Mighty Max

Max is 8 days old today! He is so cute. I love it when he's awake and alert and craning his neck around to see everything around him. The kids still love him to pieces and aside from a few more tantrums/meltdowns, they have adjusted pretty well. They literally surround him with love--constantly--and they live for the times when Max is awake and able to look at them. It is adorable.
I know it's hard to really see what Max looks like from the hospital pictures, so I thought I'd post some more of him.
And, by the way, isn't Ben's post about Max's birth just beautiful??? I love how he writes.

Here's a few more cute pictures from the hospital.

We're getting ready to take Max home in this picture. He had to stay an extra day to complete a 48-hour round of antibiotics. (I tested positive for Group B strep and they were only able to get one dose of antibiotics in me before Max was delivered.) It was very hard for me and the kids to go home without the baby. It just didn't feel right. My heart aches for the other mothers I saw in the Level II nursery who have to leave their babies there for several days/weeks. I can't imagine.




And here are some from a few days ago, when Max was 6 days old. I'm crossing my fingers that we'll have a blue-eyed baby this time!!!







Isn't he just perfect???