The first few weeks

Oh, this boy.

He really is too much. 

And, by too much, I mean perfect. Max is perfect. 

I know I am breaking the cardinal blogging rule by saying this and have now just jinxed him to develop colic, but right now, it  is the truth. 

He sleeps 2-3 hours at a time at night, nurses like a champ, lets me love on him and snuggle him all of the time and is proving to be very good at adapting to life with an intense 3 year old brother and a mom who took him to CVS (more than once), Publix, Target, Kroger & Sams before his 2 week birthday.

Part of why he is awesome is because I am not an idiot like I clearly was with Bug. For example, we had the swing in the middle of the living room with Anderson. Under the lights, next to the TV and the couch where people were sitting and talking. And, I wondered why he didn't sleep in it. With Max, it is in his room where I turn the lights off, turn the sound machine on and swaddle him before I put him in there. This is where I am lucky that Nicole had Reese first, because she passed these nuggets of genius on to me just in time for me to take advantage of them.

Aunt Clare came to visit when he was just a few days old & she brought us 3 meals, some cute clothes for Max and, best of all, a Venus fly trap for Anderson! How great is that? He loves it and I loved not having to cook, so it was a win-win for all of us!

Uncle Austin also got a little snuggle time with Mr. Max & his perfectness. 

Anderson has been lucky to be able to spend a lot of time with his NoniBop since Max has been born. And, by that, I mean I have been lucky, too!

He even takes a bottle from Brandon without any hesitation. Nicole does not have a lot of luck in this category with her kids, so I sort of felt bad telling her about it, but I am pretty excited about this! I think he has taken 3 so far, which is pretty good for a 2 week old. 

Max met Lucy!! They were much more thrilled than they let on in this picture, of course. It is so perfect because their age difference is the same as the difference between Anderson & Jack, so we know they are going to be such great buddies.

Then, this happened in our garage. It was laying on the floor and I thought it was Anderson's fake one & I went to pick it up!! Holy everything, thank goodness it moved as I reached for it. Anderson was PUMPED about it when I picked him up at school. I showed him the pic and all of the little boys gathered around to see it. Hilarious. He told me not to worry, that he is brave and will take care of it.

We had a short visit from the cousins-love this pic!

And, in what might become a familiar story, Reese has the best grin of the whole bunch. (Also, is Max as big as Reese is? The girl is tiny!)

Noni in a flashback to the life with 2 babies...

Mom has been awesome with bringing dinner, running errands and, mostly, entertaining Anderson so I can occasionally sit down. She is the best. 

 Aunt LoLo & Pappaw also came for a visit to meet this guy! LoLo is the best because she just loves my boys and always spoils them rotten with hugs and snuggle time!

 We even got a pic with Bug in it and looking at the camera, which is rare these days!

 Aunt LoLo brought Anderson all kinds of goodies and the cutest card with a "Best Big Brother" sticker in it that he wore all night!

GG & Jpa have made quite a few visits to love on this baby boy (and bring us yummy dinners and goodies!).

 Somehow the pic with Bop & Max at the hospital didn't make it on the last blog post, so here it is.

And, I love this pic that Nicole took of him when he was not even 24 hours old.  (notice how there is not a glare in the left eye? Yep, I did, too. And, I took him that day to the eye doc just to make sure he is ok. We have had about 5 pediatricians check already and I will trust nobody until Dr. Cogen gives me the all clear, but hearing the Knox. Ped Op say, "Perfectly Clear!" was definitely reassuring. )

Mostly the last few weeks have been filled with lots and lots of snuggle time with this baby and no make up wearing/getting dressed on my part. I love when I get to hang out with him and actually chose to get him out of his crib one night while we were watching a movie just because I missed him.

I am definitely sure we are going to keep him