Pictures!

When the babies turned 2 months Samantha Bender of SB Photography came to our house and took all the kids pictures. I haven't seen all of them yet but she does have some of them posted on her blog and they are absolutely wonderful. Especially the ones of Olivia! So cute! I have to admit I wasn't sure how they were going to turn out and was afraid that they would look like pictures that I would take since they were at the house, but she did a great job and as you can see I obviously couldn't take those.

If you want to see the cutest kids on the block click on her blog and check them out! www.sbphotoblog.com

And on another note we hired a nanny! Yes, I wasn't sure we really needed one. But after a few days on my own and a little convincing from Adam I was ready. Luckily we found someone right away. Her name is Nicole and she is going to Coe College for Early Education. She just started Friday and I'm already grateful for her. She comes in the mornings at 7:30 and stays all day until 6:30 pm. She is great with the kids and helps out a lot around the house. What a blessing! I have found that one mother can take care of 3 two month olds and 1 one and a half year old by herself if she absolutely has to. But it runs a lot smoother if you have an extra set of hands. And if you are so blessed to have a third person you can get a lot of things done and you might even get out of the house for an hour!

So, all is going well here. Liv is doing great, she is a wonderful big sister, and the babies are busy being babies...crying, eating, sleeping, and pooping (usually in that order too!). As for Adam and I, we are still trying to make it through the night feedings. :)

Oh, and I also want to thank everyone that has been helping us out. Whether you have donated your time, money, and/or food we greatly appreciate it. We really do need all the help we can get at this point. I'm sure you all know the phrase, "it takes a village to raise a child." well, we know that now more then ever! Adam and I are so grateful for all of you!

Long Overdue Update

We sincerely apologize to all of you loyal followers of the blog for the long gap in between updates. Obviously we have had our hands full with our three new additions to the Sadler family. We have had all three of the kids home for for 3 1/2 weeks now. Hayden got to come home first, two whole weeks before her other sister and brother. The doctors at the U of I were not ready to send Jonathan and Hannah home with them still having breathing spells. So Hayden got all kinds of special attention for two weeks before the others came home.

They are doing pretty well at home, not sleeping, but doing well. We have them on a schedule where they are eating every 3-5 hours. So we usually are only getting up twice during the night to do feedings around 1:30 or 2:00am and then again around 5:30 or 6:00am. Sometimes one, two or all three will not settle down after a feeding, which will make for a long night. Overall, they are doing excellent.

Olivia is handling the new babies very well and likes to love on them, cover them with blankets and rock their bouncers (sometimes she doesn't know her own strength). Sue Ann is supermom, but still needs help while I am at work. Audrey's Care Pages had truly been a blessing with many people signing up to help with the babies, clean, bring meals or just give us a night out. I probably stress out the most when things get a little crazy, but I will adjust to the madness. I probably picked a bad time to quit chewing (tobacco); maybe that is why I am all stressed out. It will be four weeks tobacco free on Friday!!

Anyways thank you all for your continued thoughts and prayers and all the volunteering of your time to help our family. We cannot express how much it has meant to us. Thank you.

Adam

Diaper Shower!

On April 18th the most wonderful people that we had never even met before held a diaper shower for us! It was hosted by MOPS and the West Union Young Married Sunday School Class. Jocelyn, my sister-in-law, and her family are members of the West Union Mennonite Church and when another member, Lori Whitthoft, found out about us they wanted to do something to help. So they came up with a diaper shower! I couldn't believe it! I was so touched!
They ended up collecting over 1600 newborn, size 1, and size 2 diapers. And so far we have used 102 of those diapers in the last five days!
What a blessing these wonderful people have been to us! It has been so nice not having to worry about diapers, and they have saved us hundreds of dollars!
If you happen to be one of those people reading this. Thank you so much. You have truly been a blessing to our family!