Joshie is also our tender-hearted child. He is the one that prayed for a baby long before we did and knew that he would have a baby brother. He's shown us so much about "having faith like a child". He loves to play with Jayden and help me out with taking care of him. I can tell that they share a special bond and I can't wait to see how this develops as they grow.
Jenna
Jenna-girl recently turned three years old and has grown-up overnight. She's become such a little lover and has such a vivid imagination. She's also our creative one. She might be shy at first, but the wheels are turning inside her head! She has become quite the "little mommy" with her dollies and taking care of them. Since her birthday is December 1st and we didn't know when Jayden was to arrive, we couldn't plan a party for her. She was SO excited for her birthday this year and so after Jayden was born, we had dad and Sherrie over to sing and make her feel special. She thought the Tinkerbell cake her grandma made was the best cake ever and the look on her face was priceless.
I am thankful that Jenna is also very good around Jayden and is very accepting of him. She likes to "hold him" and gets concerned when he crys. She has always taken care of Julianna and is developing a lot of natural "mothering" instincts. Of course she and Joshie are still inseperable and are best friends - something I am grateful for.
Julianna
Our little "Nanna" has changed so much in the past few months. It's hard to believe she'll be two years old in a little more than three months. Where has the time gone?! She's definately the one that has grown the fastest - bust a lot of that is that she has two older siblings that she wants so desperatly to play along side and keep up with. She turned 20-months on December 1st and has transitioned into toddlerhood full force. She's a lot like Josh, personality wise, but also has a sillier side to her. Here she is trying to walk in my "work boots"...She didn't get too far and she looked like she was going to wade in waist deep water in them!
Julianna is currently getting the last of her teeth in - four on the bottom, and thus has had a terrible time with that. She also loves her baby brother, but had a tough time transitioning from being the "baby" to now a big sister. She was used to being called "baby" and we definitley dropped the ball in encouraging her to be the baby for so long. But she transitioned well and now we're working on losing the paci. Come the New Year, all the ends will be snipped from her paci's and only Jayden will have them. Below is a picture of her playing with Jayden today in his new bouncer.
Jayden
I cannot believe a month has past since my little munchkin was born. Time is going by too quickly! Sure it's chaos and we have our moments as a family of six, but not only would I not trade it for the world, but I want to cherish these times I have with "four kids four and under". Part of me is sad that Jayden is the last baby - I cherish each moment I get to look into his eyes and to hold him. Knowing that our family is complete though is priceless - now is the time to "train up a child in the way he should go" and to really focus on what matters in this life.
Jayden has grown since he was born quite a bit! I am going to weigh him tomorrow, and will be writing a more detailed blog about him, but at his two-week check-up he weighed 7 lbs 11 oz and was 21 inches! So far he is such a sweet baby and is so content to be wherever he is.
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I would love to tell you that the above picture was one of many GREAT pictures of all the kids together... But it just isn't so. In fact the picture of Josh and Jayden is kinda funny because Joshie decided to "burp" him to get him to stop crying. Meanwhile, Julianna is trying to leave, and Jenna is making faces at the camera. I tried to get all four kiddos to sit down long enough for a "family" Christmas picture - yeah, that was wishful thinking. Here's the "best" of my attempts at doing it myself. Praise God for Photoshop! (You'll see at the end)
