Its A Boy!!!!!

We are blessed to announce that our third baby is here! Collin Stewart was born on October 12th at 2:29 pm (neat thing is that all three of our kids were born at 2 pm and he was born in the same room that Anna was!). He weighed 8 lb 14 oz and is 22 inches long. He came pretty fast and was a fairly easy delivery. I'm so grateful that we didn't have to have a c-section and that we are both healthy and happy! He came out with one continuous long, fussy cry but hasn't hardly gotten upset since. He's super relaxed and easy going! We love him so much! Our first kiss......


Dave's favorite part w/ each baby, when they hold his finger!


Daddy's first time holding Collin.

So happy to be meeting my son!!!!


We had Benjamin and Anna come in first to meet the baby and then announce to their grandparents our big surprise that Little Three is a boy! Benjamin did a great job announcing it and he even guessed that the baby was a boy as soon as he walked in the room! Anna was super excited to see the baby and has been ever since! She declares, "A baby!" every time she sees Collin and loves to look at him, hold him, and she especially loves playing with his hat!

The brothers' first kiss!

Our family of five!

Collin meeting Aunt Katie......

Benjamin and Anna enjoying some cookies they made with Grandma Frankie. They had matching Big Brother/Big Sister shirts on that were so cute on them!

Time for a Grandma Susan snuggle!

And Collin got to snuggle with Grandpa Jim........

and Grandma Frankie too!


Showing off his long feet/toes (he has long hands/fingers too) that were still warming up!

Collin is really cute about holding onto his paci!

Anna came right up and wanted to hold Collin. She was so tickled when he was in her arms!

One Big Happy Family!

We all really love our little Collin!

After all of Collin's fans left, he got to have his first bath. He wasn't too fond of most of it.....

But he really liked getting his hair combed and washed. We still can't believe how much hair he has and it's even darker than Anna and Benjamin's were!

Ahhh, this feels good!

All warm and peaceful under the baby warmer. The tech that gave him his bath, gave Collin this hat that her mom made!

Sweet, sweet boy!

They gave Collin this cute crib card!

He looks super cute in the hat I knitted him, although he would look cute in anything! ;)

We haven't noticed them too much, but Collin has shown us a dimple a few times!

Funny faces!

Our friend Ryan came to meet Collin!

Benjamin and Anna brought us balloons when they came to visit us the next day!

Our three babies!

Proud Dad and Mom!

I keep catching him laying propped on his hand like this and think it's so sweet!

He looked so adorable all dressed up in his first outfit!

Momma and baby all dressed and ready to go home!

Adorable, sweet little guy that is such a content baby boy!

Wearing the mittens I made him in his car seat!

Happy parents!

Benjamin greeted us at the door!

Benjamin was pretty unsure at the hospital, but warmed up fast once we got home. He has been so cute and says Hi to Baby Collin and tells him how good of a little brother he is and that he's so cute. Collin was blinking and looking around and I told him I thought he was looking for Benjamin. So now, when Collin has his eyes open, Benjamin always tells him, "Here Collin, I'm right here" and then tells me how Collin was trying to look at his big brother!

While we ate supper our first evening back, Collin sat in his bouncy seat for the first time and liked it!

Holding his paci again!

Anna still loves Collin even though he's home now. We were worried how she'd react, but so far she's been awesome! She is so happy to see him ("it's a baby!") and doesn't seem jealous at all towards Dave or I. Yay!

Anna had only seen me nurse Collin once, when she took the boppy and put the her baby doll on it and then fed it her cup! She's a little mini momma!

PS Our friend, Stacia, won the baby poll and got really close on her guesses! Thanks to everyone who played!

I'm behind on the blog, I'm tired and it's an adjustment dividing attention to three kids three and under. But hopefully will do better at updating pictures of our little guy, b/c if you know me, you know I've been good at taking the pictures! But I'll leave you with this funny story from the weekend: Benjamin was sitting on the love seat and Anna decided to climb up. Benjamin helped her up and then said to her, "But you can't eat on the couch." Anna just stared at him blankly, so he told her "Anna, I am serious! You have to put the waffle on the table! Do you want me to put you in time out?" Anna did have a response to this and said, "No, no, no!" Benjamin said, "Yes, yes, yes! You can't eat on the couch!" As much enjoyment as I was getting out of it, I figured it was time to step in and inform Benjamin that he can't tell Anna what to do or put her in time out! :) Dave thinks Benjamin is going to be a principle or something when he grows up, as he would really like to be the one in charge!