Saturday, December 27, 2014
Primary Talk Assignment
I remembered during sacrament meeting that Alden had a talk assignment for primary. So I wrote the topic on top of the page and told Alden that we needed to write a talk on Christmas. Except for the scripture, Al wrote the talk all by himself. After he finished, he said, "I'm going to take this up there so I can remember my talk," then stood up! I guess he thought that he was supposed to give a talk during sacrament meeting. What a brave guy... He did a great job in primary.
Friday, December 26, 2014
Merry Christmas!
(Picture was taken at the Bellevue Festival of Nativity.)
Alden knew exactly what Christmas was about. It is to "celebrate" Jesus' birthday, and not really his actual birthday, because that's in the spring... Ha ha. I tried to have small conversations with the kids whenever I could about Christmas being the time of sharing and giving. I reminded the kids how lucky and blessed we are to be able to afford Christmas presents (even if some/most of them are from a second hand store like Goodwill). We talked about some people that may not be as fortunate as we are, and they agreed to donate some of their toys to other children that could use them. They helped me pick out the toys, organize them, and wrap them up so that we could give them to a family in need (we posted on craigslist).
I tried to teach them that they should be more forgiving and sharing during the Christmas season, and they should appreciate presents they've gotten, even if they may not be as awesome as they want (Ellie got a whole build-a-bear set inside a cheerios box. You could tell that she was a little disappointed when she saw the cheerio box.).
On Christmas Eve, we were invited to dinner at the Chens. Kids had a blast, playing with Kaden (and his toys). The food was absolutely delicious. Joe and I had fun playing monopoly with Breanna and Andy. After putting the kids to bed, Joe and I stayed up until 1am to wrap all the presents (I had pushed it off until the night before... oops.).
Christmas morning, when the kids woke up, they walked into our room to tell us it was Christmas morning. Joe and I mumbled something like, "Go check out the Christmas tree," and we could hear their excited squeals and yells. After spending a few minutes to see how many presents each of the had gotten, they snuck back into our room to ask when they could open the presents.
Kids really had fun opening up all the presents. We were able to get them a few presents each (mostly because all the presents were regifted or second hand-but loved just as well), plus they had gotten a few more from grandparents and uncles and aunts. They spent the rest of the morning enjoying the presents they got.
The two sets of missionaries (elders and sisters) came to our house to make their phone calls to their families, so we got to spend the rest of the day with them (noon to 6pm). It was so fun to actually get to play games with them and chat for a while, instead of having to rush them out the door within the 1 hour limit of dinner appointments.
Ok, here we go...
Okay. So here it is again. My come-back-from-the-dead post. After reading my sister-in-law's blog last night at 3 in the morning, I've decided that I need to get better at this. Not necessarily better at writing more interesting content, but just how often I post. Every time I try to start the blog back up, it seems like I am trying to play catch up and write a really long post on what's been happening to us. But then I never actually get around to finish the post and never end up publishing it.... I probably have a few half written posts saved as drafts... So I am going to do better, even if it is just a short paragraph and a couple of pictures, or just a whole bunch of pictures and a few phrases to describe what is going on. Life is too precious to miss out on remembering all of these moments, and I need to do better so I can look back and recall all the good times we've had. So here is my first very short but published post. Hopefully I can come back soon to write another post with some pictures!
Sunday, March 30, 2014
There's a cure for that.
Everywhere I go, I can't help but notice people's stare when I am out with my kids. The response varies from awe to disgust, but mostly in the vicinity of gawking (never envy). People usually don't know what to say other than "wow..." and if they do manage to say something, it's usually "You've got your hands full." I guess they don't want to be rude and say whatever it is that is on their mind.
Just yesterday, we were at Costco, and the assistant cashier who was helping with loading our stuff back in to the cart saw our three older kids all sitting in the cart and said, "You've got your hands full." Then she turned around to face me and saw me holding JJ (James), and exclaimed, "YOU'VE GOT YOUR HANDS FULL!!"
They are right. I have my hands full. I mean, I only have two hands, so yeah, my hands are more than full. But I never see it as a negative thing. More the merrier, right?
I went to Home Depot last week with JJ, just the two of us. Being out with a newborn draws a lot of attention, almost as much as being out with four kids. People start making faces at my baby, ask how old he is, make cooing sounds, make comments on how small the baby is, etc. If they aren't just passing by and start having conversations with me, they almost always ask me, "Is this your first?" (I guess I still seem pretty young. I should take it as a compliment.) I was making a copy of our new house key, and the floor associate (an older guy, looked like in his 60's) asked me, "Is this your first?" When I told him that he was my fourth, he got a really surprised look on his face and said, "You know, there's a cure for that..." I immediately answered with a confident smile, "Well, we love our kids."
He must have been pretty embarrassed by what he said because he asked me if I was Catholic and mumbled something about Catholics and Methodists having a lot of kids. I told him I was Mormon, and he said, "Oh, Mormons have a lot of kids, too." Then he scurried away, leaving me with the other attendant that was helping me.
A few days later, I had a completely opposite experience. I went down to Federal Way to go to the H Mart (a Korean grocery store). It was a cold day, and I had three kids in the cart and Eli, who had fallen asleep in the car, in my arms. I struggled to maneuver the cart with one hand and hurried inside the store. Just inside the automatic doors, we walked past an older Korean lady. She looked like she would be in her 70's. She stopped short and started counting, "One, two, three, four..." Then she went on to tell me, "You have a very wealthy family." (A Korean expression for praising having lots of kids.) She asked me about how many boys and girls I had and kept on looking at my kids with awe. It was freezing cold with a chilly breeze coming through the doors, and the kids kept telling me that it was cold, but I wanted to stay longer with the person who finally appreciated what Joe and I are truly feeling about our kids. She really made my day, and I left the store with a cart full of groceries and pride.
Yes, it is tough having four kids so close together. Sometimes it is overwhelming. But I can't imagine not having any one of those kids. I love each and every one of them, and they are perfect in their own way. My family is complete because of all four kids, and I wouldn't have it any other way (other than maybe adding one or two more kids. Ha ha.).
Just yesterday, we were at Costco, and the assistant cashier who was helping with loading our stuff back in to the cart saw our three older kids all sitting in the cart and said, "You've got your hands full." Then she turned around to face me and saw me holding JJ (James), and exclaimed, "YOU'VE GOT YOUR HANDS FULL!!"
They are right. I have my hands full. I mean, I only have two hands, so yeah, my hands are more than full. But I never see it as a negative thing. More the merrier, right?
I went to Home Depot last week with JJ, just the two of us. Being out with a newborn draws a lot of attention, almost as much as being out with four kids. People start making faces at my baby, ask how old he is, make cooing sounds, make comments on how small the baby is, etc. If they aren't just passing by and start having conversations with me, they almost always ask me, "Is this your first?" (I guess I still seem pretty young. I should take it as a compliment.) I was making a copy of our new house key, and the floor associate (an older guy, looked like in his 60's) asked me, "Is this your first?" When I told him that he was my fourth, he got a really surprised look on his face and said, "You know, there's a cure for that..." I immediately answered with a confident smile, "Well, we love our kids."
He must have been pretty embarrassed by what he said because he asked me if I was Catholic and mumbled something about Catholics and Methodists having a lot of kids. I told him I was Mormon, and he said, "Oh, Mormons have a lot of kids, too." Then he scurried away, leaving me with the other attendant that was helping me.
A few days later, I had a completely opposite experience. I went down to Federal Way to go to the H Mart (a Korean grocery store). It was a cold day, and I had three kids in the cart and Eli, who had fallen asleep in the car, in my arms. I struggled to maneuver the cart with one hand and hurried inside the store. Just inside the automatic doors, we walked past an older Korean lady. She looked like she would be in her 70's. She stopped short and started counting, "One, two, three, four..." Then she went on to tell me, "You have a very wealthy family." (A Korean expression for praising having lots of kids.) She asked me about how many boys and girls I had and kept on looking at my kids with awe. It was freezing cold with a chilly breeze coming through the doors, and the kids kept telling me that it was cold, but I wanted to stay longer with the person who finally appreciated what Joe and I are truly feeling about our kids. She really made my day, and I left the store with a cart full of groceries and pride.
Yes, it is tough having four kids so close together. Sometimes it is overwhelming. But I can't imagine not having any one of those kids. I love each and every one of them, and they are perfect in their own way. My family is complete because of all four kids, and I wouldn't have it any other way (other than maybe adding one or two more kids. Ha ha.).
Wednesday, March 12, 2014
Kid friendly Bellevue
If you know me well, you know how much I love to get out the house and look for fun places to visit with the kids. So far, we've been pretty successful in Bellevue.
We love the downtown library (with a large selection of Korean Children's books) just across the street from the apartment. Alden and Joe have already finished a few books, and we have several books and movies on hold. :) They even have a snack bar with vending machines! We haven't tried their story time yet but we're planning on going once it starts back up next week.
The kids' favorite place so far is the Bellevue Square mall. They have a play area called Kid's Cove, and it's a really fun playground with a beach theme for kids 5ish and under. The play structures are made with very soft plastic-like material, and even Eli loves to run around. The mall also has Nordstrom where we can get helium balloons from the children's shoes section, the LEGO store where kids can spend forever building stuff, Disney store with a giant movie screen, and Gamestop with Wii U and demo games. There is even a McDonald's inside for cheaper eating options. :)
I usually prefer indoor play places because I don't like to be in the sun, but it is such a rare thing that we tried going to a park today since the sun was out. We went to the Robinswood Park with Lara and her kids. It was a really nice park with walking paths, playgrounds, fields, and a duck pond. The kids had a blast and didn't even want to go home for lunch, even after face planting (Ellie) and a giant bump/scrape on the forehead (Eli). Even James loved it and slept very soundly the whole time in the stroller next to Sunmi's stroller.
We love the downtown library (with a large selection of Korean Children's books) just across the street from the apartment. Alden and Joe have already finished a few books, and we have several books and movies on hold. :) They even have a snack bar with vending machines! We haven't tried their story time yet but we're planning on going once it starts back up next week.
The kids' favorite place so far is the Bellevue Square mall. They have a play area called Kid's Cove, and it's a really fun playground with a beach theme for kids 5ish and under. The play structures are made with very soft plastic-like material, and even Eli loves to run around. The mall also has Nordstrom where we can get helium balloons from the children's shoes section, the LEGO store where kids can spend forever building stuff, Disney store with a giant movie screen, and Gamestop with Wii U and demo games. There is even a McDonald's inside for cheaper eating options. :)
Ellie at the Disney Store
Eli is making the "vroom vroom" sound
Ellie's castle
Alden's hangout place
James usually just sleeps through the fun
Big kids playing together
Little kids sleeping in strollers
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Ride the Ducks
Finally! After months, it was here. The first Saturday in forever when we weren't obligated to do anything important. No job hunting, no moving, no grocery shopping, no hospitals, no house hunting, no packing or moving! It was just so beautiful! Except for the fact that it was pouring rain. But we weren't going to let "some" rain stop us from having the best Saturday we'd had in a long time. I mean, if we were going to live in Seattle for the next little while, we couldn't just stay home every single time it rained, right? Plus, I didn't want to wait too long before we did the city tour because later, we would be natives and it would be too late to go on a tour... (like how I never went to Antelope Island or any parts of the Great Salt Lake, or drove through Alpine Loop, or hiked the Y, and many other exciting things in Utah...)
After putting the kids to bed Friday night, Joe and I looked up exciting things to do for the next day. After an hour of research, we decided (or rather, I decided and Joe just said yes) that we would try visiting the children's museum and go on the Duck tour of Seattle in the afternoon.
It took us an hour longer to get everyone ready to get out the door, but we were so excited for all the fun we were going to have that day. The kids had missed going to Discovery Gateway so it was going to be a fun day for them.
The KidsQuest Children's Museum is located in Factoria Shopping Center, near where we will be moving in two weeks. It was a lot like Discovery Gateway, except for the fact that it was a lot more compact (not in Utah anymore) and was packed full when we got there. It took a while for the kids to warm up, but they spent the majority of their time at the magnetized pipe station where they built contraptions to get the ball down. Well, Alden spent most of the time building, Ellie was "cooking" with the balls, and Eli just walked around with the balls. They had a blast. Joe and I were actually quite impressed at Alden's systematic way of putting the pipes together. He would map out an outline and build a prototype and run the ball down to check the pipes one by one from beginning to the end to make sure the whole thing worked smoothly. He had us take some pictures of his creations. :)
After the museum, we were running out of time to get to the tour (we took our time getting out of the museum and walking through Pets Mart to look at the animals) so we got some KFC to eat in the car on the way. There was a construction going on on the freeway, so we decided to drive through the city to avoid the traffic and to let the kids look at the city at the same time. Bad. Idea. It just so happened that we were trying to get through the city right when a major league soccer game got out at the stadium, and we were stuck in really bad traffic. People and cars filled the downtown area, and we were not going to make it to our "non-refundable" tour at 3 pm.
We called the company, and fortunately they had some seats for the 4 pm tour, so we took our time getting to the tour. It was raining really, really hard, but we were looking forward to getting on the Duck. It is a vehicle made for the military just after WWII, and it can drive on the road and also work in water as a boat. So half of the tour was on the road and the other half on the lake.
Even though it was pouring rain, it wasn't terribly cold, and the kids were really excited to get on a weird looking car. However, once the tour started, Ellie got super tired from playing at the museum and eventually fell asleep. Alden got pretty bored too and the excitement of blowing on the quacker wore off pretty fast. Eli, however, was having a blast. He giggled and laughed every time the quacker went off, and he would dance to the music on the radio.
The tour was pretty fun, and we learned a lot of interesting facts about Seattle. Like the fact that there are over 170 Starbucks locations, they built the city one floor up (they buried the whole ground floor level and made the street go up 10 ft higher) to remedy flooding and fire problems, more than 80 percent of people have library cards, and there are twice as many dogs there as there are kids! :o
Fortunately, Alden had fun during some parts of the tour, especially when we went in the water, and Ellie woke up just in time to get in the water to look at the boats, and she had a lot of fun as well once she wasn't tired anymore. James slept through the whole thing. :D
At the end of the day, we were all super tired and swamped, and wet, but it was a fun Saturday filled with lots of adventures. We are looking forward to more adventures!
After putting the kids to bed Friday night, Joe and I looked up exciting things to do for the next day. After an hour of research, we decided (or rather, I decided and Joe just said yes) that we would try visiting the children's museum and go on the Duck tour of Seattle in the afternoon.
It took us an hour longer to get everyone ready to get out the door, but we were so excited for all the fun we were going to have that day. The kids had missed going to Discovery Gateway so it was going to be a fun day for them.
The KidsQuest Children's Museum is located in Factoria Shopping Center, near where we will be moving in two weeks. It was a lot like Discovery Gateway, except for the fact that it was a lot more compact (not in Utah anymore) and was packed full when we got there. It took a while for the kids to warm up, but they spent the majority of their time at the magnetized pipe station where they built contraptions to get the ball down. Well, Alden spent most of the time building, Ellie was "cooking" with the balls, and Eli just walked around with the balls. They had a blast. Joe and I were actually quite impressed at Alden's systematic way of putting the pipes together. He would map out an outline and build a prototype and run the ball down to check the pipes one by one from beginning to the end to make sure the whole thing worked smoothly. He had us take some pictures of his creations. :)
After the museum, we were running out of time to get to the tour (we took our time getting out of the museum and walking through Pets Mart to look at the animals) so we got some KFC to eat in the car on the way. There was a construction going on on the freeway, so we decided to drive through the city to avoid the traffic and to let the kids look at the city at the same time. Bad. Idea. It just so happened that we were trying to get through the city right when a major league soccer game got out at the stadium, and we were stuck in really bad traffic. People and cars filled the downtown area, and we were not going to make it to our "non-refundable" tour at 3 pm.
We called the company, and fortunately they had some seats for the 4 pm tour, so we took our time getting to the tour. It was raining really, really hard, but we were looking forward to getting on the Duck. It is a vehicle made for the military just after WWII, and it can drive on the road and also work in water as a boat. So half of the tour was on the road and the other half on the lake.
Even though it was pouring rain, it wasn't terribly cold, and the kids were really excited to get on a weird looking car. However, once the tour started, Ellie got super tired from playing at the museum and eventually fell asleep. Alden got pretty bored too and the excitement of blowing on the quacker wore off pretty fast. Eli, however, was having a blast. He giggled and laughed every time the quacker went off, and he would dance to the music on the radio.
The tour was pretty fun, and we learned a lot of interesting facts about Seattle. Like the fact that there are over 170 Starbucks locations, they built the city one floor up (they buried the whole ground floor level and made the street go up 10 ft higher) to remedy flooding and fire problems, more than 80 percent of people have library cards, and there are twice as many dogs there as there are kids! :o
Fortunately, Alden had fun during some parts of the tour, especially when we went in the water, and Ellie woke up just in time to get in the water to look at the boats, and she had a lot of fun as well once she wasn't tired anymore. James slept through the whole thing. :D
At the end of the day, we were all super tired and swamped, and wet, but it was a fun Saturday filled with lots of adventures. We are looking forward to more adventures!
Friday, March 7, 2014
James Jihu Rigby
I never wrote a blog post about James' birth story. Better late than never, right?
This pregnancy was particularly difficult because, well, I had three other kids this time. And my body hadn't had too much time to recover since when I had Eli, so I was having joint pains and muscle aches all over the body, much earlier in the pregnancy than any other times.
I was wishing for a girl so that Ellie could have a sister to play with, but I knew it was going to be a boy because of the severity of the nausea (much worse with boys - with four pregnancies, you have a big enough sample to compare. lol). Up until the ultrasound, however, I secretly hoped for a girl (so did the kids). When we found out for sure that it was a boy, Ellie bawled the first time and got teary eyed every time we mentioned it for the next month. Eventually, she warmed up to the idea of having another baby boy....
Even though the pregnancy was difficult, it made it a lot easier to have Yearim and Joe's mom stay with us. I got to rest extra while the kids played over at the Neff's house with William, Alden's best friend.
Towards the end of the pregnancy, life got more complicated and stressful because Joe was applying to jobs. The uncertainty of where we were going to be and when we'd move was very difficult, and we had to think of contingency plans with many back up plans.
The due date was January 3rd, but we knew that the baby would come early because my other deliveries had been early as well. All of them had come either on time or early, always on the day that I had my doctor scrape the membrane to get the labor going. My parents were coming in town for Christmas, and we were hoping to have the baby on the 20th of December on a Friday so that we could be at the hospital over the weekend when we'd have more help with other children.
Joe applied to a position at Amazon earlier that week, and the interview was scheduled on the same day that we were planning to have the baby! I had a doctor's appointment at 8:30 in the morning, and the interview was set for 11:00. Joe got the morning off work, and we headed to the doctor's office after dropping off the kids at Yeagi's house. We were hoping to have the baby that night, especially since my favorite doctor, Dr. Jacob, was going to be on-call that night. The appointment went smoothly, and we went back home to do some interview prep.
I left the house 10 minutes before 11:00 to give Joe the house to himself and went shopping. Joe made me promise to pull over and call him immediately if I started going into labor. I was secretly planning on holding on until noon when the interview would be over, and I probably would have tried to if I had gone into labor early. Fortunately, there were no contractions and the interview went well. Yeagi dropped the kids off at our house, and Joe went back to work after lunch.
I realized that I hadn't finished wrapping the presents for Christmas yet and was wrapping up the last two when the first contraction came. I had had Braxton-Hicks before, so I continued wrapping presents until I had another contraction. Joe wasn't able to focus on work either and texted me at the same moment, "Any news?" I told him that I had had a contraction but to wait until I could time the next one. He called me immediately and asked if he should come home. (My shortest labor was 2 hours, and he was very nervous we wouldn't make it to the hospital.) I told him to continue to work as I finished wrapping the presents. Then 4 minutes later, I had another contraction. I texted Joe, "4 minutes," and he replied, "I'm coming home."
By the time we left the house, I was fully in labor and the contractions were about 4-5 minutes apart. Joe got to speed down to Provo on I-15, carefully watching for highway patrol. He was hoping he'd get pulled over so he could get police escort to the hospital (didn't happen).
Being in labor isn't too bad really between the contractions, so we strolled into Labor & Delivery. There was a first time mom with a very nervous looking dad, so we even let them go ahead with registration while we joked about it being the fourth time.
Once I got settled in bed and had epidural, it was a breeze. I just sat in bed, talking to Joe and my sisters. Within two hours, I was at 9 cm and ready to go. It was 5:15, and I knew that Dr. Jacob would be coming in at 6pm so I asked if we could just wait to deliver the baby. Shortly after 6pm, Dr. Jacob was there. By then, James was so ready to come out, I only had to push once (more like half). He had a full head of hair and was so adorable. :)
He was 6 lbs 8 oz, and 19 inches, a full pound less than all the other kids. His head was so small (compared to other kids whose head circumference is on the 90th percentile), he looked strange!
He's been a good baby so far, with minimal puking and only occasionally blowing out of his diapers. He's generally happy as long as he is being held (this is where the swing comes in very handy). He eats well and is sleeping longer and longer between feedings. He's gone through a lot with three older siblings and having to move (needless to say, he doesn't get picked up right away when he cries). And since he was born so close to our other baby, Eli, he often gets called Eli... (Oops, sorry..) But even after four kids, we can't stop saying, "He's so CUTE!" (yes, even when he is crying at the top of his lungs because he is covered in poop.)
This pregnancy was particularly difficult because, well, I had three other kids this time. And my body hadn't had too much time to recover since when I had Eli, so I was having joint pains and muscle aches all over the body, much earlier in the pregnancy than any other times.
I was wishing for a girl so that Ellie could have a sister to play with, but I knew it was going to be a boy because of the severity of the nausea (much worse with boys - with four pregnancies, you have a big enough sample to compare. lol). Up until the ultrasound, however, I secretly hoped for a girl (so did the kids). When we found out for sure that it was a boy, Ellie bawled the first time and got teary eyed every time we mentioned it for the next month. Eventually, she warmed up to the idea of having another baby boy....
Even though the pregnancy was difficult, it made it a lot easier to have Yearim and Joe's mom stay with us. I got to rest extra while the kids played over at the Neff's house with William, Alden's best friend.
Towards the end of the pregnancy, life got more complicated and stressful because Joe was applying to jobs. The uncertainty of where we were going to be and when we'd move was very difficult, and we had to think of contingency plans with many back up plans.
The due date was January 3rd, but we knew that the baby would come early because my other deliveries had been early as well. All of them had come either on time or early, always on the day that I had my doctor scrape the membrane to get the labor going. My parents were coming in town for Christmas, and we were hoping to have the baby on the 20th of December on a Friday so that we could be at the hospital over the weekend when we'd have more help with other children.
Joe applied to a position at Amazon earlier that week, and the interview was scheduled on the same day that we were planning to have the baby! I had a doctor's appointment at 8:30 in the morning, and the interview was set for 11:00. Joe got the morning off work, and we headed to the doctor's office after dropping off the kids at Yeagi's house. We were hoping to have the baby that night, especially since my favorite doctor, Dr. Jacob, was going to be on-call that night. The appointment went smoothly, and we went back home to do some interview prep.
I left the house 10 minutes before 11:00 to give Joe the house to himself and went shopping. Joe made me promise to pull over and call him immediately if I started going into labor. I was secretly planning on holding on until noon when the interview would be over, and I probably would have tried to if I had gone into labor early. Fortunately, there were no contractions and the interview went well. Yeagi dropped the kids off at our house, and Joe went back to work after lunch.
I realized that I hadn't finished wrapping the presents for Christmas yet and was wrapping up the last two when the first contraction came. I had had Braxton-Hicks before, so I continued wrapping presents until I had another contraction. Joe wasn't able to focus on work either and texted me at the same moment, "Any news?" I told him that I had had a contraction but to wait until I could time the next one. He called me immediately and asked if he should come home. (My shortest labor was 2 hours, and he was very nervous we wouldn't make it to the hospital.) I told him to continue to work as I finished wrapping the presents. Then 4 minutes later, I had another contraction. I texted Joe, "4 minutes," and he replied, "I'm coming home."
By the time we left the house, I was fully in labor and the contractions were about 4-5 minutes apart. Joe got to speed down to Provo on I-15, carefully watching for highway patrol. He was hoping he'd get pulled over so he could get police escort to the hospital (didn't happen).
Being in labor isn't too bad really between the contractions, so we strolled into Labor & Delivery. There was a first time mom with a very nervous looking dad, so we even let them go ahead with registration while we joked about it being the fourth time.
Once I got settled in bed and had epidural, it was a breeze. I just sat in bed, talking to Joe and my sisters. Within two hours, I was at 9 cm and ready to go. It was 5:15, and I knew that Dr. Jacob would be coming in at 6pm so I asked if we could just wait to deliver the baby. Shortly after 6pm, Dr. Jacob was there. By then, James was so ready to come out, I only had to push once (more like half). He had a full head of hair and was so adorable. :)
He was 6 lbs 8 oz, and 19 inches, a full pound less than all the other kids. His head was so small (compared to other kids whose head circumference is on the 90th percentile), he looked strange!
He's been a good baby so far, with minimal puking and only occasionally blowing out of his diapers. He's generally happy as long as he is being held (this is where the swing comes in very handy). He eats well and is sleeping longer and longer between feedings. He's gone through a lot with three older siblings and having to move (needless to say, he doesn't get picked up right away when he cries). And since he was born so close to our other baby, Eli, he often gets called Eli... (Oops, sorry..) But even after four kids, we can't stop saying, "He's so CUTE!" (yes, even when he is crying at the top of his lungs because he is covered in poop.)
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