This is our little rental house in Kyle. And "Ruby" our Toyota minivan!
Princess Emma-Claire enjoying the parade!
Josiah and Sam watching the fire truck :)
Emma taking pictures of the fireworks with Daddy's phone! We had a great summer! For Independence Day we celebrated with Nanna and Pawpaw (Rance and Lynn) The kiddos loved the parade and the fireworks! The best part of our summer was the birth of sweet blessing number 3!
Olivia Faith's cheesy face just after delivery
Olivia Faith was born August 1st at 11:15am at home! We LOVED having a home birth and our midwife, Amber Clarkson, was a gift from God. She was incredibly patient and empowering! Sam helped deliver Olivia and was the best labor coach! The entire labor and delivery, all 17 hours of it, was incredible! Being at home, having the greatest partner, and outstanding midwife, made for the perfect delivery! It amazes me what the woman's body is designed to do. God's magnificence is defiantly glorified through the untainted labor and delivery process.
Olivia tanning! She spent 48 hours under the billy lights for jaundice treatment. The funny thing in her nose is nasal cpap. Positive air way pressure to ease breathing.
Mommy and 
Daddy feeding Olivia Once Olivia made her debut she had a hard time clearing the mucous from her little lungs and Amber decided she needed to go into the hospital for some help. We spent 5 days in the Dell Children's NICU where Olivia was treated with surfactant, a drug used to expand her lungs. Very quickly after she received the meds her little body perked right up! She just needed some help getting a good, deep first breath she missed right after delivery. The rest of our stay was to monitor her. We had excellent care in the NICU and highly recommend Dell Children's hospital!
Olivia's first bath. She was so tiny and yellow but she LOVED the bath!
Olivia's first photo at home! 5 Days old :)
We've spent the past two and a half months getting adjusted to having three kiddos under 4! WOW what a crazy wonderful life we have! I (Ashley) am still not getting sufficient sleep and running on God's grace! Both Josiah and Emma-Claire are totally in love with "livi". Sweet Josiah tells her "wee-u Ya-ya"! Translated "I love you Olivia!" Emma-Claire is such a big girl and most of the time eager to help me; what a blessing! God's grace is sufficient!! I've made a goal of posting every week... So please keep me accountable if you enjoy reading about our family!
Enjoy this fall y'all!
1 comment:
LOVE the update! your kids are growing up so fast! they're so cute. i have to point out though...the one spelling error you made was pretty funny. you said you still were not getting enough sleep and DEFIANTLY relying on God's grace! i think i know you meant definitely. i actually laughed out loud at that! i guess you really do need more sleep!
we love you and miss you! i'm gonna post a new blog with pics of Ari tonight, so check it out when you can. xoxo
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