One armed Max

He doesn't like to be totally swaddled

But whatever makes sleep happen!

Today

Grandma Patti left. All were sad 

But I ate breakfast with Maxi. He ate with me too

Charlie will miss meals to hold the baby. This is is very favorite occupation 

Daddy’s helper

More Maxi!

Sleepy 

Wakey 

Sleepy again

Lots of Reading

We've had some visitors, and they've read a lot of books. It's exciting

And also cramped

And here's Max, just because

First Bath

We gave the little man a bath and he did not like it 

But his hair was matted, and now you can see there's a lot of it and it's fluffy. I'm totally smitten by this baby

3 days old!

More baby!

Here we are. If only we didn't have one non-smiler

He says he can smile when he's holding the baby

Little man says he wakes up best when set down in his bed

Tessa's Baby Song

One of the new baby books says new babies like their big sisters to sing them songs, so Tessa gave it a shot

Sisters

Some sisters are very fond of him, for today anyhow 

Brothers

I'll have to break it up into separate posts, but Maxi (Maximilian? Max? Milian? TBD ) is well loved

All my boys!

Maximilian Ignatius

Born today! 6lb13oz, the little turkey 

We're both doing great

Thanksgiving prep with Tessa

We're making pie and she's excited

She keeps yelling "need more EGGS!" And has to wait for the timer to go off 

Nora likes yellow

And I like Nora.

More still

This is annoying! One more kid

More elephants

More kids climbing!

Zoo

The kids had fun on the elephants. It was a perfect morning

Family zoo picture

My belly is blocking Nora, Charlie won't smile. A framer!

Sisters

I can never get enough of how much these two like each other.

Here's a silly picture 

Tessa is so awed by Nora. And Nora is just so sweet to her. Having a sister seems like the best thing I could have given them 

Musical Duo

This will make your head explode if you have to listen to it for long, but it's a cute idea

Little Gambler

Tessa likes to play games, and this one she managed to actually participate in

Ink

Was the quiet while Tessa and Nora got carried away "stamping" worth it? The blue hands argue no