Happy Father's Day

Festivities included:

A trip to the town center,

throwing pennies in the fountain,

Mommy rescuing Luke from a near-header into the fountain,

lunch and sugar,

more sugar - a very intense lollipop stance & face,

hide-and-seek with Pop-Pop,

testing out the shoe shine,

frozen custard - YUM,

and hanging out together.

Max sported a "Daddy's Little Allstar" get-up.

Daddy and the boys a couple days ago.

Tiny

I love the newborn stage.

Aunt Jill helped Max try out Luke's spiderman chair ... a.k.a. his Blue's Clues Thinking Chair. We have 2 of these, so I suspect one day I'll be able to post of picture of the brothers watching a show together while chilling in their Thinking Chairs. And, by "one day" I mean probably next week since poor baby #2 will surely be watching t.v. well before the one year we waited before baby #1 was allowed to.

Boo for Bilirubin Testing

Our boys are not a fan of the post-bilirubin-testing-car-ride-home. Thankfully their numbers were low enough each time to stay home.

Max - 6 days old

Luke - 4 days old

Aunt Maryay Love

Max giving Aunt Mary some love hoping she'll change her mind about leaving tomorrrow.



Funny old man face.


Max kept bird-pecking Aunt Mary to give her kisses on the cheek.

Aunt June and Cousin Laura

Aunt June and Cousin Laura came to visit! It is seriously like Christmas everytime they come. They spoil us with so many presents and goodies!!

YUM!

Mary modeling her beautiful new bracelet.

The biggest surprise was Federico's subs ... the best food on the planet!!

Patrick and Max catching some zzzz's, while we gabbed at the table.

Luke was very excited with his new football book ...

and his delicious and beautiful assortment of sea creature sugar cookies!

Showing Aunt June the baseball gloves.

Bringing Max Home

A family shot before leaving the hospital.




On the drive home, Luke was looking at Max with a concerned face and finally said, "Where his Daddy?" We told him Max's daddy was right there driving the car to which Luke replied, "No. That Luke's daddy." So we asked him where was Max's mommy. He didn't know, but it wasn't me. We asked if Max could share Luke's mommy and daddy and he agreed. Phew!


Welcome home, Max!

Last Day in the Hospital

I was entertained with the picture of Mary and Luke through the window blinds yesterday, so I decided to capture them again.

Here's the nurse teaching Luke to make "2" with his fingers.

Playing with his Jeep from Nan and Pop-Pop. Big bonus in 2 year old world: the doors and hood open.

Mary and I did a photoshoot of Max in his Going Home outfit. We were attempting to recreate the official Hospital Picture that had just been taken because all I really wanted was a 5x7 and that was going to cost $40+ (had to order a package). Mary took lots of great pics with her fancy camera, but we finally concluded the Hospital Pictures are taken with some kind of magic camera and bassinet set-up that results in zero shadow. I did end up ordering a hospital pic, but was able to order out of the "old catalog" by calling the place, so I got a two 5x7's for $22.

Always a fan of taking tons of pictures, I am still quite thrilled with our photoshoot and the many expressions we got.

Hey. It's my Aunt Mary. I think I'll stick out my tongue.

What is this big green thing?

She's still there. I will give a teeny-tiny smile (maybe only his mother sees this as a smile).

Maybe if I look away, they will stop flashing that bright light at me.

Didn't work. I'll try posing again to see if they are satisfied.

Nope. Maybe I can knock them out.

Getting tired.

ALL DONE!! This is the 47th picture!

Ahh. Back with Mommy. Much Better.