Merry Christmas!
We wish everyone a very good holiday season! Here are the twins singing a song they learned in school.

More pictures of Mason

Sorry it has taken so long to get more pictures of Mason on the blog but as you can imagine, my hands are kind of full at the moment. I mean that figuratively & literally most of the time. Little dude likes to be held, so it's kind of hard to get a picture of him. He has really rocked our world but we sure are thankful that he's here. So enjoy! If it looks like he has put on a little weight you're right! In fact he's put on a lot of weight. The little porker had gained 2 whole pounds by the time he went in for his 2 week check-up! Even the pediatrician busted a gut laughing at him. He sure is a doll.

Here he is having a little bit of blanket time.

Here he is in his Halloween costume. He was born on the morning of Nov. 1st so he missed the big day by a couple of hours. The kids were so disappointed that they made a Halloween carnival the day we got home from the hospital and demanded that Mason be dressed for the occasion. It was really creative and very fun!

Here' s the Mas-ter with most of his brothers and sisters looking oh-so cute!

Big Yawn!

We finally have a name!

Introducing...

Mason Booker Maughan

Finally after much debate and begging and bargaining on my part, we have come to an agreement. Steven & I really wanted the name Russell from the get-go, so much so that Steven rigged the vote by asking all of his work people to get on and vote for Russell. But when he came out and we got to know him, I can't explain why, but the name just didn't fit him anymore (for me at least). So if I promise Steven that within the next 7 (or so) years he can have a Jack Russell dog named Russell I can veto the name for our youngest and last baby. The things we moms won't do for our babies. All I know is that Steve is a sucker because the name is a done deal and he already knows how bad I am at coming through on the deals I make. Just kidding Steven. We can really talk about a dog in a few years. As soon as Mason can help take care of him. Our little boy is so fun. He is such a good baby. So happy and cooperative! We are so lucky to have little Mason at our house. All of our kids think that his middle name is Booger. We will have to work on that I guess. Thanks so much for your congratulations and warm wishes! We have the best family and friends in the whole world. Love from the Maughan house!

We are finally home and trying to get into the swing of things! The kids went off to school today with their hair done nicely so their teachers will know that mom is back home.





Here is a picture of the baby in his car seat all bundled up ready to come home. As for a name...well the idiots at the hospital let us come home without a name! We have resorted to calling him Little Dude, Baby, Baby Boy, or even Skix (the name Brigham wanted to name him). What are we going to do? Between dinner, feedings, diaper changes, and mess clean up there just doesn't seem to be time to discuss a name. I am sure the birth certificate office will be calling soon and we'll have to come up with something on the spot. We'll keep you posted on this dilema.




Here is Erin and Emilee getting ready to leave the hospital. Emilee was lucky because she was the only one with us. Everybody else was at school. She got a lot of 1 on 1 time with the baby.





This picture is of Erin with the kids at home. When she got home she said " I love my bed." For the rest of the family, we're glad she loves her bed because we love having her in it! We missed her so much.

Erin is still in the hospital so I told her I would post something for her. The day of our new bambino has arrived! Baby Boy Maughan (he is still nameless as of today so throughout this blog I'll refer to him as BBM!) was born at 9:11 on November 1st! He was 7 lbs 14 oz and 20 1/4 inches long. I hate to brag, but he is darn cute! He came out as perfect as they come! We are so blessed to have him now in our hands and amazed at how much the Lord has blessed our family. We are getting back into the swing of things having a newborn. I told Erin that "womb service" is much easier than the caring for him outside of the womb (at least for me!) This picture is one of his first (fully clothed that is!)

The kids were extatic to finally meet him! They love to go to the hospital to visit and during the visit they can't stand to be more than 5 inches from him! There is constant fighting about who is holding the baby next! Those of you who know me will know that during the visits I am climbing on the ceiling and forcing the kids to wash their hands every 2 1/2 minutes. BBM seems to like them as well. When the kids are around he opens his eyes and seems to be aware of them!

This is a picture of them meeting BBM for the very first time! Can you believe the looks on their faces?

Here is a video of the new little one.

As you can see, pictures of Erin are conspicuously absent! This is merely due to the fact that the picture taker knows that if a picture of her is taken in her current state (fresh out of a C-section) a long slow painful death will follow! But I do have to post one taken by her CNM not 30 seconds after the last staple was applied! Get a good look now as I am sure this will be removed once Erin gets home and back in control of the BLOG!