This little man has the BEST smile.
Look at that sparkle in his eye...
He's just getting started now.
But wait, there's more!
See what I mean? Look at that perfect gummy little smile. He's just perfect.
I think I'm in love.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Smiley Little Bug
Look at that sparkle in his eye...
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Silly Goose
Today while reading My Father's Dragon out loud to my three big boys I held up the book to show them all the picture of the rhinoceros throwing Elmer around by the seat of his pants using its tusk. If you've never read the book it sounds scary, but it's cute and silly in the story, and the picture is intriguing for sure.
When Goose (3 1/2) saw the picture he was captivated.
I asked him what he saw in the picture and his answer cracked me up:
"He's dangerousussin' him!"
When Goose (3 1/2) saw the picture he was captivated.
I asked him what he saw in the picture and his answer cracked me up:
"He's dangerousussin' him!"
Monday, March 8, 2010
I have yet to upload the more recent pictures from my camera, but here are a few pictures of Little Bug and the others from the past weeks.
He's 4 weeks and change now, and is doing great. He has some good nights and some great nights, and some really, really not so great nights. ;o) Days are always great though - Little Bug is an amazing napper (much to my own irritation the days following those not so great nights as I go through my days in a fog watching him sleep the day away!) and our days (at least the days when no one is sick!) are going really well.
He love to be held but is happy when people other than Momma hold him too, which is so great for the rest of the family. Little Bug will sleep off of my body as well, which is also a blessing when I want to do something with the other kids.
We've already seen a couple of early smiles, but we're still waiting for the big baby grins to start. We all love watching him when he wakes up and talking to him. He's so alert and focused when he's awake (which is rare, I think this guy sleeps more than any baby I've met in my life!) and we all love to have little "conversations" with him. He also loves the blanket I made for him which of course makes me feel so good. He sleeps really well in it, and has started to pet it with his hand now and then, which is so sweet.
Our Little Bug really is so very sweet. And of course we all just LOVE his full head of silky dark hair. He's just such a blessing and I am enjoying each moment with my little man. I just love him so much! I'm always amazed at how much you can love someone you just met - and how hard it is to remember or imagine life without them after such a short time.
Well, my Little Man is here in my lap awake and wanting to look at me, so off I go to enjoy him. Enjoy the pics I scrounged up!
Afternoon nap time
Not sure if you can see the baby in between Girly Pie and Goose there. They sure do love him!
Goose and Little Bug
Cute little guy - he likes pacifiers, too, which is nice. ;o)
About two weeks old
Crossed eyes are so cute!
Sweet baby boy
Holding in the binky - nine days old here. Look at the chubby fingers starting already!
He's 4 weeks and change now, and is doing great. He has some good nights and some great nights, and some really, really not so great nights. ;o) Days are always great though - Little Bug is an amazing napper (much to my own irritation the days following those not so great nights as I go through my days in a fog watching him sleep the day away!) and our days (at least the days when no one is sick!) are going really well.
He love to be held but is happy when people other than Momma hold him too, which is so great for the rest of the family. Little Bug will sleep off of my body as well, which is also a blessing when I want to do something with the other kids.
We've already seen a couple of early smiles, but we're still waiting for the big baby grins to start. We all love watching him when he wakes up and talking to him. He's so alert and focused when he's awake (which is rare, I think this guy sleeps more than any baby I've met in my life!) and we all love to have little "conversations" with him. He also loves the blanket I made for him which of course makes me feel so good. He sleeps really well in it, and has started to pet it with his hand now and then, which is so sweet.
Our Little Bug really is so very sweet. And of course we all just LOVE his full head of silky dark hair. He's just such a blessing and I am enjoying each moment with my little man. I just love him so much! I'm always amazed at how much you can love someone you just met - and how hard it is to remember or imagine life without them after such a short time.
Well, my Little Man is here in my lap awake and wanting to look at me, so off I go to enjoy him. Enjoy the pics I scrounged up!
Afternoon nap time
Not sure if you can see the baby in between Girly Pie and Goose there. They sure do love him!
Goose and Little Bug
Cute little guy - he likes pacifiers, too, which is nice. ;o)
About two weeks old
Crossed eyes are so cute!
Sweet baby boy
Holding in the binky - nine days old here. Look at the chubby fingers starting already!Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Sickness is for the birds.
I need to go to bed more than I need to post right now, but I wanted to quickly mention that things had been going really well with Little Bug in the mix, until the whole family got a Big Nasty Bug and we had vomiting and diarrhea for the past week. Everyone but Punky and (thank you Lord for answering prayers on this one) Little Bug got the nasty mini-flu and it was no fun. It was a short virus - one night each of being sick, one extra day of feeling rotten, and we were over it. From Monday to Sunday we fought the battle of illness.
And even though I was only two weeks into keeping up with everything as a Momma of five, I did alright all week. Even when I got hit with it (and with my low weight and my tendency to have trouble keeping up on calories to nurse well it's a bad thing for me to catch such a thing at this stage of the game) things still felt OK. I could do it all and it didn't feel too bad at all.
But it all caught up to me the other night and I was left in tears as I looked back on my week - and entire third of Little Bug's life - and realized I had walked through the whole thing on autopilot. I barely remembered a thing, and was sure I had lived very little of it in the moment. I hardly made eye contact with any of my kids, and had very little time to spare to actually enjoy the company of any of them. There were extra sheets and towels to wash, sick people to tend to, healthy people to keep away from the quarantined, a baby to tend to and basic needs to be met. I held my baby, sure, but I hardly got to enjoy him at all.
And that made me so sad. I so very much do not want to live this life on autopilot. And that night that I broke down was because it felt like maybe that was what life was really going to be like.
But I know it was just the illness on top of it all. Sleeplessness I can handle for months. A messier house than usual is no big deal to me. A little extra chaos, guilt over not doing enough stuff for school with the big kids, busy days and constant activity around me - all part of my life. But throw in that flu and I was down. It was a really bad week for that to happen, since it was the week I really felt back on my feet and ready to just be Mom again with my Hubby back at work.
But the Lord is good. My Hubby was able to be home for all our sick days (including one of his own!). What a blessing that was! Little Bug did not get sick, for which I cannot even tell you how grateful I am! The sickness was short lived, so those who did get sick got well quickly. Even my sickness was milder than the rest and I didn't even lose any weight. And even though I've already had some worries over nursing and low calorie intake I feel like God has answered my prayers and I already feel back on track with food and my milk supply.
So all this to say - I've not been writing because we've been sick and I have really just been working hard to be present when and where I can at home. And to say that even when things get hard, God always manages to shine through the darkness.
So this week we have been healthy and I know that life with our new family of seven really is just as beautiful, and even moreso, than life was with only six of us. Our days have been good and the kids adore Little Bug. I have been able to make time to just be with him in the day, as well as enjoy the others.
Yes, things are busier. There is more to do in a day and sure I have moments where there are more things to do than hands to do them. But it's the GOOD kind of busy. The kind of busy that makes me feel like my life is full to bursting, the kind of full that makes me sad for those whose lives seems calm - and empty.
But I am enjoying the days, the moments... the flashes of my Little Bug's first smile and the sweetness of my bigger guys all fawning over him, the sparkle in my husband's eyes as he scoops Girly Pie up in a huge Daddy hug when he gets home from work or when he holds our newborn son in his arms... life again feels so very sweet and I again feel so blessed to have been given these people in my family to share life with.
And as long as we stay vomit free, I think we're gonna be OK. ;o)
And even though I was only two weeks into keeping up with everything as a Momma of five, I did alright all week. Even when I got hit with it (and with my low weight and my tendency to have trouble keeping up on calories to nurse well it's a bad thing for me to catch such a thing at this stage of the game) things still felt OK. I could do it all and it didn't feel too bad at all.
But it all caught up to me the other night and I was left in tears as I looked back on my week - and entire third of Little Bug's life - and realized I had walked through the whole thing on autopilot. I barely remembered a thing, and was sure I had lived very little of it in the moment. I hardly made eye contact with any of my kids, and had very little time to spare to actually enjoy the company of any of them. There were extra sheets and towels to wash, sick people to tend to, healthy people to keep away from the quarantined, a baby to tend to and basic needs to be met. I held my baby, sure, but I hardly got to enjoy him at all.
And that made me so sad. I so very much do not want to live this life on autopilot. And that night that I broke down was because it felt like maybe that was what life was really going to be like.
But I know it was just the illness on top of it all. Sleeplessness I can handle for months. A messier house than usual is no big deal to me. A little extra chaos, guilt over not doing enough stuff for school with the big kids, busy days and constant activity around me - all part of my life. But throw in that flu and I was down. It was a really bad week for that to happen, since it was the week I really felt back on my feet and ready to just be Mom again with my Hubby back at work.
But the Lord is good. My Hubby was able to be home for all our sick days (including one of his own!). What a blessing that was! Little Bug did not get sick, for which I cannot even tell you how grateful I am! The sickness was short lived, so those who did get sick got well quickly. Even my sickness was milder than the rest and I didn't even lose any weight. And even though I've already had some worries over nursing and low calorie intake I feel like God has answered my prayers and I already feel back on track with food and my milk supply.
So all this to say - I've not been writing because we've been sick and I have really just been working hard to be present when and where I can at home. And to say that even when things get hard, God always manages to shine through the darkness.
So this week we have been healthy and I know that life with our new family of seven really is just as beautiful, and even moreso, than life was with only six of us. Our days have been good and the kids adore Little Bug. I have been able to make time to just be with him in the day, as well as enjoy the others.
Yes, things are busier. There is more to do in a day and sure I have moments where there are more things to do than hands to do them. But it's the GOOD kind of busy. The kind of busy that makes me feel like my life is full to bursting, the kind of full that makes me sad for those whose lives seems calm - and empty.
But I am enjoying the days, the moments... the flashes of my Little Bug's first smile and the sweetness of my bigger guys all fawning over him, the sparkle in my husband's eyes as he scoops Girly Pie up in a huge Daddy hug when he gets home from work or when he holds our newborn son in his arms... life again feels so very sweet and I again feel so blessed to have been given these people in my family to share life with.
And as long as we stay vomit free, I think we're gonna be OK. ;o)
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