Happy Birthday Papa Mike

Last weekend our new little family of four loaded up and headed south...just to Wichita, but it was our first road trip as a family of four!

 The boys were both asleep as soon as we hit the road! Praise the Lord. Of course on a 3 hour rode trip with a chubby hungry baby we had to stop at the 1.5 hour mark. If you are on road trip in the Midwest where else would stop but Braum's!

We tried to take a family picture while we were at Braum's and this is what we got! It pretty much describes our stop at Braum's. Crazy. But delicious. Who can resist a good burger with fries and maybe we got ice cream as well...maybe.

Papa had this delightful "toy" ready for the boys when we got there. Titus had an awesome time bouncing around with his cousin Ryder. Matt might have had even more fun then the kids did in this thing. He threw the boys all over the place in there. As you can tell Papa Mike spent some time in the bounce house as well.

One night we got dressed up in "handsome" clothes and went to a childhood favorite restaurant of Matt's, called Defazzio's. The Handsome little man and I had a hard time getting a good picture in the car, but you can sort of see a close up of his comb-over in the pic of us together . Matt and I secretly love him with a comb-over. A comb-over was how Matt liked his hair as kid. :) It's true.

And finally...Matt and the other big boys (uncle Jake, uncle Jimmy, and papa Mike) spent some time in the cage. If I say so myself, Matt has still got it. :) 

Aunt Hollie and I got some much needed time with our sweet niece Briar. Isn't she precious.

Until the next road trip....

Bram 3 Months

Bram Mac
3 Months

Stats:
weight 15.5 lbs
length not sure
head circumference not sure

Skills:
*Bram rolled over from tummy to back for the first time on Oct. 1st
*sitting in Bumbo! Holding head up
*sleeping longer stretches at night! :)
*coo's and smiles a lot
*putting on weight also seems to be a strength for this chubby little man
*sleeping in his crib!

Struggles
*trying to figure out a routine. I want him to be well rested but we also NEED to get out of the house. Trying to find a good balance

Bram,
You are a sweet boy. It's so fun to smile at you and see you smile back. You're growing so fast! I can't believe it was only 2 1/2 months ago that you were in the NICU. You have changed so much! Your big brother loves hugging, kissing, and squeezing you. Lately he's been trying to lick your head. We've been explaining to him that licking isn't the best way to express his love for you! :) Titus loves to tell everyone, "MY new baby brother". He's very proud of you and so are mommy and daddy.
Love you.

Some pictures of you from the last month