Had a pretty short weekend, Luke worked on Saturday so we only had Sunday to catch up on family time. We'll take any time we can get with daddy though!

Luke and Mav had a late night on Saturday (I guess if you consider 10pm late in children world) and had some father/son bonding time. Mav has been on this ball fix and is fascinated with saying ball and with anything that remotely resembles a ball. Mav was sitting with Luke outside on the tailgate Sat. night and he looks up at the full moon and pointed to it and says in a sweet voice BALL. :) Not only is the moon a ball but apparently so are onions, bell peppers, tires and light bulbs just to name a few. I was in the kitchen cooking the other day and he gets a hold of an onion and says BALL and throws it as hard as he can on the kitchen floor...unfortunately it doesn't have as much bounce as his other balls so he continues to pick it up and throw it until it bounces. Good times. Never realized how little boys are just fascinated with balls and throwing things constantly. Talk about having to have quick reflexes, whew.
Here are a couple of pics of the twins doing tummy time and one of Hawk getting his first haircut :)









Tummy Time!










Hawk getting his very first haircut! What a little stud!

Finally getting back in the game!

I've talked about updating the blog for the past year now and finally have decided to do it! I'm still trying to figure how to work the layouts and posting so bear with me as there may be some random pictures in random spots at times.
I'm always giving Luke a recap of the day when he gets home from work giving him all the details about all the "aww" moments of the day and the "grr" moments and finally realized I needed to be sharing these memories with family and friends. I hope you can enjoy my journey of motherhood as I embrace it with arms wide open. Oh the joys of three children under the age of two, here we go!

I have always known that Maverick was destined for great things since the day he was born, but today I realized just how valuable his little arm is. This morning as I was sitting upstairs feeding Noelle I saw Maverick launch Elvis's ball 30 feet across the room... As I watched this beautiful throw that went whizzing by my head with its nice high arch I watched Mavericks face as it hit the wine glass the was positioned perfectly on the ledge by the Foosball table. Boy did he hit his target and was he happy. I gasped and heard in slow motion the glass fall down onto the lamp downstairs... then shatter on the table... and then onto the floor... Maverick then looks at me and says with his mouth open "Uh Oh" and then goes into a dead sprint downstairs, luckily I caught him before he hit the crime scene. At this moment I realized 1. It is Luke's fault 2. I wonder how long the twins will cry for while I clean this up and 3. My little boy is on the fast track to the NFL. How can you be mad at him?

Here are some pictures from the last few weeks.

Noelle

Hawk

He kept pointing at the big football & basketball on the All Sports stores sign on the building saying ball

Maverick was worn out by all the babies so he took the initiative to take a nap in Elvis's cage all by himself :)

Wow has it really been 2 weeks since my last update! I guess I better post some pictures then to make up for it :) Took Maverick to the pediatrician on Tuesday which was his 2 month mark, yay! He weighed in at 12.9 lbs, 24 in long. He did very well until the nurse gave him his shots. He got 3 on the inner thighs and one liquid one (which hurt his stomach for a couple of days poor guy). The nurse told me told hold his hands & talk to him while she gave him the shots & boy was he mad at me the rest of the day! He turned all red & cried for about 20 seconds then looked at me with a huge frown on his face, I think he was soo upset that it was just too much for him to even cry lol. He's a trooper!

Maverick doing tummy time & getting oh so strong!

Mavericks signature pose, we think he's playing defense in his dreams lol.

Mav's been doing great lately, he's awake mostly from 6am-1pm, sleeps on & off for a couple of hours & wakes up when dad gets home for a little while then goes straight back to sleep. He has a very short attention span & needs to be entertained constantly already & I don't really know how to entertain him because he's still soo little. 7 weeks 2 days today! His swing that Grandma & Grandpa Harris bought him is the best thing ever, I don't know what I would do without it! What was I thinking not buying one?!

I'll switch from his play mat to his swing to my funny faces throughout the day to help 'stimulate his brain.' When he gets bored with one of them he'll bust out his frown & BAM his whimpering begins.

He likes me to walk around with him so he can look at everything & I mean everything! His little head & eyeballs go back & forth constantly trying to absorb everything & take everything in, it is hilarious! I think he's starting early to try & figure out what he can get into when he starts crawling & walking ;P

Maverick has reached the stage where he's used to being spoiled already so he thinks he should be held all the time. He gets very offended & upset if he is not being held, yikes what have we gotten ourselves into! If anyone has any advice on what we can do it would be greatly appreciated :) He's just so cute that I want to hold him & love him all the time, I can't help it look at him*

I think Elvis is starting to get used to the fact that Mav isn't going anywhere & that he's here for good. I think deep down he actually likes Maverick. I got a couple of snap shots of Elvis by Maverick 'guarding' him (or he just wants attention too & knows if he's by the baby he will get some well needed attention too) lol.

Mav is 6 weeks old today! Yay! It's amazing to see him grow already! He's been sneaking a few smiles* here & there which is pretty neat. He just lights up the room when he decides he wants to smile!

Mavericks now finally eating 4oz @ a time, but still sleeping every 2 hours & waking up to eat more (what have we gotten ourselves into!). He's awake more often & becoming more alert which is fun but hard on mommy because she still needs to get some sleep. I took him outside the other day & we were waiting for daddy to get home & Mav was looking all over the place with his big eyes, it was hilarious. He was looking at all the greenery & bushes & was trying to figure things out. I can't wait until he understands what things are. He's going to be one curious kid (I'm preparing myself for they constant 'why' question already).

The past couple of weeks we've had both grandparents on Luke's side come visit, yay! Had such a blast with everyone, can't wait to see everyone again!! We were able to take everyone to Oregano's (our favorite restaurant to eat in the world). Mav did a subperb job & slept the entire time. Mav has some great grandparents & we sure do love them! Thank you all again for everything, we sure do appreciate it!

Thought I would post some pics of Mav in action on his playmat. He hasn't quite discovered his hands yet but hes been trying to figure how to get a hold of the little hanging toys. He is very amused by one little rattler & very determined to figure out what it is! His arms are just so long that when he moves he ends up hitting the toys so hopefully the discovery of his arms & hands will be coming soon!