Ella Kate

We welcomed Ella Kate into the world on December 11. She weighed 7 lbs. 4 oz.

Beside the fact that I felt contractions for a little bit, everything went great! It went just about the same as Sadie's delivery....I went from a 5 to a 10 so fast that the medication in the epidural wore off and I could feel my contractions for awhile. Not the most pleasant feeling in the world....it is actually one of the worst pains. So they called the anesthesiologist to give me a really strong dose of medication and called my doctor. When the anesthesiologist came in he said "ok let's turn you over on your back" and the nurse freaked out and said "do not touch her...if you move her, that baby is going to slip right out". So anyway, the doctor got there and I was really numb which was great. I pushed for 5 minutes...2 contractions and she was here. We feel so blessed to have her in our family. She is such a good baby. She has been sleeping good and everything. I haven't felt too overwhelmed yet...but my mom just left today, so we will see how it goes.




Sadie and Parker have been so good with her. It is so wonderful to have 3 healthy, amazing children that we love and cannot get enough of.


Sadie loves to hold her non stop and she just kisses her all day long. She tells me at least 50 times a day how much she loves her and how much she loves to kiss her. It is so cute!

Sadie was laying with Ella and they fell asleep. They napped for 2 hours together. Very cute!!

I wasn't quite sure how Parker was going to do with a new baby around because over the past couple weeks he has been really clingy to me and kind of grumpy. But he has done so good! It really has surprised us. He doesn't care one bit that she is here. He also kisses on her all day and is so sweet to her.

I have such a sweet husband that brought me roses at the hospital.

This hooter hider is the first of my many projects I hope to do. I was really proud of myself for making this. I made it in about 2 hours...it was so simple!