The first 72 hours of life...

Here are a few of my favorite images that were captured during our hospital stay.  

Watching new baby through the nursery window.

Love at first sight.

We can't get enough of these piggies.

Daddy getting to know his baby.

Life the first 24 hours.

Told ya... we adore those piggies.

Enjoying the quiet and watching my baby sleep.

Cohen getting a little vitamin D.

Our baby has a name...
Cohen Jacob

Thanks to my friend Erin for the adorable hat.

Get a look at those long feet!

A mother's love...

Nona stopped in for a quick snuggle.

First picture of the adorable dimple!

Out of all of our pics this one is my favorite.
So sweet...

In the wheelchair with Mommy
and ready to go home.

Just before we headed home.
Look out world HERE I COME!

The Next Chapter...

Here are a few family pictures taken in the hospital 2 days after "New Baby" was born.

Sure the pictures look nice, loving, and calm.

This however was NOT the case.

The boys came in like gangbusters!  

It was wild.

It was loud.

It was chaotic. 

It was our first glimpse of our new life!

After everyone left and it was just Kenton and I,

 we just sat there to decompress.

Seriously... we just sat in silence for a long 5-10 minutes before 

we looked at each other laughing and asked,

"What in the world just happened in here?!?"

This is our crazy life.

We would not have it any other way!

MiMi and the boys.

Roman LOVES to hold the baby.

Griff will hold the baby for a photo op.

Roman loves babies.
He wants to take care of his brother.

Look at that smile!

MiMi and New Baby

Big Pop and New Baby

The Ipad is a bit more fun that New Baby.

Seriously.... who is the patient here?

My precious Baby Bear.

The family minus ME.

Daddy and his boys.

Our new and updated family pic!

Birth announcement to the family.

I was being stitched up and sent into the recovery room so I had to view the rest of the story on video.

Kenton always gets the pleasure of making the grand announcement to the family of....

"It's a........ BOY!"  

This time everyone had their $$ on it being a girl.

Oh how I wish I were a betting woman!

Gotcha... another BOY!

The hospital staff was so good to our big boys.

From the moment they rolled New Baby out 

they encouraged them to touch their brother and tell him hello.  

Griff admiring his baby brother.

They even let the big boys roll their baby brother to the nursery.

Hold on baby brother.
This is only the beginning!

The proud Daddy.

6/13/12   5:20p.m.
9 lbs 2.6 oz  21 inches
(9.2 seemed "petite" compared to the 10.14
estimate in the ultrasound earlier in the day!)

Check out the length on that baby!
Long legs, long feet, long toes, and long fingers
After 3 tries Kenton got it right. :)

The boys checking new baby from the nursery window.

After a few hours in the recovery room I was ready to go to my regular room.  At this point everyone joined me and waited on baby brother.  I love raw expressions in the next few pictures.

Gotta love those smiles...

 I made big brother gifts for Griffin and Roman.  I wanted to remind them how very special they are to our family.  I made them each an "ABC of me" book.  With each letter of the alphabet I included a picture of each boy and something that they enjoy.  They love their books!

Mommy and her big boy.

Amazing how these 2 boys grew up in an instant
with the birth of their baby brother.

FINALLY... the star of the show arrived.  "New Baby" 

The reaction from each boy was so different and unique to each personality.  From the moment that Griffin entered the room he was concerned about me.  He kept on telling me, "you gonna be okay Mommy. You will get better."  Roman on the other hand was more into the baby.  He wanted to hold, kiss, and give lots of love to baby brother.

Momma adoring her newest addition.

Snug little bug...

My THREE sons. :)

My boys.