This Christmas

We got home from the hospital Christmas Eve so we laid low for the day. We read the Nativity and had a quiet night making some treats for Santa and Jeff made us a huge dinner (turkey and all the fixings). Then we went to bed late and got up early, but it was a wonderful day with all of us together. And we even fit in some naps!
Santa filled our stockings and left us presents.
Well, after seeing what Santa brought, someone got really excited.
You would think we got a puppy for Christmas, but nope...Harrison was too excited to stop playing and had his first accident in months and his first ever on the carpet. Oh-well, it's Christmas!
We kept the lights low and had a fire with the tree lights. It was an awesome morning.
Covered in her presents.
Trying out Daddy's (and Mommy's) new XBox with Kinect.
Harrison picked out a present for Raegan...a car of course, but it is just for her. He loves to make sure she has it with her all the time.
Loving this present thing!
Baby's first Christmas.
Making sure we got everything.
Bright eyed girl.
Jeff thinks I was trying to torture her, but I had a picture of Harrison in his stocking for his first Christmas and I wanted one for her. Her stocking is a lot smaller then his was that year!Merry Christmas from our family to yours!

Sun Bathing!

Well, we have been home for a few days and our little girl is now 5 days. Already I feel like it is going too fast. She is already figuring out her days and nights and I get about 4 hours of sleep for 2 stretches of the night. She goes about another 2 hours but by then Harrison is up. She is a good eater, a good sleeper and has times where she is very alert. She is happy in her chair, her bed and loves being held and we love snuggling her. She is a bit on the jaundice side so we took advantage of the sun today and got her some rays! She seemed to enjoy it!








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Happy Birthday!

Raegan Lin Ward has arrived. Born Dec. 22, 2011. 12:45 pm. 7lb. 12 oz. 19 3/4 in. long. We are all doing great! Here are some pictures of her first 24 hours.

T'was the Day Before Labor

What do you do the day before you go into labor? Well, knowing you are going into labor helps a lot so I made the most of the day. I was all over trying to get things squared away so I can relax (yea I know, not going to happen) after the baby comes.
But the fun part of my day was letting Harrison pick one more Mommy/Harrison activity before the little sister gets in the way. And what did he pick...the zoo. We only stayed for 2 hours, but had a great time!


And like I said, tomorrow is the big day, so look for some pictures of a new baby in a few days! I'll probably get pictures on Facebook sooner, but I'll do the best I can!
39 weeks and the night before induction.
Our family of 3 and almost 4!
I can't wait to get this little girl here!

Just hanging around

Well, nothing too exciting going on. We are staying close to home in case baby girl shows up. We are ready and waiting so we are finding ways to keep busy.

Puzzles-Jeff and I did most obviously, but Harrison did help and loved putting in the last piece.
Whipped Cream
Shows with our new bean bag chair. Quick story...Harrison has had the glider in his room since we moved here (or since he was born I guess) and he loves it. We don't use it in there and I need it for the baby. Well, there was no moving it out without a replacement so we got him a new chair to replace that spot in his room. Even that took some convincing too, but after about a month, he loved this chair. Now, baby girl can have the glider (or I can have it for me to use for her!).
And a trip to the mail box. Apparently, this little guy has too much TX in his blood. He has been cold with highs in the 50s. What a wimp, but he looks good in a little beanie!
And a 38 week belly shot. Enjoy! I feel like I really exploded in the last 4 weeks, but lets hope it is baby girl that exploded. I know I am close too. Dr. said she will help me get baby here before Christmas so we will see if she comes on her own or with some help!

Christmas is Coming

Christmas prep seemed to start a little early at our house. Not really though...we did wait until after Thanksgiving, but now we are ready. Not only does Christmas mean celebrating the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ, but this year it brings another birth. Our second child should be coming within days of or after Christmas. So, we have been trying to get all the prep out of the way so we can focus on baby when she comes.
First our annual trip to see Santa. And for the first time, there were no tears. See last year! Instead, he hopped up on Santa's lap and started spouting off all the things he wants for Christmas. A big McQueen, a Mator, Trains and the list goes on. It was a lot of fun to sit back and listen. Too bad they wouldn't let me take a good picture and I wasn't paying for theirs!

Then, in our 6 years of marriage (this is our 7th Christmas together), we have never done Christmas by ourselves. We have always spent it at one of our parent's homes. This year, due to baby girl, we are not traveling and going to enjoy our own little family Christmas. So, to celebrate, we bought a real Christmas tree.
Getting it home actually went really well, no accidents or even near accidents.
We got it all set up and decorated. I prefer white lights, but we left it up to Harrison and he wanted color lights, so we got some color LED lights and they leave circles all over the walls. Good thing they are LED too because they stay on 24/7. Harrison gets up in the middle of the night to turn on the lights if we turn them off before bed. It is nice to have them though. And I love a real tree. It smells amazing!
And I made stockings too, because we don't have our own here. Luckily it didn't take too long to make 4, but I am glad I will only have to make them 1 at a time after this!
We also did some outside lights this year and Harrison has loved the advent calendar and getting to eat a candy every morning as we get closer and closer to Christmas.