Max Emerson Thomas 1.1.11

On 1.1.11 Max Emerson was born!  I already shared by birth story, but I left out the pictures! That is my favorite part! So here they are:

Right after Max was born he peed on the nurse and I'm glad to say we caught it on video! He was a big boy!

 I am all sorts of pretty in this picture...

Here we are about 30 minutes post birth so I felt about as good as I looked.

 Hunter is such a cheese.  Poor guy was in the room for about 15 minutes while I was laboring and we were waiting for Mike's Mom to get there and take him.  He was very concerned about me and wasn't quite sure what was going on.  I feel so bad for him.

 He's a great big brother!

 I love this picture of the two of them sleeping.  By day two, Hunter was really out of sorts so we let him stay with us for the whole day.

 I can't tell who looks the most tired in this picture...

Going home outie...

 Getting ready to go home! Max all snuggled in his car seat for the first time. 

We had a TON of visitors and I thank every single person that came for taking the time to see us! It was so great to feel the love and support.

 Down for the count

 When Mikey got to meet his little brother for the first time we surprised him with a big brother gift.  We got both of the big brothers watches.  Mikey was so excited and we purposely got him an analog watch to help him learn to tell time. He loves feeling like a big kid.

 Hunter's watch was a "buzz yiteyear" watch.  He loved to wear it when he saw Mikey with his but that was it.  Otherwise it bugged him.

 Our first picture with my three boys.

 Hunter was being so goofy the day after we brought Max home.  He put on his rain boots and wore his frisbee as a hat.  In this picture he is saluting me and saying "yes sir!" What a ham!

 Here's our boy 4 days old. He has always been such an alert baby.

Max has been such a blessing in our life.  Today he is 3 1/2 months old and just laughed for the first time yesterday.  It melted my heart.  He has such a sweet spirit and loves to have conversations with anyone who will listen.  He coos at his monkeys in his bedroom and flirts with strangers like it's going out of style.  His hair has started to look more strawberry and I really hope he is a red head!  We love him so much.