We got home from the hospital with Hunter a little while before Hailey came home from school.  She was so happy we were there when she got home.

The very proud big sister with her new baby brother.

Hailey couldn’t wait for Dottie to meet Hunter so it was time for an introduction:

Dottie checking to see what Hailey was holding.

Hunter taking a little nap in his bed… and by little nap I do mean little nap.  He doesn’t like to sleep for very long unless someone is holding him.

Hunter wearing his pajamas from Hailey, all ready for bed in the cradle.  Hailey used this cradle when she was born and I slept in it as a baby as did my brothers.

We are so happy and feel so blessed with our family!

Hunter Andrew arrived on December 16th at 10:25am.  He weighed 9 pounds and was 20.5 inches long.

Proud big sister Hailey holding her new brother Hunter.

Hailey brought some presents for Hunter- she’s showing him the Lion King stuffed animal she got for him.

Hunter’s other big sister Brooke stopped by to visit him.

Hunter had some other visitors too.  These were his gift to Hailey and she thought they might like to see what he looked like.

One of the really neat things about Hunter’s birthday is that on the very same day- 12 hours and 20 minutes later, his cousin Britany was born down the hall!

Hailey and Hunter  We are very blessed!!

Hailey and Hunter with Pa.

Hailey made several pictures for Hunter and hung them on his crib.

Hunter all ready to go home!

We went to the mall over the weekend so Hailey could see Santa.  She told me she only wanted to see him if he was the real Santa.  She has seen the Santas who clearly have a fake beard on and she is not interested in seeing one of “Santa’s helpers.”  Fortunately it was the real Santa at the mall:

2011

I’m not sure how it happened, but I’m pretty sure that just last year this was how Hailey looked sitting on Santa’s lap:

2007

Apparently it’s actually been 4 years

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Since I am due to have our baby boy any day now I have been trying to get all of my Christmas shopping done.  The most difficult person on my list to buy for is Rich.  Every year he is difficult and says he doesn’t want anything.  Of course I can’t just give him nothing for Christmas, but it’s so hard to come up with ideas for him.

During the summer I upgraged my cell phone.  I got an HTC EVO 4G phone.  Rich had no interest in upgrading his phone.  The funny thing is that when he wants to use the internet he prefers to use my phone rather than his.  So I’ve been thinking about getting him a new phone.  I absolutely love the HTC EVO 4G!!  And Hailey is a big fan of it too.  If Rich had one then Hailey could play with his phone instead of always playing with my phone

We have been with Sprint for a long time and plan to stay with them.  We get unlimited texting, roaming and data.  And we have a lot of minutes too- although I don’t actually know how many we get hahahaha.  No one can beat the deal we get with Sprint- I have shopped around.  And right now you can get the HTC EVO 4G or the EVO Shift for free!  So I’m very seriously considering upgrading Rich to of the Android™ powered EVO 4G devices.  If you’re getting a new line of service the activation fee will be waived.  The deal is only good until December 14th… so I need to decide what to do.  Can’t really beat free though