Too many blessings?

Ok - I have a ton to blog about from Christmas and I promise to do that super soon but meanwhile I just had to say something.
This morning as I was cleaning and getting the kids clothes gathered up to do the 12th load of laundry in 2 days I just started laughing. I seriously felt like the luckiest woman on earth. I have dreamed my whole life of having these beautiful kids and wonderful husband. I have it! I sometimes still just feel shocked by that. I feel so grateful and so loved by my little family. And Having little Hannah here just adds such an amazing measure of love, joy, and peace. I just feel so overwhelmingly blessed today. I am living the life I always dreamed of with the man of my dreams! And the kids are more than I could ever have hoped for.
It reminds me of an E.E. Cummings poem that was one of my favorites from a collection that we sang in high school.... " I thank thee God for this most amazing day"! I
Thank you all for the joy that you add to our lives!

Merry Christmas!

This may be as close to a Christmas card as we get this year! Please know we love you and are grateful for you all! Have a wonderful Christmas and a happy new year!

Our Christmas blessings!

We love our Sister!

Emma and Russell sure love holding the new baby!

Training hard

Russell is trying so hard to potty train and he looks so cute doing it!

The first snow!

SNOW!!! We got a lot of snow (not too much in these pics but about a foot with the whole storm) and the kids had a blast playing in it!

The lights.... SOOO glad to be done with these!

These pics are from before Hannah got off the lights but were too cute to not share:)

Back on the lights again (12/7/07)

Sleeping sweetly on the blanket

BIIIIIG Yawn!

First Bath

Emma and Russell loved helping give Hannah her first bath (and all subsequent ones!)
These pics are from 12/5/07

One week birthday suprise!

So we had been told that there was little chance Hannah would get off of the light therapy before Thursday but today after her blood test we got a call that her levels were so low she could discontinue the lights!!!!!! We are so thrilled to be able to put clothes on her (there IS half a foot of snow outside...) to be able to cuddle with her and have her out in the living room with the rest of us. I hated having to feed her then lock her up in the room so she would stay warm enough during the light treatment. I know we are truly blessed, She never had to be in NICU and had no serious problems so we feel so much gratitude to a loving Father in Heaven for hearing our prayers! She is doing great!
An update on the rest of us... Emma and Russell have pretty much gotten past the needing extra attention phase and are settling in to loving there new sister sooo much. When we got the call this afternoon to stop the lights they ran all over the house shouting "no more lights! no more lights!" It was great! They are both so happy just to get to see her eyes opened and have her hold there hands. Life is beautiful and I keep feeling like my heart is going to burst with love for these sweet little ones and the joy they find in each other.

First Pictures!!!!

Well, here we all are right after baby Hannah got here! Happy Birthday Hannah and Grandma!

She is such a content and sweet little girl. 7 lbs 2.8 oz 20 inches long! PERFECT!


She was born at 12:19 p.m. The same time of day (within a few minutes) as both big brother and big sister!




Soooo sleepy!

Mom, are we ready to go home yet???

Let's go Dad, I have a family to meet!

Wow, Big Sister Emma sure likes her new baby!

Big Brother Russell was sleeping when Hannah came to meet him but he quickly woke up and was very excited!

What do you all think of each other?

"Grandpa, that is my new baby sister!"

Such happy girls:)

Our little family!

Hannah on her tanning bed! It has been a little hard because we can't hold her except when she is being fed. She has to be on the Bili bed and blanket so that she doesn't get too jaundice (she was Coombs positive).

We will be sooo glad when she is able to stop being on this! We want to cuddle her and play with her!

Well, that is it for now I guess. I hope that you like all the pictures! We have had a crazy few days with all the blood tests and Dr visits and Emma and Russell getting sick etc... But we could not be happier or more grateful for this precious new life in our home! She has already brought us a million smiles and warmed our home with more love than we imagined! She is so special and we can't wait to show her off to everyone!!!

The Arrival of Hannah Noelle Thom!!!!!!!

SHE IS HERE!!!!
Hannah Noelle Thom was born at 12:19 pm (noon for those who like me find that confusing) on Dec 3rd! She was 7 lbs 2.8 oz (hereafter we will round it up to 3 oz because that is what they did at the hospital). She is a trooper! She is doing so awesome and Mom could not possibly be doing better!
Hannah has to be on the special jaundice blanket (a preventative measure because she is Coombs positive) We had to get home really quick from the hospital to meet the guy delivering the blanket so we couldn't post any pictures today! Sorry! ( We have dial -up so I upload pics at my Moms...) Anyhow - we will upload those hopefully tommorow on the way home from taking Hannah to do more bloodwork.
Meanwhile, she is truly a gift straight from heaven and we feel soooo blessed to have her in our home! Emma and Russell both think she is "so cute" and seem thrilled to have her here! YEAH!