5 months

Well today/yesterday I am writing this at midnight, has looked a lot like this picture. I still have not gone to bed for Friday night so whatever day it is. This pretty much explains the oldest two children minus Eli bouncing off the walls. I will never understand how he can feel so awful but still be the energizer bunny. Regardless Larry caught their sickness and was sick all Friday...............

Forgive all these photos....they have a lot of grain to them. It was a dark cloudy day and I had to have camera settings not at ideal conditions and I am too tired to really care. Thursday night ended up with little sleep just like Wednesday night. I am probably dealing with the same thing for tonight hence the late night/early morning post. Regardless I am being positive!! My kids need me and my name isn't mom just for the fun easy stuff. Sometimes I have to live on little sleep to make them comfortable and I will gladly do it. There was a time when I would have thrown a huge fit. The older I get the more I realize I will miss these days! Lilliana and Eli are pretty pitiful and have spent a lot of the day doing the following when we finally insist they lay down and relax............ 

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Notice the rosy cheeks. They all just don't feel well. Thankfully Ari is doing ok although he has lots of teething symptoms but no teeth as you can see from the following pictures......... 

Today he turned five months! While I love that he is getting so big and so fun I am so sad he is growing so fast. He now screeches all day. While it was cute at first it can get a little old. He is full of personality and LOVES to snuggle. He spends a lot of the time being worn. I think I wear him more than I did the other two at this age but that is ok. His poor little chubby cheeks are chapped. As you can see from his pictures he is starting to army crawl albeit it is backwards but he is doing it ever so slowly. He also has started sticking his tongue out. This is something I thought I would never see due to his tongue tie. He just is all sorts of fun.

Ari, I am so glad we have you. I just love you and love being able to snuggle you in the moby, ergo, or baby hawk. I love cuddling at naps. I love looking in your eyes and making you smile. You are loved! 

We have a weekend planned of decorating the house for Christmas. I intend to work on some Christmas presents and sleep! Thank the Lord for Anthony being home. Hopefully my kids feel better by Sunday although I am not counting on it. I also pray I do not get it. Have a wonderful weekend!