Baby 78, 79, and 80: Part 3 of 3

It is night time and Liam is having fun playing around in his swing.  Of course, he has made me set it on the fastest speed possible even though he knows all too well the effects that the swing has on his stomach.  I watch him suffer for about two minutes, I finally force him to stop.

Despite his reassuring complaints that he feels perfectly fine, I send him to bed with a children's Tylenol and a bottle of milk.

I rush to get him ready because I am very excited to spend some quality time with the older kids.  My pregnancy is nearly over and the older kids are close to graduating so Luke and I are planning on throwing a small party.

When I am sure that Liam is asleep, I signal to Luke to get ready for the party.  Luke and Cyan start up the music while Spring, Izzi, Ash, and I dance our hearts out on the new dance floor that Luke's sister Lindsey gave to us.

Ash and Izzi get into a big discussion about what they think is better, the Hunger Games or Harry Potter.

It's been only a few minutes of hip shaking and arm waving and Spring is already tired so I suggest she switch places with Luke and join her brother in supplying the music.  She reluctantly agrees and Luke readily springs up from his seat and comes to dance with me.  He gets awful close which causes me to start dancing even more vigorously.

"You'd better not dance anymore, otherwise that baby might just pop out any moment now," Luke teases.

I slow my dancing down to a steady sway and join Luke and the kids in their dancing circle.

It is a fun night and the kids eat loads of junk food and watch movies until dawn.  Luke and I want to stay up later, but knowing Liam we jumped into bed as soon as the dancing is over.  Our suspicions are correct because at 5:50am, Liam is as jumpy as a lion as he bounces around in his crib, screaming to get out and eat.

Liam is getting so big and has mastered running and skipping.  So much so that playing around in the house is not good enough for him.  My back is bending more and more with the weight of the babies so Luke and the kids take Liam out for a good visit to the backyard.  They have fun playing on the playground until night time.  Liam finally runs out of energy and falls asleep before his head hits the pillow.

While nearing the end of my pregnancy, I work on my painting.  They provide a sufficient amount of money to provide for my growing family and it's fun at the same time.  Killing two birds with one stone I suppose.

The kids have a lot of fun with the kittens, who are almost adults.  They are sad to know that the kittens will be leaving the house soon, so they make every moment count.  I put an advertisement for the kittens and calls came flooding in.  So many people wanted them that I may just let Kiara have a few more kittens while she's still young enough, although, like Midnight, Kiara is getting up there too.

While they play with the kittens, I give birth to triplets.  Introducing Mei Belen Smith, baby 78.

Sindy Jane Smith, baby 79.

Alex Sebastian Smith, baby 80.

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FAMILY UPDATE

Hadleigh married Bentley Campione.  He was a few years older than Hadleigh but he was a theater director at the university and he was kind and caring.

They had two children, their daughter Gemma and their son Tivian.

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NOTE

Thank you Sarah Goodfellow and Megs for the name suggestions!

Sorry if this post was crap, I've had the pictures already sitting in my document folder forever but just never felt the motivation to write the actual post.  Anyway, the next post should be a bit more creative.