The votes are in!

We’ve had a lot of good suggestions for a blogname for our new baby. Some ideas that have been tossed around are:

• Big Ben – suggested by friends who are Steelers’ fans. But I am the rare person living in the United States who doesn’t watch football. At all. So I vetoed it. Sorry, guys!
• Little Guy – because this is what I’ve had a tendency to call him on the blog so far
• Chase – because he’ll be chasing around 6 big siblings
• Angus – because Iron Man thinks it’s a cool name
• Sunshine – because his skin is so smooth and warm – but this was vetoed because we don’t want him to get beat up with a girly name
• Bundle – because he’s our bundle of joy, and he loves to be bundled up warm and snuggle close with us
• Joy – because of the “bundle of joy” thing, but vetoed because it’s girly
• Cutie – because George isn’t using this name anymore, and it certainly does apply

The children have all voted, and they decided on another blogname for their baby brother… a name which was thrown into the running at the 11th hour. They unanimously agreed, so alas, I have to go with…

Burrito.

"There, you like your new name, don't you, Little Burrito?"

See, look at that. He's smiling!

Want to find out where the rest of the crew got their blognames? Read more about us here!

 

A Big Bath for a Little Boy

I had a big bath today. You see, Mommy thought that a sponge bath wasn't bad enough. She put me in this big blue thing and splashed water on my tummy, and that made me cold!

He helped!

"Hey, I helped the most!"” Yes, he helped too. Mommy had him get the soap. This is what she did to me then...

Can you believe it?

As if that wasn't enough, they had Polly take pictures of me! She even looks proud to be the photographer! Preposterous!

At last we're done. That was bad, but at least I kept quiet and didn't cry. A guy has to be tough, you know. The whole thing was scary. Sometimes I don't know what gets into Mommy.

 

Pictures, pictures, pictures

I know, I know: It’s been a whole week since I’ve written a blog post. I have nothing exciting, poignant, or even practical to share right now, as we are simply taking some time to get to know our newest family member (who is yet to be blognamed, I might add.) It was also Iron Man’s first week back at work since Baby’s birth, so I spent most of my time getting back into “life.”

So while I have nothing prolific to share today, I do, however, have pictures!

Ah, those beautiful baby eyes!

George loves his new baby brother

How sweet is this?

Gameboy has a soft spot in his heart for babies

Especially this baby!

A sweet moment with Bubbles

Love this

The rare photo with me in it… I’m usually on the other side of the camera. Plus, I’m not photogenic at all!

We are taking the month off of school on “maternity leave.” We actually started school a month early for this purpose. However, we’re using the time to do some fun school activities that I did not have the energy for during the 8th and 9th months of pregnancy. This Roman arch, for example!

That’s all for tonight, but more are coming soon. We are going on a field trip tomorrow, and I’m sure I’ll have some photos to share of our adventures there. I also hope to put up some more pictures of our baby boy with his other siblings! They all adore him and can’t get enough snuggle time with him.

 

Can’t Resist

Just a few more pictures of our baby boy. He’s changing too quickly already!

first bath at home

a hint of a smile

 

More Baby Pictures

So much to share! But I have a precious newborn boy in my arms right now, and I’ll need to keep it rather short.

First, thanks to my wonderful husband for posting some pictures on the blog! He’s a man of many surprises. He also taught me how to add captions to my photos. All this time that I’ve been blogging, I never noticed this feature!

Secondly, a few little details. Many of you were praying for our baby to have a safe delivery, and he did. When we got to the hospital on Monday morning, he was in a transverse position again (although he had been head down the night before) so my doctor gave me an epidural, effectively turned him, and then put a binder around my belly to discourage him from moving out of the head-down position. About five or six hours later, he was born. I might add that this wonderful baby only made me push through three contractions before he was out. This turned out to be a blessing in more ways than one… his cord was actually looped twice around his neck. Thankfully, it was only loosely looped and the doctor quickly unwound it as his head emerged. Makes me wonder if that was Baby’s reason for moving around so much in the womb… perhaps he was trying to get away from it. Every time I think of what could have happened, I thank God that he is okay.

Third, we need a nickname for our little guy. Iron Man voted that we temporarily call him “Angus” on the blog, but that’s not going to stick for long. Any suggestions? To describe this little guy, he is the perfect 7th baby. He is beautiful, soft and warm, so calm and peaceful, hardly ever cries, loves to cuddle…. just what we need in our large, happy family! I’m at a loss for nicknames though, and we’re taking suggestions!

And finally, some more pictures!

Whole Family! Looks great but… umm… we can’t see the baby

Whole Family, Take 2. Much better.

with Daddy

with Daddy and Grampa

with Mommy

with Mommy and Grampa

with Mommy

So Sleepy

with Bubbles

with Gameboy – and a kiss from a Princess

with Grandma

with Polly

with Gram

with Pap

 

#7’s Here!!!

Wanted to get some pics up of the latest model   #7 was born Monday October 26, 2009 @ 2:20 weighing in at 8lbs 10oz.  He was 20.5 inches long.

Both Mom and #7 are doing well and should be home with the family tomorrow. At this point, we don’t have a suitable nickname, so let’s use code name Angus.

Angus close up

It's pretty cold in here

He's nice, but did you say NEW baby?

I believe I'm the baby....

The Crew with all Seven!

 

 

 

 

 

We can help take care of him!

More pics to come tomorrow….

 

Pumpkin Patch

We have a whole two days until we are scheduled to induce the birth of Baby #7, and we decided to spend part of that time taking the kids to the pumpkin patch! Here are some moments from our excursion…

Scoping out the place in search of the perfect pumpkin.

Gameboy found a good one. Hmm… a little heavier than expected!

“Nope, I got it. Seriously, I can handle it. Really…”

The whole crew, minus the one in my belly.

We were lost in the corn maze for a while. Of course, I decided to use the time to take some more pictures.

Love this one…

And this one too.

Iron Man and George stayed outside of the corn maze and waited for us. Apparently George got a little worried, and we could hear him loudly calling for us while we were still lost! When we came out, he just laughed and laughed with excitement at seeing us. This was his expression.

This pic may seem out of place, but these baby chicks were just so precious, I couldn’t resist including it.

It was a great day!

 

A Birthday Party

Last night we celebrated the birthday of Iron Man’s Dad (aka “Pap”) with a surprise party! Here are a few highlights…

Surprise!

But the party wasn’t the only surprise… Iron Man’s brother, who recently moved to Hawaii, was able to maneuver a trip into town for the event! Here he is waiting to spring the second surprise.

This was a very well-kept secret! Iron Man’s mom (aka “Gram”) was equally surprised!

Blowing out the birthday candles on the best cake I’ve ever tasted.

Speaking of cake, Princess felt that it could not be cut soon enough!

And a few other sweet shots… Gram and Polly

Pap and George

And a hungry, happy princess!

 

The Little King

Disclaimer: George is not my favorite child.

That didn’t sound right, did it?

What I mean to say is that I don’t have a favorite child. Every one of my children are dear, wonderful, and unique, and I love each of them with all my heart.

It just so happens that I have been posting a lot more pictures of George lately. He is two, and he does those crazy, adorable things that two-year-olds do, which  are worthy of lots of pictures and stories on the blog. It occurred to me that I could be giving the appearance of showing favoritism towards this child. So again, for the record, he is not my favorite child.

That said, we now return to our regularly scheduled blog post.

Last night before Iron Man and I went off to bed, he went in to check on each of the children. He came in to me, laughing, shaking his head and commenting, “The boy is spoiled.”

“Which one?” I asked, suspecting that I knew precisely which boy he was referring to.

“George,” he said, “He’s got the whole crew wrapped around his little finger. He has Princess’ fluffy white pillow, Polly’s ‘Snow Bear’ that she’s had since she was two, and Bubbles’ pink and white bear. The kid’s going to think he’s the king!

I giggled, and went in to take a peek at him. Indeed, he did look like a little king in a crib, every whim attended to by a doting older sibling, sleeping in total comfort. So of course, I had to get the camera…

 

The Hat Boy

Watching the big kids and longing to join them…

I’ve got my sunhat, my shirt, and big sister’s boots. Who needs pants anyway?

I’m going for it…

Hey Mommy! You caught me!

Is this better? I’ve got my pants now!

Yeah, I know I look good!