Love my presents

Off to the Tellus Museum

Learning how to bend light....my dad would be so proud:-)

Being a good girl

An afternoon playing "Just Dance"-hilarious

Clowning around in the crib

Love her smile

And her stink face

Thanksgiving

Better late than never. I really am slacking on the updates. Well, here are pictures of our first thanksgiving dinner with the Kents and Gagnons. It was fun and delicious! I also have some pictures of us at our second meal with the Quicks, but have to upload them to the computer. So we will see when that happens!

Some lov'in from the gagnon cousins

Ben, the traditional bucking bronco

Cuteness!

Todd digging in...

I love the double chin!

Halloween

Here's some pictures on Halloween day. Jonas was Don, a Pteranadon, from Dinosaur Train. Adrienne was a flower. Ben and I made Jonas's costume and we thought it turned out great! Ben was the mastermind behind the head piece. He is so clever and we look forward to many more creative Halloween costumes!

Jonas with his cowgirl friend, Kalin

My sleeping flower

A grumpy flower

Talking to Grandpa

Adrienne's First Month

Adrienne is doing fabulous and we are so grateful for her sweet little spirit. Jonas has been a big helper, sometimes trying to help too much. For instance, trying to feed her cheese and pick her up out of her crib. He is adjusting well, of course he has his moments. I am pretty much recovered and ready to get back into the swing of things. O.K.....just as I am typing this Jonas comes into the room carrying Adrienne...Holy Cow!!! I have to watch that kid. He just told me, "Mom I'm not going to drop her." Good times.

Sneaking into the crib

Sweet angel sleeping

The beautiful blanket my Grandmother from Hawaii made

At the North Georgia Fair

The caterpillar roller coaster

This is how Jonas rode the ride, head down. We kept yelling at him to look up, but he insisted on riding head down.

Adrienne Charmaine Quick

Adrienne is finally here! She made her grande entrance on September 8th at 7 am. She weighed 8 lbs. 3.5 oz. and is as cute as can be. She looks a lot like Jonas when he was a baby. So, the story goes... I went into labor on Labor Day around 6 pm. The contractions started off with a bang, there was no gradual onset. They were every 2-3 minutes from the start, and HARD! We decided to head to my parents house to drop Jonas off around 9 pm and headed to the hospital. I was only dialted 1 cm, but since I was a vbac and had a consistent labor pattern, they kept me. I jumped from 2 cm to 8 cm in a couple of hours and then my water broke. We were so excited that things were moving fast and smoothly. Unfortunately, I stayed at 8 cm and -1 station for about 6 hours. She just would not come down even with all the steady contractions. I then spiked a temp. of 102 and her heart rate started to increase. Of course, this concerned the doctor (who I think was also a little tired of waiting for me to progress) and the doctor told me I needed to have a c-section. I lost it of course, being that I made it so far without any complications. The funny thing is, this is pretty much the same exact way that my labor went with Jonas. The fast onset of labor, dialting quickly, staying at -1 station, spiking a temp., and then a c-section. It was not the way I wanted things to go, but I have to say that I am happy we are all healthy.

We ended up staying in the hospital 6 days because Adrienne wasn't gaining weight. She is doing just great now, and I am so happy to be home. That hospital bed and food just about killed me:-)

Here are a few pictures of my little angel baby...

Proud mommy and daddy

I could just eat her up!

Riding with mommy to our room

Finally going home after 6 days in the hospital

Jonas being very helpful