Anna's 4th Birthday Questions

1. What is your favorite color?  pink

2. What is your favorite toy?  babies

3. What is your favorite food? Cheetos

4. What is your favorite thing to learn about?  letters

5. What is your favorite outfit? Hello Kitty outfit

6. What is your favorite game?  matching games

7. What is your favorite song? Who Made You?  God Made Me

8. What is your favorite book?  Princesses and Hello Kitty and Dora

9. Who is your best friend?  Lydia

10. If you could go anywhere in the world where would you go?  Skate Daze

11. What is your favorite thing to do outside? fwing (swing)

12. What is your favorite holiday?  Christmas and Easter

13. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? peanut butter framich (sandwich)

14. One food that you really dislike is:  cauliflower

15. Finish this sentence: The thing I do the most awesomely is:  fwing (swing)

16. What makes you happy?  When I do school.

17. What makes you sad?  That I don't get to go to the park.

18. What do you want to be when you grow up?  Princess and Olympics and Mommy and Singer

Angels

I had the honor of hosting two angels in my home the week leading up to Allie Grace's birth.  My mom and my Aunt Cindy came from Colorado and Texas to be here when the baby was born.  While they were here they cared for the kids, cleaned, did laundry, cooked over 40 freezer meals (Yes, you read that right! Over 40!), helped redecorate the girls' room, hunted for Disney Planes figures for Kellen, stocked our freezer with meat, and so much more!  Thank you girls!  I love you!!

Allie Grace

 We are proud to announce the birth of Allie Grace! 

She was born January 21--weighing in at 6 pounds 12 ounces and 19.5 inches long.  

Here are the details of her birth--so that I can remember in years to come.  

6 pm--I started contracting shortly after dinner time on Monday, January 20.  

10 pm--Headed to the hospital

10:20 pm--Dilated to 6 cm.

10:30 pm--Officially checked in at the hospital.

Walked one loop around the halls and returned to our room to request an epidural. 

12:15 am--Dilated to 9 cm and got an epidural.

1:40 am--Doctor broke my water and discovered meconium.  

2 am--Got additional drugs in the epidural because it was only working on one side.

2:05 am--Began pushing.  

2:20 am--Allie Grace was born!!

2:50 am--NICU nurses finished checking Allie to make sure her lungs were okay from the meconium and I finally got to hold my sweet girl.  

By mid morning Allie Grace was sent to the NICU because she was unable to hold her blood sugars to normal levels.  Her stay in the NICU was mostly precautionary to insure that her blood sugar issues were not related to the meconium or strep-B infection. By God's grace, nothing serious was wrong with her.  She just needed a little extra assistance adjusting to the world of the breathing.      

 Sweet girl got to come home just 48 hours after being admitted to the NICU.  

 Before Allie was born Kellen was adamant that he did NOT like babies and would not hold her.  Since we brought her home he cannot keep his hands off her and asks to hold her often.  

 And of course her sister adores her too!! 

Welcome Home Allie Grace!!  We love you!

Kellen's Birthday Party

Kellen had an airplane birthday this year. We celebrated on Jan 10th with two of his little buddies from church--James and Johnny.  The kids colored Disney Planes coloring sheets, make and decorated paper airplanes, had paper airplane races and target contests, and ate pizza and cupcakes. It was low key, but fun. I still can't believe that my baby is SIX!