He's finally here!

Let me first apologize for not getting this posted sooner, but we have literally had out of town family visiting beginning about 10 minutes after we arrived home from the hospital. It has been helpful since it has allowed me to get in some mid-day naps, but not so conducive to getting anything posted on the blog.

Most of you already know, but Maxwell Ivan (named after my great-grandfather & grandfather) arrived at 9:57pm on Tuesday, February 23rd. He weighed in at 8 pounds 8 ounces and measured 20 inches long with red hair! The induction/eviction process began at 8am that morning so I was pleased to have him delivered before midnight the same day.

We came home from the hospital on Thursday evening and have been working on breastfeeding (which is really hard for both Mommy and Max!), sleeping at night instead of all day and getting completely spoiled by both sets of grandparents. Now that the grandparents have come and gone it is now time to get spoiled by Aunt Katie, Aunt Shawnda & Aunt Val who are visiting.

Overall, he is a really good baby, not too fussy except for when he is getting his diaper changed. The last few nights he even slept for about 4.5 hours when he went down for the night. Mommy & Daddy loved that!

I will try to post updates about once a week, but if you want updates or pictures besides these just email me and I will happily forward extras along to you! I am attaching a picture from the hospital as well as one from a few days ago since he is changing so quickly.

Until next week...get some sleep for me!