She's Finally Here!

We welcomed our new little girl into the world this week! We did end up getting induced (I know, surprise, surprise!) and after 6 short hours (which weren't quite so short at the time...) we have our newest angel.

She weighed in at 7 lbs and 11 ounces. Her hair is a nice red color. I am humbled by the experience of caring for another one of our Heavenly Father's children and am so grateful that He has trusted us with another sweet girl. Every time we welcome a little one in our family my testimony of where they came from is renewed. What a sweet experience!

Update

Hey everyone-

I know you've all been waiting for some baby news! In typical fashion, there is none! I am just approaching my 42 week mark according to my most conservative due date. So, this is the week! We're going in for an induction tomorrow! We'll post pictures as soon as we can - and thank you for all your support!

My Obsession

So this has been my latest obsession. I've totally procrastinated getting everything ready for the baby. One of our projects was to turn our office into a nursery. At first I had not planned on decorating it, but realized we had some leftover paint and we could probably find some cute way to decorate... The result? One full week of working every day on this tedious wall! Of course I should have known it would have taken longer than expected...but what is reality for anyway? Despite the crazy amount of time I spent on this, I am pretty pleased. So, we've cleaned out the office/junk room (including the closet that has always been packed so high you never know what might fall out when you open the door), painted, decorated and now all we have left is the crib and changing table to stick in there. All I have to say is it's really great this baby isn't on time!

Baby Shower

We had a meal shower for me this last week and I have to THANK all of you that put this on for me! I am so grateful to have my freezer stocked up! Thank you! And for those of you that have been requesting preggo pics, this is me so far. I know I'm technically past my "due date" but that's pretty normal for me. We'll try and keep you all posted when our little lady arrives!

Don't Touch the Toad

After discovering this toad peacefully hiding away in our overgrown weeds, I instructed the girls to leave the toad be. Here's an example at how obedient they are when irresistible temptation arises!

The Tooth Fairy

We had an early visit from the Tooth Fairy this week! Ginny was trying to open a tupperware with her teeth and pulled her first baby tooth out. She came running in to me pretty freaked out. I was a little freaked out too when I noticed a big hole where her tooth should be. I knew they were supposed to lose their baby teeth, but surely I didn't think we were ready for that! So, after some inquiry as to where the tooth was, I found that Ginny had noticed it in her mouth, took it out, and chucked it across the room! Luckily we found it and after a visit to the dentist were much relieved to find that it was close to coming out anyway. So, we sent it to the tooth fairy (who nearly forgot!). Here's to growing up!

I never did the tooth fairy growing up, so I was wonderif what memories do you have of your tooth fairy? What made it special/memorable for you?