Full Hands

Here is a normal picture of this boy lately.

Whether he is holding his blanket and animals 

(like below), or any other toys - he tends to like to 

have ALL his toys in his arm at one time.

Early Snuggles

5AM Snuggles!!

This is a normal morning any time

between 5am and 6am.  I am usually 

working in the kitchen and at least one,

if not all three are downstairs running 

into my arms for morning hugs.

The particular morning all three were

in the kitchen early.

Lots of love -

Definitely feel blessed!

Number 1 and Number 5 were

still enjoying their sleep.

Running Errands

This is my normal "team" when

I head out to run errands on the weekend.

The girls enjoy bringing their babies along

as I bring my BIG baby boy with too.

Sweet little boy - Love this guy so much!

Family Evening

We have been enjoying making a fire out front and

roasting hot dogs and brats for dinner.

Of course when you have a fire,

you have to have marshmallows too.

Splint Off

Big J got his splint off last week.  His arm is still stiff, but

he should be back to 100% soon.

After he got his splint off, him and I with our buddy

Baby J went out for dinner together before we ran some errands.

We even enjoyed ice cream cones together -

which we haven't done in a long time.

Scooter

Big Sister loves to teach little brother

all types of new tricks.

Like Big Brother

It is sweet, I think I have pictures with all the younger 

siblings reading next to their big brother.

Field Trip Botanical Gardens

We took a field trip to the Botanical Gardens.

The kids took a class and got to make their

own terrariums.

Happy Mothers Day

Daddy set up the camera for a mother day picture.

The kids thought it was SOOO funny that daddy

didn't make it back in time for the first shot.

We tried again and got a few keepers.

So blessed to be called mom by 

these five blessings!!

Love them all (and my hubs)

so very much.

Matching Shirts

We bought the kids matching shirts.

I love that they still think it is okay to match.

I don't really know the super heroes,

but I guess these shirts are Captain America.

They were excited and I thought 

looked quite cute in their matching shirts.

Fun with Daddy

The kids love when daddy throws them

up in the air.

Big J had to sit this activity out 

due to the elbow.

Brothers

Matching Coats

The girls and I got matching coats.  

Busy Bee has one too, but only Purple Girl was ready for the picture.

Zoo with Grammie

Baby J loves to make the elephant sound.

He had to walk over and see this elephant.

Train ride.

Little J was in my lap.

Super Heros

Baby J received this costume 

from the hospital.

Little J wanted to try it on.

Bathtime

Until we get the stitches out, this is our make shift bath cap to keep his head dry.

Cute after bath photo!

YEA - We are HOME!

It is crazy this whole journey started less than a month ago, when Baby J received his diagnosis.  We are so thankful for how quickly the doctors helped to make this come together.  Baby J still needs to recover from this surgery and will need to be extra caution for a little while now.  He has a helmet to help protect his head, but we still need to keep an extra eye on him for awhile.  

After being in the hospital 4 full days, we finally were able

 to go home on day 5 - Saturday, April 30th.

By the end of our week, Baby J  was ready to leave 

his room.  Whenever we would walk back in, he would

start crying.  He liked his freedom.

This was his room for the week.

The last night he was ready to be home (as was mom).

He ended up in bed next to me at 3am.

He won the hearts of the nurses.

They enjoyed letting him play with

their stethoscope.

Ride home - all smiles!!

We arrived home to a clean house, beautiful cards 

and special pictures taken of our children

while we were gone.

THANK YOU AMAZING FRIENDS!!!

So thankful to be home!