Brooklyn - Day 2

Thank you to everyone for your support!

Both Mara and Brooklyn are doing very well.

We are expecting to go home tomorrow.

As you can see Ella is really excited, and she makes it known to everyone!

Last night we had a birthday party for Brooklyn here at the hospital with Mimi, Papa, Nina and of course Ella.

Welcome Brooklyn Kelly Wheeler!

Brooklyn Kelly Wheeler came into the world September 26th, 2009 at 8:38 in the morning. She came in fiesty and alert and ready to eat. She weighed 5 lbs. 15 oz. and measured 19". Both Brooklyn and Mara are doing extremely well, and Ella and Josh are more excited than ever.

Mara went into labor last night around 7:00 pm. She was extremely hot and had the AC blasted on the lowest possible temperature. The rest of us tried to stay warm even poor little Art.

Here are some pictures of Brooklyn's first few hours, in which she even got to meet "Uncle" Craig already. She also got to spend time with Mimi, Papa, Nina, Ella, Daddy and of course Mommy.

The most excited person out of everyone is Ella. She doesn't understand why we can't bring Brooklyn home yet. But she made us promise that as soon as we get home that we would let her and Brooklyn play together.

We will update everyone very soon with more information and pictures.

Sweet and Sassy Salon

A new kids salon opened by us that is so cute!! Ella got her hair cut there the other day and loved it. They do birthday parties with runway shows, mani/pedi, and then the girls get to take a ride in a hot pink limo around town!! How fun is that?!

First Day of School!

Today was Ella's first day back to school:) She is going to a new preschool this year so I was a little hesitant dropping her off but she walked right in with her teacher and sat down with some new friends (as I secretly RAN out of the room before she saw me)! I couldn't wait to pick her up to hear how her day was. When I got there she was little miss jabber mouth and told me EVERYTHING in about one breath! She was so excited! I was horrible about taking pictures because we were running SO late and to be totally honest, I completely forgot today was her first day! We have been talking about it all summer and then with the busy holiday weekend, I didn't even think about it until I was up at 3:00 in the morning and remembered! Here are a couple shots before we walked out the door...she is in love with her new backpack:)

Aquarium

We went to the aquarium last week for dinner and walked around. That was the first time we had ever been there at night and it was AWESOME! The lighting was really cool and you could see so much more. Plus there weren't as many people there so it felt like we were the only ones walking through. Our aquarium has tigers in it...really random but great:) Ella picked out a couple of baby stuffed animal tigers. She said one was hers and the other one she wanted to bring to the hospital for her baby sister:) We didn't take very many pictures but here are a couple.