Welcome Julianne Chantelle Rushforth

We welcomed Julianne Chantelle Rushforth on August 15th.  She came in at 6lb 11oz 19 3/4 inches long.  We were told she probably had Down Syndrome.  We had this diagnosis confirmed a couple of weeks later.  She is strong and healthy.  She keeps getting stronger each day and getting better at staying awake to eat, nursing but is a super chill baby.  The kids love her so much and Lucy is very protective of her.  No one else is allowed to touch her when she wants to hold her.  She is very gentle with her.  She hardly fusses.  The video below is about as loud as it gets. 

#6 Julianne Chantelle Rushforth

The other kids getting to meet Julianne

 

Rolling over at 3 weeks.  She keeps doing this.  She is not a fan of tummy time.

Not sure how many people still read this anymore but needed somewhere we could post the video for others to see.

Rachel piano recital

Rachel had her piano recital tonight

Ballet recital

try 2 on the video as permissions weren't right.  Katie was taking ballet for a little bit.  Here is a bouncy video her older sister recorded of it.

Todd and Claire in soccer

We have signed up Todd and Claire in soccer this season. It is Todd's first and he is pretty excited about it.

He has very tender emotions as an example during practice they had a drill to help the kids not be afraid of the herd of people everyone was supposed to dribble to the goal and score at the same time. Todd's shot bounced off the back of someones leg so while collecting it another boy was standing in the mass kicking soccer balls away from him. Todds ball became victim. He sat down and cried.

During these games Todd has to be "hurt" at some point which makes him cry and sit. Well his coach has been good to him during his first game he had his first "injury" I think he might have actually been kicked in the thigh so a real one but as soon as he sat down his coach called him to do the throw in. I think he did pretty good. He got to do two throw ins. I got pictures of it. I figure pictures is the merciful way to show 5 year old soccer.

Claire is also doing well she is just happy to be out there when she makes contact with the ball even if doesn't go anywhere she turns to look at us so excited that she kicked it.

Lucy rolls

Lucy has been rolling over for a little while now. She started doing it before we knew she had figured it out. This was taken a couple of days after we figured out the other parent wasn't putting her down for tummy time. This was taken at the end of January.



just some fun pictures as she is a normally really happy baby

counting to Ten

I was working on math with the kids so I had Katie count my fingers while the others were working on worksheets

she counted fingers one hand at a time
1...2...3..4...5
1...2..3...4...5

Trying to get her to count to ten I asked her to count them both together so she used both her hands and pointed at both my pinkies and started counting them together until she had counted the fingers on both hands at the same time.

I told her this time count them one by one....so she started at one finger and successively pointed at my fingers one at a time saying one by one by one by one until she had got to the last finger...One day she will count my ten fingers like I was expecting but I think I enjoyed this a little more...for now.

Lucy Willa Rushforth

Lucy Willa Rushforth was born October 27th, 2011 10:14AM
7 lbs 4 oz
20" long

The doctor let Dad help deliver the last part of the baby. Pull once the shoulders were out. Dad also got to cut the cord.