This little cutie is 5 months old today! She is the happiest little thing ever! She is super wiggly and busy for a little girl. She loves when I hold her facing me and bounce her up and down. She giggles and squeals in delight. It's awesome!! She loves being talked to. Yesterday at the grocery store she was getting a little fussy and the sweet woman in line behind me talked to her for a good 10 minutes while I unloaded my groceries on the checkout thingy. She smiled and talked right back. It's hilarious!! She can spit up better then any baby boy I've raised. It's disgusting and stinky! She smiles through the whole thing which means changing her formula is unnecessary. I will just have to live with it and smell like baby throw up for the next 7 months or so. She has decided that sucking her thumb is comforting and exciting. It's actually really cute that she has figured out her own way to comfort herself. She loves to lay on her tummy and kick her legs. Maybe she will be a swimmer like her Dad. It scares me to think she will be crawling soon. She is ready to be movin and groovin like her big brothers. Me on the other hand...not so much! Berkley is a great sleeper. She takes huge 2 hour naps all day long and still sleeps through the night (7:00 pm-6:30 am) Miss B. eats every 3 hours and is still at about 5 ounces each feeding. Rice cereal is coming soon, we'll see how that goes. She continues to be the love of every one in this family. She is happy, healthy, and way too cute! We love her tons!!
The Bad!
We started potty training Ledger on Tuesday. I seriously HATE potty training. I think kids in diapers are way easier then potty trained kids. Think about it. They mess their diaper, you change them. Easy peasy! When they are potty training, you have to watch them every second of the day in hopes they don't sneak out of sight and mess their pants. And when they do...GROSS!! It's messy and gross! Gross, gross, gross!! Not only that, but when they do go in the potty, they can't wipe themselves which means you have to do it anyway. Public bathrooms gross me out too. There is nothing worse then taking your 2 or 3 year old to a public bathroom where they have to sit on the toilet while having a death grip on the toilet seat because they are afraid of the automatic flusher. They touch everything in sight, their clothes usually have to be totally off to go, someone has usually stunk it up right before you walked in that stall and for some reason when a kid has to go...THEY HAVE TO GO...right NOW!!. Am I right or am I right? I'm all for diapers. Way easier and convenient!! So this is weird. Yesterday was the first day of potty training right. Not 1 pee pee accident. I've done this 2 times now...this is unheard of. My other boys usually pee themselves all day long while potty training. They can't figure it out. Ledger on the other hand had the pee pee thing down. It's the poop that he can't get yet. Pretty common I remember. Did I mention how much I like kids in diapers?
I'm convinced that the best way to potty train boys is to let them pee all over the backyard. They think this is super cool. I mean, grown men think this is a cool concept too right? Yesterday, Ledger peed on every bush and tree in our backyard. He even peed on a tree at baseball practice last night. Good times around here!!
The Ugly!!
Life with 4 cute kids is crazy! We started baseball this week which means the fun is just getting funner (not a word...I know!!)! Brody practices on Mondays and Wednesdays while Case has practices on Tuesdays and Thursdays. To make things even more exciting, Ledger will start his practices on Saturdays! Last week I ran out of deodorant. I haven't been to the store to get some so for the past week I have been without. I have smelled like I just finished my workout only I haven't worked out. It goes pretty well with my new baby spit up perfume! Awesome! Would you believe me if I told you I can remember the last time I shaved my legs. Let's just say it wasn't last week on Valentine's day. A single male friend asked me one time what my husband thinks about my unshaven legs. I laughed out loud when I told him he hasn't even noticed. Yep folks, rubbing my smooth newly shaven legs doesn't happen anymore. Besides, it's winter. My unshaven legs are either hidden by jeans or tights. I will tell you, I've been warm as toast this winter!! (Has your gag reflex kicked in at all while reading this post?) We think Case might have asthma. He is coughing like crazy and real wheezy. He has an appointment with an allergist next month. We'll see what happens. I'm goin to buy deodorant and shave my legs this week...It's my new goal.
