7 months

I don't know if baby # 4 will ever have a post on time.   The struggle is real.  I have 9 days left of school and I can barely function.   I am so tired.

But baby channing is a doll.  Pretty low maintenance still.  She has a serious side.  She is not one to just give away a smile.   She has started eating lots of baby food.  She loves squash,  sweet potatoes,  peas.  Once we switched from rice to oatmeal,  she has not stopped eating.   She is sitting up but still entertained in a bouncy seat.  She does not babble much like Hadleigh so something I am watching.   She is a mama's girl and often cries when I set her down.  

Jillian is a huge helper.  Rocco loves Channing but can be very loud in her face which she does not like.  Hadleigh gives her little attention because this is Hadleigh's world.  But every night they all argue over who is going to sleep with her.  And they also argue over who gets to wake her up.  Angels and devils.  These kids. 

Half a year

Mothering 4.  Mothering 4 is hard.  I am very busy!  Overwhelmed a lot of the time.  Don't even get me started on the morning rush before school and the witching hour of dinner. 

 

But this little girl brings us a lot of joy!  She is 6 months old and such a sweet thing.  She still only has the two bottom teeth.  I just started her on food because of that whole overwhelmed thing.  But she ate oatmeal and squash tonight like a champ.  Of course after Hadleigh's struggles as a baby, I have been watching Channing like a hawk but she can sit up already but does fall over so you have to watch her!  The girl has some chubba-lubba which I just love!  I think she weighs about 17 lbs now. 

 

She has turned into quite the Mommy's girl.  At church on Sunday, she was not having the nursery.  The ladies came hunting me down and as soon as they handed her over, she stopped crying. 

 

The kids fight over who is going to wake her up in the morning, who is going to hold her first, who is going to pick up her outfit, etc.  They love their baby sister.   

 

 

Now the comparison shots...

 

 

I think she still looks a lot like Jillian and Rocco.  When I was looking through the pictures, I thought Hadleigh looks a lot like Jillian when she was in her 2s and 3s so I guess they all just look alike.  They have the same DNA so it makes sense.  Ha!!