It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

I know it is the holiday season when we make our yearly trip to Gruene to see Kris Kringle.I had no idea last year (really, no idea at all) that one year later we would be taking 3 boys to see Santa. Yesterday we did just that! It was fun and we survived with all the boys. Jackson told Santa he wanted a whistle and Harrison asked for a piano. Don't ask...

All three even did great at the Grist Mill for lunch. Take a closer look at the picture above to see Max's face. He was not too happy. 

As all our shirts say, "Life is Good." 

You're breakin' my brain

Jackson's class did great at school so he got to have a crazy hair day. He asked for a mohawk. This was the best I could do. At one point he told me, "ouch mama, you're breakin' my brain!"

Beauty hurts baby!

look at that lip at 2 months old

Yep, he has already been here for 2 months. Most of the time he is either eating , sleeping or like this last photo. Yet, he periods of wakefulness are more and more lately. Baby Max is even starting to smile. I'll try to take some better pics of him soon, but as this photos show, it is very hard.

We are having a super hard time with Harrison right now. So, tonight I asked Jackson, "Why do you think Harrison is being so difficult today?" He said,
"Well, it's because he is filled with these wild things and because it rained today he wasn't able to go outside and get all those wild things out. " You know what, he may be right.

Jackson on the other hand has been amazing. We even had his teacher conference last week and she said nothing but great things about him. Yippee!

Now the are scary

Last year I had a cute spiderman and an elephant. Now they need to be scary. Jackson was a vampire and Harrison was a skeleton (less scary and more cute, I think). Maimie came over to help us trick or treat. Baby Max stayed in his sling the whole time and did great. It was fun for all. Is anyone else stealing a piece of candy a day from their kids?

Flooding

We had flooding in our house this weekend. 3 rooms were affected and our master bedroom furniture has been moved to our living room. I'm trying to tell myself that it is kind of like camping but I am at home, sleeping on a mattress on the floor. I just would never take my newborn camping.
So, these three people (and Tino the great & Jason - so glad you moved back to Texas) were very helpful in a time of crisis. My dad was at our house within an hour of the flooding to help move furniture, my mom was ready at her house for the tornado of me and 3 boys arriving suddenly and Penny came over to direct furniture moving, do laundry, clean the kitchen and put my house back in order. I am so grateful to have these people in my life. And today, Vina (lovely Yvette's mom) is bringing me King Ranch Chicken for dinner.
And Shaun will will remain my main man because he did so great at not only "taking care of business" he kept a smile on his face and took all his "workers" to lunch.
Yes, there is nothing to be sad or angry about because when you have people that love you, you have it all.

New big brother

Harrison is taking to his new big brother just fine. He wants to hold him and kiss him all the time. I believe that Max will develop a fondness for a pacifier as both brothers are constantly putting one in his mouth. The crying really disturbs them and they want to make it stop. Little Max is already 3 weeks old now. He sleeps between Shaun and I, which I didn't do with the other boys, but I am really enjoying having him so close. All our friends and family are bringing us food at least 2-3 times per week. I am loving that! I don't know how I will cook and take care of 3 boys...they tend to be very demanding. I'm off to take a nap - wish me luck.

Baby Max is here!

Well, our 9.4 pound little bundle of joy has arrived. He made his debut on 09/09/09 at 9:22 am and was 21.5 inches long. He had a few health issues and stayed in the NICU for 4 days, but we are all home now. My delivery wasn't too bad. In fact, I was texting people to keep them up with what was happening. The texts went like this:
8:09 am "I just got the epidural, and I am 6 centimeters, should happen sometime this morning".
8:57 am "I am 9 centimeters"
9:40 am "He is here!"

Here are some pictures, because I hear someone begging to be fed!
* a special thanks to Melody at Rockin' A photography for all her great shots!!