A long time coming......

Its been a long time coming....what am I talking about you ask, well of course another blog entry! Adding our fifth child to this family has not helped me keep up on the entries; not that I do not have plenty to share with everyone! I could probably write a whole entry for each child in fact I think that is what I will do. I will start with the youngest......

Little G

As you know from the last entry we welcomed little "G" into our family in March. Since then it has been a whirlwind. In all honesty the first 2 months of his life were not picture perfect......not to say we did not love him, but it was not that picture perfect hug, cuddle and bond with the baby kind of time. It was more like a screaming red faced baby that stopped sleeping both day and night, a comatose mother who did not know one end of the baby from the other and the other kids at the sidelines getting away with just about everything because baby is all you can concentrate on. I think I was ready to set him on the front steps and put a sign on him and say "free" (to good home of course). BUT then we started sleeping a bit more during the day and then the night sleep came slowly and mom and baby came out of the end of a long tunnel, only to realize it would take about another half a year to get everyone else on the same page, house unearthed, etc. Mr. G is now (mostly) a content happy baby, I have yet to get him on a regular schedule, but I guess that's his way a making sure I am paying attention to him. He started rolling at 3 months and crawling around 5-6 months( an early mover) He is now mastering stairs with a few bumps and bruises and his newest fun trick is to climb on one of our floor pillows, climb on our living room table and take a head dive off the table! He is 7 1/2 months old. He loves crackers and baby food, although he totally will reject trying to drink anything out of a bottle or a glass (am I ever going to be able to ween him?!?) I know as parents we all want to keep the baby stage because we miss it so much when they are older, but in all honestly I can say I am looking forward to this baby turning one and gaining a little of my independence back, as selfish as that sounds I just need a little time to myself......I know when I am older I will be looking back and wanting more of "this" time back, but seriously a nice warm bath without kids entering the bathroom is all I am really asking for right now!

As I read back over this entry it sounds a little like I am complaining, but in all honesty I love this guy and would not give him back for anything. I love how he and my two year old will kind of play together, how "F" can make "G" just give a great big hearty bally laugh. I love how "G" will cling to my legs until I pick him up and then hang on for dear life when I finally pick him up. I love how he will find the smallest of crumb (although I swear I am on my hands and knees every day cleaning the darn floor) and try to eat it. I love how he stands in his crib holding onto the side and screaming for mom but the minute I come in he will sit down fold in half and hide! He loves to suck on the blanket my Aunt Amy made him and has totally rejected the pacifier over chewing his thumb( I always promised myself I would never have a thumb sucker, I guess I did not take into account a thumb chewer!)

Through all the trials I love the laughter that "G" has brought to our lives. As I am writing this now "F" and "G" are playing together in the other room just giggling with each other and THAT makes everything worth it......