More pictures of Brooke!

I love tiny baby toes!


Aww they love their sister



Such a good sleeper




I think she lookes A LOT like Shawn


This is how Brooke likes to sleep in her swing!

I can't believe it's been almost 3 weeks since we welcomed Brooke. She is such a good baby. Seriously, she NEVER cries! I hope that keeps up! She fits in with the other kids so well it almost feels like she's been here all along. I was worried that the newness of a baby would wear off after a week or two and that Abby and Shawn would start to get tired of all the attention that goes along with a baby, but surprisingly they have adjusted really well. Abby still loves to help whenever she can, and Shawn has shifted his focus from me to Matt, but that's ok. I understand that this is hard on him, and if Daddy can give him the attention he needs, I'm all for it.
I am getting really restless being home. 3 weeks is long enough! I need to get back to church and start seeing people!!! That being said, I'm also terrified to take Brooke out too much for fear that she will catch something and get sick. What to do!? I guess I'll just keep praying for winter and germ season to end soon.

Brooke Lynn Lewis

Brooke 1 day old


The PROUD big sister!



The big brother! he didn't really know what to think


Brooke was born with red hair! it's still kind of
strawberry but has faded a lot


Welcome to the world!


Big Girl!


So happy to finally meet you!



Brooke Lynn Lewis is finally here!
I feel like I had been pregnant FOREVER. Maybe it's because I was more tired and sore this time around and was just ready to be done, but I don't remember my other two taking this long.
My entire pregnancy Matt said that I wouldn't make it past Valentines day (my originaly due date was March 3rd) and I was caustiously hoping he would be right. AND HE WAS!!! Brooke arrived 3 weeks early on February 9th. I had been having contractions on and off for 3-4 days and Tuesday morning they got progressivly worse. Matt came home from school and I made an appointment with my regualar OB just to go and get checked out. My dr. hooked me up to the monitors and lo and behold I was contracting every 2 minutes! She said that as soon as matt could make it to the hospital she would do the C-section and we would meet our baby that day! I called Matt who was still at home with Abby, Shawn and my two daycare girls, and told him to call the grandparents to come and sit with the kids. Matt made it to the hospital about an hour later, and as soon as he walked in the nurse handed him scrubs and we were off to the delivery room. 20 minutes later, our beautiful baby girl was born weighing in at a whopping 7lb 10oz!!! It's a good thing she decided to come early because they estimate that if she had waited to come until her due date she would have weighed over 9lbs!
Brooke is absolutly perfect for being 3 weeks early. She was a little jaundiced, and had a slight heart murmer, but everything seems to be healing nicely. We LOVE having her with us.