She's here!

Introducing Scarlett Emma

7lbs 2.8oz

19 in

Scarlett was in a hurry to get here, 2 weeks early and not wasting any time!

We arrived at the hospital just after 8am and Scarlett was here at 8:52!

I've never had a real desire to give birth naturally, but somehow (with GREAT support from my husband) I did... 

Because things were already so progressed and moving so fast, I wasn't allowed to get the epidural. 

I may or may not have cried when they (as in the nurse because the doctor certainly didn't make it time) told me that!

Full story coming soon :)

She's a beauty like her proud big sister! Everyone is healthy and happy!

My heart grew bigger on this wonderful Mother's Day! I'm so thankful for my girls. 

Words can't describe how happy they make me.

Happy Mother's Day!

37 weeks

Fuzzy instagram (taken yesterday) of me at 37 weeks. Full term! Huzzah!

I feel like I'm melting every time I go outside, and one time at work I thought I would faint while working on a patient. I had sweat  rolling down my face from my brow. Clearly, my body has not re-acclimated to this kind of hot humidity even though I grew up here. Or maybe it has something to do with the small human living inside me. I know this is not even the heat of the summer but i'm so hot all the time. Thank the heavens above I only have a few more weeks, and will hopefully have this baby out before we reach the 100 degree weather. How did people survive last summer (some while also being pregnant like my sister)??

This baby girl moves and rolls all over the place. I can tell its getting a little cramped in there for her liking. 

I love her.

Josh's ordination

On Sunday we drove to Round Rock to visit Mike and Caroline's family and see Josh get ordained at church, since he just turned 12! Olivia wanted to play outside immediately and didn't hesitate to climb up the wall in her Sunday dress. She loved swinging and playing with her cousins again!

They had been busy the day before finding and catching more turtles (some little and one really big one), crawfish, and toads! Cute Bella put one little turtle in her toy speedboat and took it for a ride :)

Olivia and Penelope were matching in their pretty dresses and once again we could not get a great picture of the two of them. This time it was simply because my camera wasn't on the right settings and it came out blurry.

We got to hear Caroline teach a lesson in Sunday School, and then we saw Josh be ordained! He was very cute and serious and still so sweet to give everyone hugs and handshakes. 

We took a few pictures outside after sacrament meeting and I was so happy that Olivia actually stood and looked at the camera! I don't even care that she was standing out in front of everyone and she was actually twirling a few times, but we got quite a few of her looking! This is monumental.

We went back to Mike and Caroline's and enjoyed a delicious lunch and this yummy chocolate crunch cake! Thanks for letting us be a part of that special day!

The harbor

Thursday evening we went to Rockwall and ate at a yummy pizza place:

Then drove over to the harbor. Liv was wearing her jammy shirt under her dress because she refused to take it off that morning. It has a picture of a giraffe wearing sunglasses and she cried and said "Giraffe with sunnies, giraffe with sunnies" when we tried to take it off. I've been trying to be more agreeable so as to not have to say no to everything and let her feel a little more in control of her life, so I decided she could keep it on and wear the dress over it.

We were waiting for the water to turn on at this mini splash pad. Colson climbed up on one of these things while waiting...

...Liv tried to do it too but wasn't having the same success :)

 Prettiest little thing

Love my big girl.

Very concerned about something.

Water!!!

Then to Culver's for bananas foster custard, mmmm.

Arboretum

 We went to the arboretum while Liv was napping, so I left her at home with my Dad to listen for her. Brady is missing from most of these posts since it was the week before finals for him, and he still had classes he was attending.

They were setting up for the Dale Chihuly (a famous glass blower) art exhibit so there were a ton of cool glass sculptures all over the place.

Penny was lookin cute in her apple shades.

Me, Carrie, and Colson

When we were little we used to roll down this hill, so we took the boys over there and I had to laugh when Griff was going to try and roll down head over heels! He stopped and watched his brother, and decided that looked like more fun.

Feeding the fish goldfish :)

When we got home Brady was there and Liv woke up so we played outside and ate some popsicles. 

Cute Daddy daughter pic.

Why is B wearing long sleeves and jeans?? I think he's in denial of the fact that we never truly had a winter :)

Hi Scarlett!

My favorite Essie color for summer- Tart deco

Olivia and Penelope were given these cute matching outfits from their Mimi Linda (my Aunt, mom's sister)! We wanted to get a few pictures of them together, but as you may remember Liv literally hates for us to take pics of her, SO here were the results.

Penelope was doing great...

...but Olivia immediately started crying which made Penelope start crying...

...which made Olivia stop crying because she wanted to help Penelope :)

Cute girls, even when fussy :)