just go with the flow , in deeper water...

 So my last post announced our new expected addition.... and HE'S HERE ..

after a pregnancy that was SO different than my last 3 ,and about 2-3 weeks of early/slow labor ,a 4th cesarean that resulted in anemia and a spinal headache we were blessed with the littlest brother in our house , who was ironically also our biggest baby . Weighing in at 9lbs 9oz and 21 3/4 inches long , David Owen joined us on February 7th at 8:51am . He is just about perfect and everyone is adjusting very nicely .

Here are Big Sister and Biggest Brother , waiting my mom was great enough to bring them up to the hospital early in the morning so that they could meet their new littlest brother , this is them waiting.

  And here he is ,the littlest brother.

 Biggest brother loving him , he was SO excited to have been there and to be one of the first to hold him and see him . He's so in love with him .

  While another brother wasn't on the top of her list, she's in love with him , and probably the BEST big sister anywhere around.

  My mom, this makes her 9th grand child. Who was ironically 9lbs 9oz.

 Sweet baby Owen , one day old.

 Since his birth he's done lots - had his first bath at 3 weeks old in his Tummy Tub  he absolutely loved it

He has spent an afternoon outside enjoying some of the random 77 degree weather days we've had

so while I don't know what I am really doing with 4 kids , Softball for Big sister , and Baseball for the big brothers , in two different leagues, all starting in the next 2 weeks. While the Daddy of the house is still a workaholic and we are trying to buy a house and learn to live debt free.... we're having fun and just going with the flow even though it seems the water is getting deeper.

Would it be too much?

I wonder daily. 

I wonder, Would it be too much to let the cat be herself? she does have legs and they work great and you KNOW she doesnt like you carrying her around all the time. Even though Im sure she does love your sweet tone when you are singing "tits OH tay titty" over and over and over , then only to stop with "NO NO NO NO bad titty" and then right back into your little song. But seriously , put the cat down.

 But I think he gets it honestly, almost like our family hosts some weird gene that even though a cat is scratching your face off, DONT LET GO! .This is my niece doing basically the same thing earlier this spring.To my special cat , Joplin. Love that cat , and as my niece said."I like catz"

Then as I have posted about before. Would it be too much to ask for a normal picture? While my Grandmother , Dad and his wife visited in August you can imagine, There were alot of pictures being taken. While going though some of the big family shots. I noticed my 4 year old and my 3 year old niece who were sitting on the ground next to my grandmother's chair. I saw their faces and once i quit laughing. then thought to my self , DANG there goes another family picture.

Please excuse the quality , as these were edited out of the whole family shot to just show them .. I just wonder, seriously , What were you thinking?

Soo... If you knew me when I was a child. Was I just such a bad and crazy kid? That this is my payback? That i need these crazy kids in my life. Although I wouldn't trade a single one for anything, but man. I sure would let someone borrow them for a while. So i could have a break .