Welcome Charlotte Lynn!!!

Our little miracle is here!! We are over-the-moon-thrilled to welcome Charlotte Lynn, who arrived around 1pm on January 25. She is absolutely beautiful and perfect and at four weeks early and only 5lbs1oz, she is the tiniest little peanut that I've ever seen. We love her oh, so much!! Here are some of her very first pictures.


(Why is there an orange laying in front of her? Well, before we left the hospital, I felt like I had to do something to remember just how teeny she was. I wasn't prepared for taking photos at all, and we were all packed up just waiting for the pediatrician. The only normal object left in the room was an orange from lunch. So, I used it to relate just how small she was. It is so easy to forget!)

he slept through my clicks...

There are very few nights that we let Collin come into our bed ... usually nothing good comes of it (kicks in the head, tugging covers, someone sleeps horizontally while someone else doesn't get a wink of sleep at all.) So, we usually try to avoid it. But Sunday night, Collin woke up at 4am and thought that he saw the sunlight and insisted it was time to get up. Instead I brought him in with us, and by 6am we were finally sleeping again. I got up at 7, and couldn't believe he slept until 8:30! I took advantage of his sleeping in by getting some shots of him sleeping. I have tried this many times before, and the sound of the shutter always wakes him. I am glad I risked it this time; these are my favorite sleeping photos of him yet.

towering

whirley

what was the first thing we learned in 2013?
how to whirley pop...


and then we enjoyed the oh-my-goodness-best-popcorn-ever!!!!


happy new year!! 2013 is going to be a good one!

collin, 3 years

and baby girl at 27 weeks....

par two-and-a-half

we have big plans to go putt-putt golfing soon, but first, we better practice a little.

ice cream shop

it doesn't get much better than having homemade ice cream at handel's.


can you tell by the long line?


and even though the line was very long, the final decision is always still so hard to make.


but then, ahhhh.... so worth the wait


always being a boy.