Regan the first few weeks

River and Mason meet Regan

Regan Pics

Regan Jeanne

Regan Jeannes is my sister, as Mason would say it. Logan and I do not have the heart to tell River and Mason that her middle name is Jeanne, not Jeans:) Regan is 8 weeks now and I cannot imagine my life without our beautiful daughter. She is a gift from God. She is an answer to prayer. She was born March 24th at 1145 am after my water broke at 3am. She is healthy, a good eater, a good sleeper, and extremely content. The boys are so proud to be her big brothers. They have never shown any signs of jealously, just love towards Regan. They still ask to hold her. When River comes towards Regan, he changes his voice to a soft, higher pitch voice and says "Hi Regan" and rubs her face, while putting his cheek up against her cheek. I swear it is the sweetest thing ever. Regan did her first real smile while Logan was holding her. She heard me talking and she followed my voice by turning her head to me and started grinning from ear to ear while I was talking to her. Logan and I could not believe it. She started talking at 6 weeks and loves to smile at anyone that will talk to her with exaggerated facial expressions. She especially loves watching her brothers. She goes to bed when we do and I usually nurse her between 2 and 3am and then again between 5-7am. She reminds me so much of River's baby pictures. She has red hair like River and his coloring and one dimple on her right cheek. When she smiles and opens her eyes, she looks so much like Mason's baby pictures. It is funny, I never thought River and Mason looked anything alike until I had Regan. She now makes them look alike b/c she has traits from both of them. Anyways, back to the birth story, Mom and Dad witnessed Regan coming into the world and Logan telling me "it is a girl." Mom screamed and so did Dad! Logan was such a proud Daddy holding Regan. You wouldn't have imagined it was our 3rd. I was in shock that we could make a girl:) Sharon and Earl were kind enough to come to our house in the middle of the night and to be there when the boys woke up. Erin and Linda spent the whole day taking care of R and M. Erin was amazing to do this being in her 3 trimester at the time! We were so grateful that they were in great hands! Thanks Aunt Erin! We came home after 24 hours just like when I had Mason, at my request. I'm not a fan of hospitals or staying up all night when you are there. I'll write more as I think of it but want to work on posting some pictures. I'll end with the fact that River tells Regan everyday how much he loves her and and how very happy he is to have her for a sister. Mason tells everyone that meets Regan for the first time..."That is Regan Jeannes. She cries alot." I think this is so funny b/c she rarely ever cries. She is an amazing baby but he knows that babies cry so he feels she should tell everyone that since she is a baby. Ha.

17 days

No baby yet. On this gorgeous 75 degree day, I am counting down the days until we meet our newest blessing. I have many many contractions each day but the doc told me that I am not quite ready yet. I believe we are finally "ready"...as "ready" as you can be. This is probably why I feel it is dragging now and taking forever. River and I have been throwing the football today and Mason fell off of his bike and got a goose egg. Tonight while playing with Preston outside, Mason told him, " I got a boo boo today Preston, it is a bunny rabbit egg." I about died laughing. We are still in awe as a family as Logan walks in the door everyday by 445pm. He just completed his first week of work with Jenkins Restoration and we are still so very humbled and thankful for this job. I am so proud of him and all of his hard work for all of us. He will continue to train for the next week. Getting up early is going to be something to get used too but the benefits of being home every afternoon with the family make it all worth it!

Thank you

"Happy New Year. Hope you are well. Thank you for the gift you sent to me. I bought a pair of trousers, wheat flour, and cooking fat. May God bless you."

I just sat down to read this letter from one of the children we sponsor, Moses. It brought tears to my eyes to sit and think about how sending a small amount of extra money to Moses for Christmas allowed him to buy a pair of pants and cooking supplies for his family. We are a world apart and our children are growing up in America, yet we share the same love for Jesus which unites us. When I received this letter, I could not help but think how funny it is that Moses is "thanking us." No Moses, thank you. I have been blessed by you.

We put our faith in Him and He answered our prayers. God is so good!

On the way home from school today: Conversation between River and Mommy...

R: Mommy, When is Daddy going to be home tonight?
M: Well Riv, not until late. You will already be in bed but he will come in and kiss you goodnight while you are sleeping and tuck you in.
R: Ohhhwww He will not be home for dinner or to play with me? It's not fair.
M: No River, but guess what?
R: What?
M: Daddy got a new job today. He starts in 10 days. He will never have to work late again. He will always be home for dinner. He will always be able to put you to bed and see you every night. What do you think about that?
R: Wow, Mommy. I like that alot. I really do.
M: Me too River, Me too.