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Sew Lovely (or how we like to torture our kids)

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My friend and I, on our excursion without kids and Mark’s lovely introduction to what it would be like with nine children six and under, found this adorable fabric and grabbed it up to be cheesy and make A-line dresses (not paid to link to them or give free stuff…just a disclaimer) for our girls who are roughly four months (the older ones) and four days apart (the younger ones). The babies were thrilled with this idea and chose to let us know by their cries of sheer anger happiness.

Okay, so they weren’t completely angry with us!
Yep, their best friends!

I used the different animals on the pattern in the girls’ shirts, cut them out, stuck some double sided fusible webbing on them and slapped them on some $3 long sleeve shirts for the boys! They turned out might cute and took about 2 minutes (but if anyone asks, it took forever and I gladly labored over it).
This here is James…he’s into a little bit of everything and is equally adorable…especially since what hair he has sticks straight up on his adorably drooly head.

And what photo shoot is not complete without Ceili Rain and Megan…

Screaming! In case you are wondering, I made Ceili Rain’s shoes too…they look a little better than last time…at least they keep her feet warm!

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I Get By With a Little Help From My Friends

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Obviously, I was not shoveling it in as fast as big brothers wanted. After taking something into the kitchen (which is a couple of steps away) I hear, “fee, CeiRai Mama.” And turn around and see this…
So then everyone else wanted to get on the act but only one other little person wanted their picture taken…

Is that a look of sheer terror on her face???
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Ceili Rain’s Six Month!

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Well, she’s pushing seven months, but I just took her in today.

Let me start off by saying, last night was a rough night. She woke up four hours into her sleep after fighting to go to sleep in the first place and cried a lot. She finally slept after I nursed her but still not as soundly as she usually does.

So I took her in. Got her stats. And found out she has an ear infection! I’m guessing she’s had it since Wednesday when I noticed she had found her hair on her left side and was tugging at it. We thought it was quite cute but because she has no runny nose, fever, or any other problems, I didn’t think much of it. Then yesterday she was really irritable and started this really loud yell that she held out. I’m guessing, that too, was from the infection. So, now she’s on antibiotics and we’re praying she sleeps better. And, now we’ll know what to look for!

Moving on…stats:
15 lbs. 1 oz (40%)
26 inches length (60%)…although, like I told a friend, I’m guessing that might be a little short, she was wiggling and playing and twisting while the nurse tried to measure her
17 inches head (70%)

She continues to grow…is sitting up and eats twice a day…pretty much anything we shovel in her mouth. Still nursing great and sleeping like a pro (with the exception of last night and then she had a great excuse). Could not ask for a better baby.

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Sittin’ Pretty

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Last Thursday, I pulled Ceili Rain up on my bed to sit and she stayed. To my utter surprise! By Sunday, this is what she was up to!

Look Ma! No hands!!



And yesterday, she’s still doing so well. She’s working on turning around where she sits. She never really wobbled and bobbled when we sat her up. She can still lose her balance and topple but she catches herself either with her hand or just by sheer balance and manages to make a smooth fall. I think she’s super happy to be up where she can see (and even participate) in some of the action around the house.

I’m not bias, but I think she’s pretty adorable!
And, just between you and me, I think she knows it.
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Bamapalooza Wrap Up

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And now we’re ending our Gatlinburg vacation with group pictures (wipe those tears away, I’ve got some cute pictures of the kids coming up).

Yep, this is par for a family picture. Someone making silly faces. Check. Ceili Rain screaming because she’s hungry and tired. Check. Josiah with his finger up his nose. Check.

This is all but one of the kids. Zoe is holding A and Ace gets the screaming Ceili Rain…although she kind of looks like she’s smiling. One of the kids, R, decided he didn’t want to get a group picture. It didn’t help that we were all getting ready to leave the kids with the BDs as well. Here, we also have Josiah finishing off what was in his nose in his mouth (ewww, gross).
When we all went out to eat, we attacked found an older couple sitting at the gazebo to get our picture. I must say, if you are ever in Pigeon Forge you must eat at The Pottery House at Old Mill Square. Wonderfully beautiful atmosphere! The food was excellent. My only qualms was that it was raining and we couldn’t eat outside by all the pretty waterfalls!
Group picture! Ten couples and nine children six and under!! What a good time!

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At the Cabin

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Funny, how they kind of have the same look in their eyes. This is Uncle S with Ceili Rain. He was pretty much a baby whisperer and loved getting another baby in the cabin asleep! Practice for later.
Last minute, I told Mark we needed to take some toys, so we loaded up the box of trains. What a hit! Josiah loved sharing them with R and J who are both close to his age.

We forced the BDs to play Horton Hears a Who. Not sure if they enjoyed it but we enjoyed making them act silly!

My kids enjoyed acting silly too.





Our BDs were delighted that the pool table was right outside their door. They played quite a bit and got pretty good at it. Here is the final tournament as Zoe looked on in suspense.

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The Pool

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Now we come to the scene of the crime…I was a little late getting to the pool. Basically, all our friends and family went to the pool while Ceili Rain got in a good nap. So, I walked up a hill, down a hill, up a hill to get to the pool. By the time we got there, everyone was getting out of the pool. I was determined, after my workout, to get Ceili Rain in. So, in we went.

Not sure what Uncle R was cheesing it for but he was.

All the kids went on the deck with the BDs and the next thing I knew Zoe was screaming. I turn around and see Liam’s little rear running back and forth on the deck. I about lost it. Mark thought it was quite funny too…but he had more composure and told him to clothe himself.
They sure are cute in their towels!

The next day, we were getting ready to go to an indoor water park and Liam informed me, “Mommy, I’m not going to take my swimsuit off again.”

“Great! Liam that’s a great idea. Why did you do it yesterday at the pool?”

“I just wanted to be naked.”

Lovely!!

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And we’re off

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and, so far, in one piece. This week I’ve been to the doctor twice and Wal-Mart twice. Not too bad. I wasn’t anticipating the doctor trips but I overestimated the Wal-Mart trips.

I took Josiah in to the doctor on Tuesday for congestion. Turns out he’s got an ear infection.

Somehow, Ceili Rain gouged or had her eye gouged and has a big scratch on the side of her eyeball (no where near effecting the vision…she hasn’t even acted like it bothered her…tough being the fifth kid). This happened Thursday and as the day progressed it began to look worse and I just didn’t feel I could wait until Friday(per the doctor’s orders) to take her in. So we trekked it to after hours. By God’s providence, there were very little actual sick children in the office. The doctor looked at her eye for five minutes and then told me his story about travel ordeals while going to Ireland…very interesting and made me want to go (but not use the airline he had used). So, she came home with an eye antibiotic. I’m very grateful that the cut wasn’t close to the cornea or pupil. I can’t really say when she did it or had it done to her (by a sibling who can’t say that he actually did it because he’s two and doesn’t talk much, is this a run on sentence? Are you cringing mom?). If I can get her to turn her head, I’ll post a picture for all those who like gruesome pictures!

And, I forgot to mention that Liam climbed onto the changing table, got down scissors I use to cut up wipes, and proceeded to chop up things in Zoe’s room…with the help of Ace. They didn’t get big things like clothes (except some ribbons for one of Zoe’s dresses) or bedspreads or curtains. This was while trying to get Zoe taught up before leaving. Mama was not happy!

All that to say, with antibiotics, tylenol, motrin, thermometer and what ever other drugs we can squeeze into our overstuffed van, we’re off! Oh, and no scissors thankyouverymuch.

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Antioxidants…Yumm!

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Grow your own pomegranates!!

Our tree was getting a bit droopy and while most of the pomegranates still are not ripe, we needed to get some off the tree in hopes they’ll ripen off the vine and to get the others a chance to grow. This looks to be one of our best “crops” this year. As we’ve never really done much to cultivate or help them grow, I use the term “crop” loosely. We do cut back from around the tree and Mark prunes the branches back.

One is the loneliest number…

I’m thinking Josiah thought we were doing some sort of weird Easter egg hunt.
Pick pomegranates. Check.
Bury pomegranates to make more trees. Check.
Unfortunately, plastic buckets do not make fertile ground for pomegranate trees!

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Breakthrough

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Ceili Rain was extremely fussy yesterday. She refused to nap. So, yesterday afternoon, I rubbed her gums and she got really quiet and I felt a tooth! Aha! It just broke through the gums yesterday, so it’s got a little ways to come all the way in. Even with being so fussy during the day, she slept all night last night (well, eight hours). She was also pretty happy as long as we didn’t leave her in one spot for long.

On a sad note, she’s now moved up in size for her clothes. I’m still in awe that she’s growing up. It feels like she was just born.

At any rate, I doubt I’ll get a picture of her tooth any time soon as she likes to keep her hands and other things in her mouth!

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