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!!

5 month comparison

Well, this whole week I have been thinking in my mind that Channing is looking a lot like her brother but clearly in these pics, Channing still looks like a 5 month Jillian. 

 

I love the chunkiness of 5 months.  I love the chunk on the thighs and the chunk on the arms. 

 

This cracks me up.  Hadleigh made this face at me this morning.  She did not like what I picked for her to wear to school. 

5 months

Channy-boo is 5 months.  I feel like I cant stop time.  It is flying at warp speed. 

Channing is an angel except between the hours of 5-7 pm.  The witching hour of course.  The day after Valentines she got her first tooth on the bottom which was quickly followed by the 2nd bottom tooth.  if nothing else, I do create children that know how to grow teeth quickly! !

She likes the swing, she can roll from front to back, she drinks her bottles at school with ease. 

She has a little chubba-lubba on her arms and her thighs.  I love that!!  She weighs about 16 lbs!!

Hadleigh is 4!!

How can my baby be 4? I continue to be late with my posts but  Hadleigh turned 4 on February 10th.  If ever there wss a girl so full of life, it is Hadleigh.  She is adventurous,  fearless,  inquisitive,  social oh so social and loving.   She has NEVER met a stranger and wil ask questions and more questions.   What is your name?  What is your baby's name?   What are you doing? Etc. 

She loves school and all of the teachers especially ms. Jazmin and ms. Georgina.  She plays school at home all the time and fets out 100s of books and lots of blankets for nap mats. 

She loves my phone.  She used to watch peppa pig on youtube but now She will watch "eggy" videos all.day.long.  she also loves to take selfies. 

She is very independent from Jillian and rocco.  She will play by herself.   She loves to hold Channing snd will try to feed her from her chest.  She adores kk and they can get in a lot of trouble together! !

She is so loving and is my shadow most of the time.    She is a lot like me in personality and can have some blonde moments and falls down all if the time.  At least several times a day she will fall.  Today she fell hard twice snd skinned her knees and elbows.

She is so beautiful inside and out!  Happy birthday! !

Channing is 4 months!!

Chan-Chan is our little doll baby.  She is such a sweet, low maintenance baby.  She is 14 lbs of pure baby love.  Her eyes are still a mystery.  They really have brown in the center but have a ring of gray blue around the edges.  Not sure if they will stay that way or continue to change.  She has very little hair but looks like dark blonde is coming in. 

 

She is definitely mama's girl but has her regular witching hour right when I am making dinner.  She will scream and scream until I basically I stop whatever I am doing, feed her and put her to bed.  She will sleep from about 6:00 or 7:00 to 11:00 or 12:00 and then it is hit or miss the rest of the night.  The kids wake her up at 6:00 a.m.  So I get about 5-6 hours of sleep right now....no wonder I can be grumpy during the day!!!

 

The older kids adore her.  Hadleigh wants to adore her but really has no patience for holding her or actually helping.  She does call Channing my Sissy.

 

 

In my opinion, Channy-boo looks a lot like her OLDEST sister. 

 

and maybe a little like her bruder without the chubba-lubba....hee, hee

 

But not really anything like my Haddy-Waddy.  Hadleigh definitely had her own look. 

 

Rocco is 6!!!

Oh this boy!  This boy has my whole heart!  On January 15th, Rocco turned 6!!  I cannot believe he is 6.  He has conquered kindergarten with charm and obedience.  He has a love of learning and a desire to please his teacher.  He ALWAYS has a smile on his face.  ALWAYS!!

 

 

Or sometimes he looks like this.  He is his father's son.  He thinks he is a professional comedian.  He is always willing to be silly or crazy to get a laugh!!

 

The kid has no teeth.  He has lost four on the bottom and three on the top.  He only has two that have come in the bottom.  That does not stop him from his basic vegan diet of green beans and raspberries and all other berries.

 

He loves this look.  OH EM GEE he rocks this look.  My sweet boy can be a stinker.  He really can only tolerate getting his own way every single time so we regularly have some serious power struggles.  He usually wins. 

 

This winter, he has been playing basketball.  The first game he was ten times worse than a deer in headlights.  He came off the court at the end of the game and said "Mom, I do not know how to play basketball."  Way to go Mom and Dad - epic fail!!!!

 

But by the second game, he was doing a little better and realized you needed to dribble and learned that you needed to shoot the ball in the hoop.  He made a couple of baskets and he was feeling good!!

 

By the next game, he earned the medal for most improved and best listener. 

 

AND THEN he broke his collarbone.  He always keeps us on our toes.  He has kept the sling on for more days than I thought he would and then after about a week and a half, we can't get him to wear it and he seems to be on the mend.  He already returned to basketball and tomorrow he starts back at spring soccer. 

 

I cannot believe he will be done with kinder in a few short months.  It will be a very fun year for Rocco because he makes everything fun!!