There is something about the fourth child. The fourth child is sweet; Maybe you finally realize how fast childhood goes and you learn to savor it. Maybe its seeing how the other kids delight in the baby that makes it so sentamental. You are creating a community outside of you that comes from you and your husband's love. But its independent from you and will continue to grow more and more independent of you every day. Sometimes I just hold John and try to drink it all in. His head on my shoulder, relaxed and sleeping in my arms. I don't want to forget this! I just stare at that cute little body, that sweet little soul, and just want to squeeze him and pinch his little thighs.
I pray all my children know how beloved they are. What a delight they are. What little blessings! Everyone says that these are the best days of your life, and we agree. We pray that we are given the grace to SEE our children and to SEE the goodness in a life filled with littles when it is easy to get bogged down in the daily grind. With a face like this, it is easy to be reminded....
Baby John is officially a big baby. He crawls, babbles, pulls up on things, pulls everything down within his reach, messes up his sibling's games, pushes furniture and toys all over the room...When did it happen? It never ceases to amaze me; 9 months in the womb goes soooo slow but the first 9 months of their life goes so fast!
Johnny loves to laugh and has a sweet snort that sneaks out when he's really happy. He laughs at his siblings and reaches out to hug them when they wake up in the morning. He DOESNT laugh when he's teething- but lets not talk about that.
We adore his hair right now. These pics show his hair after a day full of play, but most of the time he has sweet little curls all over the back of his head and around his ears. See those two teeth in the bottom pic? He has four up top.
I love love this face he makes. Such a sweet content smile.
