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Mabel's Newborn Photos

My friend, Ashley Grimmer, spent hours propping and re-propping Mabel for some newborn photos.  What a sweet way to remember my little girl!

No posing here, this shot was just great timing as Mabel was dream smiling.

Lydia turned 4 on April 3rd!  Here she is with her birthday cupcakes.

Since Lydia, Henry, and Blake all share a birthday week, Amy hosted a triple birthday party at her house. Unfortunately, on the day of the party Lydia had a pretty high fever so she had to stay home with Dad.  Here she is the morning of her party with her new presents (cash register and grocery stand).

Amy and I with our 2 year olds!

Blake, tying out his "cheese" smile for the camera.

 Cole and Grant were great playmates, enjoying the new (fully assembled and screwed into place) train set from Nanny and Pops Westcott!

 Paca and Cole

 Birthday boy, Henry.

 Nanny and Henry

Uncle Ben with Mabel (uncle Ben loves newborns!)

Mabel meeting Grams

 The boys blowing out their candles!  What a fun party.

Mabel's Delivery

I started labor contractions around 10 pm on Friday night.  My mom and sister, Stephanie, were in town.  Mom and I went for a good walk around midnight, and then I decided to take a hot bath to assess how I was feeling.  That lasted about 5 minutes.  We headed to the hospital and got there in time for pushing contractions to start.  I had to wait an hour for the on call physician to deliver the baby, but Mabel came quickly without any complications.  Stephanie joined us in the delivery room and cheered me on while I pushed!

So much love

I love watching Lydia and Henry "play" with Mabel.  They really love her!  Henry plays peek a boo and hides for a few seconds in a different room before running back to say boo.

Baby Sister!

We welcomed Mabel Renée Westcott at 3:23 AM on March 17th, weighing 7 pounds 14 ounces!

Both Mom and Baby are doing great.

Praise God!

Our morning

Lydia is recovering from a tummy bug today. Since it also affected me and Dan, I'm busy cleaning linens and disinfecting the house from a yucky two days. This left Henry to play on his own...a rare occurance. He's been perfect all morning. He even spent some time in the kitchen!

Cooking

and cleaning.