Baby #1......to Baby #8......OH the Changes We Make!!!

Baby #1....cute clean clothes, breast fed only, sterilized binky, bags of frozen breast milk just in case you have to go anywhere, sterilized bottles, just in case you have to go somewhere, clean sheets all of the time, diaper bag packed and ready for any occasion, cute pictures in the nursery, cute sheets, cute coverlet, baby monitor perfectly positioned!!

Baby #2.....cute clothes, (clean maybe), breast fed (for the most part), binky ahem, sterilized, a few bags of frozen breast milk, some bottles (sterilized for the most part), sheets um, well, clean, diaper bag packed (oops forgot the burp rag), nursery decorated (I guess), sheets, coverlet....baby monitor positioned (dog knocked it down)!!!

Baby #3....cute clothes (with stains), breast fed (too busy to find bottles), binky, didn't use one, no frozen breast milk, bottles (need to go buy some), sheets (at least he had some), diaper bag packed (can't find burp rag, um did I put diapers in there?), nursery (was I supposed to decorate that?), sheets, coverlet....baby monitor still there at least!

Baby #4....clothes (well at least he has some), breast fed/bottle fed, binky wiped on pants, NO frozen breast milk, bottles (was I supposed to sterilize those?), same sheets as the last one, diaper bag um sort of packed, nursery now shared with older child that refuses baby pictures, can't find the coverlet....baby monitor needs batteries!

Baby #5....new clothes since the others are soiled and pooped on, breast fed/bottle fed, binky (not even sure if I wiped it this time), absolutely NO frozen breast milk, where the heck are those bottles?, still the same sheets, WHERE'S the diaper bag?, nursery HA!, no more coverlets, blankies only.....baby monitor still needs batteries!

Baby #6....Clothes? they're supposed to wear clothes?, breast/bottle fed, the dog has the binky, please get it and give it to the baby, still no frozen breast milk (who has time for that?), bottles, someone find a bottle, sheets? oh yeah!, diaper bag!!!  where's the diaper bag???, nursery (lucky we found the cradle), blankies only....baby monitor? what's that?

Baby #7.....need clothes....digging through bags in attic, breast/bottle fed, dog still had the binky, no time for frozen breast milk, where are those damn bottles, and the sheets while you're at it.....a diaper bag, just throw a diaper in the purse, I'm sure they'll have toilet paper somewhere, baby thrown in with other kids....should find that monitor and replace the batteries!!!

Baby #8....a post Katrina baby....building a house, stuck in the hospital for 2 months, thank God she didn't take a binky, couldn't breastfeed, finally got new bottles due to Katrina, got new sheets too!, finally got a new diaper bag, still don't have time to fill it, new house new baby room, finally a nursery...but still no monitor!!!

House filled with noise, dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, fish, an occasional snake (when they can get away with it)......but more than anything filled with Love, Joy and the best of all worlds!