The Meeting of Cousins!

this past weekend Uncle Mark, Aunt Kelly and Cousin Charlotte came to visit and meet Emabel for the first time! So fun having them around and seeing Charlotte with Em and imagining the two of them running around together in a few years!

Two of three meet...

Emabel meet one of her 2 best friends when Sara and Micah brought little Cate for dinner! It is amazing how much and how fast little Cate has changed in the last 2 months (see earlier post of our visit after her birth in June). Now we just have to get little Finn down for a visit or us up to visit and the circle will be complete! And just in case you were confused I am holding Cate (left) and Sara is holding Em (right).

Auntie Em AKA Big E

Little E meet her beautiful Aunt Emily last weekend. Auntie Em came for a visit to meet and love on Little E. What a special weekend for all! Big E is a natural with Little E and they bonded right away. Lil' E felt so comfortable with Big E that she almost peed all over her! And for all who do not know...Lil' E is named after Big E!

Grandpa Carter makes a visit

On his way home from dropping Dorothy off in TX, Grandpa Carter made a visit and was able to meet little Emabel before returning home to New Hampshire. She fell fast asleep in his arms! (Emabel looks forward to meeting Grammie Carter in early November!)

Nanet and Paul Paul

Nanet and Paul paul or Grandma and Grandpa Dixon were here from the begining of Emabel's life! We were very thankful and lucky to have them here. They helped with Em allowing mom and dad to get some much needed sleep. Not to mention the cooking and cleaning they helped with. So a BIG THANK YOU to them for all they did during their visit!

Is my Emabel cute or what?

Since we have been home from the hospital we have taken over 400 pictures of our little Em. She is so cute so every time she moves its cute and we have to take her picture. So I thought I would share some of her cuteness with you!!!

Wehadababyitsagirl!

On September 1st at 11:55pm I awoke from a dream. But not just any dream...a dream that I was peeing myself. I sat up in bed and quickly realized that I had peed myself. So I waddled to the bathroom and noticed that fluid was still coming out. So that is when I put 2 and 2 together and yelled out to Joel, "I think my water just broke!" And he replied, "Ok honey!" and rolled over in bed. So I repeated myself' "JOEL I THINK MY WATER JUST BROKE!" Then he quickly jumped out of bed, turned on the light and said "what time is it? what color is the fluid? How much? Does it smell?" My heart was warmed to think he DID pay attention during our birthing classes!

So after we woke up and calmed from the excitement, we made a call to the doctor who told us to head to the hospital so they could check me to make sure my water did break. So that is what we did.

Once we were at the hospital and had confirmation that Lil' Em was on her way we decided to call Nanet and Paul Paul (Dixon's) to let them know to get on the road so they wouldn't miss our little angels arrival. Little did we know that it would be another 25 hours before she would make her grand appearance!

September 2nd was kinda a blur. We labored, played cards, called friends and family and waited and waited. After two epidural (the first one didn't work), two or so hours of pushing, and lots of prayer Lil' Emily Winabel Carter decided to come into the world on September 3rd at 1:19am!

Here are a few pictures that tell the story a little better than I could write!