New sleeping arrangements

A few years ago, we bought bunk beds with a full bed on the bottom with the hope that the 2 older boys would share a room. Fast forward to now and Jaeger pretty much considered his parents room as his own. Turns out Jaxon is not the nicest co-sleeper as his knees end up in your back and neither was interested in the top bunk!  Bunk beds removed and each now have their own bed within their room.  

 

 

 

Staycation!

I had a free night at a Marriott hotel to use up by end of July so I decided to book a night at one here in town and have a little staycation with the older boys!  It was really nice to be close to home yet give the boys some out of the norm time. We did quite a bit of swimming as their pool had a nice shallow end for Jaeger and Jaxon could swim all over. 

 

 

 

 

 

As bedtime came, the boys got sad and missed Daddy so we packed up and headed home for sleep in our own beds 😀

Fishies

Jaxon just loves to swim and he has made such progress in the last few months. This last round Jaeger has also started taking lessons but he's not quite as adventurous as his older brother. 

Networking

In Wisconsin, there is a group called Spina Bifida Family Network. They organize various social gatherings to allow families to connect and hang out together. We went to our first event, a weekend away at a hotel in Oshkosh (about 100 miles from us). It was really nice to meet other families and see kids of all ages. Jaxon and Jaeger had fun swimming, but Maverick was not a fan of the echoes in the pool area. Instead we hung out in the main room meeting new friends.



Quite a few of the events are just dinner meet ups so we are looking forward to attending more!

Tiger Scout!

Jaxon joined Cub Scouts this year and is officially a tiger scout 😀



It's only just started but he seems to enjoy it. The only fundraiser they do is selling popcorn which began yesterday. We spent some time at the local grocery store yesterday and even in that 90 minutes, it's great to see his confidence go up in talking to people.

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!!

4 months old!

Today Maverick is 4 months old and I did a little comparison to his brothers....

Mav - 17 lbs 3 oz and 24.2" long



Jaeger - 16 lbs 13 oz and 25.5" long




Jaxon - 16 lbs 3 oz and 26.25" long




It's a little mind blowing to think that although Maverick was more than 3 lbs lighter than Jaxon at birth, he is the heaviest out of all 3 at 4 months! And yes they are all mini Joshes :)

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.

I survived

First day back at work today. Said goodbye to this little man,


Wiped some tears off Jaegers face (he kept asking "jaeger go to mommy work?") and waved goodbye


I was greeted by close to 10000 emails which will keep me busy for a few days as I get up to speed and back in to the swing of things. When I got home, every one was excited to see me. Maverick did some cluster feeding plus he's mastered the grip, in this case my shirt.


The bigger boys also wanted some snuggles which I happily gave.

My last week off!

This is my last week off of maternity leave as I go back to work on Monday. I've been trying to enjoy all the little moments with all 3 kiddos.





















I'm pretty sure Josh is going to miss having me at home just as much as the boys. Naps will become no more for him :)




Happy 10 weeks baby boy!