The Christmas Elf

Christmas Eve--ready for church

The little green hat made him look like a little elf.

And so begins the monthly growth pictures next to his bear.

Christmas Kids

Just playing around with photoshop...

First Bath

Evan wasn't exactly thrilled with the idea of a bath. Such a boy...

He didn't seem to mind getting his hair washed. Stayed very calm for that part. Good practice for baptism.

He seemed pleased by the results though.

The Siblings

The hospital called at 4:30am to say they were full and to push back our arrival time. So the kids were confused to find us still there when they got up for school. Aidan thought it was hilarious that there were "too many ladies having babies". They got to say good morning to the 'new baby' one last time. Aidan was fairly religious about having to kiss and hug my stomach every morning and every evening and say "Good morning/Good night, new baby".

Brennan on the other hand, was pretty oblivious to the whole thing. If you asked him where new baby was, he'd point to my stomach 75% of the time and say, "No baby!!" The other times, he'd point to himself. Brennan still had a cold and low fever (due to ear infection) on Tuesday morning, so he was even more oblivious than usual.

I called the hospital back at 9:30am to get a guess as to if we were going to do this today, but really to make sure that I hadn't fallen off the radar when the shift change occurred. They said to come in, so we were finally off!

The hospital didn't allow anyone under the age of 16 into the maternity ward in order to prevent the spread of the flu. So the kids had to meet Evan quickly in the hallway and then through the glass in the nursery until he came home on Thursday.

It's a Boy!

Evan Joseph arrived on December 15, 2009 at 9:12pm. He weighed 8lb 12 oz and was 19 and 1/2 inches long.

On Schedule

We are scheduled to induce next Tuesday the 15th--yay! At 5am--ugh! I'll try to get photos up here from the last few weeks before then. I know I haven't even put up Halloween pics yet...

Winter Wonderland

Houston got snow! Not a lot, but enough to turn everything white for a while.

Making snowballs

Brennan was happy to stay inside. He REALLY doesn't like precipitation. But once it stopped falling, he had fun running around in the leftovers, despite being forced into a coat.

The kids even managed to make a few snowmen.