PADUCAH — Audra Jones smiles as she watches eight tiny hands explore her living room.

        Four babies' tumbling over one another, crawling under window shades and knocking over lamps is a normal day in the life of Ms. Jones and her husband, Reggie, since their quadruplets were born. Their first birthday is Saturday.

Quadruplets Dalton, Skylar, Lakyn and Braedon sit with their mother, Audra Jones, in their Paducah home. (Associated Press photo) | ZOOM |

        “They're so funny,” said Ms. Jones, 34. “I just sit and watch them and laugh. They're into the light cords, pulling stuff off the table, everything. I can't keep up with them. One is here messing with this, and then another one is doing something else. I'm constantly chasing. One would have been a breeze.”

        The Paducah couple knew about the multiple babies about six weeks into the pregnancy. Although there is a history of twins on both sides of the family, the news shocked Ms. Jones, who had never wanted kids and was not taking fertility drugs. Reggie Jones, 25, has a daughter, Kasey, 5, from a previous marriage.

        “I cried for two weeks,” she said. “It was something I never would have dreamed. I can't imagine life without them now.”

        Ms. Jones spent nearly two months at Lourdes hospital before she was flown to Norton's Hospital in Louisville to give birth about 10 weeks early. She delivered Dalton Quaid, Braedon Quinn, Skylar Paige and Lakyn Savanah by Caesarean section.

        Dalton weighed the most, at 2 pounds, 11 ounces, and Lakyn was the smallest at 2 pounds, 4 ounces.

        Ms. Jones, who quit her job as a hair salon manager, gets help during the day from her parents who live in Metropolis, Ill.

        “It's wild,” she said. “It's hilarious. I have all the high chairs lined up, and I feed them going down the line. They all eat at the same time; they all take a nap at the same time; they all go to bed at the same time. You have to have a schedule.”

        Ms. Jones said the babies have no health problems and are doing normal activities for 1-year-olds.

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