Slowly but Surely

Yeah! 3 weeks old yesterday and only got up twice last night!!!! Yippee! He is such a good boy and so happy and content. He is reaching out for objects and grasping onto things, smiling (or gas?) and copying us with what faces we make to him. The girls are such a huge help with entertaining him, holding and dressing him. Oh and Kylie loves to put his hair in a mohawk! Poor Max...he has no idea what he is in for growing up with 2 older sisters. Patrick goes back to work next Tuesday :( What a true blessing it has been with us both home for the last month together to bond with Max. We will always look back and cherish this time we have had with him.

Routine Smoutine

We have already come to the conclusion that yes Max is stubborn and does things on his schedule, so I don't know why we weren't surprised when we were wanting him to sleep in his bed he wanted nothing to do with it. But now I guess he is ready in his time, he will sleep in his crib at night now wanting fed every 1.5-2 hours. Small steps, but I think we are slowly getting there. Yesterday his Uncle Chris from Chicago came and did a photo shoot with him, Max did awesome. Even managed to pee on daddy!!!!

Can anyone say Spoiled????

Whew! It was alot easier to sleep with him in :) Haha! Max is doing awesome as long as someone is holding him, which isn't too hard to do being that cute. He is wide awake from 9p on and boy is he tired come morning time! Oh well all part of the fun and games! But what do you expect being 5 days old. The girls have been a huge help and love playing dress up and bath time with him!!

may we introduce Max Donover Gerke

Finally Max has arrived with much anticipation to say the least on Thursday January 3rd at 8:36pm weighing in at 8 pounds even and a little over 19" long. It was a long day of laboring until the doctor's broke Heather's water and shorlty thereafter Max arrived with many family members awaiting to snuggle him. He is such a dream come true to so many hearts. His hair is blondish, brownish, reddish and CRAZY! He is nursing perfectly and working on getting his days and nights back to normal (to say the least we haven't slept for a couple days!) Sorry for the delay in letting you know, the wi-fi wasn't working at the hospital, as I know you all have been waiting to hear from us. We are home now, getting settled and trying on new outfits with his big sisters :)