Sadie's love hath not wained.

Our Hippie Child

Audrey sported some tie-dye yesterday to match her daddy.

Becoming More Alert

Audrey is becoming more alert and active every day. It's so neat to watch this completely brand new person learning about the world around her. It has given Mike and I the great experience of learning how to be good parents--a lesson I'm sure we will still be working on 18 years from now.

Our Due Date

It's funny to think that today was our actual due date. We are so glad to have had Audrey with us for 11 days now. We had a follow-up weigh-in with our pediatrician today to make sure she is gaining enough. She gained 11 oz. in 7 days, more than satisifying the doctor (and making her mom very relieved).

Audrey's outfit today:

It has been a busy weekend for baby Audrey. On Saturday she got to meet her Uncle Shawn and Aunt Jessica, as well as her cousins ben and matt. Sunday we were visited by Audreys great Aunt Lois and Her Great Grandma Bouman as well. I was oveerwhelmed at how special it was to see a Great grandmother holding her Great Grandaughter.

Back by popular demand!!! Audrey has been a great baby so far and has made us laugh almost non-stop. Sadie has taken a REAL interest in Audrey's well being, and has started watching her to make sure she is OK. She is really good with her and seems to be faling in love with her as well. Below is some more hiccupping from Audrey.

Just a little something to satisy all those Audrey Louise fans out there.

Daily post. cute yawn. That's right, I am the guy making you watch his baby yawn

Everything Audrey does is awesome to us so please bear with us as the "Audrey with the hiccups" and "Audrey making her "I just made a doody face" posts come through. We both feel very blessed to have such a woderful little girl!!!

Catching Up On Sleep

Mike and I aren't the only ones in the family dealing with new sleep patterns. Sophie's not really supposed to be on the couch like that, but she's been doing so well with so much change going on, I cut her some slack.

1st dr. appt with the pediatrician went well yesterday, and Mike enjoyed the gushing over our baby in the waiting room while I was scheduling future appts.

Sadiegirl loves Audrey too!

So while Shannon was sleeping this morning I took the liberty of snapping some shots with 2 of my 3 favorite girls. This was all going swimmingly until Shannon woke up and put an immediate halt to the festivities. So unfortunately I wasn't able to get the outside action shots of Audrey riding Sadie that I was hoping for..........another day I guess.

Introducing Audrey Louise

Our little girl came a little earlier than expected, and we are so glad to have her here! Audrey Louise Wetzel was born June 4, 2009 at 6:48 a.m. weighing 7 lbs 7 oz and measuring 20 inches. It was a long night for all of us, including the grandparents who drove up 10 o'clock the night before only to wait all night to meet Audrey. One thing I will always remember about the first hour of Audrey's life is the sight of all four grandparents coming into the delivery room snapping pictures with their camera phones because they all forgot their actual cameras.

Mike and I are adjusting to no sleep that is completely worth it. We were lucky to have my mom stay with us the first couple of nights to help us through it.

We have had many visitors so far.

Brian and Yvette Duffy

Aunt Emily (Auntie Em!)

Uncle Timothy

Uncle Dan and Aunt Kelly

The Grandparents

The Reahms--still waiting to meet Teya :-)

Auntie KP