Candy for days

I realized that I never posted about Halloween. The boys had a great time, trick or treating at my work and also in the neighborhood. They all got way too much candy but they had a blast in the process!

Jaxon as Kylo Ren (his latest obsession is Star Wars):

 

Jaeger as a ninja turtle (the purple one!):

 

And Maverick as Yoda (he tolerated the hat way better than I thought):

 

And all together:

 

 

Happy Fourth!

Happy Fourth of July from the Hughes boys!! 

And then not too much later, Maverick got pretty proud of himself....

 

And in an unrelated note, I think I broke my toe yesterday. I blame it on the super messy basement that i was in the process of cleaning up.  I almost cried and Jaeger laughed, think I can count on him when someone needs a nurse??

Family of 5

We had family pictures taken over the weekend and I may be biased but my kiddos are pretty stinking cute :)

Best Season

I just love football season, in particular Iowa Hawkeyes and the Vikings. I like to pass on that love to the boys and start with appropriate clothes on game day and teaching them to cheer!!

Okoboji Fun

We spent last weekend in Okoboji and had such fun with family, including new baby Owen! The 6 hour drive wasn't too bad as maverick slept the whole time and we just stopped for gas and food for all!

Happy 4th!

This is the first year in a while that we haven't been at the lake for the 4th. The boys all had muscle shirts on and needed to show off their arms (Jaeger is still learning how to pose :)).











We skipped Jaegers nap but he just couldn't make it all day.


Maverick got in on the muscle pose.


Today was a day of laziness since we were up late for some fireworks.

Happy 2 months!

Blink and your baby is already 2 months old. Maverick is doing great, has a lot more awake time (although he still does a good job of sleeping) and has shown hints of a smile. He's getting up just once during the night to eat which makes for a happy momma!








Jaxons last day of school was Thursday so we got to go have a picnic with him. Jaeger was the most excited:)





We had our first road trip this past weekend in which we went to Uncle Travis and Aunt Kristi's house for Lauren's birthday party. Mav did good on the car ride, needing just 1 stop for food and diaper change. The picture above is the best attempt at all Roos grandchildren (for right now until Roos baby #3 arrives in a couple weeks).



I have just a little more than a week of leave remaining before I head back to work. I'm gonna soak up all the cuddles until then!

Brothers

I always thought that Jaxon and Jaeger looked alike right from the start. Maverick has been a little harder for me to determine who he'll take after. And then I had Maverick's pictures done and I get this one - yup, he is totally a Hughes boy just like his brothers!



He had a weight check with his pediatrician on Tues and is now up to 6lbs 9oz so a nice solid weight gain as evidenced by some cute chubby cheeks.

Breaking Free

I got a wonderful surprise when I got into the NICU this morning: Maverick was ready for discharge 😄. Such a great feeling to get him dressed (surprisingly in the same outfit that Jaxon came home in), in the car seat and out the door!!


We had some very excited people greet us at home too.



Welcome home Maverick!!!

Maverick's Adventures from his First Day

Alright, so Maverick is now 1 day old!  And has been through quite a bit in that day.  First, let's start with a picture of the cutie and man is it ever nice to finally see the little guy who has been the center of this all :)

He came out screaming and breathing room air (they have given him the nasal cannula to essentially make it easier for him to take in the oxygen).  At birth, it was noticed that his back closure wasn't completely healed and further evaluation revealed that his original defect was 2/3 open and would require another surgery to close it.  The pediatric neurosurgeon works primarily at another hospital so Maverick was transferred to American Family Children's Hospital last night.  The surgery was this morning and lasted around 3 hours as they re-opened the whole defect before completely re-doing the repair.  He had some scar tissue that required some delicate clean up but overall had a successful surgery and now just needs to be monitored.   We are hoping he'll be transferred back here to St Mary's tomorrow morning if he has an uneventful night.  He's been able to lay on all sides, back and tummy and appears to have his mommy's high tolerance for pain.  The big brothers stopped by with Grandma and Grandpa Roos to meet him for the first time:

Since he was leaking spinal fluid, we have not yet had the opportunity to hold this sweet boy but am hopeful for tomorrow.  Also with the surgery this AM, Maverick technically hasn't eaten anything yet but will hopefully get to try some breast milk after he is extubated.

I am doing well for being a day out from surgery.  The OBs needed a little more time to do my closure as they had to do some additional work related to the effects of the in utero surgery.  They have hinted that recovery may be more painful than past ones since they had to re-attch some ab muscles on one side.  I actually have found recovery to be slightly easier so far and I've been up walking since early this morning and am about to hop in the shower.  The hardest part about all this is not having Maverick in room (and even in the same hospital) with me