One Month Already!?

Could it be? My sweet baby girl is already a month old, oh how time flies WAY WAY too fast. Even at this stage I'm sad to see my girl gaining weight and plumping into a real baby, not so much a skinny little newborn. She's SUCH a delightful baby! I can't get over how little she fusses, how bright eyed and content she is. She still sleeps a lot, don't get that bright eyed part wrong :) She sleeps a lot but she is awake a few times during the day and it's wonderful! She's a thinker, like her brothers and she's constantly looking around with an inquisitive face. She's not super smiley although she's already smiled a few times! Willow does wonderfully at night for a newborn. She sleeps three to four hours at a time, wakes to eat and goes right back to sleep with no fuss! How did I get so blessed?! I think having two not so easy little babies has conditioned me to think Willow is a true miracle baby :) Yeah for number three! She is easy to put down for naps, fusses a bit in the evening and then she's out for the night. She's an amazing eater and is fast at that too, which makes my time nursing her much easier on my little boys. Oh the boys, yes they love her still... it didn't wear off! They still think shes wonderful and while we've had minor adjustments moving into a family of five hasn't quite been the hurricane I was expecting. I am so thankful for everyone who laid it out there about their transitions. I think it helped me to not expect too much and to take my time getting things all ironed out. Somehow there weren't many things to iron out! Lincoln has loved helping with the household chores a bit more. He still cleans like a slug but he loves that I can't do chicken duty as much so last night in the dark I sent him out to heard the chickens into their pen and put them to bed for the night. With sword in hand he took his little brother (who goes everywhere Lincoln does mostly because Lincoln demands that he comes, Linc's scared of the dark... Bear is not afraid of anything ;) to take care of the chickens. It was awesome! He thrives on feeling responsible and on taking care of me... it's precious. Bear had enjoyed Willow too, much to my surprise! I know my little Bear and was prepared for some serious adjustments but with his new found language abilities thanks to speech classes he's not adjusting nearly what I thought he would. He's loving taking care of her and will put blankets, toys and clothes on her head to comfort her... it's not very comforting but I'm not telling him that. He tries his best! He even helps put the pacifier back in her mouth when she's sleepy. Speaking of Bear's speaking he says a whole bunch of things now from "I want this" to "I cold", "I eat", "I want *fill in the blank", "Willow", and lots of other little sentences! He's finally coming into his own with the language thing.

Yup, Willow was meant for this family. She sleeps through vacuuming and the boys sword fights, Lincoln's stories which often get VERY animated and Bear's chain sawing. She's just right for us and we thank God for our baby Wo everyday! Oh speaking of Wo she has some nicknames :) Wo, Willy, Willis (just like your van Kim :), Low, Wowo and several others. I didn't know Willow would transform into so many different things!

Doing some school projects. Linc builds a helicopter

Bear builds a catapult

Willow sleeps... the usual ;)

Willow sleeps...

The boys build forts

and fishing gear (Linc would make Bud proud with his lour building skills :)

and make crazy faces....

then the swords come out (Uncle Jeremy carved them for the boys Christmas gifts!)... and the pillow? Its the breast plate of Righteousness... the blue thing is the helmet of salvation and the goggles well every Harris warrior needs goggles :)

Bear wears the "helmet" too :)

SHES AWAKE!

Oops, she asleep again :)

Oh we love this family :)