Flowers from Jason

Here is our attempt at being creative with Lydia and the flowers Jason gave me when Lydia and I came home from the hospital. They are both beautiful!

Babies are better than I thought!

The kids met Lydia at the hospital Thanksgiving evening. They were all really excited about their new little sister! They each brought her a gift and Lydia had a gift ready for each of them in return. While at the hospital, Joel looked really proud to be holding his new sister and said "Babies are better than I thought!". She cried some while they were there and when Noah got his turn to hold his crying sister he said "Stop crying!". After we came home, we asked all the kids what they were thankful for this Thanksgiving and they each said "the baby". They are all quite smitten with her and hover around her constantly. They love to "pet" her head and give her kisses. Hannah frequently says "I wuv Wydia". These pics are from shortly after we brought Lydia home.

Lydia Hope Hedges

Lydia made this our best Thanksgiving ever! She was born this morning at 2:12am. She weighs 7lbs. 4oz. and is 19 1/2 inches long. Shannon and Lydia are both doing great.

Christmas Came Early

Christmas came a little early for the kids this year. We buy gifts for the kids from several other family members, so this year we decided to pool some of the money from everyone and get them this play set for Christmas. It required around 14 hours of Jason's time to put it together. Since Jason could not do that Christmas Eve night, we wanted to give it to them early. Joel loved getting to build it with Daddy. Jason said it was worth all of the work for them to get to do the project together. It also allows them to have a new fun toy in the backyard for them to play on when the baby is born. They love it and have spent many hours playing on it already.

Maternity Pictures

Here are more of the maternity pictures we took a couple of weeks ago.