Being the baby of four

Being the baby of four means that there is little peace and quiet in your life, means there is plenty of hugs, kisses and tickles waiting for you!! It means when you wake up grumpy, like today, you will be bombarded with love from your siblings whether you like it or not!! Harrison at your toes saying "Awww cutie your awake...tickle....tickle", Olivia in your face rubbing your cheek saying "good morning baby boy". Now most mornings Max is very welcoming of his siblings love and affection, but he seems to be catching a cold so today he really wasn't too pleased by this. On normal days he'll give them each a hug and kiss while still in my arms, laugh at Harrison tickling his toes and really just eat up their attention. Today he just wanted to snuggle with his Mama, and of course I couldn't resist!! So I spent a good hour in my room rocking him while the kids played, I helped Olivia sign up for her fund raiser from across the room, I didn't make dinner but that's okay it's just going to be a pizza night now. He is now all better and in the toy room playing with his brothers and sister, I love that they love each other!! I'm sure it's quite lovely to be the baby of four, all the love, kisses, tickles.

All the other kids would gladly drop what they are doing to help him out or assist him in something. Jack is amazing with him, they are really close, probably the closest. Max will run to him crying when he gets hurt for comfort if I'm not right there, and even sometimes he'll choose Jack over me. Jack will hold him, rock him, rub his back it's really so sweet. You'll often find those two watching cartoons together at 6am, Jack will grab him out of bed and take him downstairs get him a cup of milk and they'll watch morning cartoons together. Olivia and him mostly share the love for music, you'll often find those two in her room singing, dancing, playing the guitar and piano, and jumping on her bed to the music blaring!! She also loves to mother him but usually a little too intensely for Max's liking!! Max will often grab her finger and pull her to do something with him because he know she just can't say no to him!! Harrison is starting to fill that big brother role himself!! They play together a lot more nowadays, and Harrison will take any kind of beating that Max has in store for him!! They are sweet to watch play with their guys and cars. Harrison is always the first one at the crib when Max wakes up, he often will let Max hit him and he'll fall down like a crazy man, and Max will just laugh and laugh. I've caught him climbing in the crib a few times to hang out with Max. So sweet.