Willow in photos (part 4)

Photo heavy...the early days. :)

Willow in photos (part 3)

More photos of our precious little Willow...she is growing too fast. We love watching her grow, though. :)

Willow in photos (part 2)

Willow is simply adorable. I could stare at her for hours...and sometimes do just that. :)

Can you tell how loved this little baby is? :)

Willow in photos (the first day)

Because I have much catching up to do in the photo-posting-on-the-blog-department...here are shots of Willow basking in all her cuteness...during her early days. :)

(More to come!)

Baby Willow

It has been awhile since I have last written. Shameful. I really need to put this little site to good use documenting family happenings. 

Speaking of family happenings...we had a big event take place and well, it doesn't get much better than this...

Willow Tallulah Rose was born on March 7, 2014 @11:34 a.m. She weighed 6 lbs, 14 oz. 

We had her at Erlanger downtown. I labored for 7 hours (by far my shortest labor). Went all natural again (who knew I could actually tolerate that much pain...and three times, no less). Amy Miller Anderson (my midwife) delivered her (she also delivered River and Aspen). It was a beautiful natural birth and we had a great experience! 

Willow is so loved! What a beautiful addition she is to our family. God is good!

Christmas Eve Morning 2012...

It has been our tradition since before the kids were born to have our own little Christmas celebration on Christmas Eve morning..so, this year was no exception.

It was simple. Just the way we like it.

The kids open a few simple gifts and we eat breakfast.

Then we enjoy the rest of the day together and of course getting ready for our next Christmas Eve gathering with more family which took place later that evening..

Here a few photos of the kids opening some of their gifts...

pretty stoked about the rc car!

a home for ants!

We had a make-shift smaller tree this year the kids decorated. Rocky made an origami star for it. :-)

let them make cake!! :-)

We have always kept our gift giving quaint. Not too big, just enough. Just looking at the above photo you can see that. Rocky decided to buy an experience...a father-daughter baking experience. Now, you know I have issues with the ingredients of the box cake and the icing (I'd personally would have bought Nutella in place of the frosting if not making it from scratch,but I do believe this was a very thoughtful gift on Rocky's part. A very sweet idea. I know she will LOVE baking with her daddy, despite the ingredients. This is me letting things go...going with the flow....after all it isn't about me. It's what you do the most of the time that matters.

I love seeing the joy on the kids faces around the light of the Christmas tree. Those little folks are precious little people and our most treasured gifts from God!

Have a blessed day!

Love, Kelly

Christmas: Tree Decorating

Hello!

I will be starting a little series of posts documenting Christmas of 2012. This is installment #1 and will give glimpses of the annual Christmas tree decorating at Debi & Gary's home. This year Tina & Stephen joined in on the fun. Special memories....

classic deer-caught-in-the-headlights look

getting ornaments from grandpa for the tree

us and a fox.

grandma passing out ornaments to the short folks..

More Christmas posts coming soon...

Have a happy evening!

-Kelly