The Fryeburg Fair

well, monday morning started very early for us. we planned on leaving at around 8 am. we actually left at around 8:30. caleb's mom was due to be induced to have her baby girl at 4 pm, so we took caleb with us. he was very excited to be going with us. my parents followed us. all went well till about 4-5 miles before the fair. we ran into some major traffic. seems everyone had the same idea that we did. we got the kids ride bracelets and then went through a few barns. we then went to a little restaurant on the fairgrounds and had some lunch. we go to this same restaurant every year. it isn't very big, but the service is FAST! we had turkey dinners and were done within 45 min. we then went through a couple more barns and then to the rides. the kids got to go on every ride once. they really enjoyed them. by the time we were done the rides, it was time for us to head home. my parents stayed behind, but seeing as we had three 2 year olds, we decided we should get home at a reasonable hour. i don't know how many times we got "are they triplets?" they would see my twins and then spot caleb. we were asked a thousand times if they were all ours. and we would say "all but one". so, for the day, i saw what parents of triplets would go through. i told my hubby we should have charged a viewing fee even though they really weren't triplets. we would have made some serious money! when we left, we had traffic for about 30 min. we stopped at burger king on the way home and got supper. we got home at around 8 pm, got all 5 kids bathed and in their pj's and in bed by 9. we brought the loveseat cushions up and put them beside jordan's bed, and that is where caleb slept. everyone went right to sleep without issues, and more importantly, they all slept all night!. here is the slideshow of the fair (kelsey is always wearing the pink sweatshirt, kaylee in the blue one, and caleb is in the light blue gap one):

i got a call at about 2:15 am. saying that caleb had a new baby sister. her name is jocelyn and she weighed in at 9 lbs. 14 oz. and was 20 1/2 in. long. i brought caleb down in the morning to see his sister for about an hour. i then took all three of the little ones back to my house and they took a nap. after the older two got out of school, i took them to the dr.s so we could get a referral to have their feet looked at. we got the referral, but cannot get in till the end of this month. i will keep everyone updated about that. here is a picture of baby jocelyn, and then one with caleb and jocelyn: