Quality, but not so quiet family time

We took the whole family (minus the doggies) up to see Max today. The kids haven't been there in a few weeks, sniffles, cold sores, etc... but today the stars aligned and it was great! They really wanted to go up yesterday, but we wanted Max to have one more day, post surgery to rest and recover.





Alex has been waiting quite sometime to hold his baby brother. Today, big brother did a great job and he was so happy to get his turn with Max!








Ella wasn't going to pass up another opportunity to hold him!!!
















They both helped Mommy feed him his bottle this morning.











Then Max tried to have his normal snuggle and burping time with Mommy, but Alex joined us today. He thought it was hilarious watching and listening to baby Max burp!








We've been talking a lot lately about Max coming home. It's something we didn't mention regularly in those early days, because we weren't quite sure when or if it would happen.

Now it finally seems real. The doctors tell us Max will come home this week. Maybe Tuesday. So we've started gearing the kids up for baby brother's arrival...at home! Alex kept asking while we were at the hospital today "can we take baby Max home?" so I told him he'd have to ask the doctor. When he did ask the nurse practitioner, and she said "in two days" Alex was disappointed. He stuck out that bottom lip and was sad. It made me sad, but happy too, knowing that they are as anxious and excited as we are, to finally bring our baby home!!!