bringing hallie home

after a couple of days in the hospital, we were ready to bring our baby girl home on may 8th! (if i would have known how little she was going to sleep that first night at home, we may have opted for another night with nurses! ha!) seriously though, we were definitely ready for our family to be together again and to start this journey as a family of 6!

it's tradition for us to have a picture taken of us with our baby as we leave the hospital... but we forgot to emphasize the with our baby part to the nurse who took our picture. yeah, i know she was in a hurry... i'm sure she had things to do, patients to take care of, but come. on. she could have included more of THE BABY in this picture.


we just had to laugh that hallie was chopped out of the picture... oh well. so while brian was loading up the car, i snapped about 50 pictures of her. she's just so squishably squeezable.


after stopping at 2 pharmacies for my medication, we finally pulled in the driveway. and here was the scene on the front porch...


seeing those kids jump for joy over their new baby sister just brought tears to my eyes. and then i saw the precious sign that they made for her.... loved, loved, loved it. it's still hanging in our foyer. i loved watching the kids ooh and awe over hallie before we could even get in the door.


we finally made it inside, and caroline and amelia wasted no time loving on baby hallie...


and ethan got straight down to business: showing her his newest lego creation!


this picture cracks me up! doesn't it look like brian is saying, "don't you dare leave me here with all these kids!"? ha! yep honey, i'm going to target! have fun!


the kids are still doting on hallie as much as the day we came home with her. praise God for these precious blessings!