I was realizing the other night while I lay in my bed with my hands cupped around my ever expanding belly, feeling the little movements and squirms of the babe hidden within, that I haven't told all about the joy I take every night in doing this!  It is kind of like our own little secret playtime!  I rarely feel this little man move during the day, but in the evening when I crawl into bed, he is always there to comfort me and tell me that he is still there with me.  I love this part of being pregnant!

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oh boy, oh BOY!!!! 

The Mischenko name will go on!!  Yes, the Mischenko family is happy to
announce that we are having our *5th* BOY!  I told dh, "Just think how much
work we will get out of these guys!"

He replied with, "She is going to be *SO* spoiled!!"

Anyway, our news for the day!  No name yet....oh, and he is 10 ounces already!  So cute!!!!

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Well, like I said yesterday, I.'s first loose tooth was not going to last long.  He has now officially lost his first tooth!  Congratulations, I.!!!  Guess the tooth fairy will have to check her pockets tonight!

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M is finally adding to his collection of teeth!  He has had just four on top and two on the bottom for so long.  For the last month, he has been having three nasty diapers a day, been really fussy, not sleeping well, started biting and drooling excessively, among other things.  I kept checking for a tooth to no avail.  It finally all made sense when I saw a little tooth peeking through the gums on the bottom.  It looks like there might be one on the other side trying to come in as well.

I, on the other hand, has his first loose tooth!  I remember him lamenting the fact that he hadn't had a loose tooth yet last fall, but now, you would think he would be excited.  Not so...he says it hurts, and makes it hard for him to eat.  He is learning to eat with the side of his mouth though.  It is really loose though, and when I wiggle it, I can hear it scraping on the tooth underneath, so I don't think it is long for this world!

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It has been so long since I posted!  5s1 is getting to be such a big boy.  He has such expressions now, and seems to be trying his voice with a few words.  I thought he said "dog" the other day!  He is very happy walking around the house as long as he is pushing his walker or holding fingers on both of my hands.  He actually crawls now instead of pulling himself around too.

Oh, and the latest news is that he has a new tooth!  He got his first two bottom teeth around Labor Day, and he just cut his first top tooth last week.  The other top tooth is trying to break through, but it seems kind of stubborn.  He is such a horrible teether too!  ugh!

Speaking of whom, I should go to bed and sleep while he is.  Night!

Oh, and thanks to those who posted comments recently.  It helped inspire me to actually write these posts down, instead of just in my head at night!  LOL!!

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My youngest, M, will be 8 months old on the 30th.  He is such a fun baby!  He has been on the fussy side lately, but I think he is teething, as he has yet to cut a tooth!

He can get up on his hands and knees, but he can't seem to figure out where to go from there, so he just army crawls.  He slithers all over the floor.  Ugh, his clothes are *so* dirty by the end of the day.  He is my little dust mop!

He has figured out how to pull up on things though!  This morning, I set him on the floor next to my bed to play while I dozed for a few more minutes, and I heard him say, "Buuuh!"  I opened my eyes, and he was standing next to me holding onto the laundry basket!  He was so proud of himself!

His favorite place to crawl is through the bottom of the coffee table!  Everytime he is in the livingroom, it goes out of his way to crawl through it.  I will have to post a picture of him doing it.

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Electronic games are good for something!

The kids and I were sitting around last night watching the lightning storm, and 3yo N. was getting awfully nervous, hiding her face whenever she saw streaks of light.  I was telling her that the Bible tells us not to worry, and that God is in control of all things.  I. chimed in, "Right, just like when we play on the XBox and we control our guys, right Mom?" Pretty good analogy for a 5yo, eh? LOL!

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I was to ask my 3yo daughter to settle down earlier, as I have an extremely nasty cold, including a throbbing headache.  I explained to her that mommy was sick, and it hurts my head when she was noisy.

She looked at me incredulously and said, "YOU get SICK?!?"

I just looked at her and smiled, and said, "Yes, I do, but it doesn't happen very often, does it?"

"Nope." she said matter-of-factly, and away she flitted.

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