Friday Features: The Baby

Waiting to meet their sister.

She was born while we were stationed in Turkey. She was my little terrorist (another blog).

Yeah she is the Princess.



First Plane ride back to the United States.

She is truly a gift for our family. We almost lost her at birth. It was very scary there for a while but she proved right away how stubborn she is. She will do anything you tell her she can't do and she shocked those Turkish doctors. They had never seen a baby meet every expectation for recovery so fast. That's my girl.

Her brothers dote on her. Here Little Man is helping put her down for a nap. Isn't he the sweetest.

Monkey loved to help feed her. Even though now they bicker and whine they still would rather be with each other.

They adore her. She knows it too. She is so rotten at times. I wouldn't trade her for the world though.

Here she is as cool as a cucumber. My little girl. She is my little side kick. Always wanting to go with mommy while the boys would rather play video games or go fishing.



She completed our Party of Five.



She is our sword carrying, pedicure loving, fishing buddy, little sister, dress wearing, dirt digging and cuddling Princess.



Just don't tell her that.

Friday Features

Man is it Friday ALREADY. Where'd the time go this week. You'd think with a lack of sleep I'd of gotten something done. LOL Here we go with Part 2 of my Friday Feature. Here is Part 1.

So today I will feature pictures and tidbits of my spawn that I call Monkey. The name has been his since birth. He has ALWAYS been on the go. Seriously this kid doesn't stop. It is reflected in his sleep habits (or lack there of). At less then 8mths old he was trying to stop his morning nap cause his big brother was more fun to play with and he had things to do. This caused multiple times of falling alseep at the lunch table. Pretty much everyday. LOL I wish I had a pic to share. I mean I do but it isn't on any computer. Darn it. I am also too lazy to go find the disk it is on (he was born before digital camera's were so readily available).


Above is him on his first Birthday. Isn't he nice and cubby cute? (he was my only child to ever be chunky - again fits his name - often was he my Chunky monkey) LOL Chef was being silly when he put the hats on but he loved it. Who'd of guessed that this happy baby (he was ALWAYS HAPPY) would turned into a whiney little kid (thats coming)

Some of my fav pictures from the younger years.....(collective AWE please)



Sigh* I love that time. I wish there was a way to capture it and keep it forever. He was such a doll. Everyone loved (loves him) he is a major ladies man. The chicks ADORE him and the guys want to be his buddy.

I was nervous when we were expecting again. See LittleMan loved the idea of little ones but Monkey was more about all the attention for himself. I was thinking there'd be issues.

Does this look like a new big brother having issues?

He can multitask -videogames and patting baby sister. Below he is feeding her (not sure why that pic is so tiny but trust me it makes your overies quiver.) Such sweetness. My middle child is a wonderful boy.

The middle child. Is it true? Do they test you the most? Are they the ones that will make you wonder WTF was I thinking? I don't know but I do know this child knows his mind. If he doesn't agree or like it he finds a way of letting you know. He always has. I call it 2nd child syndrome. I've seen it in many families. I wouldn't miss any of it for the world though.

See told you ladies man. This is his BFF - they have been friends for 4 yrs now. She looks out for him and he adores her. Before he met Brat Baby #4 (it's HER daughter) he was BFF's with an adorable little girl in Turkey - they were inseperable. What is it with the girl's man. LOL

We've had a few hard times with Monkey but we've all learned and grown from them. He keeps me on my toes and teaches me paitence everyday (although I feel as if I am losing it most days). I adore him (as I do all of them). He makes me smile.

Things about him:

1. Wants to play soccer.

2. Loves movies.

3. Has a heart the size of Texas.

4. Major goofball

5. WILL be voted the class clown.

6. Gives the best hugs.

7. Always smiling (unless you've upset him)

8. Can't sit still.

9. Loves attention

10. My middle child.

Friday Features

So I decided that every Friday I will feature one of my children. (saw another blog do it and I thought what a wonderful idea - yeah I don't have many original ones so shoot me) A little about them. So this will take care of .... 3 weeks. Sorry I didn't feel like having a soccer team ripped out of me. Even though this was Chef's wish. I told him he could get another wife for the rest. LOL

So today we'll start with Little Man.

This guy:

I always knew my first born would be a boy. Considering that all the firsts in my family are girl's this was a lofty idea. Good things boys are first on Chef's side. LOL When we were at the ultrasound and they we cruising through checking the baby all out we had said we didn't want to find out. The US tech was pointing out the legs, arms, the cord and things like that when Chef and I looked at each other and smiled. We both KNEW it was a boy. So then the tech says are you sure you don't want to find out. I say I think we already know. She said oh yeah. I said yes it is a boy right. She confirmed. Although she didn't point it out there was no mistaken what we saw. I has my son. I was a happy mommy.

Fast forward a few months and the little stinker tried to kill me. Okay not really but we got so darn sick that they evicted him and he spent a few days under the billi lights. It's all good though baby. I forgive you.

He is my Little Man. Some might think that it's just the name I came up with for this blog but really I couldn't use any word better to describe this kid. He has ALWAYS been so grown up and wise. As an infant he knew what I needed. Which at the time was sleep and snuggles. He gave me both freely. He was a sleeper this one. He is the one I'll make all my mommy mistakes on, which I am sure are many. Being first born sucks man. Cause everything gets tried out on him first. It's not always that great believe me. I feel for him since I too am a first born.

We spent a few months that first year alone. Just the two of us. Chef was hanging out in the sandbox. Then Daddy came home (YEAH!) Then came these two.....

He didn't mind though. I think he was born being a big brother (became one at 21mths). It's in his blood. It's what he knows to do. He does it well. Although there are times when I wish to strangle him (more nowadays then not - ugh I hate prepuberty) I couldn't do a lot of this without him. He still knows what Mommy needs.

Quick notes about him:

1. He makes a mean bowl of cereal. Knows everyones favorites too.

2. Great at Math.

3. Friends are a priority (siblings on the other hand well thats another blog)

4. He enjoys fishing.

5. His "bunny" (you can see it up top) is his most prized pocession.

6. Greenbay Packers rule!

7. Had braces for only 8mths.

8. Had 2 sets of adult front teeth. (hence the braces)

9. Loves his Mommy, Daddy, brother and sister.

10. Has a Bionical collection (Oh and YuGiOh cards)