Kaiti
Sullivan

Maggie watches from the hospital bed as Randy holds their newborn son, Roméo, while the family visits him the day after he was born at Memorial Hospital in Jasper on Nov. 19. Maggie says that Roméo will be the last of their nine children.

Jaylahh, 7, left, hangs on Maggie's back while they play outside their home in Huntingburg on Sept. 25. “When I sit and do activities with the kids and they’re all up on me, that’s the kind of stuff where I’m like, ok, they love me," Maggie said. "I must still be doing something right.”

Randy throws Jaylie, 1, into the air while Maggie and Jaylynn, 8, watch from the shade outside their home in Huntingburg on Sept. 25.

Jaylahh, 7, left, watches over Randy's shoulder as he shaves RJ's hair outside their home in Huntingburg on Sept. 25.

Khloee, 10, center, throws her head back in frustration while while Maggie, left, and Isaac, 11, help her complete her homework and RJ, 6, right, packs his backpack before the school bus comes at their home in Huntingburg on Aug. 28. “I always tell them they need to look out for each other on the bus or at school," Maggie said. "I know they stick up for each other.”

Jaylynn, 8, left, stands near the doorway while Jaylie, 1, and Jazlynn make faces through the front door at their home in Huntingburg on Oct. 29.

Randy, left, tends to Jaylie, 1, Jazlynn, 4, and his nephew, Niko Chaires, 2, of Princeton, while Maggie, right, comforts Jaylahh, 7, during an appointment at Huntingburg Family Dentistry on Oct. 16. "I make appointments at different dates for them but it’s all within a week or so," Maggie said. "I have to go see the dentist for a whole week every day because I have to take them all different days."

Isaac, 11, left, Jazlynn, 4, Kaylee, 12, Jaylie, 1, and Maggie grocery shop at Walmart in Jasper on Dec. 30. The family filled two carts and spent $400 in groceries.

The Villarreals search for Jaylahh in the hallways of Southridge Middle School after attending her Christmas play in Huntingburg on Dec. 17.

Kaylee, 12, left, and Khloee, 10, play on Maggie's phone in their living room at their home in Huntingburg on Oct. 29.

RJ plays in the kitchen while Maggie tries to call Randy at work in their home in Huntingburg on Oct. 29. “We both stress in different ways," Maggie said. "Financially, he’s the one that stresses about that. And I just stress with the kids, with the mess."

RJ, 6, left, Maggie, Jaylahh, 7, Jaylynn, 8, Jaylie, 1, and Isaac, 11, play in the living room at their home in Huntingburg on Sept. 25. "It’s hard, but it’s worth it," Maggie said. "They always ask, 'how do you do it?'. I don’t know how I do it, I don’t know. I don’t know I just get through, I get by."

Kaylee, 12, right, picks up Jaylie, 1, at their home in Huntingburg on Oct. 29.

Randy, left, watches over RJ as he prepares to blow out the candles on his cake during his sixth birthday party on Halloween at their home in Huntingburg on Oct. 31. The family celebrates each birthday together. “Nothing big because I don’t know many people to invite," Maggie said. "but yeah, family, his mom, his sisters.”

The Villarreals pick at a tray of shrimp nachos during RJ's sixth birthday party on Halloween at their home in Huntingburg on Oct. 31. They still try to eat traditional foods on a regular basis. "We do it all," Randy said. "We still cook tamales, still make tacos, rice and beans, tortillas."

Randy, right, leans in to kiss Maggie on the cheek during RJ's sixth birthday party on Halloween at their home in Huntingburg on Oct. 31.

The Villarreal family poses for a family portrait in Jasper on Dec. 30. The family of eight moved to Huntingburg from Mercedes, Texas in 2015. Since then, they've had three more children, their last being Roméo. "The way I see it, now that I have all of my kids is it’s a nice thing for when I really get older and they’re not at my house anymore," Maggie said. "Christmas or stuff like that, special occasions they can have everybody over and it will be like a big, nice, get together. They’ll have each other when they need something, they’ll always look out for each other, help each other out in the best way they can."