Ella's Walking!

Our little princess started taking steps the week of Christmas. Now she tries to walk everywhere at 10 months!

Ella's officially crawling!

Will's 3rd Birthday

Visit with Family

My cousin, Monica, was brave enough to travel with her two boys from CT to visit for a few days. Will and Patrick had so much fun playing together, although Will had a difficult time keeping up with Patrick...9 months make such a big difference. It was little busy with 4 kids under the age of 3 but we had a wonderful time!

New Arrival: Ella Claire

After many days of contractions, I finally had the "one" where I knew it was time to head to the hospital. On Sunday night, we called Mom to come over to stay with Will so we could go to the hospital. We arrived at the hospital around midnight and I got an epidural about 2 hours later. That was a beautiful thing! We actually had time to take a quick cat nap! At about 6:00 a.m. I was 8 centimeters dilated and 100% effaced. I knew the baby could come at any minute but we had to wait for the doctor to get there around 7:00 a.m. The doctor ran into the room with soaking wet hair and I pushed 3 times and she was out (sunny side up).
We are so happy that are healthy baby girl is finally here! She made her entrance into the world on Monday, February 23rd @ 7:30 a.m. She weighed in at 6lbs. 4oz. and was 19 inches long. Her big brother is not quite sure about her yet but we think he'll warm up.


For more pictures of the new arrival, go to http://ellaclairetoombs.shutterfly.com/

Waiting for the arrival of our baby girl!

Well, the clock is ticking and the countdown is on! Hopefully within the next 9 days we will have a baby! I head back to the doctor tomorrow to schedule a possible induction in case I don't have the baby by the 25th. So I am hoping that this will be my last week of work.

Will is very interested in all the baby gear. Of course, he has to try everything out! He likes to squeeze his way into the baby's carseat! He also enjoys reading books in his little sister's room. We'll keep you posted on the status of the baby.

Snow Days!

Last week, we had over a foot of snow so naturally we had to take Will sledding. We bundled him up and headed out to the park around the corner. Will couldn't hardly walk through the snow because it was so deep so Josh pulled him most of the way. His facial expression was classic as Josh pushed him down the hill for the first time. He got a "white wash" to the face as he spun out at the bottom. He just laughed and was ready to go again.