Out of Order...Week 9

Life is busy right now, and it doesn't always allow me to get on the computer. That is why you are getting week nine instead of week 7 & 8.

This week Anna had Girls Scout Day Camp, and earned her first Junior badge. She was really nervous the first day. On the way there we had to stop so she could get some air, and possibly throw up. She didn't throw up, but she was so pale that it looked like she was going to. That first day was a little bit hard for her, but she endured the week and loved it.

It's really not like Anna to get nervous or not want to do something. She has always been confident and social. I cried on the first day of Kindergarten and she didn't. She looked back at me smiled, and said "bye mom, I'll see you later!" So, it is really odd that she has started this. I'm not sure if this is just an emotional age for girls, or if it's because of the changes that have or will take place soon. I think changing school's is really bothering her, and I really don't know how to help her with that. The school she attended this last year was the longest amount of time she has been in one school. She was there 2 years, and really loves it. Moving to the new school seems like a benefit for everyone, with all three kids being at the same school, the school going all the way to 12th grade, and being so much closer to the house, but now I'm second guessing myself. This parent stuff is hard, and I don't know what's best for HER. I'll continue to pray, and hope that my eyes, ears, and heart are open when the answer comes my way.

Anna & Anne (pronounced Annie) on the last day of Camp.

This is what happens when a sister has to be at camp early in the morning. Little Mister doesn't want to get up.

And then this happens...Neen and Bubba get to spend the whole day together. They are two peas in a pod, and multiple times a day she tells him that he is her best friend. He is! She loves him to death! They read together, play legos, twister, color, he fixes her snacks :), and they play secret agents.

Trinity loves this little boy too, and wants to have her picture taken with him all the time. Mason went to the doctor for his 2 mo appt on Thursday. He weighed 8lbs 8 oz, was 21 in long, and head measured 15 in. So, he's almost doubled his body weight, and has grown 3 in. He's only in the 3rd percentile right now, but he's catching up. :) Poor baby also got his shots. He was not too fond of them. My other kids have always had that delayed reaction cry, but he screamed (shrieked) as soon as they stuck him. He also refused to eat that day, and had a fever for two days. The doctor did confirm that Mason has a small umbilical hernia, but said that it should resolve on its own by the age of 6 or 7.

Mason is so sweet. When he looks at you with those sad eyes, you can't help but kiss his sweet bald head. ;) He does have a little bit of hair. It's just so blonde it's hard to tell. His eyebrows and lashes are blonde too. Right now he goes to bed at about 8:00. He wakes up around 3:00, and sleeps again until about 7:00. I have never felt luckier in my life. He has been my ONLY child that sleeps. The others were up every 2-3 hours.

I stopped having dairy in my diet about a week before Mason was born. He did have a little formula those first couple of days until I had enough milk for him to only have my milk in the NICU. He had special formula, and didn't show any signs of sensitivity, or allergy. I want to try and add dairy in my diet to see if it will give him any problems like it did with all three of the other children, but I am SCARED. What if the dairy turns my sweet angel, into a screaming baby? I don't know if there is a best age to add that in, or a certain food that might be better than the other. I just don't know.

I took these next two pictures this morning. You can really tell in these pictures that he's getting bigger and putting on weight. His cheeks are filling out, and it just makes him cuter...if that's possible. :)

He has started smiling and cooing some this week. I just love his sounds, and his crooked smile. It always reminds me of Popeye!

There is no way you can look at that picture and not smile. NO way!!

Happy Saturday!!