Just look at these five...
These
are my five reasons why the blog has not been updated for the last
month. If I do say so myself, they are five very good and very cute
reasons for my lack of posting.
When
Jett was born, life changed. The biggest and best change was
(obviously) adding our 5th blessing, but it seems that almost
immediately after Jett arrived my three oldest stopped napping at all,
Titan needs a very little nap, we started school and sports and life got
A LOT busier!
So that leaves Jett to take a long
afternoon nap and means that for about 13 hours every day I have four
little shadows. I feel like we have a good (but flexible) routine going.
Between school, play dates, sports, different church activities,
running errands, we love our days with nothing to do at home. I love the
days when they are playing so sweet together and I don't have to
interrupt them to go anywhere or do anything
On top of
that, eight months ago a good friend and I started a work out class
together early (and I mean really early) in the mornings. I had to
figure out how to keep up with my kids and working out has been a great
answer! So that means when my kids go to sleep I follow shortly after.
We are definitely keeping busy here at the Rude house.
Our
friend Justin Meyer spontaneously took pictures of our kids for us the
other day (and by the other day, I mean beginning of November). I love,
love, love getting our pictures taken. There is just something beautiful
about having them all together and capturing the moment. Dan was
working on getting ready for his message so it was just a kids photo
shoot.
I
have really enjoyed teaching Quinn at home. It has gone a lot smoother
than I anticipated and I have enjoyed getting to see his progress and I
am amazed as to how quickly he picks up on new concepts. He makes my job easy and such a joy. He continues to be such a great leader in our house!
Titan
has taken on the roll of the instigator. He finds it quite funny (and
it often times is) to stir up his siblings. We are constantly reminding
him to quit picking on his older siblings and we are reminding them to
gently ask him to stop. He just is our little goof with an absolutely
sweet heart and knows how to get everyone in the room smiling.
Since
I had only a two hour warning before pictures, everyone but Quinn is
wearing something that someone else has worn in our family pictures in
the past. Myla is wearing almost the exact same outfit as last year.
Titan is wearing a shirt and jacketthat Quinn and Rex have worn in the
past and Rex is wearing what Quinn wore last year. I guess you could
say that we just stick with what works!
Rex
and I continue to enjoy our alone time together almost every morning.
He is an early riser, I totally understand that and love that about
him.
He has also become an INCREDIBLE artist. He could
sit and color for hours every day. He loves markers, paints, crayons,
oil pastels, anything he can gets his hands on. He is always the last
one still working and I have a whole drawer filled with pictures that he
has made! I just love watching him work. He's just amazing.
In
the middle of his turn to take pictures he looked at me and said, "Mom,
I don't know how to smile normal..." So this is what we got! And this
is pretty much just Rexy, gotta love him.
Jett
is a man on the move. He LOVES to crawl under tables and chairs and
into small places. I don't exactly get it but we all find ourselves
rescuing him many times throughout the day when he has crawled under
something or into a small spot and can't get back out.
Jett
totally prefers eating everything that we are eating. He knows there is
something significantly better than baby food and insists on having it.
He also knows that there are toys that are way more exciting that
whatever toys I'm giving him and crawls over his siblings barricades to
destroy whatever they are playing. We jokingly call him "monster baby"
or "the destroyer" throughout the day. He is so fun and so tough
I
could not have been given a better after dinner dance partner than
little Miss Myla. She and I love to twist and twirl and slide around the
kitchen after dinner. She especially loves, "girl songs," which usually
means a song sung by a girl or something from Disney princesses on
pandora. Myla and I are a team, the girls have got to stick together in
this house!
Our family is not a serious one. There is a LOT of noise, a LOT of laughter and a whole LOT of crazy.
Just how we like it!
I managed to get in a quick picture.
Let
me add one more thing, I started this post over a month ago and have
sat down at least 10 times to try and finish it and every time I start
to fall asleep. I'm truly thankful for the five amazing children and my
wonderful husband that I get to spend my life loving and be totally
exhausted for at the end of the day. I seriously cannot imagine doing
anything else.
