April is 6 months old!!!!

This baby girl is growing too fast!!! I am so sad. I just want her to stay little and perfect forever.

 

Her 6 month stats:
weight- 14 lbs. 5 oz -- 16th percentile
length- 26 3/4 inches -- 80th percentile
head size- 16 1/2 inches -- 31st percentile

I'm still nursing her (everyday I think to myself this is the last day). Not that I don't enjoy nursing her it's just a bit of a struggle for me. I don't produce very much milk so she still isn't sleeping through the night and nursed every 3 hours STILL (She has probably slept all night long about 6 times.) I know she's growing and getting bigger so that means she is getting enough. I just worry. When I pump I only get about 2-3 oz (which is less than I used to get about 4 oz.) I know. I'm pathetic most women pump and get at least 8oz..

I'm SHOCKED she isn't full on crawling yet. She gets from point A to point B when she wants to but it's not a very graceful or quick crawl. It's more of an army-lunge crawl. But I will admit I'm enjoying having an immobile baby.

She is still the most perfect baby ever. So happy all the time, Everyone in this house is infatuated with her. We (yes ALL of us even Ron) fight over her. We all want her attention and smiles. We are one lucky family to have such a sweet spirit in our home. I really can feel a difference in our home. She was meant to come to us and I'm so glad we have her. I thank Ron just about everyday for her.
Siblings descriptions:
Callie- "April is cute!"
Noah- "April is cute and chubby."
Mason- "April is cute, she has hair and she sucks her fingers sometimes."

She does really like her fingers. But luckily it doesn't seem to be any particular fingers. She will take a bink but I don't feel like she is super dependent on the bink like my other kids were.

Mason turned 9

I cannot believe that I have a 9 year old.

 My day to help in his class just happened to be on his actual birthday so that was fun. When it was time for me to leave he asked me to take him with me. LOL silly boy. That does make me a little sad. Up until now I have NEVER heard my kids complain about school. I know it's something other moms struggle with but my boys LOVE school. I know it won't last forever and eventually it will probably become a thing. But for now I'm enjoying happy kids skipping off to school. I should have probably let him come home with me but I was mean and made him stay. I did come back to the school at lunch time and hang out with him (brought him his favorite Chik-FilA). He is such a sweet kid. I honestly LOVE everything about him. He is smart (getting all A's), hilarious, out going (probably one of my favorite things about him), talkative (hmmm not sure where he gets that from?), friendly, kind, goofy, brave, ADVENTUROUS, polite and very thoughtful. He's been through a lot in his young life but always wears a smile. He is going to make one heck of a missionary and husband someday! I just know it.

 We went bowling that night to celebrate 9 years of awesome!

 One of his birthday gifts he got tickets to the Monday night Cardinals game with Dad! Lucky kid!

Noah is 7

Only one more year until he is baptized! That is CRAZY! This kid amazes me everyday. October is a bit of a blur for me. Between Mason and Noah's birthday and prepping for Halloween I get a little overwhelmed. This year I was happy to not do birthday party's and just spend time with mostly family. After Mason's birthday Noah was all excited and ready for his big day. He made a wish list and item number 5 still cracks me up EVERY TIME I look at it. (Math sheets for his birthday. LOL)

Noah is a pretty smart kid. He LOVES school and it comes very easily to him. I never have to ask him to do his homework, which is AMAZING. Seriously some days (most days) I think homework is more of a punishment for parents than helpful for kids. Yes that's how I feel. His favorite subject is Math and he's pretty good at it. His teacher made a really big deal out of Noah's 100% score on their timed math sheet. Telling the class she has never had a  1st grader ever achieve this this early in the school year. (Franklin is a little bit of a challenging school. Most of the school work is a grade ahead of the average elementary school). I love seeing how proud he is of himself for that accomplishment. Noah is a lot like Ron. He's very thoughtful and plans things out in his head before he makes a choice. This is an excellent quality just not always easy for his impatient fast moving mom. I'm learning though. I love how kind, polite and thoughtful Noah is. He has tons of friends and they all want to play with him. He loves sharing and is always thinking of others. If he gets candy at school or a party he ALWAYS saves some for his siblings. I really hope his generosity lasts for years and years. I'm so lucky and blessed to have my sweet, obedient, confident, reliable Noah. I am also really looking forward to next year and the big step he will be taking.

Noah's birthday fell during October Break so we had the day off. I took the kids to a bounce house place called Pump it Up (Noah got to bring a friend), Dougie from his class. Then we had pizza at the park.

We made this poster the beginning of the year for his classroom spotlight.

Some of his Favorites:

Monopoly

Mac N Cheese

Song- Rotten to the Core

Book- Avengers 

Movie- Harry Potter

Friend- Bentley

Subject- Math

"When I grow up?"- Missionary!

Everyday Noah reads to April. I LOVE how sweet he is to all his siblings.