Jenny Haas Photography

I know I have been away lately, and I am grateful to those of you who stick around… We just welcomed our third little one into the world two weeks ago, and are so happy to announce that it is a beautiful SHE. I had convinced myself I was having a boy, after foolishly falling for some of the different “wive’s tales”, I had gained so much more in my lower half [BAD news], the heart rate was really slow, I wasn’t as sick this time around etc…but she fooled us all :) Even my Dr. thought it was a boy. I will be off to Gap soon to return all of the boy clothes I had bought, but I have to say, I am so thrilled with my little lady. She is perfect in every way, and we couldn’t be more smitten. It’s hard to imagine my other ones when they were so small, it seems like too long ago…I missed having a tiny person around.

When we were thinking through names that we liked, ones that we actually agreed on, we had decided early on that if it was a boy he would carry my dad’s name and a girl would carry my mother in-law’s name, as their middle name. We loved the idea of honoring our parents in this way, it was a big deal to both of us…and so…we ended up with a “Marie” :)

Emmaline Marie, 7lbs & 20in

As for Annie and Cash…they are so excited about Emmaline…Annie frequently kisses her, and holds her. Cash has just now come to terms with the fact that it’s not his baby brother. For the first week of her life that is what he called her. He also questioned numerous times “You get cut open?? then he would demand  ”Put her back in” He is coming around now, and he has been so excited about her, holding her when he isn’t too busy playing with his trains or being tickled by daddy. It has been nice to have Will around so much, I feel so spoiled, but very thankful that he had so much time off of work while I was recovering from my c-section. We had pre-planned this one, since I had to have one with the other two…unfortunately my recovery has taken a little longer this time, but I am starting to feel a lot better.

Yesterday we played some, baked, and decorated cupcakes and cookies in the spirit of Valentines day :)…it was so nice to have the kids home for a full day. Between staying over at each of the grandparents so much, we MISSED them like crazy. I am just now getting over the “completely overwhelmed by having three kids” stage, and today we are all on our own, and so far, I have survived. But don’t quote me too soon :)

I hope you all have a great day, and get some goodies from the one you love…Here are a few pictures from our memories of yesterday!