Chelle and Logan told us way back in October that we were going to be grandparents!!! Rich was immediately excited and jumped up and hugged them. I needed more time to get used to the idea! lol I felt much too young to be a grandma - probably because I still had a pre-schooler. But over time, as Chelle's baby belly grew, my excitement grew too!
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| Love! This was on Mother's Day after skyping with our missionary, a couple weeks before due date. |
Being the youngest in the family, Mackie never had the chance to sit on a pregnant belly like her sisters did. But she did get the chance to sit on her future niece/nephew.
A few days before Chelle was scheduled to be induced, she came to visit us wearing this shirt. We had to sort of re-enact the picture because . . .
. . . we had a picture of me wearing it too, just before Mackie was born.
Anyway, the baby didn't come on its due date of May 23, so Chelle did indeed go into the hospital on Saturday, May 31 to be induced. All day long we were waiting to hear progress reports, usually texts from Logan. Although around 5pm, Chelle sent me a text saying "Epiderals are great!"
Finally, late that evening, somewhere around 10:30, we got a call from Chelle and Logan, telling us all about the birth of the baby and how much it weighed (7lbs 15oz) and everything - they just didn't reveal the gender. They did a great job of keeping us in the dark and then finally told us . . .
It's a girl!!!!
Of course we all squealed in excitement!!! We didn't find out until the next morning that her name was going to be Addison Rose. So we went to our Stake Conference then booted it up to the hospital to see the little sweetheart.
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| Grandpa was first to hold her. |
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| Addison Rose is absolutely beautiful. |
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| Jordyn is an Aunt now!!! |
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| Aunt Carlee |
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| Aunt Jenna |
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| The Moose represents Jasmine. Jas is a missionary in Mexico City and won't get to see Addison until she is over a year old and probably walking everywhere. |
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| I'm a Grandma now!!! I just turned 45. |
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| Great Grandparents |
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| Chelle is an awesome Mommy. I knew she would be - she was always so good with her 6 baby sisters. |
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| LOVE |
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| Monday - going home from the hospital. |
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| We went to visit them that evening in their new home because Katia and Mackie weren't allowed to visit in the hospital - they were too young. They were so excited to see their first niece. |
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| Aunt Katia and Aunt Bug |
Mackie and I went back over on Wednesday to help with a few things, and snuggle that bundle of sweetness of course.
She has the best hair!
The Next Generation of our family has begun with the most adorable baby in the world!
