A Hoppy Life: May 2012

Well it’s been about 2 weeks since my last blog posting and so much has happened in such a short period of time. Where should I begin. I will start with the beginning of the crazy goodness and move right into the present crazy!

Baby V - Xavier
Okay so Maxwell spent a week eagerly expecting the arrival of his newest cousin, Baby V, to this world. He was supposed to join us around April 30^th or so, but choose to hang out in his mommy until the doctor went in to get him. He joined all of us on May 4^th, 2012 at 10:05 a.m. much to our delight. He like his cousin, father and uncle before him was a large, healthy and beautiful! He was about four days late and 10 lbs. 4 oz or so. He’s perfect like Max and is a wonderful addition to our family! His name is Xavier Alexander Vuchak – Max loves him and can not wait to play with him! We are also working on a nickname – X, the Professor, V, are all contenders – maybe Max will come up with his own nickname or we could just call him Xavier and cut all the nickname crap out.. we’ll see what happens! We are all very excited!!

Did They Say Engaged? Yippie!
May 4^th was a big day for us! After visiting Xavier and his parents in the hospital we went to Sandusky to visit my family and see Samantha – my youngest sister – off to prom! My other sister Alex also came home to visit and surprised us all by announcing her engagement to her boyfriend – fiancé- Eric. We are very happy for them and Max is excited for a new uncle! We are excited to see our family continue to grow! May 4^th was a good day – crazy day!

The rest of that weekend was nice – Kevin golfed and I hung out with my sisters… and fought with my youngest. She’s going to be a marvelous woman but these teenage years suck. She’s a bit of a b&$#h and is arguing with my mother a lot!! It’s hard for me to separate myself from being a mother and she gets angry with me for not defending her as a sister.. but as a mother myself I find it impossible. It’s like terrible 2s on CRACK. Ah! Teenagers. I am grateful I have a boy, as if my Max acts like a brat when he’s older – daddy will have something to say about it. Sam’s the youngest in a line of 4 whitty, bratty, opinionated and beautiful, sweet and caring girls. My parents are ready to be empty nesters and at this point I do not blame them, girls are hard! I’m sure not every girl is nuts, but they are tough – all the damn emotions we’ve got ladies! Ha! I’m sure my next child will be a girl… as payback! Ha!

In midst of all the chaos of being home, we did get to take Mr. Max to the park and we took him swinging for the first time and down a slide. He loved it!! He smiled so big and laughed and was so happy! He’s the best little boy!! And growing sooo fast!!

Our weeks go by relatively fast now-a-days, it’s mostly work, play, eat, sleep and then do it all over again. I’d have it NO other way! Max is the light of our lives, we have so much fun with him and I think he has fun with us too!! We’ve found a park close to us so we can take him swinging more regularly as he enjoys it so much! I can’t wait until he’s older so we can do more of the activities.

Mother's Day

Last weekend was so much fun! In addition to finding a park, I got my hair done and we celebrated my first “OFFICAL” Mother’s Day! Being a MOM is the best thing in the world, I’ve probably said this on here before but it’s my calling. Some people were meant to be Doctors, Lawyers, Teachers, etc… I was meant to be a mom! It’s my thing, I love every stinking minute of it and am so blessed to have the most AMAZING husband and baby boy in the whole world!! I don’t know how anyone could disagree with me either it’s very obvious! Ha! Okay I’m just joking, but I love them sooo much!! I know with Kevin I can handle anything and with Max things will be an adventure! These two gentlemen are what keep me going everyday!! I LOVE BEING A MOMMY!!

On a personal mother's day note: I would also like to thank all the WONDERFUL Maternal Role models I have been blessed with - my mother and my mother-in-law! I have learned so much from both of them, and they continue to teach me new things everyday! It is because of them that I am such a great mom!! I love them both soooo much!! They are truely amazing!

So Mother’s Day was great. We hung out with family and spent time together! The boys got me a gift card to Casal’s, flowers and a card. I cried! Truth be told I am honored to be the Mom of the house and I should be thanking them… versus them thanking me!

Here’s few pictures!!