Hi everyone,
Check out our new pictures below, hot off the upload! The rest of this is a copy of what was in the email, so if you've already read it you can just go right to the pics! Thanks to our friend Amy Eddington for the fabulous photos!
First of all, thank you SO MUCH for all the calls, cards, gifts, etc. to celebrate baby Anna's arrival. I'm still working on thank you notes, but please know how sincerely grateful we are for such supportive friends and family. You are all wonderful! Anna is doing great and we are starting to adjust. She is such a sweet, content baby, which is great for #3. Of course we are so busy with 3 kids 5 years old and under, but we are so happy Anna is part of our family. She is full of smiles and has even started "talking" more this week. To us, she looks bigger each day, but she must still look newborn because everyone comments on how small she is. She is very feminine and petite compared to how the boys looked, but she is filling out nicely and is so much fun.
We had a great week with Kristy and Cherilyn's families in Las Vegas. They stayed in a hotel downtown and besides the bed-bugs they found (they'll have the email that story...yuck!) in their first set of rooms, enjoyed their stay! We had so much fun letting all 10 cousins play at the park, decorate pumpkins and Halloweeen cookies, have a fun Family Home Evening, etc. We realized that we have been blessed to see EVERY SINGLE family member on both sides in the past year. That is quite an accomplishment for families so spread out! We only need to meet new little Sophia now.
Today was the first day we all went back to church for the full block. There has been a nasty flu going around our ward, so we're glad we waited to bring Anna out. There are also SO MANY KIDS in our ward that love to touch, hug, poke, prod, and love litle babies that we needed to keep our distance as well. But we were given a great welcome back by our great ward.
The boys are doing great. Aaron had another soccer game yesterday and it was great to get some fresh air and sunshine. It felt so cold yesterday to us. At 9:45 it was a freezing 65 degrees! We are so acclimated to warm weather, just like the natives I guess. We got some funny looks at the park with cousins when Dallin (from Alaska) went running through the sprinklers without his shirt. The park moms were in long jeans and sweaters, but to Dallin it must have felt like summer! Even Jacob thought it was too cold to go swimming outside in the cousin's hotel pool and opted to just watch them while he stayed in his long-sleeved shirt. Too funny!
This week we have three fun parties to go to...one for preschool aged neighborhood kids from the ward, one at Paul's work, and a trunk-or-treat at a neighboring ward. We're excited for them all since Paul won't be here on Halloween. He has a business trip to Dallas, hopefully the last trip for a long while. He has no desire to travel often...just the desire to go to Australia next time they offer. Maybe I could go with him!
I'd better get Aaron ready for bed. The two youngest are sleeping already. We love you all. Write back when you can!
Love,
Amy
p.s. We are blessing Anna on Sunday, November 12th here in Las Vegas. We just want everyone to know they are invited to come, though we know we are SO FAR AWAY from most of you! We look forward to seeing a few of you then, and more of you throughout the holidays. We figure it may be nice to have company spread out anyway so we really get a good chance to visit! It will be great to see family and friends whenever we get the chance! We hope to see Mom and Dad Lacey over Mom's school break sometime, and the far-away siblings at least next summer. We're just staying here for the holidays this year and look forward to having Natalie join us for Thanksgiving. Paul has used his days off already and needs to stay close to work as well. Thank goodness for emails to keep us in touch! Bye for now! :)
Lacey Lines, the Holiday Edition
Sunday, October 22, 2006
Friday, October 13, 2006
Anna 3 week pics
Here are some pictures of Anna taken last week. She's doing well and we just love her to pieces! We'll try to send more of an update on Sunday.
Sunday, September 24, 2006
Five @ Home
Hi all,
We just wanted to give you a quick update on things here. We got great news Friday morning that they were going to let us bring Anna home! So after a bit of waiting we finally got her home around 5:00 Friday night. She is doing great and all of her blood counts are in the normal range. They just recommended that we keep her near sunny windows to make sure her biliruben levels don't climb back up.
Amy is especially relieved to have our little princess home so she doesn't have to head to the hospital every three hours to feed her. Paul is planning on taking a couple more days off from work so that Amy can have a chance to get some much needed R&R.
The boys are doing well with the adjustment. Jacob and Aaron both love their little sister, although I think Jacob may be a little gun-shy next time we offer to have him hold Anna. Both times he's held her she's pooped through her outfit right onto him. We wish we would have had a camera to catch the look on his face tonight when it happened!
Aaron said to Paul the other night while he was getting tucked into bed, "Dad, when are things going to be back to normal?" Poor kid. This was right in the middle of the seemingly hourly trips back and forth to the hospital which cut into his regular schedule of playing, watching his favorite shows, and playing Lego Star Wars with his Dad. But last night we had fun playing Candyland with all five of us and got to enjoy chocolate cake (sorry Ali!) and ice cream that a nice neighbor had brought over for us. Today Paul and the boys went to church so things are about as "normal" as can be expected.
Here are a few pictures of Princess Anna (just click the picture below to see a few more). Thank you to everyone for your calls of concern and prayers. They have really buoyed us up these last few days.
Love,
The Lacey 5
We just wanted to give you a quick update on things here. We got great news Friday morning that they were going to let us bring Anna home! So after a bit of waiting we finally got her home around 5:00 Friday night. She is doing great and all of her blood counts are in the normal range. They just recommended that we keep her near sunny windows to make sure her biliruben levels don't climb back up.
Amy is especially relieved to have our little princess home so she doesn't have to head to the hospital every three hours to feed her. Paul is planning on taking a couple more days off from work so that Amy can have a chance to get some much needed R&R.
The boys are doing well with the adjustment. Jacob and Aaron both love their little sister, although I think Jacob may be a little gun-shy next time we offer to have him hold Anna. Both times he's held her she's pooped through her outfit right onto him. We wish we would have had a camera to catch the look on his face tonight when it happened!
Aaron said to Paul the other night while he was getting tucked into bed, "Dad, when are things going to be back to normal?" Poor kid. This was right in the middle of the seemingly hourly trips back and forth to the hospital which cut into his regular schedule of playing, watching his favorite shows, and playing Lego Star Wars with his Dad. But last night we had fun playing Candyland with all five of us and got to enjoy chocolate cake (sorry Ali!) and ice cream that a nice neighbor had brought over for us. Today Paul and the boys went to church so things are about as "normal" as can be expected.
Here are a few pictures of Princess Anna (just click the picture below to see a few more). Thank you to everyone for your calls of concern and prayers. They have really buoyed us up these last few days.
Love,
The Lacey 5
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Anna Update
Hi all,
Thank you for all your prayers and concern for Anna. She is doing well and last night the Dr.'s said that her platelet and white blood cell counts were back in normal range after her treatments. They need to do more tests today to make sure they stay normal, but we know that she will be well.
Here are a few more pictures. Thanks again for all you do for us!
Thank you for all your prayers and concern for Anna. She is doing well and last night the Dr.'s said that her platelet and white blood cell counts were back in normal range after her treatments. They need to do more tests today to make sure they stay normal, but we know that she will be well.
Here are a few more pictures. Thanks again for all you do for us!
Monday, September 18, 2006
Welcome Anna Sophia Lacey!
Hi all,
We'd like to announce the arrival of Anna Sophia Lacey! She arrived early this morning at 3:10 AM. She was 7 lbs, 2 oz and 19 inches long. She and Mom are doing great.
Here's a quick couple of pictures:
We'd like to announce the arrival of Anna Sophia Lacey! She arrived early this morning at 3:10 AM. She was 7 lbs, 2 oz and 19 inches long. She and Mom are doing great.
Here's a quick couple of pictures:
Tuesday, September 12, 2006
Inferno Red: A Soccer Mom is Born!
Hi everyone,
This has been a fun couple weeks of exciting new adventures for us. We're still waiting on the arrival of little "Anna" but that's not keeping us from staying busy with all kinds of other things. Here's an overview:
First of all, Aaron started Kindergarten two weeks ago. He is so excited to be in school. He loves his teacher, Miss Van Horn, and has met lots of new friends. He has talked the most about the cute girls that he's met and giggles and blushes when he talks about them - uh oh! We'll have to invite the guys over for a Star Wars party soon!
Jacob is doing well and loving all of his adoring girlfriends. The other day in church before sacrament meeting started he had four different 2 & 3 year-olds come up to him to say hi. Little Olivia kept coming over and giving him raisins and cute little grins. He misses his big brother when he's gone to school, but likes having Mommy all to himself (for a few more days, anyway).
In other exciting news, Amy's new CD, FLY! 11 Songs to Help You Shine Your Sink and Soothe Your Soul has been released! Wahoo! We felt like we gave birth when this was finally completed. It was debuted at the American Mothers Conference on the Family last Saturday and it sounds great.
Now that Aaron's in soccer (scroll down to the next post below this one for video highlights!), and with the new baby on the way, Amy decided it was time to get a minivan (while kicking and screaming the whole way!). After temporarily giving up hope for her red Jeep Grand Cherokee she conceded only on the grounds that the minivan would be red...bright red...Inferno Red (as the Chrysler Town & Country website calls it)! After driving it for two days she says, "I feel like one hot mama in this hot car." It handles very well and we are both extremely pleased. It was also the only red minivan in Las Vegas (with the features that we needed), as our poor friend and car guru, Chad Leavitt, can attest. It was quite the hunt, but Amy held out to the bitter end, and now says, "Victory is sweet!"
We hope you are all doing well. Feel free to browse through the web album links above to see more sights from our last couple months.
Love you!
The Las Vegas Laceys
This has been a fun couple weeks of exciting new adventures for us. We're still waiting on the arrival of little "Anna" but that's not keeping us from staying busy with all kinds of other things. Here's an overview:
First of all, Aaron started Kindergarten two weeks ago. He is so excited to be in school. He loves his teacher, Miss Van Horn, and has met lots of new friends. He has talked the most about the cute girls that he's met and giggles and blushes when he talks about them - uh oh! We'll have to invite the guys over for a Star Wars party soon!
Jacob is doing well and loving all of his adoring girlfriends. The other day in church before sacrament meeting started he had four different 2 & 3 year-olds come up to him to say hi. Little Olivia kept coming over and giving him raisins and cute little grins. He misses his big brother when he's gone to school, but likes having Mommy all to himself (for a few more days, anyway).
In other exciting news, Amy's new CD, FLY! 11 Songs to Help You Shine Your Sink and Soothe Your Soul has been released! Wahoo! We felt like we gave birth when this was finally completed. It was debuted at the American Mothers Conference on the Family last Saturday and it sounds great.Now that Aaron's in soccer (scroll down to the next post below this one for video highlights!), and with the new baby on the way, Amy decided it was time to get a minivan (while kicking and screaming the whole way!). After temporarily giving up hope for her red Jeep Grand Cherokee she conceded only on the grounds that the minivan would be red...bright red...Inferno Red (as the Chrysler Town & Country website calls it)! After driving it for two days she says, "I feel like one hot mama in this hot car." It handles very well and we are both extremely pleased. It was also the only red minivan in Las Vegas (with the features that we needed), as our poor friend and car guru, Chad Leavitt, can attest. It was quite the hunt, but Amy held out to the bitter end, and now says, "Victory is sweet!"
We hope you are all doing well. Feel free to browse through the web album links above to see more sights from our last couple months.
Love you!
The Las Vegas Laceys
Aaron's First Soccer Game
Here's a clip of Aaron's first soccer game (or you can click the play button below). Go Speed Racers!
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