Celebrating 90 Years

Last Thursday my sweet Nana turned 90 years old. We had a party for her in Palestine on Saturday. It truly was a celebration because on June 1st, Nana suffered a stroke which she has amazingly recovered very well from. She has no paralysis and no memory loss. What a blessing! I don't know what I would have done if my Nana didn't know me or my girls anymore. She definitely has her limitations now and is living in an assisted living place here in Tyler.

Here are some pics from her party:

Uncle David holding Eden and his first grandbaby, Jace (born exactly 2 weeks before Eden)

This is what Eden did the whole party

And this is what Macy did the majority of the party (EAT!)

Matching dresses with bows made by my sweet sis-in-law, Mandy

Nana with her grands and great-grands

My mom, dad, Uncle David and Aunt Net

Our attempt to get one of the whole crew!

3 Weeks

Eden is three weeks old today and what a fast 3 weeks it's been! In 3 weeks we've learned a few of her preferences:-)

• She enjoys sleeping on her side with her hands up by her face
• She eats every three hours and is on a pretty dependable schedule: 7, 10, 1, 4, 7
• Her nighttime feedings are around 10 PM, 2-3 AM and again around 6-7 AM (although getting her to sleep between these feedings has been an issue!)
• She has slept in her Boppy between mommy and daddy in bed a few nights. You do what you got to do to get sleep!
• Around 2 weeks she started having more wake time and we are seeing more of those big eyes
• She takes a paci some and seems to like the Mams (like Macy did) and Soothie's
• In newborn diapers and I think she fills up her newborn clothes more than Macy did. She seems to be longer!
• She loves to be cuddled and could possibly already be spoiled :-)
• She is doing really well taking bottles here and there

Love these sweet girls!!

Macy Meets Eden

Comparisons

From the second Josh and I saw Eden we couldn't get over how much she looked like Macy. I literally had a flashback to the day Macy was born. I decided to look back on some pictures of Macy's first week and see if I could compare them. I'm sure they will eventually start to differ and develop their own looks, but right now I'm having a hard time finding differences in their newborn pictures.

Macy - 6 lbs 4 oz. 19 in.
Eden - 6 lbs 5 oz. 19.75 in.

Macy

Eden

Macy

Eden

Macy

Eden

Macy

Eden

Eden Joy's Arrival

Our newest addition arrived on Monday, June 20th and we are enjoying life as a family of four.

Sunday night around 11:00 I started having some contractions. At 1:00 in the morning they become stronger and about 7 minutes apart. This went on throughout the night and I even got up and got dressed at 3:30 because they became less than 5 minutes apart. Well, right after I got dressed they slowed down and became more irregular (of course!) So we waited until morning and finally decided to go to the hospital around 8:00. The contractions had picked up again and I just didn't want to wait until it was too late! We got checked in and just started waiting!

And sweet Eden arrived at 3:57 that afternoon!

Meeting her little sister for the first time. She was so sweet with her (and possessive!)

Watching Eden take her bath

I had the sweetest nurse. She included Macy by letting her rub some lotion on Eden's tummy. Needless to say, she loved this :-)

Big sister, little sister shirts

"Smile Eden" says Macy :-)

All dressed and ready to go home

Macy rocking her Piglets while we waited

Back home, we finally started seeing those eyes!

First pair of matching outfits

We are so thankful for another healthy baby girl!

Father's Day 2011

I had hoped to get my Father's Day post done before Eden got here but I didn't make it!

Josh is the most amazing father and my girls are so blessed to have him. He is so involved and extremely helpful in meeting their needs; such a great partner! I love that he loves spending time with them and misses them when he's away.

Sunday morning, he opened his gifts from me and Macy...

Macy colored Daddy a picture with her handprints. Can't believe how much bigger her prints were this year than last!!

Showing Daddy her picture