And one of Keenan with Braylon at the hospital.

Last, but certainly not least, one of Keenan holding his brand new brother at the hospital. I think baby was only about 3 hours old. Awwww.

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First Photos of Braylon Marley!!!

In his bassinette at the hospital- about 18 hours old

Getting bigger...

Braylon had his 2 month check up yesterday and "won the prize" for biggest 2 month old of the day. He still seems tiny to us though. He is 11.2 pounds and 22 inches long. He had to get 3 shots and was pretty mad the whole day about that. He's feeling a little better today, but isn't quite his normal happy self.

Both Maveric and Keenan got black eyes last weekend. Mavi's was courtesy of Keenan's stick. We ended up taking him to the ER on Sunday morning because he woke up with his eye swollen shut and told us he couldn't see. After finding out there were no pieces of stick in his eye, the dr.'s told us it was "just a shiner". WTF! A few days later Keenan fell off of our kitchen bench and got a black eye also. Best lesson on kharma so far.

I'm going to go through pictures tonight and will try to convince Eric to help me post some. Keep your fingers crossed!!

I have tried several several several times to upload a blog to no avail. Eric got a new system in place right before I had Braylon, so I have had NO time to try and figure out how to do this. Alas, pictures may take a few more weeks. Or at least until the maid/nanny/chef return to work. ;) Braylon Marley was born February 22 at 3:40 pm. He was 7lbs 9 oz and 20.5 inches long. It wasn't a long labor but was very INTENSE and PAINFUL. I stayed in the hospital about 24 hours and came home to the craziness. Eric stayed home the first week and my mom visited the next one. It is definitely a challenge doing anything with a 4 year old, 3 year old, and newborn. Mavi is being pretty helpful and Keenan is being Keenan. If you know him, you know what I mean. Braylon is about 8 1/2 pounds now and is an angel. He eats, sleeps, and gets diaper changes. He rarely cries, loves his brothers and his baths, and loves his food! He sleeps for about a 4-5 hour stretch at night. We are happy but tired and are totally in love with our new little guy!

Quick catchup

Well, I know most of you tune in here for pictures, but since we have been building a room for the BABY that should be arriving momentarily (not really, but you never know) the hard drive is MIA. I only know how to put pictures on from the hard drive so no pictures this post. But the kids basically look the same with longer hair. Mavi is about an inch or two taller than he was in my last post which is a pain in the ass since I can't really go out and shop for new pj's for him, but it's just pj's so who cares, right? If you'd like to see what my belly looks like, head over to my sister in law's blog and check out her belly. Mine's pretty similar. Just imagine her with brown hair/eyes and pretend it's me. If you squint it's easy. We've been holed up in the house for about 6 weeks now, going out to take Mavi to school and that's about it. I've been trying to do "bedrest" without killing the kids/dog, and so far it's been successful. I've kinda given up on the bedrest and am shooting for sitting on the couch while refereeing fights, getting snacks/meals, wiping butts, changing diapers, picking up dog poop, and mentally listing all of the crap I'm going to make Eric do when he gets home. Keenan and Mavi had an amazing Christmas and loved every thing they got. Especially the spiderman stuff. Which was most of it. My favorite parts of the day were when Keenan put on his cowboy hat and boots and rode on his scooter singing "Captain Chipmunk is my naaa-aame!" Hilarious. That boy is a character. The other fave part was when Eric made Christmas dinner. That's right- ERIC made it. Because I was just getting sick with the flu (that lasted 10 freakin' days!). We had grilled cheese sandwiches. Because apparently the grocery store and delivery places are closed on Christmas. Who knew? Anyway, it was fun and we all enjoyed our gifts.