Baptism

Sunday was Autumn's baptism.  We asked Randy's brother Jason and my sister Lauren to be Godparents.  When Austin was born, they were only 16 and 18... Too young to take the roll.  So both the third-borns are now Godparents to our third-born!  Another fact all three have in common that we enjoy telling is that all three were born in years that the Cardinals played in the World Series...but lost ('85, '87, '13) :(

The weather was not very cooperative, but we were blessed to have our family make it up despite that.

   

Movin' right along...

We're into our second month already!  I spend most hours of the day with Autumn, so I don't see her growing right before my eyes until I look back at pictures.  I started taking monthly pictures, and it's amazing how much bigger she looks in one month!  At her two month check up she was 11 lbs and 21 1/2 inches long...

                  

       

  

Some other pictures of Autumn...

 

   

  

A little bit of fall...

With a baby named Autumn, I had to make an effort to get some fall pictures...

 

Halloween... Austin was Dumbledore from Harry Potter and Andrew was Steve from Minecraft...

 Autumn is one of her Halloween outfits...

Watching the Cardinals lose the World Series...

Our little girl, Autumn Grace

On the morning of Friday September 27, I was having some discomfort that my wise husband thought was labor... After some prompting and tears, he convinced me to go to labor and delivery.  Okay, actually, he came home and made me go with him... And had already called our parents to tell them we were going, if he hadn't I would have talked myself out of it... In my mind it was still too soon, even though the others came at 36 weeks, I had convinced myself this time would I would go longer.   I would highly recommend Boone Hospital... The nurses we had were great, and I was lucky that my doctor was on call that night as well.  It was like it was meant to be...

I will never forget Randy telling me "it's a girl!"  I absolutely love my boys, but those words, for this baby, were pure sweetness.  We named her Autumn because I love the season of Fall, and have always loved the name.  I knew if we had a girl we had to name her Grace.  In the Christian definition Grace is "the free and unmerited favor of God, as manifested in the salvation of sinners and the bestowal of blessings."  It is the love and mercy given to us by God because God desires us to have it, not because of anything we have done to earn it.

It is by Grace that I have 3 healthy happy babies, my boys are wonderful kids, and now to have a little girl...

It is by Grace that I have a husband that loves me, and after 13 years of marriage we celebrate with a baby and not a divorce...

It is by Grace that our parents and siblings are all alive and healthy...

I could go on for a long time, but Grace is something that I feel every day, and I couldn't imagine a better name for our little girl!

Autumn being weighed...

Randy didn't tell the boys if it was a boy or girl.  So we brought them in first, and here was their reaction when they saw the pink hat...

They got to go back to the waiting room to tell the grandparents...

It's a girl!!!

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Autumn

On September 27, at 10:29 pm, we welcomed a little girl into our family... Autumn Grace.  She was 6lbs 5.8 oz and 18 1/2 inches inches long, and she has stolen our hearts.

We didn't find out if we were having a boy or girl, so along with being 4 weeks early, she was a beautiful surprise!  I haven't found a lot of time to take or download pictures, but I wanted to share a few that I love...

A few more of my boys

There were a few more pictures of my boys I was going to share...

Maternity Photos!

I've never had photos done while pregnant... So I really wanted to do some this time! I have done our own family pictures before with a tripod and a remote clicker, but these were pretty difficult.  When your pregnant, it's all about angles, and it's hard to see those when your not behind the camera!  The boys both got to try their hand at photography... They took the ones of just me and Randy.  Anyway, I was excited to share!