Rosie Baby

"Rosary" as JP calls her, or "The Rosie Baby" as I call her is just the happiest little baby.  She's my only baby so far that will just fall asleep in her crib (with no crying) ever since she was a newborn.

I love holding her, and I soak up every minute I'm holding her...I don't get to do it that much because I'm very busy with the older kids.  She's the only baby so far that I've been able to easily rock to sleep.

I haven't figured out if she's given me a "real" smile yet but she definitely smiles a lot!!

She's an angel baby and I love seeing how much the older kids love her and care for her.

Maria

Mia is our eater.  :)  As soon as the refrigerator opens, she is right there next to me.  I have to sneak around to make dinner!

Yesterday, she was walking around chomping on what looked like were some rolled up napkins, but it was several slices of turkey that I had put in the garbage!

Boy does she love Rosie.  She always gives her smothering hugs and kisses, tickles her toesies "tickle, tickle, tickle!", wants to feed her food (Rosie is 2.5 months!), and always runs to get a new diaper for her.  

She looks the cutest in pig tails, and sticks her hand out when we're on a walk for me to hold her hand.  She also loves Paul Paul "Pau Pau...Pau Pau...Pau Pau" and gives him lots of hugs.

She does NOT like to be held!  She does not like to sleep with us (I tried this when she woke up in the middle of the night) and will wake up to push our hand away if we run her back or try to hold her hand.

"Pau Pau" and "Mia" sleep in the same room on mattresses on the floor next to each other. JP puts up a big fuss if Maria can't sleep with him!

John Paul

Funny things JP has been saying this month:

- "Mama, my poop not working."
- "Mama, I hafta go pee.  I drink juice, then it come out my penis."
- "Paul Paul, don't touch that, it's bird poop."  JP touches it.  "Mama, why he do that?  Somebody not wipe his butt?"

He's so good with Rosie.  He calls her "Rosary."  Every time she cries, he stops what he's doing and goes to sing to her.  "Round the cross, round the cross, round the keek, round the keek.  Mama, she stopped crying!"

"Mama, don't yell at my sister!  I her big brother, I hafta take care of her. (when I was going "boo" to Mia at the playground)."

Every night when we put him to bed, one of his many stall tactics is to come out of his room and say "Mama, I almost forgot say SEE YOU IN THE MORNIN' " with a big smile on is face.