Almost a week old!

It was last week at this time that we got the phone call from our birth mom's mom that her water had broken. I can't believe it's been a week already. In some ways it feels like ages and sometimes it feels like it was just yesterday.

We have had a couple of outings since we all came home. On Saturday she visited Uncle Jason and Auntie Nik's place. She even got a view of their new addition at their house! We grilled steak and hung out. She preferred her formula, however. More steak for us, I guess.

On Sunday she met her church family for the first time. She was quite the celebrity! She was a very good student at her first Sunday School class! Jaden was loved up, too, especially by Tori who patiently sat with him during worship. He was mesmerized by the sacred dancers and the band as usual!

My mom got here today about noon for the next couple of days which is awesome. She even brought some great frozen meals that we can eat in the coming weeks. She babysat for an hour today so I could run to the Y and do a couple errands. It felt wierd to be out all by myself! We've got a house full of babysitters right now with Megan and Madison chillin' after school.

Here are a couple of recent pictures.


Jaden's first time holding Mackenna. He really loves her now! He loves to give her kisses.


Jacob was so sad that he didn't get to hold Mackenna at the hospital. He brought it up all week long, I guess. He is a proud cousin!

Uncle Jason finally got to hold Mackenna last Friday.


More tomorrow... time for bed!

Grandpa's visit

Today was a great day! And it isn't even over yet! My dad came to take Jaden to school which went really well. They had fun. My dad got educated on how to handle the stress of having a 2 year old! He got some time to chill with Mackenna and he also did some much needed grocery shopping! Thanks, Dad!

Jay, Nik and the kidlets come over in a bit for some fun and supper.

We're home!

It feels great to finally be home! Jaden was so excited to see Mackenna when Grandma Pat brought him over. He even had a little gift for her, a cute pair of booties. Mackenna is officially a night owl! She was awake from about 9:30 til 3am. She is eating like a horse and pooping like crazy! We are on our 3rd outfit of the day and about the 10th diaper and it's only 10:30am. Uffda.

Jaden is at school right now with Grandpa. Hopefully he's doing alright. He's probably showing Grandpa all of his favorite places like the gym!

I am looking forward to a nap later today, hopefully as I think I only got about 3 hours of sleep last night.

On our way home!

We're in the car and on our way home! Today was a great but very emotional day. After our LLS socialworkers got there we had very nice blessing service which we were honored to have a colleague of mine facilitate. Thanks Dave!

We are anxious to get home and settled. It will be nice to sleep in our own bed! My dad comes tomorrow to help with Jaden. He will help him stick with his schedule tomorrow by bringing him to ECFE. I suppose if we REALLY wanted to do the normal friday routine that would also mean going to the Y to watch the swimmers in the pool. Sorry Deb you probably won't have your regular fan to cheer you on!

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38 hours old!

Mackenna is doing great! She's a great eater and a great pooper! I got to change a really good one earlier. She doesn't really cry very much, only when she's hungry or unwrapped. Can't wait to get some swaddling stuff so that she stays wrapped up better.

Satin (our birthmom) is doing GREAT! She is helping me write this. We went for a walk around the hospital and now she's eating out, in my room, that is and we are watching Hannah Montana via netflix. Gotta love netflix except when the stream is interrupted.

Looks like we might get out tomorrow if everything continues as it has so far. Little lady is waking up so I better scoot.

12 hours old!

Drumroll please...............................................................

Mackenna Alexandra Peterson is her name!

Here are some pics of Mackenna over the first 12 hours! I want to write all about it but my one lone hour of sleep is catching up with me!


Auntie Nik with Mackenna. This is one of only a few quiet moments. He would only go up to her when Auntie Nik held her. His first site of her was me holding her and he went ballistic. It should be an interesting week!



Right after bmom and he mom got back upstairs after recovery.




An oh-so- attractive picture of me after being up for 24 hours.




Daddyand Mackenna

Just a minute or two old.

She's here!

Arrived at 4:07am. 8lb 4 oz 21 inches. Head just plain too big for our bmom. Very cute as u can see. Now have to pick the name for sure!
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