Monday, March 28, 2011

Christmas 2011

Christmas was even more special than normal this year. My sister and her family came from Memphis as well as my mom. We knew that we would not be able to have this happen again for a long time since my brother-in-law is being stationed in Washington. My mother went above and beyond with all of the gifts and the kids were in awe. It also snowed the day after Christmas, so they were all able to play outside together. Together, that's all they wanted! Since Eden was so young and I was exhausted, my mother and sister really handled all of the food preparations. Thank God! I hosted Christmas, but they did all the work!

We waited to open our gifts from Santa until after everyone left. We let the kids know that Santa did deliver them on Christmas Eve, but he emailed us to tell us where he would hide the gifts. It was a blessed Christmas to say the least!

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Eden Loren

On November 17th, we welcomed our second little girl, Eden Loren. After seven hours and three failed epidurals, Chris received the surprise of his life! The midwife turned her around and said, "What is it?" I will never forget hearing him say, "It's a girl?" He was shocked to say the least since he was convinced that she was a he the entire pregnancy! Eden came 4 weeks early because I was in the early stages of preeclampsia. Thankfully she was 6 lbs. 14 oz. and 19 1/2 inches long. She was born at 8:36 pm, so the children met her the next morning. They were SO happy to meet their new sister. To say that they were gentle is an understatement. Eden is probably my easiest baby and is always happy. We are so blessed. I am not sure why my photo album is not uploading pictures, so here are a few from her birth.