Emma's First Week at Home

Big sisters adore her and love to help, notice all the toys they found for her to play with

Thanksgiving was a big day for her, we actually made it to church in the morning, lunch with the Nienhuis extended family and supper with the Bussis extended family. Other than a trip to the pediatrician it was our first day out of the house since coming home from the hospital, so I thought we did good. :)

So far she is an excellent sleeper, hoping it stays that way!

Love those sleepy smiles!

Welcome Emma Faye!

Emma Faye joined our family on Thursday afternoon, November 18, at 1:54 pm. She was my biggest baby at 9lbs, 3oz and my shortest baby at 19 inches. Labor and delivery went great and we are so thankful to welcome another healthy little girl to our family.

Her big sisters and Grandpa & Grandma were the first to meet her. Noelle didn't want to leave her side, Addison wasn't terribly impressed. She was more interested in exploring my hospital room.

Addison did start warming up to her though, shortly before they left she wanted to share her blankie and her special doggie with baby sister.

The girls came back the next morning and then Addison wanted a turn to hold her too, Noelle wasn't too happy about having to share her baby Emma.

Passing the time with daddy, watching movies

Ready to go home!

Melting My Heart

As a mom, one of the moments in my day that I treasure most .... whether they played great together that day or couldn't handle being in the same room together, at the end of the day they can't go to bed until they've given eachother big hugs and kisses. Praying that they will ALWAYS be the best of friends!

Our Cute Little Bugs

Some pictures of our little ladybug and butterfly (and their babies, a kitty and a doggie).

On Friday night we attended trunk treats at our church

And on Saturday night we got dressed up one more time to visit a few more family members ... here are the girls at great-grandma's house with my cousins' kids Kennedi and Canaan

After trick-or-treating we headed to Uncle Steve and Auntie Karin's for pizza and fun with friends. We made the kids pose for one more picture before the costumes came off. You can tell most of the kiddos have had their picture taken one too many times already. :)

We got a lot of use out of the costumes this year, besides our two nights of trick-or-treating last weekend, they also wore them for Halloween weekend at the campground we stayed at over Labor Day and for the Nienhuis family costume party earlier in October. And that also means we have enough candy to last us until Halloween next year!