Cayleigh-Grace's 9month Update

Well its official Cayleigh-Grace has been here longer than I was pregnant now. These past 9 months have gone by so quickly... too fast. Why is it that the most precious time with babies goes by the quickest...

Cayleigh-Grace is 22lbs 4oz now, a full 12lbs of growth in 9months is doing pretty darn good I would say. She is also about 28inches tall! I cannot get over how long her legs are. Both of the boys (especially Colin) always had the shortest legs. We used to say that they just "get their legs in late," because that is exactly what they did. It would take them forever for their legs to catch up to their torsos.

She can stand up on her own without any support for a couple of seconds now (6-11-09), and she is finally crawling now(6-13-09), no more scooting around on her belly and messing up all of her pretty clothes. She has 7 teeth, 4 on the top and 3 on the bottom. She hasn't said DaDa or Mama yet, but she does say Yea, Hey, HeyA, and HeyDa... so I guess that will just have to work for us.

She is such an amazing little girl who is SO in love with her big brothers, she will sit in their room and "play" with them for literally hours. It is wonderful to watch. She is still closer to Kiale than to Colin, but I have a feeling that Colin is going to end up being more protective over her than Kiale will. He just shows things differently... more of the strong silent type. Sounds like a certain Husband I know...

We did find out that she is in fact allergic to her diapers, we have tried putting Aquaphor on her for the past few weeks to see if that would clear it up without having to change her diapers, but it didn't work. So now I have switched from Pampers Cruisers to Huggies Pure and Natural. I am very happy to say that I have already noticed a difference in her "private parts" and they are already clearing up. I just hope they stay clear, the rash kind of developed over the course of time, and then just got worse and never really went away. So we will see if one developes from these diapers. I are really hoping that she stays clear, because if she doesn't its off to cloth diapers for us.

She started saying Di Di Di, and Deedle Deedle Deedle sounds today...

Colin's Very Late Checkup

Well my baby boy is quickly becoming quite the little big man. He now weighs 42lbs and I 3ft 4.5in tall. I cannot believe how big he is getting, he now out weighs his older brother by 2lbs. We always knew that would happen we just didn't think it would happen this fast. (Although if you were to ask some family members they would be surprised that it took him this long to overtake Kiale in weight.)It still amazes me how fast time truly flies... Colin is almost 4 and a half and he will be starting K-4 in August. Wow... He got 2 of the 4 immunizations done and out of the way... I figure I will get the other 2 done in the next month or so, I'm not all that worried about it.

You know I sit back at the end of the day and I find myself wondering/worrying that he is slipping through the cracks. He is the quietest of our three, and also the one that needs the least. Cayleigh-Grace is of course attached to my hip most of the time, and Kiale just seems to always be there wanting to know what I am doing and whats going on and if he isn't with me he is always with Colin. We wanted to have them 18months apart so they would have a close relationship and so they would always have someone, and that is exactly what we got. Those two boys are inseparable, were one is the other is either there as well or is pulling up the rear. I just worry that Colin and I are just not close enough, he is so close to both Kiale's and we don't relate very well to each other. He always comes to me for extra snuggles and TONS of hugs and kisses throughout the day... literally every time I turn around that boys is asking for a kiss and a hug, I just love it! He is truly my love bug that has been one of his nicknames all throughout his life. He has either been called, Hunter Bug, Buggie, Love Bug, or our little Snuggle Bug (catch a pattern here?). He is just so sweet and loving. I love that little guy so much... I just hope I am a good enough Mom to him.

Not Me! Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

I did not end up taking a couple off weeks off from frequent blogging to enjoy all of the wonderful end of the school year celebrations, and to enjoy the beginning of summer with my wonderful family.

I did not get super excited when Cayleigh-Grace finally started to actually crawl on Saturday. That being said the majority of my excitement was not because I no longer have to worry about her ruining her precious clothes, dragging that sweet baby belly across my wood floors. Said floors would never have cat/dog hair and dirt that her big brothers constantly drag inside...

I did not finally get it through to my boys that if they put their toys away as they play they will never have to clean their room because it will always be clean. It has been a very peaceful couple of weeks since they figured out that "Hey, Mom was right after all..."

I did not spend hours on the computer yesterday trying to figure out what type of cloth diapers I should use on Cayleigh-Grace... I have yet to blog about it but she is allergic to her diapers, and she has a horrible rash that will not go away no matter how much Aquaphor/Desitin you put on it, or if it does go away it always comes back. I think I am going to be going with the gDiapers... they are semi disposable and seem to be the easiest ones to work with, any suggestions?

I do not have three posts that I am working on, one for the boys end of the year celebrations, and the two for updates on Cayleigh-Grace's and Colin's doctor appointments... They will get published... eventually.

We did not buzz Kiale's head and give him a Mohawk. I then did not fall in love with his hair like this and decide that it has to stay like this for awhile. It is just too cute not to keep it this way, not to mention he LOVES it... actually I think LOVE is an understatement!

My Monkey Man... and his new haircut

He will be 6 in 3 months... the boy is growing up way to fast.

Complete

According to Merriam-Webster's Dictionary this is the definition of "Complete," but to me the word means so much more... what does it mean to you?

Main Entry: com·plete

Pronunciation: \kəm-ˈplēt\

Function: adjective

Inflected Form(s):com·plet·er; com·plet·est

Etymology:Middle English complet, from Latin completus, from past participle of complēre

Date:14th century

1 a: having all necessary parts, elements, or steps b: having all four sets of floral organs c: of a subject or predicate : including modifiers, complements, or objects
2: brought to an end : concluded
3: highly proficient
4 a: fully carried out : thorough b: total, absolute cof a football pass : legally caught

You see there is one thing that has always puzzled me and that has always kept me wondering. When we were blessed with Kiale we could not have felt farther from "complete" we felt "slightly satisfied," as that is really the only way I can describe it, and then 9 precious months after giving birth to our first born we found ourselves pregnant with Colin, our little "Hunter Bug". It was by no accident I can assure you that I became pregnant so quickly, as we had always planned to have our first two children 18months apart, and thankfully I am Fertile Myrtle have no problems getting pregnant so that is exactly what happened. After the birth of Colin we found ourselves satisfied to a point, that point being that we always knew we would have another child, as our hearts yearned and called for a sweet baby girl to fill our home and hearts with giggles, dancing feet, and hair to twist and braid. I will not lie to you the ride home from the ultrasound tech we very quiet once we found out that Colin was indeed a boy, the thought took some getting used to. All Kiale and I had ever talked about was us having a little girl and here we are with one son and another one on the way. Needless to say 24 hours later we were ecstatic, as I said before the thought just took some getting used to, but I know I am not the only one who has felt that way. Fast forward 33 months, countless hours of discussion between Kiale (Sr) and myself, as well as countless hours of discussion between our boys and we came to the decision. We were going to "try" for our girl. That is exactly what we did after hours on the computer and talking with friends we knew "when" to "try" and what to eat what not to eat while "trying." (Kiale has always said that I killed off all his girls with my acidic food preferences...) Needless to say I was pregnant right away, and due September 3. If you had asked Little Kiale at all during my early pregnancy he would tell you that it was and girl, and sure enough he was right. We had our little princess.

Now rewind back to the beginning of this post and the word Complete. That word when used to describe a family can have so many different definitions. I now know and fully believe that as a family we are complete as we have... 1 a: having all necessary parts, elements, or steps to make our family feel whole, and for the fist time in our lives together that is exactly what Kiale and I feel like we feel like we have all necessary parts we are whole. We have our 2 boys and our little girl. What I am constantly finding myself wondering is how can other people feel whole and complete we have friends that have had 1 child in their family all the way to having 5 children in another family and then everywhere in between. I look onto the families that have 1 and 2 children and I am constantly wondering how they could possibly feel whole since when we had only 1 and 2 children we still felt so empty in ways. I know that they feel the same way I do now, I know that they feel whole and complete it is just hard to imagine since I only know how I felt then.... so I am wondering what is your complete? Is it 1, or 2 children or is it more? When did you realize that your family was complete? I know for me it was once all of the pregnancy and baby hormones left, as I always go baby crazy within the first 5 months postpartum, and all I am able to find myself thinking is when can I have another one... guess it is Gods way of making sure the planet stays populated... :)

This is my definition of complete and whole...
Isn't it perfect... it is for us. What is your perfect?