Brother Cuddles, Pirates and a Mustache. . .

Clayton frequently asks to hold his little brother and loves him so much. Yesterday morning (Wednesday) I was up feeding Wyatt when Clayton woke up and he sat beside me on the couch and the first thing he did was ask to hold him. I told him he could when Wyatt was done eating and he waited patiently beside me for his turn.

Hello, brother

Also, Wednesday, Clayton was being a pirate! (with toys from Jake and the Neverland Pirates that Reese got for his birthday). I think that the bag is over his hand because he was trying to be Captain Hook (he has a lot of different types of hooks that he uses in the show, like he can take of the hook and have it be a shovel, or a propeller, etc.)

Love the hair!

And from today, Reese was munching on apple slices with me this morning and and giggled "I have a mustache" Which is especially funny since Daddy shaved his beard down to just a mustache this week and the boys thought that was pretty silly!

1 week

Wyatt is 1 week old already!

He was down to 5 lbs 12 oz when we went home from the hospital, and on Saturday was down to 5 lbs 10 oz (I had to take him to the clinic for a weight and bilirubin check). Then on Monday we went in to check bilirubin one more time (its fine) and he went back up a little to 5 lbs 11 oz. So he's gaining and growing!

I took these pictures morning while Clayton was at preschool, but of course Reese was home with us. He wanted in on the action too, "Mommy, take my picture?!" I was happy to comply! <3

First Bath at Home

Little Wyatt had his first bath at home yesterday afternoon.

I don't think he really liked it very much!



And here's just a better picture I took on Valentine's day where his eyes are actually open (but you can't see his super cute shirt!)

Happy Valentine's Day!

From this little Love Machine (that's what it says on the shirt anyway)

And from these big boys who enjoyed watching their Daddy help coach the York Wrestling team to District Champs this morning! Go Dukes!

Hospital Pictures

We are all at home now (since yesterday morning), but of course there a ton more pictures that were taken at the hospital to share. 

Little baby feet

Mommy with her boys

Happy Family of Five

Clayton and Wyatt (sitting with Grandma Branz)

 Wednesday night, Daddy brought the boys to the hospital before bed time so that we could have a little family movie time. We watched Wreck it Ralph together and ate graham crackers with marshmallow creme frosting and sipped on Sprite. It was a really sweet moment.

Family movie time selfie!

Daddy and Wyatt Thursday morning

 And leaving the hospital Thursday morning, trying to get Wyatt into this huge car seat. He looks so tiny in there!

Ready to go home!

And one from last night before bed. After he ate and I held him up to burp he just looked so sweet with this arms propped up under his chin. 

Wyatt Daniel Branz

The third baby brother has arrived! Wyatt Daniel was born today, February 10, 2015 at 9:36 am. He weighs 6 lbs 6 oz, and is 19 inches long! I went in for the induction on Monday morning (the 9th) at 7:00 am, so he was a little stubborn about coming out. It was a long day and night, and the last time I was checked around maybe 8:00 am this morning I was told he had made a little more progress but still very high! But after a huge kick at about 8:45 his head broke my water and he was out, crying and wiggling less than an hour later! The nurses were really scrambling to get the Dr. called in and everything set up in time and I was even instructed to NOT push more than once so they could get things and people in place. Everything was fine though and he is doing just great, and Mommy is feeling well too.

Daddy and Mommy are so proud of him!

Less than 12 hours old

He also knows Mommy's voice!

He has already had some visitors! A quick visit from his Papa Branz, and a little later, Grandma and his two big brothers! Clayton was very sweet about it and noticed right away that Daddy was holding the baby and that he wasn't in Mommy's tummy anymore! He said that he liked his brother and agreed that Mommy should take him home in a few days and that we could keep him. Reese was more excited that he had gotten to play with Grandma all morning (while Clayton was at preschool) and after he told me he was at Grandma's house, he asked me if I was taking a nap (I was still in bed as they only came a few hours after delivery) and tried to help me out (No, Mommy needs to stay in a bed a while). Then he just wanted to leave, so not much interest in his baby brother yet, but I know that will change when we get home. When it was time to go, Clayton said "Goodbye Wyatt," When we asked Reese to, he said "no, I can't"

Wyatt meeting Clayton

The Three Branz Boys

Also, Grandpa Mark, Grandma Dianne and Aunt Amy came to visit for a bit in the evening!

Rolling Down a Hill

A beautiful (but windy) fall day in late September spent checking out the antique planter in Grandpa Mark and Grandma Dianne's front landscaping, then teaching Clayton and Reese to roll down the hill.

If my memory serves me, I believe the evening ended with a late night stop at Walgreen's in Lincoln before heading home to York so that I could pick up some Benedryl for the boys because they started getting a little puffy from all the little scratches on their skin from the grass. I guess next time we do this we need to wear long pants and sleeves! Oops!