Introduction to James, Elias, and Cora

The only thing better than being a mom of one boy is being a mom of 2 boys! James continues to be a great big brother and very involved in his little brother's development. They have some very serious conversations! James knows how to hold his brother and support his head. Here is James educating Cubby on the different types of animals on his blanket. Sometimes the boys just enjoy some quiet bonding time. We do kangaroo care with Cubby, which basically skin to skin cuddling. James came home from school one day and took off his shirt and asked to hold Cubby. Cubby loved it, of course! More brother bonding time! Sometimes Daddy even gets in on the male bonding time! I love these handsome guys! Family story time right before bed is always fun. Mommy snuggles... Daddy snuggles! Tobias' parents were out for a week visit. We all had so much fun. 3 generations of Walters men - what a great looking group of guys! Grandpa and his grandsons! Grandpa and James spent a lot of time ou...

We had a very exciting anniversary this year - Elias Matthew Walters was born 12/30/11 at 8:05pm. 6 lbs and 18.5 inches long. He was only 35.5 weeks, so a bit earlier than expected. Just so happened that he was born on our 7 th wedding anniversary! James has named the baby Cubby , because he loves the show Jake and the Neverland Pirates on the Disney Channel. James is so emphatic about the name (and has been ever since we found out he was expecting a brother) that we also call the baby Cubby most of the time. Since it was our anniversary and Tobias was off work for the holidays still we decided to have a family day and we went to Annapolis, about 1.5 hours from home and where we planned to deliver. We went to a movie, got hair cuts for Tobias and James, and then to PF Chang's for dinner. Things got a bit exciting at dinner! We made it to the hospital at 7:15pm and Cubby was born at 8:05pm. I had a drug free natural child birth that went very smoothly. He was a very healthy baby...