this kid

need i say more?

her first ten days

no time to write! i am currently getting schooled at the game of trouble, but i thought i would share pictures of little hanna's first week at home. the kids are still enamored with our little gem. she is a little loud (like ada was), but looks a little more like elias i think (we wouldn't dare tell ada this. she is praying that the baby looks just like her!)

it is my first day without extra hands around. so far, so good!

but BUSY!

i had to include this picture. elias got ahold of the camera and snapped this of his nande. i think he is a future photographer!

li said "go mama, get your camera. take my picture. please take my picture!"

hanna tait is finally here!

and we are LOVING her! she may not sleep much at night, but during the day she is a dream! (we think she just wants to block out the chaos around her that the kids create and is so happy to have quality "quiet" time at night!) i will spare you all the not-so-fun details and tell you that miss hanna arrived at 4:13pm on january 2, 2011. she was 8lb. 12oz. and 19.5in long! a perfect, squishy, lovable baby and a perfect combination of ada and elias.

WELCOME TO OUR WORLD HANNA TAIT!

there's no turning back now!

our new family!

we took some time to celebrate miss ada's half birthday! 4 1/2, oh my!

chaos!

happy january 1!

here is a glimpse of the end of our 2010! christmas was amazing, the kids were absolutely thrilled to have family around and be so spoiled with gifts! to make it all even better, santa delivered a beautiful snowfall late christmas night. what could be better than playing in the snow, drinking marshmallow milk, and enjoying all of our christmas goodies!

the past week has been a little more challenging with 3 days of unprogressive labor (read: PAINFUL!) but the kids and i still managed to have great fun, visiting the children's museum, museum of life and science, the tumble gym, and then having nande come back up to stay with us. aside from not having the baby, this week has been wonderful- we've gotten so much done, undecorated, cleaned, and ready.

the big day is tomorrow (assuming they have my hospital bed is available! with elias all the beds were taken the day i was supposed to be induced and we had to wait a whole week!) wish us luck!