Merry Christmas!

I hope all of you have a wonderful day celebrating the birth of Jesus! As we sat together as a family last night and read the story of Jesus' birth I thought again how blessed we are to be able to openly teach our children about Jesus. I pray that we never take that for granted.

This is a picture of our Christmas card that has yet to reach the mailbox. Oops!
Merry Christmas to all of you!

One handed typing

I just wanted everyone to know that things are going great with baby Evelyn. Luke is still amazed by her and asks to hold her several times a day. He's such a sweet big brother! Evelyn is sleeping well, eating a ton (she's already up to 7lbs 11oz as of Wed) and is generally a content, easy going baby. We hope she stays that way! JD's semester is finished, and we're enjoying having him home. I'm doing really well. I'm tired, but that's to be expected. I love my wonderful family and am so blessed.

If you think about it, please pray that Evelyn continues to do so well, that Luke doesn't go through the jealous stage that everyone has warned us about and that JD and I stay healthy as we go through the cold and flu season with not enough rest.

I'll post some more pictures soon. I promise!

More Pictures

Getting our Christmas tree the day before Evelyn came. (Perhaps the hay ride and trek through the tree farm had something to do with going into labor???)

Mommy and Evelyn right after she was born.

Evelyn getting her bath at the hospital.

Evelyn sleeping tonight.

The baby is here!

Evelyn Jane was born yesterday morning (11/30) at 11:03. She weighed 6 lbs 14 oz and was 19 1/2 inches long. Labor with her wasn't quite as short as Luke's, but she did arrive here in 8 hrs with no complications at all. She is doing great, and we are now at home resting. Luke is loving having a "Bee Bee" here and so far is a very sweet big brother. Thank you all for your prayers! Here is a picture that I took tonight of Luke holding Evelyn for the first time. He LOVES her and didn't want her to leave his lap. I'll try to post more pictures when time allows.