What a difference hours make...

Maybe we should knock on wood, but Max for the last 2 nights has been going 4 hours at night between feedings! We would feel all refreshed if the flu hadn't attacked our household. Max is fine and doing awesome. Every day he grows up more and more. He is bright eyed and awake most of the day and only takes 2 naps a day. He LOVES standing on our laps and running his legs really fast. His head is getting stronger by the day and he now follows us in the room with his eyes. And he loves reading, will sit and listen to his books forever. You know its the small simple things in his day that makes our day so incredible and focused on what truly is amazing! Hard to believe he is almost 2 months already. We are so lucky to have him :)

Happy Valentines Day!

Max was all of our "Valentine" this year! Today we went to the girls school for lunch and so many girls oohhed and ahhed over him. It wore him out (thankfully) so he came home and took a 2 hour nap!!! He is 6 weeks old today and over 10 pounds. Getting better on sleeping at night, up every 3 hours. Seems to be in a routine of going to bed at 11p, getting up at 2am and 5am and up for good around 8. He loves to stare at bright lights, grab onto our hair and necklaces, LOVES to be held, play on his floor mat and grab for the toys. Speak of the little valentine....off to tend to the little guy.

One Month Old

Whew! Time sure does go fast when you are sleep deprived. Actually (knock on wood) the last 2 nights Max has done incredibly well and surprised us. He is going 3-4 hours between feedings; went to bed at 11p last night and got up at 2a and 6a. Not Bad! He is growing like a weed, infact today we had to sadly pack up all his newborn clothes and move him into 0-3 month clothes. He has his one month check up tomorrow, very curious how much the little guy weighs in at. He went to church for the first time today and needless to say was the complete center of attention and loving every minute of it....okay he slept through the whole event. Heather goes back to work tomorrow, and Max is looking forward to his daddy time as Pat will be watching him everyday until he goes to work at 2p. Off to watch the SuperBowl, his lungs are all ready to cheer on the Patriots!

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 :)