Max

The kids made me this giant banner and were standing under it in the garage when I arrived home 3 days after my surgery. Jack was there too but I took this picture the next day!
Will playing soccer

Go Huskers!

Max is now 2 months old and started smiling last week.He loves to be talked to and gets very little time to himself. He does not need much sleep during the day and often goes hours without closing his eyes. He is happy most of the time and loves to look at Hannah. He eats well and so far likes to go shopping. He loves his baths and also laying on his changing table staring out the window up into the sky.

Hannah talks to Max countless times a day and is his 2nd mom. She loves him to death. Will also is with Max at any chance he gets but needs to be watched because he tries to secretly carry him. Jack is not as excited about Max as he use to be but still is very gentle with him and helps with with him at any chance he gets.

Max fits into the family so well and it feels like he has always been a part of us. It is great to see the kids love him so much and do anything to make him comfortable or stop crying. Hannah asked me last week "if when Max is not a baby anymore if I could have a baby sister for her". While she has accepted that he is a boy, she has not quite given up on that sister.

The pictures of my 3 little Husker fans includes 1 little fan that does not look too happy. In addition, Jack was busy playing a video game and did not want to pose for the group picture.

Will's 5th birthday post is coming soon!

Football, Dance & Soccer

Jack is the green team. The Jets. #15.

Max realaxing in Hannah's bed

Hannah's new dance bag

Batman built a fort on Hannah's bed for Max

In the last couple of weeks, Jack has started flag football, Will is back at soccer and Hannah has started dance. We are getting use to the schedule and it works out. Darren takes care of everything football, we both go to soccer and I take Hannah to dance.

Jack loves football and is especially good at defense. He seems to really understand where he should be on the field and who he should be defending on each play. The games are fun to watch and his coach is great at teaching and not acting like the boys are in an NFL training camp. I think he will stick with it since next year he can play for Gretna and it is tackle. That makes me nervous.

Will is in his 2nd season of soccer and is very competitive. He steals the ball from his own players if it means he can score. He spends his share of time on the ground fighting for the ball and scores numerous goals a game. He told Darren after his last game that he is the best player on the team. It sounds like we need to work on what a "team" is and how they work together to win. He wishes there were games every night of the week and can't wait to play baseball and football next year.

Hannah finally (as she tells us) got to start dance again. All she talks about is the fancy recital in April. She then asks if April is far away and of course I tell her yes...very far away. She loves it and tells me that she can't tell me any of their moves because they are secrets. I asked her if she wanted to play soccer with Will in the spring and she looked at me like I was crazy. She said no...just dance, I do not play sports. I will keep trying but we just can't picture her running down the soccer field fighting for the ball.

I only have a picture of Hannah's new dance bag since she would not let me take pictures of her.

As for Max, he is just enjoying his few moments of peace he gets when no one is manhandling him or shoving the pacifier in his mouth!

Wow! it's been a while

There has been so much going on. I will start with Will and Hannah's first day of school. They were both so excited and I let them pick what they wanted to wear. Hannah's wasn't my favorite but I did promise to let them pick! We had our usual pictures on the front porch and off we went.

We dropped Will off at his class first and I barely got a goodbye kiss. Hannah was next and she was excited to find her hook and take her seat. There were no tears. Off Max and I went for 2 full hours of peace with no one in his face screaming to hold him and no one asking me for a drink of water out of the fridge button they can't reach.

After picking them up the only thing that they wanted to talk about was how they had recess at the dame time and played with each other the whole time! That does not surprise Darren and I but we were hoping they would detach a little. They went on to say that they saw each other when they went to the bathroom and got drinks and it was fun. Since then they have had many more fun days including PJ day, picture day and show and tell.