The many faces of Hazel

Today, like most days, Hazel made about 80 different faces in 30 seconds...I captured a few of those faces...she really likes to furrow
her brow, like her mom and her cousin, Will.
Mostly this little one is really amusing and cute!

Hazel Grace

Meet our new daughter...Hazel Grace. We love her. For anyone who didn't get an email or a text or a call, she was born on Dec 31 at 12:35 pm. She weighed 7 lbs, 11oz, and was 20 3/4 in long. More interesting info is that she is really cute and sort of squeaks and squeals. Sometimes she sounds like she is impersonating a rooster, and other times a pack of coyotes. She is very sweet, rarely cries herself into a frenzy, and we are learning the schedule that every parent knows: eating, changing, sleeping, holding, walking. We already know a lot more about babies than we ever did before; Hazel seems to have come out perfectly prepared to be a baby. Here are some pictures.

Any day now...?

Well, according to the doctor as of yesterday morning, we will have this baby within the next week. I have progressed to a point where most first time mothers would already be in labor...I just keep wondering when it will actually start hurting and when we will have to go to the hospital. Because of this news we decided it was time to really try to finish up the wall. We have finished everything except: A--Deanna will do. F-Maria will do. G-my parents and N-Patrick and Keri. We have one space that we will get everyone who helped paint to sign their names...or we will write our baby's name and birthday, etc. on. This is yet to be determined. We are sort of sitting around twiddling our thumbs. So if anyone knows any great games for two people...please share them! We will keep you all posted with baby news and pictures when the time comes!

O Tennenbaum!

Today we decorated our very cold Christmas tree. I could see my breath underneath it. So far this post might be called "boring", so I will liven it up with this fact: Anne will probably not be pregnant any more sometime in the next three weeks! I'm not due until February.

Thanksmas

Last week we flew to North Carolina and we surprised Patrick, Keri and Will with a visit. We had thought that I couldn't fly due to the fact that it was 5 1/2 weeks from our due date, but no one said anything and I even had a doctor's note! We were able to spend some time with family and see our new little nephew...who by the way is REALLY cute! Will doesn't really like bathtime, but he does like to take long naps and eat pretty much all the time. Jonathan tried out a snuggly, and Will decided to peak out at the world. With much convincing we got everyone to smile AND pose for a family picture. Hooray for Thanksmas!