Shoot a third of the way through her first year.
Part of me is so so sad especially knowing she is our last little baby.
I want to cry at every tiny little outfit that goes into a storage box, every time her tiny little body feels a little heavier in my arms I get a sharp pain reminding myself to savor this moment. Oh how time goes so fast and yet so slow at the same time.
I will admit every time we leave Walmart with a crying baby in my arms trying to drag the heavy cart and a whining Katelynn behind me I get a little smile thinking this part is coming to an end. Or after a particularly bad night when Eric and I look at each other with this face like "man we are too old for this business."
Just the other day I was sitting at the Walmart pharmacy for some reason my fluoride order had to be refilled and wasn't ready when I got there to pick it up. So I was waiting we had already had a busy morning at dance and a few other errands this was our last stop. Caroline was grumpy and needing a nap, K was determined now was the most perfect time to show me her somersaults she had been working on in dance class. I was frazzled, irritated and counting down the minutes until I could hightail it out of there. I am sitting there waiting on the bench and this older gentleman comes and asks me if I am in line for the pharmacy. I told him no I was just waiting and he could go right on ahead. Sort of lost track of him and the next thing I know he comes walking towards me with a small sack of candy, he smiles and winks at me saying "thought this might help with the wait, that sure is some beautiful daughters you have there."
Shoot it melted my heart.
People are good amd so very kind, K was thrilled with her candy, my mommy heart burst with her quiet thank you and the joy on this mans face as he looked at my girls in their little fountain of youth made me stop right there and then thanking the lord for these days were these little people are clamoring for my love and attention. Not just anybody's love but their Mommy's love.
So blessed, it's going so fast, how I love my babies.
So little Caroline at 4 four months.....
I feel like majority of the time when her siblings are around she has this same look on her face.
It says these people are crazy, can't believe I am related to them.
But oh man are they good to her.
I love in the mornings when my early riser Lance wakes at 6:30 and I am just not quite ready to face the day yet if he hears Caroline awake before 7 am and I am still in bed he just goes to her room gets her out of her crib, shuts the door so K will still sleep and takes her on downstairs with him to watch cartoons.
I mean really what 8 year old does this, I love him.
I love watching him care for his little sister in such a tender way.
Sleeping has still been pretty good.
The poor baby has been slammed with two colds this month, pretty much back to back.
She gets very congested so instead of waking once a night it's back to two times a night.
Bless her heart she needs to get rid of these colds it breaks my heart for her.
It seems she usually wakes around 1 and again around 4 or 5.
Not bad I'll take it.
Shoot the bumbo I am so grateful for it.
She spends every meal time in that thing watching me prepare, eat and cleanup after her family.
Such a good girl.
We had her four month appointment last week and stupid me can't remember her stats.
I believe she was around 50% in both height and weight but I could be wrong.
Smaller than her other siblings, my other kids have always been tall and skinny.
She seems to be average and skinny:)
He mentioned we can try out rice cereal anytime.
Haven't yet, maybe next week I am curious to see if it will help her cut out a night feeding but that never seemed to phase my other kids so I am not really holding my breath on that one.
I love her soft fuzzy teddy bear hair.
Most people comment on it, it really is so fuzzy and if it is freshly washed it just stands straight out like a little fur ball.
Thankfully it's very even around her head, no bald spots and still pretty short.
So it just looks puffy all the time and smells oh so good.
Love catching smiles out of this little lady, she is by far my most somber child.
Her smiles don't come as often as the other kids did.
She seems in general to be more meek and submissive.
Not very vocal, coos every now and then but really is very quiet and takes in the world around her.
I am curious to see if this personality trait will continue as she gets older.
Love that miss K is so anxious for her sister to grow up and play with her.
The other day Katelynn's imaginary princess friends were all coming over for Belle's birthday ice skating party.
She had both her and Caroline all dolled up waiting for those princesses to arrive.
Oh to be in K's head for a day, that girl is funny.
And we are still loving on her binki.
My boys never liked one, and K did until she was six months old then one day she spit it out and would never take it again. So I am curious to see if her binki loving self will last. Part of me hopes it does but then I have never had to wean a kid from a binki so I guess that's a blessing. Time will tell.
I do have to laugh when she hooks her little pinkie in there and pulls it from her mouth and then tries her hardest to get it back in there.
Momma usually has to help her with that;)
Love you sweet Caroline, another beautiful month with our beautiful baby girl!
