more of lindy

I won't bore you with my dialogue, too much.  These are just more pictures of Lindy.

I think Graham likes holding Lindy the most.

Or maybe it's Avery that enjoys it most.

Lindy... and Lindy.

Good times.

:)

Conference weekend

Conference weekend was fun for us because a bunch of my family made the trip to our place and hung out for a few days.

Seeing my most recent nephew, Cannon, made me more anxious for our little girl to arrive.

We mostly just sat around and talked, or ate food, or watched/listened to conference, but I enjoyed just being with family.

My kids always love seeing relatives too.

Drake took it upon himself to drill screws into the posts on our back patio.

Here they're playing combat, or something.

They look pretty fierce, huh?

Here's a random shot of us getting ready to eat.

Homemade goodness (Trent and Amy--not me).

See how happy food makes people?

I enjoyed the weekend, despite being overdue.  Friends and family are always welcome to visit (hint, hint).

I think Matt's upset here because they had to leave and go back to their own homes.

Matt and Micah were the last ones to leave, besides my mom (who stayed another week to watch our other kids while we had a baby).   Just as Matt pulled away, Shad and I also pulled out of the driveway to head to the hospital to have a baby.  She was born an hour and a half later.  I have to admit it was really nice to be able to see and hang out with my family the whole weekend, instead of sitting in a hospital.  At the same time, I kind of wish Lindy had come a day earlier so everyone could have met her.  Oh well.  At least the thought of seeing a brand new baby got people to come visit... and having a new baby fresh from heaven was a perfect ending to a spiritually uplifting and motivating weekend.

It's a girl!

Lindy Pearl finally arrived on Sunday, October 3 at 8:23 p.m.. 

She weighed 8 lbs. 7 oz. and measured 20 1/2 inches long.

The cord was wrapped around her neck twice, but there was no distress and she was born very healthy.

Her face was pretty bruised up, but she was so alert right after she was born it was fun to look at her cute little eyes just taking everything in.

The next morning my mom and the kids came to visit us at the hospital.

Grammie holding Lindy.

We didn't have to talk Avery into holding her at all.  Avery loved it.

The boys on the other hand weren't as interested.  That night they came back to pick me and Lindy up and take us home.

After we put Lindy in some clothes and were waiting for the nurses to discharge us, Avery happily held Lindy some more.

Graham climbed up on the bed and decided he liked her too.

We finally convinced Drake to join his siblings so we could get a picture with all of them.

Then Drake gave us his best smile...

It's nice to finally have our little girl here.

I've been so excited not only to find out if we were getting a boy or a girl, but also just to meet this new little person that would instantly be part of our family.

We already love her so much, and the kids think she's pretty neat too.

And even though the boys were hoping for a brother, they're still very happy to have received a sister.

Welcome little Lindy.  We love you.

new toy

For Christmas last year, Shad gave me a handwritten certificate good for one new camera.

More than nine months later, I finally picked one out.

And it's been very  fun and satisfying taking pictures with it.

I'm definitely spoiled.

But in this case, I'll take it.

On my due date, since we didn't have a new baby yet to determine our schedule, we took the kids to the park so they could play on the playground, and Shad and I could "play" with my new "toy".

So here are a bunch of random pictures taken by me or Shad.

Taking lots of pictures helped take the edge off of arriving at my due date.