Tinsley is here!!!

Tinsley arrived on December 21, 2010 at 10:44 p.m.  She weighs 7 lbs 12 oz and is 21 1/2 inches long.  She is absolutely perfect!!!!  My family is all amazed with her full head of black hair.  She definitely has her daddy's hair!  We could not be more proud of her.  Tinsley is doing great.  The labor process was not as bad as I thought that it might be.  Toby and my mom were great labor coaches and I could not have done it without them.  The doctor broke my water at around 9:30 a.m.  I started pushing at around 8:15 p.m. and Tinsley made her debut at 10:44 p.m.(Aunt Whitney was the closest on the bets regarding her arrival time)  The cord was wrapped around her neck when she was born and she had quite a bit of fluid on her lungs that had to be suctioned.  The doctored ordered a chest x-ray just to be on the safe side.  The chest x-ray turned out fine and Tinsley is doing great.  Tinsley had quite a fan club awaiting her arrival at the hospital.  My mom(GrandMom), my dad(GrandDad), Aunt Whitney, Toby's mom (Nana), Toby's dad(Paw Paw), Aunt Deirdre, Aunt Sherri, Jason & Stacie Scheel, and Sherry Lambeck were ready and waiting for our sweet baby girl.  John and Christi Dixon came by during the day and visited with us as well.  Aunt Tiffany could not make it to the hospital because she was sick.  We missed her, and can't wait to introduce Tinsley to her.  Tinsley received visits from Jim, Sherri, Kourtnee, Clay, Kyle and Desi.  Uncle Jim and Aunt Janie Wehmeyer and Monty, Autumn and Lacy Redwine also came by to meet Tinsley.  We are so blessed to have such a loving family and friends.  Tinsley is the best gift that we could have ever asked for.  I think it is such a blessing that she was born during such a special time of the year.  I hope that she will always view the fact that her birthday is so close to Christmas as a blessing.  I know that we do!!!!  Here are a few pictures of our sweet baby girls first few days.

Tinsley was really breathing fast and seemed like she was really struggling.  We were all so worried.  Toby was with her while they were working on her and I felt so much better when he told me that she grabbed a tight hold of his finger.  She is so strong!!!!

Nurse Betty was amazing!





Tinsley and GrandMom



Tinsley and GrandDad



Tinsley and Aunt Whitney

Tinsley does not want to be swaddled.  She gets SO ANGRY if she cannot move her hands.  This little girl knows what she wants already and lets you know it!!!

Tinsley meeting Clay and Kourtnee.  Jim, Sherri, Kyle and Desi came by as well to meet her, but I did not get any pictures with them. 

Headed home 12/23/10

Ready and Waiting!

Tinsley's room is ready for her.  All we need now is our sweet baby girl!!!



Eagan has no clue how much his life is about to change :)



Ready to pop!!!

Just a couple more weeks to go...........

Nixon Shower

Kristi Boatright hosted a shower for us today.  We received so many nice things from friends and family.  We can't wait for Tinsley to arrive to use all of her new goodies!

Mady was such a great helper!

Mady, Grandma and Calley

Thanks again to Kristi and all of the hostesses for making today so special!

Uncle Harold's 90th Birthday

Today we went to Blanco to celebrate Toby's great uncle Harold's 90th birthday.  Harold is Toby's dad's mother's brother.  What a blessing  for Harold to be 90 years old and still in such good health!  We enjoyed getting to see family that we don't get to see very often and also got to meet some of Florine's family.  Thanks to uncle Harold and aunt Florine for a wonderful day!

Malcolm, Harold and Toby

Uncle Harold and Aunt Florine

Chris and Mady

Drew and Trey played a little bit of football

Sweet Mady

Mady and Drew- someone in this picture is less than thrilled about having his picture taken!!!

October 21, 2010

Drew turned 7 today!  It is so hard to believe how fast he is growing.  Uncle TT and Aunt Kristi love you more than you could ever know!!!  I don't have any pics of Drew from today, but here are a few of the daredevil from this summer. 

October 19, 2010

Today my mom and Whitney went with me to the doctor for my checkup to see how our sweet little girl is doing.  She is still doing great.  Growing and growing!