This girl loves towels

Harper has always loved towels.  Since she has been able to talk, Harper could say "tow-el."  Her love for towels has not wained, even as she has grown into a remarkable young lady.  A side effect of Harper's towel love is that I find towels EVERY WHERE.  She sleeps with a towel.  She has towels at school.  She keeps one in the car.  My linen closet have towels stolen regularly.  We have purchased her special towels, but Harper is not discriminatory about her towels.  She just wants them all, they must be nubby and they have to be dry (don't give her a wet towel, not even a little).  When I walked around this morning, here are all the places I found discarded towels.

William and his sisters

William, along with me, was pretty surprised when Cecilia was a girl and not a boy.  We had let the gender be a surprise until the birth.  Here is the story he wrote.  The pictures is upside down so here is what is says: Hi, my name is Will.  I have 3 sisters.  I have 0 brothers. 

While he was not so excited at first, he is such a good big brother to CC. He loves to hold her and take care of her. Will and I have talked about that God has blessed him with not one, but three sisters. He gets to be a very special guy in our family.

Baby Cecilia Anne is here

We have number 4!  Cecilia Anne arrived on her due date, 9-20-2012, at 6pm.  She gave us a run for our money, trying to stay in when we all wanted her out.  My epideral wore off at the end of the delivery but I did survive (I do not regret the loud words I had for the doctor).  No matter how she made her entrance, I could not be happier with my newest family member.  William, Abigail, and Harper were thrilled to meet their little sister. 
Since having Cecilia I have learned:
1. My mom rocks.  She came up and cooked, cleaned and kept me sitting on the couch for a whole week.  I already knew my mom rocked, but it was a good reminder. 
2. My house is loud.  Cecilia is right at home in the noise.  She sleeps right through it all.
3. Harper was a really easy baby.  I guess I believed that Cecilia would be like that.  She is not.  Cecilia is not a bad baby, she just wants to stay up all night.  I want to sleep.
4. The kids are conspiring against my sleep.  Harper, Will and Abby woke me up at different times in the same night.
5. I am no longer pregnant however I don't want to give up my pregnancy eating habits.  I love chocolate cake.