A Hoppy Life: So Much "Fun"

This past week has been FUN filled. So much so I’m trying to decide where to start. After our week of firsts, we had another big first – Max’s First Thanksgiving! Last Sunday, November 6^th we celebrated our C's Family Thanksgiving! It was so much fun, everyone got together and we heard a big ANNOUNCEMENT!

First, let me start with who all was there. Memaw and Papa, Aunt Chris and Uncle Doug, Grandpa H., Aunt Dawn, Uncle Dan and Austin, Honey and Papa Vuchak, Kevin, Max and myself and Uncle Kyle and Aunt Kate, unfortunately the Florida Crabbs couldn’t make it, as it’s quite a drive from Florida to Ohio (SAD FACE). It is always so much fun to get everyone together – especially when food is involved.

So now for the BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!! I wish I had a picture of this to show, but I don’t so you’ll just have to hear the story and imagine. So, Aunt Kate and Uncle Kyle were a little late to dinner, but when they showed up Memaw urged Kevin and I to get up and go say hello! So they walk in and Gussy (their very adorable laberdoddle) is wearing this red t-shirt. So I stop and read it and am like huh… as the shirt said something along the lines of “I’m going to be a BIG SIS!” (I can’t remember as my excitement caused a momentary Black Out! – Ha!)

My first thought was, “Are they getting another puppy…” don’t ask me why (I think I didn’t register dog with baby, even though we say Guinness is Max’s big brother) but I was confused, but my mind quickly shifted to JOY as I realized that they were EXPECTING!!! That’s right, our FAMILY is GROWING!! Max is getting another cousin! We are so happy for them!! Having a baby is the best gift in the world and we are sooooo overjoyed for them! And it’s perfect because Max will forever have a playmate very close in age to him, just the way we wanted it. It’s no fun to be the youngest cousin and have no one close in age, I’ve been there – done that. So we are overjoyed! I can’t wait to meet the newest Vuchak and can’t wait to find out if it’s a boy or a girl… Stay tuned hopefully they will tell us on December 12^th… if not I will harrash them til the do!

So that’s some big news, right! Wow! Lovin’ it! Okay so on we go to last week, so last week was a fun week! Max is getting so big and is really starting to be a lot of fun! I find myself unable to resist a little rough housing here and there, rolling around on the floor and whatnot. It’s super fun! He laughs and laughs!

On Tuesday, I think it was Tuesday, we had Max’s 4 month check up! He did perfectly of course, and only barely cried during his shots. He was hamming it up to the doctor and really enjoyed himself. He’s so darn sweet!

Here are his stats:

Height: 26” – 84%

Weight: 17.8 lbs – 89%

Head Cir.: 97% (big brains we say)

He’s definitely a big boy like his daddy! The doctor gave us permission to continue the cereal and after a week of that we could start him on Step 1 foods, which we did on Friday. It was a wonderful visit as always, afterall good news always is!

So here comes Friday! What a big day! My good girlfriend Ashley, and her husband, Elloitt, and their little sweetheart (Max’s future Girlfriend), Sophia, came to visit. Ashley and I had so much fun playing with the babies… and I think they really enjoyed each other as well.

Max loved Sophia… he kept checking her out. And Sophia kept playing hard to get! It was so much fun! My favorite part was when we tried to get them to take a photo together on the couch and they were falling all over each other, as neither of them has any balance. They are both chucky monkeys and both the most beautiful things I have ever seen!

And if the babies didn’t have fun enough, us mommies and daddies certainly did. In fact, both daddies’ were up til 2 a.m., can you believe it! Ashley & I went to bed well before that! Go figure!

Max even showed Sophia how well he eats, and even tried Applesauce for the first time while she was visiting. He’s such a show off for his girlfriends. Ha! (Let me tell you though, I don’t think he liked it at first, now however, he seems to have grown to enjoy it, especially when I mix it with his cereal & boob milk!) Like I said it was a blast!

On Saturday morning when the babies woke up, they enjoyed some playtime in their PJs, each having their own playmat, and then I again set them up for another photo session! It was so nice to have Max interact with another baby! And it was nice for me to see my good friend! We miss them already and are eagerly looking forward to our next visit! So exciting!!!

Looks like FUN is the word in this POST… sorry for all the repetition, there’s just no other way to describe it! Below are a few photos from my iTouch - I'll post some better quality photos later tonight!