valentine's day

we had a fun valentine's day this year.  tyler and i were able to go out thanks to my mom the day before valentine's day.  we had a tasty meal at qdoba together where we were able to talk with each other.  boy that was nice.  we love our kids, but it's always nice to have some time together as a couple.

we dressed little reesie up in v-day colors. 

tanner seems like a giant now that reese is here.  it's funny that days before she was born i was holding tanner and telling him that he was my little baby boy.

katelyn had the best time at school.  who wouldn't on a day like valentine's day where you come home with a bag full of goodies?  katelyn was really proud that her teacher chose her to demonstrate how to pass out your candy to each person in the class.

we finished up our valentine's evening with a pink and red dinner.  pink pancakes, pink smoothie, red strawberries and a dessert with red fruit on top. 

two weeks old

reese at two weeks old.  she left the hospital weighing 6 lbs 11 oz and at two weeks she only weighs 6 lbs 13 oz.  she is a little peanut who needs to gain more weight quickly.  this girl is really hard to wake up or keep awake for a feeding.

during these pictures reese really wanted to be in charge of her own little hands.  i didn't have much say as to where they ended up.  i would move them one way, and she would move them back again.

i know these aren't the "traditional" newborn pictures, but i wasn't going for traditional this time.  i just wanted some simple, clean, fresh, somewhat natural looking pictures.

heading home

after spending a couple of (fairly) restful days in the hospital, we headed home with our sweet baby reese.    although i did enjoy the recovery period in the hospital, i was anxious to get home to the rest of the family.

miss reese ava hedin

here's our sweet, sweet baby reese.  she joined our family on february 3, 2012 at 8:28 p.m. weighing 7 lbs 1 oz.  oh how we already adore this sweet little girl so much.

our little reese came out with a minimal amount of dark hair and a great set of lungs! 

here is the proud doctor hedin after delivering his own little girl.  it was a neat moment for me to watch him do such an amazing job on his most important delivery to date.

reese got to meet her brother and sister for the first time.  katelyn was enamored and tanner really could have cared less.  he just wanted to explore the hospital room and push the buttons on my bed so it would move up and down.

and of course grandma made the time spent in the hospital easier by taking such good care of katelyn and tanner.  we're so glad she's here!