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It's a GIRL!!!!

Emerson Grace finally made her arrival at 2:06 am on Saturday morning, weighing in at 6 lbs 11 oz and 18.5 inches long. Hannah is loving her new role as a sister and is constantly wanting to hold her. We're VERY happy about that - we weren't sure just how she'd respond. I'll be back after Christmas with more pictures. Merry Christmas!

aaahhhh

I've GOT to take down those baby things...they keep adding days.

How depressing!

grrr.....

Nope, no baby yet. =( My doctor, who is now out on maternity leave, has me signed up for a 12/24 induction. I'm thinking that when I go on Friday for my appointment, that by the way, I was CERTAIN I wouldn't need, I'll ask if we can't just wait until after Christmas. I don't really want to spend Christmas in the hospital and we want to try and keep Christmas as normal as possible for Hannah. Her little world is going to change enough as it is. So, we shall see. We'll keep you all posted!

Here's a few pictures from Jacob's birthday party. It was at Pump It Up in Lynnwood and everyone had SO much fun. Well, not everyone, I was pretty bummed that I couldn't participate in the bouncing. But, then again, maybe I should have - it might have encouraged the baby to come. =)

Yes, that's Tom getting joy out of beating my mom through the obstacle course. =)

Ice Breaker

We're still hanging in there. We're also beginning to think that maybe, just maybe, this baby of ours doesn't really want to come out any time soon!!

I don't have anything exciting to post so I'll just share some pictures of Hannah from last Saturday. Her and her daddy were outside hanging Christmas lights and cleaning up the yard (playing) and I snapped these pictures of Hannah hard at work. She's playing with the chunks of ice that came out of her swimming pool that Tom finally decided to get rid of. She was pretty impressed with the fact that the next day the broken pieces of ice were still there, they hadn't melted. Hope you're all having a great week. Hopefully the next post will be about a new baby and not a Christmas re-cap. =)

Decorating

We got our tree put up last weekend. YAY!! I have to say that I think this is my favorite tree ever! It's perfectly plump and smells wonderful. Tom did an excellent job picking it out. Hannah was a big help with the decorating, really she was. Although, you can definitely tell where she put her ornaments - there is a big clump of ornaments right in front, down low. =) I didn't get many pictures of the actual decorating because someone did NOT want her picture taken. So hopefully, I'll be able to get some better tree pictures when she's in a more festive mood.