Noah is here!

Noah arrived on Monday night at 10:42pm. He weighed 7lbs and 10oz...one whole pound bigger than Taylor was! I went into labor around 5:30pm and he was here 5 hours later. We did not even realize in was in "true labor" until my neighbor came and checked me around 9:30pm. Needless to say, it was crazy after that. My midwife got here around 10:00 and Noah came 42 minutes later. It was a little hectic, but wonderful! And Taylor slept through the entire thing!

Noah getting checked out after birth.

By the time my parents got here, Noah was already born. They were quite surprised to walk into our room and see us holding Noah already.

Mark helped weigh Noah.

Taylor loves her new baby brother. She is so sweet with him. She wants to hold him all the time and love on him. She is going to be such a good big sister.

A close up of our sweet boy.

Another couple of shots of soon after he was born.

Snow!!!

We had a little bit of snow over the past few days, so today I decided to take Taylor out to enjoy it. Our neighbors and their little boy where out there with a boogie board. It might normally be used at the beach, but we had fun with it in the snow.

Benjamin (the neighbor's boy) liked to push Tay and she liked to ride. It worked out perfectly.


She really did not want to get off.


They even rode together. It was the cutest thing.


A video of Tay getting pulled. She was loving it.


Both the kiddos getting pulled. Benjamin held on to Tay while his mom pulled.

Christmas!!

We spent the week of Christmas in Cookeville and had such a great time. Mark was off the entire week and so we headed to Cooekville on the Sunday before Christmas.

Here is Tay on Christmas morning. She had a good time opening her gifts, but she took her sweet time. She would tear off little pieces, examine them, and then try and put them back.


Granddad read the Christmas story to the girls before everyone opened gifts.

Taylor with her cousins Addie and Ian.

Taylor got a new baby doll from Aunt Blair and Uncle Brandon. This girl loves her baby dolls.

I decided to paint Taylor's toes since mine were painted. They have actually never been painted before. She got my stubby toes :)

Tay having a good time on Christmas morning.

Loving on bunny

She got a new backpack from Grandmom and Granddad. Looks like it fits nicely.

Tay and Uncle Brandon.

At my Grandma's house we always read "The Night Before Christmas". Taylor was "helping" by laying on her cousins lap while he read. She thought it was hilarious!

Of course the girls had matching outfits. They do look pretty cute.

Addie and Taylor had so much fun this Christmas. They played well together and giggled the whole time. Addie called her Tay Tay and sweetie.

My parents have reindeer in their front yard. Taylor was checking them out.

We went to a place called Hidden Hollow in Cookeville to look at the lights. There was a little play ground where we snapped this picture.

We had Taylor all bundled up.

More matching outfits...The grandkids with the grandparents.

Mark grew up making Christmas cookies and wants our family make them around Christmas. Here we are on Christmas day. Taylor helped us ice the cookies.

And she enjoyed eating them too...

The finished project. They were quite yummy (we ate them all in 1 day)!!!

One last picture of the girls.

Random

Here are a few random pictures from the past few days...

On Saturday, Mark and I had a tacky Christmas sweater. The whole family had wonderful sweaters! Mark even wore a comb over for the party.

Taylor LOVES babies. She wants to give them their binkies, pat them on the back, and even hold them. She is going to be such a good big sister.

Our WONDERFUL friends threw us a surprise baby shower this Sunday. Mark knew about it, but I was completely in the dark. It was so much fun and I am so thankful to have such great friends!

Thanksgiving and an early Christmas

Most of these new pictures are from our trip to Ohio. We went to see Mark's family and celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas. Since I cannot travel too far over Christmas, we had to go ahead and celebrate early with Mark's family. Taylor did not seem to mind that she got some early Christmas presents :)

This is just a random picture of Tay in the leaves outside of our house. She was having a blast playing in them.


Grandma and Grandpa Elliott got Taylor TONS of stuffed animals. She was loving on all of them.


We went to a park in Ohio. Taylor would slide down with Mark and then try and climb back up.

Aunt Jennie and Uncle Chad already had their Christmas tree ready to go. This was the first one Taylor had seen this Christmas. She was quite impressed.

Grandma and Grandpa Elliott also got Taylor a new baby doll. She absolutely LOVES it. She would not stop feeding her doll after she got her.

This is a picture of Mark's side of the family. As you can see, Tay is still feeding her baby doll.

Taylor with her cousins, Brooke and Ryan......still feeding the doll.