Pumpkin

Since our "little pumpkin" waited until October to come, my mother and I thought this photo shot as totally appropriate!

Ellie Mae

So much has been put up recently about the baby, so I thought I would just take a minute and devote an individual post for my bigger kids. They do love to see their own pictures on the computer.

Elina has been such a good helper with her big sister. Very excited to hold her and help burp the baby. She is esepcially great about running to get things, like diapers and nursing pads, so mommy doesn't have to move around too much. . .

And Daddy helps her get out her energy when he gets home at night!

My BOY Noah

Last night during family scriptures Noah tooted and was hollering "farted, farted" and just laughing about it. So I asked him "well, what do you say?" and he said "KA-CHOW!". I guess we have been watching a lot of Cars lately...what a little boy!

Lydia Update

Lets just start by saying: Lydia is an awesome baby! She is a good sleeper and very good eater considering she is a newborn. I am a very lucky momma. She is a little restless the first half of the night and has ended up in our bed. But after I nurse her at about 2 or 3 then I lay her in her pack in play and she sleeps until 6-7, which is awesome for us and our bigger kids schedule. Anyway, I think the secret is the boppi that you see in this picture. I think it is very comforting to having something soft and warm touching all sides of her.










This is a picture of us getting home after her followup doctors appointment. She weighed 10lbs 1oz and was 22in so that was really good.







And here is a picture of all the kiddos in the bath. I am amazed that they all three had their privates covered at the same time for the picture. It is very important to Jason to not have any genitals in photos so this was almost too perfect.






Anyways, we are just loving every minute of our new baby girl!

Baby

Lydia in her carseat wearing her "coming home" outfit!
LOVING hairbow usage again!
Noah's two year old (almost) foot compared to Lydia's two day old foot.
My AMAZING momma... I really don't know how women have babies without their moms help. Especially number three! I am so grateful that she is here to help and twist her arm to spend time with her grandchildren!

More pics!

baby makes 5

FINALLY!!! I thought the day would never come. On Wednesday, in the wee hours of the morning, we welcomed a beautiful baby girl to our family. We have chosen to call her Lydia Belle Brown and she weighed in at a health 10lbs 3oz and was 21 inches long. Mom, Dad, and baby are doing great. Elina and Noah are tickled. It's like the Christmas spirit around here.

The Great Pumpkin

What can I really say? I can not believe I am still pregnant, we thought for sure I would never make it through September. So to celebrate we got a little crazy with some orange paint and wow...found ourselves a few pumpkins!