Our life is controlled by Money! Our thoughts and dreams are constantly on Money! What will Money be in 20 years. Every second of the day is consumed by Money! We can't get away from Money! That is all that I think about....MONEY!!!! I love Money with all of my heart, but I do wish that this stage of my life was over with...Money is very NEEDY right now. The second I put my mind on something else, MONEY is everywhere I go! I know that all of that will change soon, but right now, change could not come soon enough.
"Money" is my almost 11 month old...AKA- Monroe Elise Craddock, who we refer to as "Money"! Before Money was born, my dad said that he was going to call her "Money-roe"! I told him that Money-roe was a stupid name. He has already REnamed our other two-Lucy and Peaches-which are more normal than Money-roe. BUT- if you know my dad, he does whatever he wants to do. So- the day she was born...Monroe became Moneyroe to him. As time went on, the girls began to call her that....and so did we. And NOW...a nickname has been shortened to MONEY. It's ridiculous! I hate that we call her "Money"! I mean, can you imagine what people would think if at a football game we are cheering for our little cheerleader, "GO MONEY GO!!! Great job Money!" Or at graduation from Grace where we have paid tens of thousands of dollars by that time, we say..."So proud of you Money!" I mean, it already makes it sound like we are saying," We love you, our little girl who will eventually deplete all of our savings, not to mention the weekend getaways because 3 little girls are hard to handle for a babysitter, but we wanted and still want you with all of our hearts, because God gave you to us." What else is bad is that when I text close friends about her, I refer to her as "$$"!
So, in these blogs, you will know that when I say "Money" or "$$", our precious 3rd little girl is who I am referring to. $$ is very sweet, and easy...for the most part. I think that it is just 3 little girls pulling on me in every direction that makes it more difficult. She has been walking now for a couple of weeks, which has been both good and frustrating for both of us. More independence also means more slipping and frustration that she can't go fishing in the toilet. This independence means every single foreign object has to be off the floor, or she will eat it. Mical- Anne and Mia NEVER put things in their mouth, which I expected them to do so. Our little Money is trying to conquer the world, one step at a time.
