2 weeks old!!

I can hardly believe H is almost 2 weeks old already! She is such a sweet baby. She is nursing great & is finally giving us larger chunks of sleep at night! L loves her. He climbs up on our bed & tries to tickle her. Or sometimes he gently touches her head & her hands & feet. He is a lip-kisser so when he goes in to kiss her, he tries very hard to aim for her lips! So cute. He thinks she is so funny, whether she has the hiccups or sneezes or flails her arms around in the air. He'll REALLY like her when she actually responds to him & can smile & laugh & play more!

We are all doing well. I ended up in the ER last Wed night due to pretty severe hemorrhaging. But after 24 hours on a pretty strong medicine, all was better again. It was pretty scary though!

Thank you for all of your emails, calls, thoughts & prayers! Here is a photo I took of H when she was close to 10 days old.

She's here!!

H. R. T. arrived this morning at 9:48am! She weighs 7lb 14oz and is 20 inches long. Both H and I are doing great!! Thanks to all for your prayers, emails, and words of encouragement! More later....

Baby update

Surgery has been pushed back until closer to 9am. Stay tuned!

Baby is coming!!

We are heading to the hospital TOMORROW MORNING to have a C-section to deliver our sweet baby girl! Surgery is scheduled for 7:30am EST. We would love any & all prayers & well wishes for a safe & easy procedure, for a perfectly healthy baby girl, and for a smooth, easy recovery for me! Stay tuned!!!

L's Second Birthday

Finally, here are some photos from L's 2nd birthday party!! We had a fire engine theme. I made a fire engine cake. It was so cute: We had probably close to 20 kids there. Everyone sat down at the table, we brought the cake over, sang "Happy Birthday," he blew out his candle, and everyone cheered!! He sat there for a moment taking it all in, then, with a big grin on his face said, "More." It was awesome. We played some games outside and had a really wonderful afternoon all around! (The cupcake party was our small, family party up at my folks' lake house!) Enjoy the photos!