It has been a crazy past few weeks! We welcomed our newest Hatch, James Patrick, on April 14th. He weighed 8lbs 6oz and was 20 1/2 inches long. James is such a sweet baby and Michael loves his little brother. He is always asking to hold him and kiss him:) I have been blessed to have great help while adjusting to life with 2 little ones. Nana and Pops came in town before James' arrival to take care of Michael while we were in the hospital, and Nana stayed with us for almost 2 1/2 weeks! Geoff took off an entire month! I love Bank of America and their paid paternity leave:) Michael has stayed in school and has been adjusting to life with a little brother nicely. Unfortunately, the day we brought James home, we discovered Michael had croup, followed by ruptured eardrums and nasty ear infections:( Even with all of the yuckiness that was going on with Bear, he was such a trooper and wanted to spend time with his little brother:)
Shortly after bringing home James', we celebrated Easter quietly at home with Nana and Pops and then went to my sisters house for a little family egg hunt for the kids- Michael had so much fun running around with his cousins.
And, of course, we held the Annual Hatch Crawfish Boil even though we had a 3 week old at home:) We couldn't break tradition, it is the 17th year after all:) Luckily, Geoff's brother Steve and his wife Lorraine came in town for the Boil and were so, so helpful! There is no way we could have pulled it off without them! Michael loved playing with his Uncle Steve and Aunt "uh-wain":) He was asking me about them this morning when I got him up to go to school:) I think Lorraine held James more this past weekend than I did and I know James loved every moment of it! They are going to be great parents one day!!
Geoff goes back to work next Monday and I am so sad, but so thankful I have had his help these past 4 weeks! I know he has loved every minute of it too:) These are definitely moments you can't get back... I can't believe on Thursday, James will be 4 weeks old! Where does the time go?
Mothers day was so wonderful this year! I cannot imagine life without my boys!
