A Dip in the Lake

 Fisherman and I took the kids to the beach after dinner the other night.  They LOVED it.  While we were there, I had one of those moments where everything in my life seemed perfect.

 I sat in the sand on a towel with the baby on my lap.  I kissed him and smelled his sweet baby skin.  As I sat there my three other boys were playing with their Dad, digging in the sand, and swimming in the water.  I watched them and my heart felt full.  I felt so much joy.  I love that it is summer and we have been able to enjoy it with so many fun things that are free.  I love that I have four kids and I love to see them interact with each other.  For the 45 minutes we were there, life was perfection for me.

 I love my family.  Each one of my five boys are my greatest treasures. I should also tell you about something that happened earlier that day.   I was making breakfast and singing a song with a line that goes like this, "you don't know a thing about me."  Monk chimed in and said, "yes we do mom." 

Me: "oh yea, what?"

Monk: "That you love us!"

I was overjoyed that he answered with this and that it was the first thing out of his mouth.  I strive hard to show my kids love and affection.  This conversation made my day and finishing the day with our beach trip was the cherry on the top.

It just doesn't get better than this for me.

Gettin' HOT

 All of a sudden in the last few days it has gotten HOT.  One thing we love to do when it's hot is go to the splash park.

 Bugs was really hesitant at first, but after we were there for awhile he was loving it.

10 Month Baby

 I seriously cannot handle that my baby is 10 months old already.  Some things about the first year of his life scared me and when I look back on it, it was really not a huge deal.  I made it through with help of course, but I did it.  He is still our skinny mini little pickle baby.  For some reason he would not give me any smiles when I was taking his pictures which made me sad because I adore his little smile.

 The picture above shows his first two little teeth on the bottom.  They are so very cute, but make him look like a big boy.  He is now working on his top two teeth, but they have not come through the gum yet.

 Like any baby at this age, he loves putting things in his mouth.  A lot of the pictures I have from this photo shoot he was putting grass in his mouth.

 His sweet little piggies are getting beaten and bruised from all the crawling that he does.

 He is wearing size 3 diapers and size 6-12 month clothes.  He is eating a ton more table food, but still nurses as well.  He also learned to drink from a straw cup in just the last week or so.  He is getting better and better at cruising while holding onto things.  He babbles all the time and does patty cake.  10 month old patty cake is one of the cutest things ever!

I love this sweet baby dearly.  He is such a good boy.  As I type this he is playing at my feet laughing hysterically at his brother Buggy.  I love his laughter and the joy that he brings to everyone in our family.  Whenever one of the boys goes away it seems to be the baby that they miss the most.  I love the way he nuzzles his little head into my neck when he is tired and how he crawls over to me and pulls up on my legs just so that I will hold him.  I am so thankful that I get to be his mom and know everything about him.  Love him to the moon and back.

Busy Baby

 You guys, I adore this baby boy.  He is getting SOOOOO busy and is into everything.  In my mind he is still a little sack of potatoes newborn and so every time he does something I have to remind myself that he IS almost 10 months.

 He is pulling himself up and cruising.

I just can't get enough of him!

Busy

We have been busy with school ending.  I am LOVING having all the boys home with me.  My Monk is a huge help with the baby.  We have a list to complete for the summer and the boys are looking forward to doing those things.  I had to post this goofy picture of Buggy.  He is always pulling faces and doing funny little dances.  I had all four boys in the bath tub and asked to take their picture.  This is what Bug was doing during that time.  Love his funny little personality.