something we already knew!! Well, the one good thing is that doctor said that they are definitely on the tail end of their colds.

On Saturday morning we took the kids on a bike-ride to grandma and grandpa Cluff's house. The kids had a great time playing in the fall leaves, picking and throwing oranges, playing on the swing-set, petting the horses, chasing some roosters and just being with grandma and grandpa. These are some pictures of some fun moments yesterday at grandma and grandpa's house. Good thing I have these pictures to remember how good they were yesterday to erase a very challenging day with the kids today!

Weston climbing up the ladder on the swing-set

Addison getting ready to swing

Cambria loving the swing

Addison, Cambria and Brynlee playing with the oranges

Brynlee getting ready to catch an orange. She can actually catch balls now!

Addison in the fall leaves

Cambria, me, Addison, Weston, Jeremiah and Brynlee on grandma and grandpa's swinging cot

Brynlee and Weston enjoying the horse

Weston and Cambria

Cambria actually gave the horse a kiss --yuck!

Weston, Brynlee, Addison and Cambria checking out the friendly horses

Me and Jeremiah and the kiddos before we rode home

Happy New Year Everyone!!

2010-01-10T19:25:00.003-07:00

Addison, Cambria, Weston & Brynlee

This is the picture we put on our Christmas card for 2009. This picture was taken in August of 2009 when the kids were 2 years old and 2 months old. Now they are over 2 and 1/2 years old!! The following is the letter we sent out with our Christmas card.

The Cluff Chronicles

2009

Dear Family and Friends,

We hope that this letter finds all of you healthy and happy at this beautiful season of the year.

2009 has been a good year for us despite all the issues that have faced our country.

Jeremiah continues to work with Belmont Homes and serves as an Elder's Quorum teacher in our ward. In his spare time he loves to read, watch movies and sports and play with our kids.

Jayne's life continues to revolve around her four 2-1/2 year-olds and serves in the young women's program in our ward. In her spare time she enjoys napping, listening to political talk radio, exercising, visiting with friends and reading.

Cambria continues in her motherly ways. She's very thoughtful of others and is very sensitive to the needs of her siblings. In her spare time she enjoys looking at books, being tickled, playing with jewelry, coloring, playing with puzzles, cuddling with mommy and daddy and cleaning up messes (and we never even taught her to do that!).

Addison continues to be our mellow fellow that is talking a lot these days, but we can't always decipher what he's saying. It sounds like a mix between English and Chinese, but it is just so cute to see him with that serious face trying to tell us so much. In his spare time he loves using his Gumby body to jump off couches on his head, doing headstands, playing chase with Brynlee, singing, looking at books, swinging, playing with the shape sorter and stacking blocks.

Weston continues to be a magnet to all types of trouble and messes. Anytime it's quiet in our house and Weston is nowhere to be seen, we know we're in for a scary surprise. In his spare time he loves giving great big bear hugs and kisses, exploring everything, eating dirt, wrestling with Addison, looking at books, playing with cars, playing in the backyard and climbing up on things.

Brynlee continues to be our sweet and strong-willed little girl. She is talking up a storm these days and is just so expressive with her voice and facial expressions. She's already counting to ten while skipping the number 7 every time. In her spare time she enjoys watching "Barney" (she loves to sing the "I love you" song from these movies), looking at books, talking, dancing, going on wagon rides to play at the park and playing chase with Addison.

We are so grateful for the many blessings that we have in our lives because of our Savior, Jesus Christ. We consider each of you a great blessing in our lives and we wish you all a Merry Christmas and much health and happiness in 2010.

Love,

Jeremiah, Jayne, Cambria, Addison, Weston and Brynlee Cluff

The Tremendous Twos are Here!!

2009-06-24T13:53:00.025-07:00

This is how we all feel at the end of a day. Life with four two year olds is fun and very tiring.

Brynlee, Addison, Weston and Cambria have turned two years old! We had a fun birthday party for them on their big day--June 6th!! I can't believe that they are already two, but they are definitely showing that they are two. Sweet, fun-loving, busy, tantruming, messy and into everything these days. I thought that in this post I would give many examples of them showing that they are two! I don't want to call this age the terrible twos because it's really not terrible, it's just tremendous! Tremendously fun, exhausting, messy and busy!

When you have four kids the same age it gets pretty crazy because what one kid thinks of the others copy. They've all started pulling off their diapers during nap time and it is so disturbing. We've been using duct tape to keep them on, but on Saturday we ran out so I used painter's tape and boy was that a mistake. Painter's tape does NOT stay on diapers!! I heard some fussing during nap time and I entered the girls' room to find this horrific mess:

Can you believe that such a sweet thing could do such a gross thing?!

I was not very happy with Brynlee or Cambria. At least Cambria didn't go to the bathroom in her crib, but still--the mess is just awful. I put Brynlee in Cambria's crib while I cleaned up Bryn's crib.

Onto happier times...here's a cute picture of Cambria at the splash pad. She loved it!

Here's Brynlee with water spilled all over her. The kids are into grabbing everything they can off the counter tops and spilling it all over.

Here's Cambria loving playing in the mud outside! To be two again!

The kids just love playing with their cousins, Spencer, Smith, McCray, Isabelle and Malia. It's so fun to have them and my sister, Jeannine and her husband, John so close by. They love being pulled around in their wagon. Here's McCray doing the task.

It's so fun because now that the kids are two they can play at the park without me worrying constantly that they're going to fall off because they now know how to go down the slide by themselves!

Brynlee and Addison with Mommy

Weston loves the swings!

Bubble time is always a favorite activity around our house...

the gals
Brynlee is in heaven. She's always asking for "bubble."

All of the kids absolutely love the phone. They are always walking around with play phones and talking on them. It's so cute!

Here's Cambria talking on two different phones!!

We're trying to have the kids have snack time at their little table and chairs. They love it, but sometimes it's just easier to sprinkle cheerios or goldfish on the floor for them to pick at like little birds.

Weston and Bryn

Cambria is the only one sitting at the table like a good girl!

Isn't she a cutie?!

The kids have figured out light switches!! It's hard to be changing someone's diaper in the dark because the other child has just turned out the lights!!

Cutie Cambria

Bubble time outside with Daddy. The kids love playing in the back yard.

Personality plus girl!
Here's Weston trying to get in the doll's stroller! He's such a sweet boy!

Brynlee is either really happy, really mad or really sad. Here she is having one of her tantrums...

Addison loves to hide anywhere--even under chairs.

We took the kids to their first splash pad and they had a blast!! I was shocked because they actually kept their sunglasses on for most of the time!!

Brynlee, Weston and Cambria

Weston and Brynlee

Addison was a little nervous about the water fountains at first and then he got right in the water after a while.

Weston absolutely loved the fountains!

Sisters
Bryn is all smiles!

The kids love playing outside. Here's Brynlee with a broom--just sweeping the grass.

I love this picture of Cambria and Weston peeking through the grape vine planter. Such cutie pies!

The kids have this awful habit of putting dirt and rocks in their mouths--especially Weston. I found Cambria with this in her mouth!

One of the kids favorite activities to do outside is collect rocks in the buckets. Here's Cambria

Addison is just such a sweet boy and just so laid back. It's so nice to have a kid like him!

I love this picture of Brynlee

Sweet and lady-like Cambria

The kids love to do somersault. Brynlee started everyone else in this activity.

Cambria and Weston have a little obsession with shoes. They love putting on any shoes they can find. It's so cute!

We had a fun playdate at my friend Shelby's house and her triplets. The kids loved their water table.

The kids have learned to push, steal toys, bite, whine, etc. It's not so great!. Lots of time outs are happening around here.

Weston with my high heels on!!

Cambria tried them on also!!

Addison and Weston playing a "lovely" duet on the piano. I love this picture! Such handsome little men!!

Bathtime is always a favorite activity. I try not to bathe all four together very often. It gets a little too crazy and wet!

The kids found a leaky sprinkler in the back yard and had a grand time playing in the mud.

Here's our buddy Weston.

Here's Brynlee

The kids were such a mess, but it brought several moments of peace and happiness into our home so it was worth it!

Weston has become our very busy boy! We kept finding him on top of the toy chest. He's just into everything exploring. As you can see he was pretty proud of himself!

I loved this picture with the kids with their sunglasses on for five seconds. The kids love their walks. Too bad it's getting so hot now in AZ!

Weston got himself stuck in grandpa and grandma's kitchen chair. What a guy!

Another fun play date at Shelby's house. The kids had a blast playing on their large water toy. I was shocked to see them zooming down the slide and loving it!

Here's Addison, Cambria, Weston and Karina's two kids.

There goes Addison

There's goes Cambria

There goes Weston

Brynlee didn't want to have anything to do with that toy!

More park fun!

Weston

Brynlee

Cambria

Addison

Cut off Daddy pulling the kids in their wagon

As you can see life is full and fun with four two year olds!!!!!

Very Belated Post!!

2009-06-03T18:33:00.005-07:00

It's been way too long since I have posted! Life with four almost two year olds (they'll be 2 Saturday!) has pretty much consumed all of my moments and I haven't made time to update our blog. I have so many cute pictures from the last 7 months of the kids, but I will just post something simple to finally actually do a post. It's been on my to-do list for 7 months!!

Here are some pictures of the kids and Jeremiah and me from his 34th b-day on April 17th! A week later we celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary on April 24th! And there are some other random pictures from other times in April and May.

Addison

I put these signs on the kids' backs when Jeremiah got home from work on his birthday.
Brynlee with Daddy's birthday cake all over her face
Jeremiah and I with our kids on his B-day Our handsome little men--Weston and Addison at grandma's house on Mother's Day
Cambria

Weston with Jeremiah's gift to me on our anniversary. What an appropriate sign for him to be holding!

Our beautiful little ladies with Nelly. Nelly has been our nanny for the last 8 months, but she's going back to Mexico tomorrow. We will miss her so much. She's so wonderful!!This picture pretty much sums up our life the last few months. Lots and lots of messes made by four very busy kids. This swept up mess happened while I was talking on the phone and making dinner--not a good idea. Before I noticed, the kids had brought lots of dirt and sidewalk chalk in the house and dumped it all over the kitchen floor. Cambria, Addison, Weston and Brynlee really are so much fun!!! (And exhausting!)

Oh, what do you do in the summertime?!

2008-12-09T17:38:00.005-07:00

Here's just a flashback to July of this year. Arizona is very toasty in the summer and this is one of the activities that we did with the babies to survive the indoor entrapment. I set up a blow up baby pool in the back yard, but we didn't do this very often because while the babies were nice and cool splashing in the water, I was melting in the AZ heat!Cambria

Addison always loves to have something in his mouth--his finger, a toy or food.

Weston

Brynlee

The whole gang enjoying the water

Nursery Here We Come!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-12-09T14:39:00.002-07:00

I'm sure you couldn't tell from the title of this post how excited I am that my babies entered into nursery at church on Sunday!! It was so thrilling! Weston and Cambria were in one nursery and Brynlee and Addison were in the other. Everyone did great except for Addison. Addison cried for his parents, so I spent the two hours in nursery with him. Everyone else could care less about mommy and daddy not being there. That's pretty great odds! It's interesting how Addison just got stranger anxiety about 3 weeks ago and how my Cambria got stranger anxiety many months ago. When you have four babies at once, it's fascinating to see how different they are and how differently they develop from each other and at what speeds they do everything. It's so nice not to have to chase our babies around the church building any more! I love the nursery program! I can't believe they are already 18 months! Jeremiah and I agreed that we will take turns if Addison needs us sitting in nursery with him, sooooo, next Sunday I can finally get some spiritual enrichment at church!!! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Happy Thanksgiving! We have much to be grateful for!

2008-12-08T21:30:00.008-07:00

We had a great Thanksgiving this year at grandma and grandpa Cluff's house with Jeremiah's sisters and their families and Jeremiah's aunt and uncle and their families. In the morning we went on a family walk on the canal with my sister Jeannine and her family. Unfortunately, right before we walked out the door, Brynlee tripped over her feet and hit her head on the corner of a door jam. She got the hugest goose egg on her forehead and the day before she got a black eye in the bath tub when she hit her eye on Cambria's head. This is the age of accidents!You can't tell very well from this picture, but Brynlee has a large goose egg forming on her forehead and a black eye.

Here are the boys before our walk. On our walk with the Pearts it started to rain. We ended up running back to the house for the remainder of the walk in the pouring down rain.

Jeremiah and I realized that Thanksgiving will never be the same with kids as it was before. Having four hungry babies to feed isn't exactly relaxing. Here's Brynlee in grandma and grandpa's old high chair that Jeremiah used to eat in. She loved the rolls!
Here's Cambria enjoying her roll.

Here's Addison and Weston enjoying their meal. I know you're wondering why they have pink bibs on. These are the best bibs for catching food that falls from their mouth and hands and I got them from my sister and all she had was pink. The Thanksgiving dinner was delicious. I make a broccoli and cauliflower salad every year we have Thanksgiving with the Cluffs.

The kids' favorite part of the day was playing outside in grandma and grandpa's large back yard. Grandpa even pulled them around in a wagon behind his lawn mower.

Jeremiah got out his fancy camera and took some great shots of the babies. He is very good at photography. Here's Cambria and her adorable curls. I'm so glad she got daddy's hair and not mine!

I love the lighting in this picture of Brynlee

Weston is just all boy! He's rough and tough and always getting into grimy stuff. Here he is exploring grandpa's old cans of rotting screws.

Addison and Cambria--I think that they look a lot alike.
Here's our sweet little lady, Cambria These shots of Addison are so great!

Brynlee and mommy--mommy's smiling in this shot.

Brynlee and mommy-Bryn is smiling in this shot!

The Four Little M&M's

2008-12-08T14:37:00.007-07:00

Our 4 little M&M's on HALLOWEEN NIGHT

Grandma and Cambria with her two favorite fingers
Addison playing with his cousin Parker

Brynlee

Weston

Aunt Cheri and me struggling to get the kids to sit down for a picture--yeah right!!

Me and Addison in a zone

Doesn't Weston have the most beautiful eyes?

Brynlee has the classic Alfred Hitchcock bottom lip--such a doll she is!

Cambria and Weston digging into a treat bowl outside of our neighbor's home

At our ward's annual trunk or treat, 4 of the girls in our ward dressed up as our babies for Halloween. I thought it was a very cute idea!

Here are the quads with the Halloween costumed quads

Weston with daddy at the trunk or treat

Addison is just so handsome!

Cambria's curls are just beautiful!

Brynlee with our dear friend and adopted aunt-Christi (Such a great costume!)

I'm sure you've all been wondering what our babies were for Halloween. It's almost Christmas and I'm finally getting a post up. We've had computer issues! Believe it or not, Jeremiah and I made them M&M costumes. I sewed the costumes, but Jeremiah had the whole pattern in his head. He even cut out all of the M's. Our first attempt at the costume was a flop. We made a pillow-looking thing that barely fit over the kids' heads because it was so stuffed full of cotton. Then we moved to simplify and I'm so happy that they actually worked out. Everyone wore the color they were assigned at birth. Cambria-pink, Brynlee-yellow, Addison-blue and Weston-green. From birth we always tried to give them bottles and other items in their color to keep their stuff separated.

We had our ward trunk or treat a couple of days before Halloween and the babies loved walking around and Jeremiah and I loved getting lots of candy because of our kids.

Halloween was fun! I don't know if the kids really got it, but it was fun to go trick or treating with them at our neighbors' homes. We were courageous and tried to let them walk around to the doors. It got a bit crazy as they all ran different directions.

The Four Walking Wonders

2008-11-17T14:21:00.008-07:00

Weston walking like a pro in his Halloween costume!

Here's a picture of Addison when he was just learning to walk.

Brynlee leaving Weston in the dust

Brynlee walking next to Addison and Weston

Cambria practicing walking

I'M SO IRRITATED BECAUSE BLOGGER HASN'T BEEN WORKING ON OUR COMPUTER SINCE I STARTED THIS POST on NOV. 17 and FINALLY IT'S WORKING AGAIN and IT'S DEC. 7th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This post is extremely overdue, but that's how things go around here.

Cambria took her first steps on June 25th at 12 1/2 months and then started walking consistently on August 12th at 14 months.

Brynlee took her first steps on July 14th at 13 months and then started walking consistently on July 28th at 131/2 months.

It's funny how much time passed from the time they took took their first steps to the time when they walked all the time.

Addison took his first steps on August 27th at 14 1/2 months and then began walking consistently on September 4th at almost 15 months.

Weston took his first steps on September 17th at 15 months and then walking consistently on September 28th at 15 1/2 months.

I just love this stage of them all walking. I really think that having them all walk has made things a whole lot easier for me. It's so fun to see them exploring everything now. It gets a bit messy sometimes, but I prefer this to trying to feed four infants in the beginning. I just love seeing their cute little personalities coming out. They are saying so much and doing so many new things every day.

Brynlee and Weston playing in the toy basket

2008-10-18T13:19:00.004-07:00

The kids new favorite activity is to climb in the toy baskets to play with their toys. Here are some pictures of Weston and Brynlee doing one of their favorite things.

Addison in the Kitchen Cabinet

2008-10-18T13:09:00.005-07:00

One of my kids' favorite activities right now is pulling out all of the plastic plates and Tupperware from the only kitchen cabinet that is not child proofed. One day it was so cute because after the kids had pulled out all of the fun stuff, Addison climbed right in and I found him sitting in the cabinet, very proud of himself. He is our sweet, gentle giant.

Got Milk?

2008-10-17T19:43:00.005-07:00

Isn't this picture of Weston cute playing in some spilled milk? He just looks so innocent. Our old sippy cups that we got for free from the Safety First company are just not doing the job anymore now that the kids like to throw them down. The lids keep popping off, so we've switched to the Playtex sippy cups and they're working fine, but all sippy cups leak, no matter what the packaging says.

Playing in the Sand at the Park

2008-10-16T14:16:00.005-07:00

On October 2nd, the second day of no morning naps, we spent the morning on a walk to the park by our house. The kids loved playing in the sand. It's amazing how dirty kids get when you actually let them play in the dirt. It's probably about time that my kids no longer live the sheltered life.

Cambria loved scooping sand into her bucket.

Brynlee enjoying the sand toys

Addison, Brynlee, Weston and Cambria getting busy in the sand

Weston kept on crawling out of the sand box.
Here's Weston with dirt all over his face because he fell in the sand face first!
Addison hanging out with Karina in the sand

Weston just loves chocolate!

2008-10-16T13:18:00.003-07:00

Our Weston just loves to make a mess. The best nickname for him is the "Cookie Monster". Any food we put on his high chair he just grabs it with both hands and shoves it in his mouth. I gave him his first peanut butter bar. He loved smearing the chocolate all over himself. Kids at this age are so not fun to clean up after meals, but it's a big part of my life that I must accept. I love the mischievous look on his sweet face.

Our First Time at the Mall Play Area

2008-10-15T20:54:00.005-07:00

On October 1st I finally accepted the fact that the girls are ready for just one nap a day. I've been in denial for a while because the boys still take a great morning and afternoon nap. However, the girls take a great morning nap and then the afternoon nap becomes a social hour in their room. They talk, giggle, scream and just have fun for two hours in their cribs, but no sleeping occurs. I talked it over with my sister Jeannine and she said that I need to face the facts that they're growing up and they don't need as much sleep as before. Darn it! Why can't they need two naps a day forever?! That's life! Our schedule has been wonderful for a while now. They would wake up around 7 am and then go back down for their morning nap at 9 am. Then they'd have lunch at 11 am and then go down for their afternoon nap at 1 pm and not wake up until 3 or 4 pm. And then go to bed around 7 to 7:30 pm. When they were much younger, they used to take a short nap around 5 pm also. Those were the days........So, anyhow, I decided that it's better for them to take a longer afternoon nap and skip the morning nap. So, on October 1st, 5 days before the babies turned 16 months old, Karina and I decided to take the plunge. In the morning, we took them to the mall play area for the first time and they absolutely loved it. It was a little crazy me keeping track of two and Karina keeping track of two kids because there were many kids running around. However, since that time until today, they've had awful colds and I owe it all to the mall play area. I don't think we'll go back there until the RSV season is over. We did some fun things during those days between the mall play area and the time they got sick. When the babies got sick, we switched back to the old schedule of one nap in the morning and one in the afternoon because they needed the sleep. But, yesterday the babies proved to me that they are over their colds because the boys in their room and the girls in their room had social hour during the supposed afternoon nap. So, today we went back to one long nap in the afternoon and it went great! We took a walk to visit Aunt Nini and the kids' cousins. Cambria
Brynlee

Addison

Weston

Rub-a-Dub-Dub Four Kids in the Tub

2008-10-14T12:38:00.002-07:00

Addison, Brynlee, Cambria and Weston just love bath time!! Bathing all four of them together is a very rare occurrence because it gets a little crazy, but bath time goes a lot faster this way.

Just some cute pictures from when the babies were 13 months old

2008-10-11T20:56:00.007-07:00

Cambria with a favorite book
Weston is so cute as he maneuvers through our baby gate

Addison and Cambria reading a book with grandma

Brynlee with her sippy cup
Cambria has the prettiest curly hair. I'm so glad she got that from her dad!
Brynlee and Cambria just enjoying ripping some tissues to shreads together
Sweet Addison when he used to just army crawl. He looked so adorable when he did that!

Daddy and kids playing with a basket

2008-10-11T20:13:00.003-07:00

These pictures were taken on August 13th. The babies were 14 months old. The babies love to crawl in baskets and have daddy push them around.

In this picture, Cambria is pushing daddy, Weston and Brynlee are in the basket and Addison is crawling away.

Brynlee loves to stick her fingers in daddy's and mommy's mouth.
Cambria behind Daddy and Brynlee
Cambria and Weston watching Daddy get Brynlee out of the basket
Weston and Addison trying to crawl on top of the basket

We love you Karina!

2008-10-11T15:42:00.002-07:00

Karina has been our nanny since the babies were 5 weeks old, July 12th, 2007, the night they came home from the NICU. She started out working nights 6 to 7 days a week. All during the night, she would do the babies' laundry, prepare their formula and bottles and help feed the babies every three hours with either my mom, my mother-in-law, Jeremiah or me. In the beginning, the schedule was feed two babies at 8:30 pm and then two babies at 9:30 pm and then do that every three hours. There was not much down time because each block of feeding lasted two hours. Without Karina, I don't know how I would have survived that time of sleep deprivation. Once the babies were sleeping through the night by October and they were four months, she switched to our daytime nanny working from 7:30 am until 4 pm Monday through Friday. She has been such a huge help to me and to my family. She is like a second mother to my babies. Karina has such a gift with babies and children. She loves my babies as her own. It's so nice to have her to help me give my babies the attention they deserve. She is such a hard worker. She does so much more than I ever ask her to do. She has been the main person to truly help me keep my sanity as a mother of quadruplets. I can honestly say that I love being a mother of my sweet babies because I have Karina's help. I cannot repay Karina for all that she has done and does for me. She's such a great friend and support to me. I'm really not sure how other women raise their multiples without the help I receive from Karina. I love you Karina and wish you the very best in all that you do.

I love these pictures of my babies with Karina. They love her so much.

Play date with the Mast Quadruplets

2008-10-11T15:17:00.004-07:00

On September 10th, we had a play date with my friend Stephanie's quadruplets. It was quite an adventure with two moms and eight kids under three years old. Stephanie was nice enough to have us over to her home. It's so nice to have a friend who completely understands the joys and craziness of quadruplets! Stephanie was always a great mentor to me while I was pregnant and is now.
Me, Mast, Cluff, Mast, Cluff,Cluff,Mast, Cluff, Mast, Stephanie

--in case you were wondering which kid belongs to who.

Oh, How We Love Grandpa and Grandma Cluff!!

2008-10-11T14:48:00.007-07:00

My kids are the luckiest grandchildren in the whole world to have Grandpa and Grandma Cluff as their grandparents! They come over a couple of times each week and their whole attention is on Cambria, Addison, Weston and Brynlee. I don't think I've ever witnessed prouder grandparents than they are of our babies. They sing songs with them, feed them snacks, read them stories, cuddle with them and just fully enjoy every minute they spend with them. I know my babies feel very loved by their grandparents! We're so lucky to have them so close by us!

They all love to huddle around grandpa and grandma.

(These pictures were taken on August 2nd--the babies were almost 14 months old.)

Aunt Cheri's and Aunt Candy's Birthday Party

2008-10-11T14:27:00.005-07:00

On August 24th we went to Aunt Cheri's and Aunt Candy's birthday party at Grandpa and Grandma Cluff's house. The babies were 14 months old. These aunts (Jeremiah's sisters) are so good to our babies and my kiddos love them right back.After the presents were opened, we put a bow on Brynlee's head. She didn't even try to pull it off. Things have sure changed now! Here's Brynlee with her favorite man--Daddy.

Beach Babies

2008-10-06T10:31:00.008-07:00

The week of my sister Nellie's wedding, August 4, 5 and 6, we had a family reunion with all my brothers and sisters and their families and my parents at Newport Beach. We had such a great time and my kids experienced the beach for the first time. They loved playing in the sand and having the waves hit their feet and legs. To be completely honest, taking four babies to the beach isn't exactly easy and the old days of relaxing on the beach with a book are over for me, but it was worth it to see how much Cambria, Addison, Brynlee and Weston enjoyed it!

Cambria

Brynlee Weston Addison

Cambria just loved the waves!
Brynlee wasn't quite sure about the waves at first...and then she really enjoyed them. In case you were wondering, the girls' hats say "Bling Baby". Too cute!
Addison loved the waves, but his poor eyes got all red and infected from the sand. Don't you love that hat--it says "My Mom Rocks"
Weston didn't want to stand up when the waves came. He just wanted to crawl in the sand.

Brynlee the Biter

2008-10-04T20:15:00.002-07:00

Brynlee, Addison, Weston and Cambria will be 16 months old Monday. I just can't believe how grown up they're getting. New things are happening around our household all of the time.
On September 22nd, this sweet little thing:

BRYNLEE

bit this cute little boy:

WESTON.The two of them were laughing and having a grand time rolling over each other when all of the sudden, Brynlee bit Weston. Don't those teeth marks look awful?! You can literally see Brynlee's two bottom teeth and her teeth on the top. I don't even think Brynlee realized what she had done, but we're still keeping our eyes on her so that she hopefully won't bite again. It's sad when your sweet, innocent babies do things not so sweet and innocent. I guess it's all a part of growing up. It appears that time outs are going to be a regular part of our lives from now on.

Look at those awful bruises on Weston's forehead and eyebrow. It's so sad how often our kids are bumping their heads on things.

It's so sweet how quickly the babies forgive each other. After the biting incident, Weston and Brynlee still enjoyed playing with each other that night.

Nellie and Kent's Wedding

2008-09-19T09:25:00.006-07:00

My beautiful sister Nellie married Kent Sommer on August 9, 2008 in the Redlands, California Temple. It was a wonderful day! I'm so happy that Nellie married a great man who is worthy of her. Here are some pictures of them after their sealing and at their wedding reception.

All of my brothers and sisters

All of my sisters

All of the grand kids with Kent and Nellie

Nellie and all of her flower girls: my cute younger nieces and my baby girls

I just love this pictures of my little sweeties at the wedding reception!!

In the beginning....

2008-08-31T20:21:00.017-07:00

The day before I delivered the babies at 30 weeks and 6 days, weighing in at 213 pounds!!

My lovely hospital room. I was so relieved because the babies were finally born.
My baby shower in the hospital at 22 weeks along.
Here's my mom and sisters Nellie and Jeannine

Jeremiah's cousin McKaye, aunt Lorri, cousin's wife Alex and my mother-in-law

Rochelle at my baby shower

CAMBRIA

ADDISON

WESTON

BRYNLEE

It's been so fun because Jeremiah fixed our video camera so that we can actually watch the videos we filmed on our TV. It has been so enjoyable to watch the videos of our babies when they were first born and to see how little they were and how much they've changed. I thought I would do a post on how everything was in the beginning.

Jeremiah and I got married on April 24, 2004. I was 27 and he was 29. We thought we would wait a year to start our family, but starting our family didn't just happen for us. By the time I hit 30, we decided we should probably look into fertility treatments. We're glad we did because without fertility treatments we may never have been able to have a family. After only two months of fertility drugs, we got pregnant with our quadruplets. I was thrilled when I found out that I was finally pregnant and then absolutely overwhelmed and shocked 6 weeks later when we found out that we would be starting our family with four babies!! Jeremiah, on the other hand, was totally excited and couldn't believe something like this could actually happen to him.

My pregnancy was a struggle for me because I was on bed rest for 12 weeks of my almost 31 week pregnancy. I constantly worried during this time that the babies would arrive too early and how I would be able to raise four babies at once and give them all the love and attention they deserved. Thank goodness my wonderful husband was always thrilled about having quadruplets and assured me that we could do it with Heavenly Father's help. Without his and God's help, I wouldn't be the sane person I am today. After being on bed rest for 9 weeks in the hospital and gaining 83 pounds over the course of my pregnancy, our precious miracles were born on June 6, 2007.

Cambria was born at 4:19 pm weighing 3 pounds 7 ounces. Addison was born at 4:21 pm weighing 3 pounds 11 ounces. Weston was born at 4:21 pm also, weighing 3 pounds 4 ounces. Brynlee was born at 4:22 pm weighing 3 pounds even. They spent the first 5 weeks of their lives in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Banner Desert Medical Center where they were born and where I spent many weeks of my pregnancy. Jeremiah and I feel indebted to our many doctors and nurses in this hospital that took such excellent care of me and our babies. Our babies are such miracles to us. Although they were born 9 weeks premature, they did great and were so healthy and just needed time in the NICU to grow before they could come home to us. We know that we only have God to thank for them in our lives.

Being the mother of quadruplets is so much better than I ever imagined it could be during the time when I was pregnant with them. Cambria, Addison, Weston and Brynlee bring us so much happiness and we couldn't imagine our lives without any of them. It really is something very special to raise four babies together. Their interactions with each other are priceless.

I know that I wouldn't quite enjoy this time in our lives as much as I do without a wonderful husband who is such a hands-on dad and super-helpful husband. I love you so much hon! I also have my wonderful parents to thank for all that they are doing to support us. My mom spent a few months with me at first and has been such a great support to me. My mom and dad continue to help us in many ways with our family. I also have my amazing in-laws to thank who are always so willing to come over and help us with the babies or to watch them so that Jeremiah and I can go on dates. I also have the world's most fabulous nanny who comes to my house Monday through Friday from 7:30 am until 4 pm, to help me with my babies and with my house. She makes my life livable. She is such a life-saver and sanity-saver. Thank you Karina for all you do for me and Jeremiah and for my babies! We all love you very much! Our family has received so much service from our ward, our siblings, our friends and from great people in our lives that have helped us to be able to enjoy the blessing of having four sweet babies in our lives.

Our Heavenly Trip to Hawaii

2008-07-29T13:09:00.009-07:00

Jeremiah and I went on the most heavenly vacation to Hawaii without our babies. It was such a great break! I look forward to doing this every year--a trip for just me and Jeremiah without our kiddos! It was an adjustment going from 24 seven baby land to life without my sweet babes. However, I adjusted fast and enjoyed every minute of the freedom and relaxation. However, I really did miss them and by the end of the week I was ready to see them again.
We went to the beautiful island of Maui from Saturday, June 28th through Friday, July 4th. We loved sleeping in and eating out every night. We stayed in a nice condo in Kahana right across the street from the gorgeous ocean and beaches. We went snorkeling and saw beautiful fish, relaxed on the beach and got scorched (NOT planned-we really did wear sunblock!), read our books, played in the waves, went to an entertaining luau, drove the twisty road to Hana, swam in the seven sacred pools and under waterfalls, hiked through a bamboo forest, enjoyed fresh tropical fruit and smoothies, biked down a volcano, ate out lots, explored Front Street and shopped at Whalers' Village. It was such a fun week filled with wonderful memories that will hold me through until next year's get away! Thanks Jeremiah for taking me to Maui like I've always wanted!! You're the best husband ever and I love you so much!

Natural arch on the road to Hana

A beautiful black sand beach on the road to Hana and a handsome fella

On the road to Hana we saw the most amazing trees--Rainbow Eucalyptus

The waterfall I swam under and I loved the rope swing. I felt like Jayne of the jungle!

The beautiful bamboo forest

Garden of Eden on the road to Hana

The Hawaiian sunsets are gorgeous!

I almost bought this guy as a souvenir for the kids

Our bike ride down the Haleakala Crater

The Haleakala Crater

More sunset photos--so beautiful!

The luau

Happy 1st Birthday Cambria, Addison, Weston & Brynlee!

2008-06-22T21:40:00.015-07:00

Happy 1st Birthday Cambria, Addison, Weston and Brynlee!!! We can hardly believe we've survived the first year and that our babies are now 1!! It has been the happiest year I can ever remember--although there are many parts of this year that have felt like a blur, so I can't remember many details. Cambria, Addison, Weston and Brynlee have brought more joy and happiness to my life then I could have ever imagined. They've also brought more exhaustion, but it's all so worth it to have their special spirits in our home.
June 6th was the special day and we celebrated by holding a birthday party for them in our home with family and some friends. We had pizza and cake and then opened presents. The babies absolutely loved the cakes I made for them, as you will see in the following pictures. They got lots of great gifts from family and friends. I think their favorite part of the night was eating their cakes and playing with the wrapping paper!

Brynlee, Daddy, Cambria, Mommy, Weston and Addison

The cake from Costco
The cakes I made

Addison with his cake

Weston with his cake

Brynlee with her cake

Cambria with her cake

Cambria and Addison with Uncle Ray

Addison flirting with our friend, Shelby

Weston enjoying all the wrapping paper and thinking about the complexities of life.

Weston playing with his new truck with one of his biggest fans, Christi
Brynlee just hanging out

Brynlee just loved her new ball

Brynlee helping mommy open up her presents
Here's a video clip of the babies exploring their birthday cakes.

Play Date with the Fowlers

2008-06-22T21:15:00.004-07:00

Cambria, Addison, Weston, Caden, Haley, Brynlee and Jackson

On May 20th, we had the Fowler triplets over for a play date. It was quite an event with Shelby and me and our 7 babies hanging out together. By the time we had all the babies fed, it was time for naps, so our play date didn't last long, but it was so fun to have their company! Shelby Fowler and I met through our OBGYN and then we were in the hospital on bed rest at the same time. Shelby and her husband, Ryan, know Jeremiah from their old singles ward. I treasure our friendship because it is so great to have someone who relates to the crazy life we live with multiple babies. Her sweet babies are about three months younger than ours.

Memorial Day Weekend in Greer

2008-06-10T22:30:00.009-07:00

We went to Greer, AZ for Memorial Day weekend with Jeremiah's family- May 23-27, 2008. We go to Greer every Memorial Day weekend with his family and stay in a cabin that they rent. We had a great time, although Jeremiah and I came home wiped out because we didn't get much sleep with the six of us in one tiny room. The babies didn't sleep too well. This year was very different from the rest because it snowed and because we brought our sweet kiddos. It's so beautiful there. We had a great time enjoying the outdoors, having a campfire, playing games, going on walks, etc. The babies experienced many firsts on this trip--their first campfire, seeing snow for the first times, going to the mountains for the first time, riding in a baby carrier backpack, etc.

Here's Jeremiah with his handsome boys on the awesome porch swing our cabin had.

Here's Addison, Brynlee, Cambria and Weston with Grandma and Grandpa Cluff

Here's Cambria with aunt Candy, Addison with his second cousin Alex, Weston with mom and Brynlee with Grandpa. They loved seeing their first campfire!
Addison and mom on a walk
Weston just loved growling as we hiked through the area around our cabin
The proud mother, just happy to have survived the weekend, with her darling girls
A family shot before we left for our home in Gilbert

Mom and dad with their tough guys
Jeremiah and Addison
Cambria practicing walking with uncle Ray--aren't her tennis shoes so cute!
Jeremiah was in charge of cooking our tin foil dinners. He did an awesome job!
Grandpa and Brynlee enjoying the campfire

Aunt Candy with Brynlee and Grandma with Cambria. It was very cold!
Brynlee and Addison enjoying pizza for the first time at a restaurant in Eager
Cambria waving "hi" to daddy on our walk

Cambria loved riding in the baby carrier

Jeremiah and I walked our babies down to the Quakerbarrel, where Grandpa sells his wood carvings, from our cabin. It was a tough work out!

Brynlee and mommy enjoying the snow

Brynlee wasn't quite sure about riding on mommy's back.

Cambria loved playing with the magna-doodle that her second cousin, Macey, brought

Grandma with Addison

Weston with mom and Addison with Grandma. Doesn't Weston look like a little gangster! We only had one winter hat and mittens for the babies, so I had to make a baby hat fit him and we used baby booties for his hands that we bought at Kmart!

They're getting into EVERYTHING

2008-05-19T13:48:00.005-07:00

The babies are officially on the MOVE and they're into everything!! Cambria started crawling on April 7th. Brynlee began crawling on April 11th. Weston started crawling on April 17th and Addison just started crawling on Friday--May 16th! It's so fun to see them exploring everything, but it's also a little crazy. One morning I found Weston stuck underneath the exersaucer. What a cutie!

Cambria loves to crawl underneath her walker. She's just so full of personality!
Addison is just such a sweet boy! We don't have pictures of him into things yet, but I'm sure that he'll learn from his brother and sisters soon enough!

Here's Brynlee crawling on top of Weston. I'm not sure why they love to climb over each other, but it's sure funny!
Here's Brynlee, Weston and Cambria crawling around the house

Here's Weston exploring the toy chest that Jeremiah made for his Eagle Scout project way back when!

I found Cambria making a mess. She pulled herself up to a stand next to the couch and grabbed my graham crackers and dumped them all over. Nothing in the house is no longer safe. Brynlee also had to get in on the fun!

Cambria thoroughly enjoyed my graham crackers!

Our babies are finally active!

2008-05-19T13:24:00.003-07:00

Our babies' first day to go to church since their blessing was May 4th!! It was a joyous and exhausting occasion. They haven't gone to church because our pediatrician told us to wait until May to take them because May marks the official end of the RSV season. The wait paid off--no one got RSV!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks to Nedra and the Turleys we survived our first Sunday with the babies and we even stayed all three hours. Jeremiah and I came home from church and crashed and the babies did too, thank goodness! It's amazing what a sweat Jeremiah and I worked up right before church getting the babies ready. It's quite the workout! Addison, Cambria, Brynlee and Weston were such good babies! Addison spent most of church with the Turleys, Weston was with Nedra and Cambria and Brynlee stayed with me and Jeremiah. It's nice to have the ward members finally know that we really did have quadruplets!

Here's Addison, Brynlee Weston and Cambria right when we got home from church

Every meal is an adventure!

2008-05-19T13:02:00.002-07:00

Mealtime with four babies is always an adventure! It's always very messy and oh so much fun to clean up :)! The babies are trying out more and more table foods. I feel like more food is going on their faces and clothes then in their mouths, but we're trying. I just love these messy pictures of my cute kiddos!

Weston wearing his biter biscuit

Addison

Brynlee

Cambria

Cambria, Brynlee, Weston and Addison in their highchairs

A Healthy Change

2008-05-12T21:15:00.003-07:00

I've discovered an awesome new health product that I want to tell everyone about. It's really been life changing for me. Being a quadruplet mom is exhausting and tough on my body. I was diagnosed with carpal tunnel a few months ago and I believe that it came from lifting four babies all day. Also, I was pretty much tired all the time. It's been amazing because since I've been taking Vemma everyday, my wrists don't ache anymore and I really feel like I have more energy. I still love my naps, but I truly feel like I have more strength. I really like taking this vitamin supplement because it helps me get all the nutrition I need everyday. It's 100 times better than V8 :)!! If any of you are looking for something extremely healthy that will make you feel better, you might want to give Vemma a try. It's worked for me!

Click on the Vemma logo at the top left of our blog to learn more or just ask me about it.

Car seat Suggestions?

2008-05-09T14:27:00.004-07:00

Brynlee and Addison--the day they came home from the NICU
July 12, 2007

Weston and Cambria--the day they came home from the NICU
July 13, 2007

Our beautiful girls

Our handsome boys

Our babies in their car seats recently--it's amazing how well
they fill out their car seats now in comparison to when they
came home from the NICU.

All of our babies are about 20 pounds and they'll be 1- year olds soon!!! So, Jeremiah and I need to start searching for forward facing car seats. Please let me know what car seat you all recommend we get.

HAPPY B-DAY JEREMIAH!!!

2008-05-01T10:21:00.003-07:00

Jeremiah had his 33rd birthday on April 17th!!! He is such a wonderful person and I'm very lucky to be his wife. He is such an amazing father to our kids. They love being with their daddy.
We love you Jeremiah!

In this picture above, all of the babies sang "Happy Birthday" to Jeremiah before he left for work--okay I sang it to him, but the babies did say "dada" a lot. They must have known it was their dad's B-day!

I made my first homemade strawberry shortcake for Jeremiah's birthday! It actually turned out delicious! When Jeremiah got home from work we all had party hats on to celebrate the day. I thought the babies looked adorable in their party hats!
The very proud father and his partying babies on his big day!
Here's Cambria playing with a string for a broken party hat. She is so curious about everything these days.
Here's Addison wondering what in the world is on his head.
Here's Weston chowing down on his Transformers party hat. Jeremiah loves that movie. Here's Brynlee wondering where her piece of cake is.
Jeremiah's family came over to our house the Sunday after his birthday to celebrate with a nice dinner and a cake his mom made. The babies had a blast with their cousins Morgan and Parker and their uncle Ray and aunt Candy and their grandparents. I think the babies' favorite part of daddy's birthday was all the wrapping paper they got to play with!

Our sweet babies on Sarah Goodman's Blog

2008-04-27T16:10:00.002-07:00

Check out our babies on Sarah Goodman's blog. Sarah is the one that took all of those amazing pictures that I emailed you all. If you didn't receive the email, please let me know. Here's the link to Sarah's blog--www.joyinthejourney.typepad.com/ . Have a great day everyone!

It's Playtime!!!

2008-04-23T21:58:00.004-07:00

Here's our cuties! Cambria and Brynlee are just crawling all over the place! It's amazing how big everyone is getting. Weston is hanging out in the exersaucer and Addison is imprisoned in the pack-n-play. In case you were wondering, Addison is not in the pack-n-play as a punishment. It is a nice place for the babies to play with their toys without any of their siblings grabbing their toys from them. The babies are constantly taking toys away from each other. They're really starting to get mad about it sometimes. Just something I learned in the book, Babywise, in the section about having multiples. I highly recommend it! Just a typical day around our house. They're so fun! I just love this stage.

Tonight I saw my new niece Malia, born on Monday. She's beautiful. She looks so small to me. It's amazing to think that our babies were less than half her size at birth. It's hard to remember them being that tiny.

Some holidays in review

2008-04-18T13:49:00.020-07:00

Halloween 2007 (4 months old):

Thanksgiving 2007 ( 5 months old):

Christmas 2007 (6 months old):

Valentine's Day 2008 (8 months old):

I'm finally doing the blog thing!!

2008-04-13T22:42:00.013-07:00

I'm so excited to be finally doing the blog thing--thanks to my dear friend Christi! She sat down with me tonight and walked me through the whole thing. This will be a great way to share with you all, my friends and family, about how life is for Jeremiah and me with our four cuties. The babies are now 10 months old and I just can't believe that we've almost survived the first year!!

Cambria is all over the place. She started to crawl last Monday and is so busy. She's so busy that sometimes she gets out of her clothes, as evidenced by the picture. I laughed so hard. She's such a fun little girl.

Brynlee just started crawling on Friday! She's our petite little baby. She has such great posture--she always throws her shoulders and arms back. She's quite a mommy's girl. She loves for me to hold her. Since the stomach flu has left our home, she has been such a happy girl. She got it first! Brynlee is also the first one to begin clapping her hands. She does it all the time. It's so cute. She's loving bath time.

Addison just melts our hearts with his sweet big blue eyes. He loves to giggle and squeal high pitched. He's rolling all over the place. He's due for another hair cut. He has so much blond hair. He enjoyed swimming for the first along with the other kids. Jeremiah and I took them swimming at grandpa and grandma West's hotel in Scottsdale. Everyone did really well, even though the boys got the stomach flu while we were there! Here's Addison with Aunt Jenny.

Weston is our happy baby! He smiles all the time. He loves to shake his head and get on his hands and knees, but no crawling yet. He loves to cuddle and bang his hands on the highchair table. He is such a funny guy!

They're doing so many new things everyday. It's fun to watch them grow!