Special Day for Big Bro

We decided to give big brother a little special treatment due to his new sister recently grabbing all the attention. He seemed not to mind too much…
We first thought he should give a little sugar to the reason for his gifts!

Next it was bring on the gifts!
Surprise! Two brand, new, big-boy cups with Elmo and Mickey Mouse on them… of which Nate definitely approved!

The next gift was a huge hit… a wooden, magnetic car puzzle! Nate loved it!! Thanks Steinman Family!

The next gift was a neat bath toy… thanks Grandma Sally and Grandpa Tom!

Nate was so appreciative and happy for the gifts he received… he even hammed it up for the camera…

Hailey Jade Wolfe is here!!

At 1:20pm on Wed, 7/22 Hailey Jade Wolfe decided to enter the world, so we chose to celebrate in style with a sugar overdose…

The day started early w/Kim’s water breaking at 5:30am… luckily she caught daddy before he was about to board the train for work, so he headed back home. After getting things together for the hospital, we headed-out around 6:45am
What a hard worker… even while waiting for Hailey to arrive mommy is sending out last minute work e-mails!!!

At 10:45am the epidural was given, and about 2.5 hours later, mommy pushed hard several times, making it look easy, and in about 10min, heeeeeeeere’s Hailey!!

Mommy and baby…

And Daddy’s big contribution…

Hailey in all her glory…

Now these are some proud parents…

Momma talking to little one…

And Daddy got his turn…

Then there’s Grammy and Papa who couldn’t get enough.

Big brother Nate had to be introduced… he and mommy check-out the baby from a distance…

Nate comes to get a closer look and is very friendly with his new baby sis.

Next it was up to our room to get settled in, and big brother Nate was a big helper.

Nate and his great-grandmother keep a watchful eye out on his new baby sis

Hailey’s 1st bath… trust me, she didn’t enjoy it too much…

Once in our room and with Hailey delivered back to us, the rest of the family on-hand piled in to jockey for baby-holding position…

Aunt Traci and cousin Sydney taking in Hailey.

Great-granny and Hailey

Grandpa Wolfe & Hailey

Aunt Kelley & Hailey

Memorial Day = Yard Fun!!

What’s Memorial Day without playing in the sprinkler, right? It’s easy to see we hit the ground running that day…

Sprinkler Fun…

And, of course, we had to get the froggy pool out!

Daddy even got in on the fun… running through the stream of the pool’s crazy-high water stream…

Then Daddy grabbed me to join-in on the fun…

Ok, that just looked too fun… monkey see, monkey do…

Ok, ok… time to put the monkey business aside and help daddy with the yard work…

Hey Daddy, I see a spot you missed…

Ending on a positive note… PUDDIN’ TIME!!

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