Our First Week With Haley Elizabeth!

Our sweet Haley has been with us for 8 Whole Days now! And Micah and I can hardly imagine our family without her! And Emily definitely agrees with that (even though she can't verbalize it yet). She has been a great BIG SISTER so far! She always wants to know where Haley is and what she is doing and is so eager to give her hugs and kisses! It melts Micah and I's hearts every time we see them together!

We are fortunate to have Micah off work with us until this coming Tuesday. He was able to save up enough vacation to take off for TWO WHOLE WEEKS! And it has been GREAT having him here as we all adjust to being a family of four! Plus it has enabled us to travel around town a little bit too, especially since I am not able to drive until this coming Tuesday, since having my c-section.

We have had several fun times together as a family since Haley has arrived and we just wanted to make sure that we recorded a few of them! We have been able to take a few walks, visit Belvedere (our future neighborhood), go grocery shopping, learn new skills that Emily has acquired (climbing up on our step ladder), capture some "classic" Haley moments, sleep in, enjoy many meals from several sisters from church. We have indeed been extremely blessed with friends and family to watch out for us and make sure that we are taken care of during our adjustment period!

Now for a few pictures that capture some of the highlights of our first week together as a Family of Four..................

Our Sneaky Little "Sweet P" getting a little higher up, so that she can enjoy a different view on the world!

A crazy shot of Haley, as you can tell she is NOT a fan of getting dressed quite yet:)


As most of you know who have had newborns....one of the things they LOVE to do is SLEEP! And our little "Honeybee" is no exception! That is what makes this picture so priceless! We get to admire her beautiful eyes!

We have taken several walks over the past week, but this was a picture of 3 of my favorite people all ready for our first walk together as a Family on Saturday March 13th! It was a little brisk out, but it was nice to get out and get some fresh air for everyone!

Here's how Haley spent her first walk in our neighborhood!

I love this picture of Micah and Emily! Emily REALLY loved sitting in the front of our double stroller! She is such a Big Girl now!

This was another funny moment! Micah had made some protein shakes for us one morning for breakfast and we decided to share some with Emily and as you can see she is no stranger to her cup! She enjoyed the shake so much that she didn't take the cup away from her mouth for about 5 minutes straight! She just slurped and slurped until the whole thing was GONE!

Time for another walk. This time we went to Belvedere, our future neighborhood! We have been so blessed with Great Spring weather this week! We love going on family walks! It was a little windy yesterday, so we had to double bundle Emily....that is why she is wearing Daddy's sweatshirt!

A full body shot of Emily in Daddy's sweatshirt! It was so big on her she didn't really know how to maneuver with it on! What a cutie!

Here we are, our first family photo in front of our lot, our future home!! We are getting very excited about all the possibilities!!

Emily is such a little ham! We heard her over in the corner and when we came to look this is what we saw!! I think she is ready for another walk!

Emily has also gotten really good at some "Yoga Moves" lately and this is one of her favorites!

When Haley was down for one of her many naps, Emily and I grabbed the monitor and went outside for a walk around the yard while Daddy was cutting the grass! She really enjoyed exploring in the back yard!

Haley, being only one week old, can sleep almost anywhere doing almost anything! Here she is resting peacefully on Daddy's hand!

What a precious little face! I love the moments when her eyes are open! Especially now that she is starting to focus more on the things around her!

Here's Emily doing her best to hold on to Haley! They are such great friends already! Just imagine the fun they will have when Haley is ready to play!

There's nothing like some love from your sister! Something our girls love to do quite a lot!

One of their first official moments where they were focusing on one another, almost like they were having a quiet conversation!

When Emily was little she LOVED to be swaddled. Haley however is quite different in the regard. We swaddled her up pretty tightly and when we checked on her a little later this is what we saw! She is a squirmer and she enjoys having her hands close to her face when she sleeps!

Since Haley turned ONE WEEK OLD yesterday we decided to dress her up and start her picture log! This is going to be the pink bear that we take Haley's picture with over the next year! We thought this dress was absolutely adorable too, and since it's a preemie one we thought we better put it on her while we still could:)

You can tell that Haley is not amused or affected at all really by her friend the bear! We shall see if that changes over the next year!!

We hope to be able to get some more pictures up in the near future, but for now this is our family and what we have been up to. Life is good, we are blessed. Heavenly Father definitely has his eye on us and for that we are so grateful. We are going to be quite busy over the next couple of weeks as we get our house ready to be put on the market, so posts might be few and far between, but we will do our best to update as we can. We love you all and thank you for all of your help and support and love that you each show to our family in your own unique ways!