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!

january happenings

the new year is here, so i guess it's time i finally blogged again.

  

well with a new year comes a new time for church.  now that we have the afternoon church we are trying to fill our children's morning with good things.  luckily we have a daughter who loves the friend magazine and the fun activities inside.

we took advantage of the free day at the zoo as a family.  we love our zoo.

we've welcomed in this new year with some illnesses in our home.  but i say better now than later when the baby is here.  i'm glad the kids are getting it out of their systems now.  but, with that being said, sometimes when you have sick kids you feel like you are stuck inside and need to get out.  so i've been trying to entertain the kids with some new and different activities.

we made a race track around our living room with tape.  i thought tanner would particularly love this activity since his cars are practically glued to his side all day.

the kids wanted their pictures taken and posed like this.  i sure love these kiddos and the funny things they do.

i know this picture is pretty random, but i thought it was kind of cute seeing tanner line his oranges up in a row.

we also had the chance to see the new muppet movie in the theatres.  someone was giving away their tickets to the movie on craigslist, so i quickly claimed those babies.  the movie was surprisingly funny and very entertaining.

somehow, someway we've escaped the mounds of snow that is normally heaped upon us by now.  i just love, love, love it.  we have had snow once this winter.  although it was a little weird not having a white christmas.

the kiddos enjoyed playing in the snow and tanner especially loved "helping" daddy shovel.

hedin family christmas card

merry christmas from the hedin family

a visit to chicago

we made a little trip down to chicago at the end of october so that tyler could take the second half of his boards two exam.  it was the perfect excuse to crash at my sister's place with her family to see them one more time before we left for texas.

a really didn't take a ton of pictures while we were there, but we did happen to make a stop at a fun pumpkin patch that morning.  it was perfect because there was a kiddie area with a bunch of free things for the kids to do.  you can't say no to free!

no matter how hard we tried (well, how hard camille tried since i was trying to take the picture) we just couldn't get all three kids to hold still long enough for a picture with cinderella.  if you look close enough, you can catch a glimpse of camille trying to corral the boys to get in the picture.

did i mention that getting three little kids together for a picture is tricky?