Hey guys

Hey everyone, we have had a full and wonderful week. Braydon had a father's day (St. Josephs day) celebration at his school with his dad, he had soccer practice, we had a great picnic at the park with friends, Caleb had a BIRTHDAY PARTY and the Doane's came in town. It has been great!

The celebration at B's school was really neat and proved just one more time that we are really lucky to have him in that program! Rob went to his class, the kids sang songs to their dads, they did a really sweet hand print project with Dad and sons hands that brought tears to Mary (my mother in laws eyes) when she saw it. It was a great break for Rob from his crazy week at work and it was really special for Braydon who has been feeling a little left out with the new baby and his brother having a birthday.

Soccer started up for Braydon again this week and we are doing a new and much better program. He got some great skill lessons (all only 5min long due to the kids attention spans) and again a bit more one on one with Dad. It is hosted at a Cheer center so Caleb had a BLAST too, he and his little friends played in the foam pit, on the trampolines and mats....need I mention they were both exhausted after it?

Wednesday was a wonderful outing at a park that ended up lasting all day. The kids ran and played outside for hours and with the weather being so beautiful here we let them enjoy it as long as they could!

Caleb's Birthday party was great. We went to a park right by the house and had about 10 kids come round for Hotdogs and Birthday cake. Once again Rob and I had fun baking the cake and it tasted great!! The theme of this years gifts for him was HORSES and so appropriate. He can not get enough!!! His cake was horses, his favorite gifts were a Huge Barn and ginormous stuffed horse (Braydon has taken over all the other gifts, his favorite is a car that he can take apart and put back together) You will love the pics. Right after the party Rob had tickets to the Mavericks vs. Suns game for him, the boys and his dad. Bradyon went and had a blast and Caleb unfortunately had spent all his energy at the party so he went home and crashed.

The Doanes got in town on Saturday and got to hold their new Grandbaby!! They agree that he is adorable and perfect. Rob and I are waiting for these first few months of sleeping all day and easy-going attitude to change....lets hope we are wrong.

Not much more to update you on other than I love having three little boys in the house! I am the luckiest mom in the world!!!

We are 13 days into being a fam of 5!

We have almost hit our 2week mark and it feels like Austin has been in this family for years already. Things seem to be taking off without much... of a hitch. There have been some adjustment on things like loading and unloading the car, how do we hold hands in the streets now that we are three wide and then the brothers...they are both going through their own adjustments. But for the most part it has been wonderful and soo fun.

Braydon and Caleb certainly love their little brother! Caleb is the first to run and get me if Austin starts crying "mommy, baby crying", he is quite the helper. Braydon is very good at helping Austin put his pacifier back in his mouth, covering him with a blanket and more. They love him but that is not to say that they have had an easy time adjusting.

Braydon obviously feels some lack of control because he is trying to control EVERYTHING!! He is telling all of us what to do and is throwing fits (and then going into time out) if we do not do what he says. i am not sure that Caleb is having a hard time adjusting to the new baby, I think his difficulty is with the drastic changes in his playmate and older sibling. I feel like I am walking a fine line between needing to be more patient because I understand this is going to be tough and taking away all privileges and loosing it with all this unacceptable behavior. Most of you are coming around for a visit soon and I appreciate all and any feed back you will have for me on improvements that need to be made.

I literally almost spent $100+ on parenting books through Amazon the other day when I had hit a break point because I was clearly not doing anything right!! Braydon had just yelled "No" to me when I told him to go in time out for hitting his brother. Caleb (who has been refusing to eat his food at the table and insists on carrying a mouth full of half chewed edibles with him at all times) had just spit some sort of red something all over the white carpet and Austin was screaming his head off from just having tortured himself by peeing on a VERY sore diaper rash. I decided loosing it had to wait and I couldn't afford $100 on books so I took a "time out" for myself and sat in the new lawn chair by the pool for 30seconds outside and turned the kids over to Rob as soon as he walked in the door that evening.

Miss you guys...wish us luck.

Baby Austins arrival (80 photos), by maureen jenkins

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Welcome Austin!

Hey Fam and Friends! Big news in a little package! Austin was born Tuesday at 12:52pm weighing 7.4 oz and measuring 21inches! He came out just perfect, he had no trouble breathing and has passed all other tests so far!

As you can see from the pics he is adorable! It is hard to tell but his hair is a strawberry blonde color and his eyes are blue. Keep you all posted if any of that changes. He is sleeping right next to me in the hospital bed while Rob goes to pick up the boys for their first official meeting!!!

There is not much more to report, out...and I have some snuggles to steal from this little guy before I have to share him with the rest of the family. Miss you all.