Anna's First Band Aid

Well it happened. I was cutting her fingernails while she was sleeping and I made her bleed. She really didn't care, she slept right through the whole thing. But like Jennifer warned me, it would not stop bleeding. So she wouldn't get blood on her cute outfit, I thought I should put a band aid on it. Well a regular band aid would not do. No, I got one of Hope's Dora band aids out and cut it down to size. And it looked so cute I had to take pictures of it. But like I said she slept through the whole thing.

She is such a great baby! I still can't believe she is mine (I mean ours) to keep.

Anna had her first outting without Mommy or Daddy today. Yes, it was a little hard on Mommy. Every Friday morning my mom, sisters and I go to Begals. Well, this morning I woke up with the flu. So I called Heather to tell her I wasn't coming, and Heather offered to take Anna so I could get some sleep. It was nice to sleep, but I had to tell myself not to be sad when Heather came and got her. She was only like 3 minutes away and I thought I could go get her if I needed to, but after Heather left I realized my car keys were in the diaper bag. I finally told myself to go to sleep. And it worked too. I woke up two hours later to Heather knocking on the door.

Hey here's a funny story. This morning when Heather got here she had to call me on my cell phone to ask which tailer was mine. What does that tell you? That we are not the only white trash people on this street! :)

Oh, by the way, I was excited to find this out. I ran into a lady a used to work with at the book store and she told me that there is a Christian Book Store opening up in Redding again. They are supposed to be open on November 1st and they are going to be in the old School Tools building on Hilltop. I am kind of excited about it. I can't believe how much I have missed the bookstore. This should be nice. So go check it out!!

Anna's Baby Shower!

I have really wanted to put these pictures up earlier, but when the baby was born 3 weeks early I thought those pictures were cuter! So I want to share these now.

My baby shower was so much fun!!!! Brenda and Erica did such a good job at making it so special. Anna is so spoiled already! One of the fun things for me at the shower was how many babies were there and how many pregnant ladies. It is definitely baby season in my neck of the woods!

From left to right the babies are Jackson, Wesley, Jason, Emily and Emmerie. Jackson and Emily are cousins to Anna. Wesley and Jason are second cousins and Emmerie is a friend. Neil and I graduated with Emmerie's Daddy, Jonathan Estes. Oh my word, that was 10 years ago!

Here is a picture of all the pregnant girls! Jennifer is due in December, LaRynn just had her baby on Sunday. A cute baby girl, Leila Mae (you can see her picture on the Mercy Website). And Ginni is due in April I think. But I could be way off on that one.

And this is a picture of the Prize Corner. They all sat together and they all won a prize (and Jessica didn't even want to play!) That is Wesley in the middle. Doesn't he look happy to be at an all girl party!

Thank you every one for coming to my party and for the super cute presents! We really appreciate your eagerness to spoil Anna.

This is for you Katie!

When Emily was born in March, her Auntie Katie bought her this cute outfit. Which she quickly grew out of! That girl knows how to grow!

Since Anna is so small and she LOVES to be warm, she has gotten to wear it a couple of times. And I got this cute picture of her today. So I thought I would share.

We had out first doctors appt yesterday. Anna is already growing so much! She weighed 6 lbs 10 oz when we left the hospital on Saturday and yesterday, 12 days later, she weighed in at 7 lbs 8 1/2 oz. She has gained almost a whole pound! And she grew almost an inch. But she is still so small and I still love to hold her little self!

Who do you think?

Well, here is a picture of Neil and I when we are only a few days old. I thought it might be fun to see who everyone thinks Anna looks like?

I think she looks just like her daddy, but has my hair and complextion. All I know is she is so adorable and fun to watch. Although she is starting to look just like Anna to me and not so much like a mixer of Neil and I.

Let me know if you want to come visit and hold her yourself! It is a blast!