Jesus

Man, am I tired this morning! Yeesh. Pass the coffee. 

Max woke often during the last half of the night meaning - you guessed it - Mama was up often during the last part of the night. Being a mama isn't for the faint of heart I tell ya. When I just couldn't bear his restless sleep and little fusses anymore I sent up a very desperate prayer to the Lord asking begging for some peaceful sleep. Soon after we both settled in and slept until morning. 

Cut to this morning...

Max came walking out of his bedroom still half asleep and looking groggy. I tried to say good morning and give a hug, but he wasn't having it. He just stared around the living room as if he were looking for something. Finally, when he couldn't find what he was after, he gave me a puzzled look and asked "Where Jesus go? He just here." I was confused...and touched...and I had no idea what to say. Yeah, I just stared at him. I had expected "good morning, Mama.". This threw me off. 

As I fumbled for words and tried to figure out where to take the conversation from there, David took over. Just as matter-of-fact as can be he looked at Max and said "Silly Max. Jesus lives in the sky. And in sunshine and butterflies." Max thought about it for a second, still looking a little puzzled, then asked "In the sky?" like he just wasn't buying it. David was quick to confirm it. Max let out a little "Oh" then moved on to asking for chocolate milk. 

I don't know what happened last night or what Max saw, but it made an impact...and not just on him. 

Brotherly Love

I love these pictures. All three of their personalities show through so well! 

It's so funny to look back through the photos and see the story tell itself. They started cute and cuddly. Then Max's hug got a bit snug. Then it turned unitentionally vicious. David tried to get in there and be sweet and help Titus out. Max had to have the last word so he jumped in for one more strangling head hug before running off to frolic elsewhere. Titus sat quietly through the whole thing completely unphased by any of it. 

Classic, everyday, Sager boy stuff. :)

Baby Toes

Don't you just love a teeny, silly looking baby toes?

A Sleepy Max

How can a mama resist a perfect booty-in-the-air photo opportunity? She can't. 

This is one of those moments I hope to remember forever. 

Lord, when he gets older and refuses to eat his broccoli, when he fights with his brothers just for the hey of it, when I no longer enjoy the smell of little boys, when he thinks I'm uncool, when he resists doing his homework at all costs, when he starts chasing after girls {and especially when he starts catching them}, when sports, friends and hobbies take priority over giving me snuggles and being with family please remind me of this moment when he was young and sweet and still sucked his thumb and slept with his booty in the air. Because this was a good one. 

Hot Chocolate

I just spent the last 10 minutes drinking cup after pretend cup of hot chocolate. The faster I drank, the faster the boys ran to their little plastic kitchen to whip up another round. By the end they were even getting fancy and adding pretend marshmallows on top! 

Nothing in the world beats being a stay at home mom today. 

Cute boys

Being their mama might make me slightly biased, but I happen to think I was blessed with the 3 cutest boys that have ever happened. Ever. 

*sigh*

They just make me so happy. :)

These pictures aren't the best shots of Titus, but they do showcase his double chin quite nicely. That sort of makes up for the lack of smiles I guess. He wasn't really feeling up to pictures the other day, but David wanted to sit with him and say cheese soooo badly. I just had to. 

Giggles and Grins

The first Titus laugh ever captured on video...

How could you possibly look at this and not smile?!

I tried to get more smiling pictures tonight.
He gave me this face instead. 

Smiles

I finally got Titus to smile for the camera! It's about time. I just wanted pictures of his stinkin' cute teddy bear snowsuit, but he gave me so much more. Goodness he's adorable when he smiles. :)

Talking to me 

big smiles

the smile he smiles when he's done smiling,
but I'm not done taking pictures

Titus {2 months}

Ok, ok. He's technically over 2 months old now. His actual 2 month birthday was on New Year's Eve. BUT  he did have his 2 month check up today.

All is well for the little dude. He's weighing it at a solid 15 pounds now, measuring 25 inches tall and wearing  6-9 month clothes. No tiny measurements for someone his age! He's really about the best baby a mama could ask for. He sleeps an uninterrupted 10-11 hours every night with one long 12hr night about once a week. Daytimes are fabulous too. He's super content to just chill by himself most of the time. He has very few demands and when they are met he's a happy camper. 

I tried taking some pictures of him last night, but he's at an age where it seems more appropriate to look terrified in front of the camera than to give me adorable smiles. I have yet to catch a single smile on camera.  

Hide and Seek

The boys and I are playing hide and seek this morning. Max is "hiding" by the front door. :)

It's official - Titus is a thumb sucker.

He's been working on it for several weeks now. He's finally figured it out. And it couldn't be cuter.