Welcome to the world Abigail!

Abigail Kathryn entered the world on Friday, October 16th! We came home on Monday afternoon and are doing well. Emily has wanted to see Abigail sleeping and wanted to help give her a bath today and brings her toys all the time. She has been sweet. The first couple of days home it took me, my mom, and Joe to take care of 2 children! We were sad when Joe headed off to work today. Here are a few pictures of our new sweet baby girl.

The night before we headed to the hospital:

She is here! Emily getting to meet Abigail:

Dr. Kelley delivered Emily and Abigail:

Both Grandmothers meeting Abigail:

PawPaw and DeeDee:Grandmama:

Uncle Robert:Aunt Chelle: (Michelle)

Going home. We were ready to go at 8:30 Monday morning thinking the pediatrician was coming by before office hours . . . but she didn't come by until lunch time. But it did give us a few more hours to rest in our cocoon of a hospital room before the reality of taking care of 2 children settled in at home:
When the pediatrician did check Abigail out, she proceeded to blow poop across the room while her diaper was off! She did it twice to the doctor! The doctor was quick though and managed to dodge being hit. It was pretty funny. We were cleaning it off of the floor and the side of the hospital bed. We know how to leave a room in style : ) I hope they used a lot of cleaning solution on that room when we left.

We got home at 3:00 on Monday:

Emily loves checking Abigail out while she is sleeping. We do have to keep an eye on her because she keeps trying to put stuffed animals in her bed to let her sleep with:

We managed to do a photo shoot this morning for an announcement picture. Here are a few of them:Emily thought Abigail's head falling to the side was really funny:

Sweet sisters. My prayer is that they will be the best of friends. I have a wonderful relationship with my sister and I want the same for Emily and Abigail. Emily named her sister so they already have a special bond.

Countdown

Well we are in countdown mode now. If I don't go into labor this week we will have a c-section on Friday, Oct 16th! I can't believe the time has come to meet our 2nd daughter! We will soon be a family of 4.

This weekend we took it easy and spent time together as a family of 3 and rested alot. I did get this pumpkin shirt embroidered last week so Emily could have something for the month of October:
On Saturday we ran some errands, took long naps, and ate out : ) It was nice. On Sunday after church we walked around the mall a little. Joe got Emily some toys at the D*sney Store . . . he's such a sucker : ) Here they are walking down the mall with Emily's new bag:
This morning Emily and I took it easy. It's our last lazy day together since the rest of the week is tied up in working and doctor appointments. It was raining all morning so it was a nice day to just stay home. She lined all her chairs up in her room and read some books:
It's now after 5:00 and she is still in her pajamas. She didn't want to change clothes so I didn't make her. I suppose our next entry on here will be our new addition to the family. Suddenly over the last couple of days Emily has changed baby sister's name to Abigail instead of Anna. So we'll see what we name her on Friday!

Prayers are appreciated.

State Fair and More Work around the house

This weekend my brother Robert came to bring a buffet table to me to store china, to help us install a new toilet in the master bath, to pick up a twin mattress for the nursery, and to help me decide where to hang pictures . . . so we had a busy weekend! But I now officially have all boxes unpacked . . . yea!!!!!! That is a major accomplishment for me and makes my nesting instinct feel at ease. We still have some pictures to hang, but I'm so thankful they aren't in boxes anymore. Here are Joe and Robert installing the new toilet:
Saturday morning we also managed to squeeze in time to go to the State Fair! I'm so glad we got to go because Emily hasn't been since she was 8 months old. The rides were free for the first hour we were there so we squeezed in as many rides as we could for Emily and Riley:

The guys managed to squeeze in a few free rides too. Here is my brother on some crazy contraption slinging him upside down. He's the one in the blue shirt 2nd from the right:

They also had some animals to check out and Emily and I fed this elephant some strawberries and watermelon:We also HAD to partake in fair food which consisted of turkey legs, corn dogs, and roasted corn . . . a must when you go to the fair! We had a great time with Jason, April and Riley and Jason's parents . . . and with my brother Robert:
Thanks for such a great weekend!!!!

More Play Time

My guilt has subsided this week from spending so much time packing and unpacking and not spending as much time with Emily because we've had so many guests over lately. Emily has thoroughly enjoyed playing hostess! Last night our friend Taylor came over while her mom was at a meeting. They had a blast together even though there is a 6 year difference between them:
Then this morning Emily's school friend Julia came over to play with us. They ran from room to room spending about 60 seconds on each activity:

Here they are refueling for some more play time:
When it finally warmed up a bit we went outside:
and even ate our lunch at the patio:
Emily didn't want to see either guest leave. Thanks guys for coming over to play! We enjoyed it!

Time with Old and New Friends

Saturday night the Lydas came over for dinner. Emily LOVED playing hostess to Riley and showing her all her toys:
Tonight after dinner we went walking around the neighborhood. Emily wore her T*nkerbell flip flops with her frog shirt and T*inkerbell wings. She spent the evening collecting leaves:

When we got back to the house there were several kids at the end of the cul-de-sac playing, so Emily said she wanted to "say hi to those kids". So we walked down there and met lots of other neighbors and their children. One of the little girls is 2 months younger than Emily. They had fun running around and chasing the dogs that were out. Emily had a blast and didn't want to go home : ) We are thankful that it seems we live in a really friendly neighborhood.

And to end the post, here is a way too cute picture of Emily and her daddy:

Friday is better . . .

Well on Monday we had the blues . . . but by Friday all our repairs were done. The roof leak turned out to be the dryer vent had come loose on the roof and it had caused sheet rock damage in the laundry room . . . with mold included! So we had that repaired and got the hole in the ceiling repaired. Joe just has to paint the sheet rock repair:

You can hardly tell there was a repair to the ceiling:In other news I actually sewed this week for the first time in well over a month! I made a diaper bag and wipes case for Baby #2 (poor thing still doesn't have a name):
. . . and speaking of Baby #2 . . . we are three weeks away from our scheduled c-section. Unless she comes early, we will be in the hospital with our new baby girl 3 weeks from today!