“Having a baby can feel like winning the lottery, getting everything you wanted for Christmas, and falling in love all wrapped into one.” ~Unknown

My sweet friend, Jessica, continues to capture the most priceless moments for my family! She was at the hospital moments after we took Nash to our postpartum room and took these amazing pictures…capturing just how much we already loved our newest little family member! (and capturing my tired, puffy, ‘just had a baby’ look!…I had NO idea I was in the background of most of these pics!!!…but I love how in LOVE I am looking at my first love and newest love!)  I will, once again, forever be grateful for these memories!!! {And, just wait until you see the newborn pics she took at our house…BE STILL MY HEART!!!…they’re too good!!}

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Click on “View Full Album” above to see all of my faves that she took on that amazing day!!! Can I just say that I LOVE having babies!!!

Nash’s Story: A Novella

Between Slickpaw and I, there were INSANE amounts of pictures to go through in order to share Nash’s sweet story! And, since the priceless memories were too numerous to count, I decided to break his little story up into chapters. That way, I could include as many words and as many pictures as I’d like! So, after 3 days of working, his little “novella” is ready for reading! Feel free to skim…or read every word! But, please take an extra long look at the priceless pictures and my beautiful Nash. We are so thankful that he is here and we love him more than words could say!

Be sure to click on each chapter so you can read them in order as opposed to scrolling down! :) …

Chapter 1: The Day Before
Chapter 2: The Morning Of
Chapter 3: From 4 to 10 in No Time
Chapter 4: Our Newest Family Member
Chapter 5: They Meet
Chapter 6: And All Before He Ever Went Outside
Chapter 7: The Day We Took Him Home

Nash’s Story…Chapter 7: The day we took him home…

On Thursday, July 8th, our last morning in the hospital, we got a visit from Dr. Guetersloh. Our LGA (Large for Gestational Age) baby looked perfect in every way…and Matt and I couldn’t get over the fact that he was labeled as HUGE! :) We were so very thankful for our fat baby!

We had lots of hospital people coming in to talk about discharge instructions, hearing tests, financial stuff, nursing and more. Sadly, Nash DID NOT like getting his feet and hands printed in his baby book…but I appreciated the nurse doing it! :) …We got Nash all dressed up in his little go home outfit and waited on his Big Brother (and Mammer and Slickpaw) to arrive.Instead of us bringing Nash home to Quinn, he really wanted to come up to the hospital so that he could ride home with Nash. 
When Quinn got there, he immediately wanted to hold his Nash…”let me hold my Nash!” So, we got the boppy ready and placed Nash in his arms! It was the most precious moment! (to add to our long list of precious moments over the past few days!) He even gave him “noggin’” all on his own. That’s a sweet thing that he and his Daddy have always done and we thought it was so precious that he thought to give noggin’ to Nash.     Then, we rode in the completely un-necessary wheel chair ride to the car and put our TWO boys in their places! My heart skipped a beat when I looked back to see them together. And, since I was feeling so good…and my appetite is THROUGH the roof, we stopped and ate on the way home! So, Nash’s first outing was to Freddy’s on the way home from the hospital! He snoozed the whole time and let us enjoy our fries, steakburgers and yummy frozen custard!      Then, it was finally time to bring him home. The sign that Quinn made greeted us at the front door, and Quinn immediately gave Nash a tour of the house. Cute.     I loved our evening. There was lots of oohing and ahhing over the newest little one…and, even though Daddy got Q a new movie and made a special movie date for all of us, the baby TOTALLY stole the show…especially for Quinn. He truly could not get enough of his baby brother.

 
So, here we go! Our life has forever been changed and we are in mad love with our newest little guy! Even though the thought of life with both of them is a little overwhelming, I know we’ll make it and I can’t wait to see the memories that we all get to share as a family of FOUR!

Happy Birthday, Nash Baylor Poe! We are so blessed to have you in our arms and in our lives for always!

Nash’s Story…Chapter 6: And all before he ever went outside…

Around 4:00, we were wheeled up to our pretty postpartum room! It was there that the celebrating continued. The next few days were full of family, friends and loving on our precious baby love. It truly was amazing that I loved him so much so quickly. Thankfully, I felt great…so the more sweet guests, the merrier.
First was some cuddle time with big brother while I texted news to friends. He was loving watching Wall-E for the first time! Then, as Jessica took pictures like crazy, we celebrated Nash’s birthday by singing “Happy Birthday” with the soccer cake Mammer made…and by Quinn giving Nash the singing cake that he was so proud of!The first guests were Shannon, Cade, Cruse, Pastor Randy and Steve. My hope is that Nash “imprinted” on Everley in her tummy! (a little Twilight humor for you fans out there!) I’m so thankful that we’re going to get to raise babies together again! Quinn and Cruse are less than 4 months apart…and they’re the cutest little best buddies. Nash and Everley will only be a little over 2 months apart! Sweet friends, again, I’m sure!  
Jessica was so sweet to be there right away too…and to love on Baby Nash…and then take pictures. I’m sure they’re amazing! (despite my ‘puffy, I just had a baby!’ face.) Based on her precious reaction, I’d say she’s ready for another little one ASAP! :)   Then, Nash’s birthday evening, we had visits from JR and Margie, Brooks, and Brad & Remy. They all loved him so… And, the next day we had lots of sweet people to show Nash off to…Sweet Kara & Meredith and their precious little ones…check out those too cute boys taking pictures of Nash & me with their mommy’s iphones! Cracked me up! We also had visits from the Wiebe Family, Lyric, Kathy, Jamiann, Nurse Mary, Alli and the Daggett Family! SO FUN!    And, even though Daddy and I got plenty of alone cuddle time with our littlest man, we also got lots of lovin’ from the sweet Big Brother. He came up twice on our second day in the hospital and was such a dream…lovin’ on us and his baby…and playing with all of the amazing Big Brother sussies that people had brought him! …He even brought Mommy some flowers. We love him so…      The rest of our time in the hospital was full of checking vitals, calling in room service, chatting with the passionate ladies from lactation, taking pictures, trying to rest, nursing my baby, and enjoying ever first moment with my new little boy. It was all so very surreal and so very perfect!