sweet sisters

Emery Kate likes to play in her doll's pack in play and so we stuck molly in there with her. It was pretty funny!

Blake and I are already so in love with this angel...

Molly Elise Marable

Blake, Emery Kate and I welcomed Molly to our family January 10th at 11:03 pm. It was a long day as I was induced and waited all day to progress. Around 7 pm we realized my epidural was not working and I had to have a second one placed. I was very emotional b/c I did not think I was going to be able to push her out when the time came to push. After the epidural was placed I was so worn out and drugged up that I slept off and on the rest of my labor! When it was time to push around 9:30 I was so exhausted. I would push and then sleep between contractions. By 10:30 my doctor did not think she was going to come out and he thought she was bigger than we would have thought so I headed for a c-section.

I I slept through the whole c section, but it turns out the cord was wrapped around her neck twice and so it would have been very scary to deliver her vaginally. God was protecting her from coming through the canal! Thank you, Lord. It also turns out that she was big! 8 lbs 14 oz...20 inches long. No wonder my belly was so big :)

Blake was so sweet and supportive during the whole process. I am so thankful God placed him in my life as my "suitable helper"...he is that and more!!!

These girls are going to adore their daddy!

A lot of our family stayed up till after midnight to meet Miss Molly including Emery Kate! They said she had the most energy of them all! I am so thankful that Blake and I have such a loving and supportive family to wait all day with us!

I like this pic of Molly and Campbell pursing their lips!

PawPaw (blake's dad) and Molly

our first family of four picture...Emery Kate has not been too interested in her baby sister yet.

She is loving all the attention everyone is giving her!

Thanks for everyone's prayers...we are so thankful for our healthy baby girl!!

EK and Molly's room

My friend Darrah Gooden made this for above the crib. It is all tissue paper...so amazing. She is super talented...click here

Emery Kate is eventually going to move to this toddler bed. For a few months we have a bassinet that molly will use and EK will stay in the crib.

I found this adorable tree decal on Etsy.

such a great comfy chair for reading books and nursing.

the third roomate...fishy

Sweet B painted my toenails today b/c I didn't think I would do a good job with this huge belly. EK wanted hers painted too...so cute. I love her feet.

her last day as an only child. I love you Emery Kate. You are going to be a great big sister.

Christmas 2010

We had a great Christmas this year. It started the week before when my parents came to Dallas for Christmas with them and the annual Sudan Christmas Cookie Decorating contest. It was super fun! Emery Kate really enjoyed decorating the cookies (or actually just eating them!).
She LOVES sprinkles!

Jason and Christy

Mary Beth (the artist)
some of the cookies

the winners ( I was excited to place 3rd as I haven't won in many years)

the losers :(

We went down to Blake's dad and Debbie's house aka the funny farm on the 23rd. Below is PawPaw and Bebe with their grandkids.

Emery Kate loved unwrapping the presents. She was good at it!

We went to the First Methodist Church of Waco's christmas eve service. It was really sweet. So important to focus on the reason why we are celebrating Christmas. I want Emery Kate to understand what it is all about. I look forward to next year as I'm sure she will understand it so much more.

EK and PawPaw

On Christmas Eve after the candlelight service we went over to Blake's mom's house for dinner and that's where Blake, EK and I spent the night. Here are more pics of the grandkids. EK has fun with all her cousins and gets a little spoiled being the youngest. I don't know what she's going to do when she has more competition

with Molly's arrival :) Her Aunt CC and uncle Jon gave her this shopping cart. She was very excited about it!Aunt CC and EK

our fam of 3 (soon to be 4!)

For Christmas we got EK a kitchen. Blake put it together Christmas Eve (it took about 3 hours) and it was so fun to give it to her Christmas morning. She starting playing and then looked over at us and said "thank you" ....so sweet!

Her Grandmommy got her fun kitchen cookware and plastic food.

I LOVE these two.

I feel like it was a special time for us with Emery Kate as things are about to change in a few days. We are so excited for Molly's arrival, but I know I am so thankful for the past 20 months of our time as a family of three. Blake and I are so blessed to have Emery Kate. She is so sweet and such a joy. I know she is going to be an amazing big sister. Pray for her during the upcoming transition. I am also so thankful for Blake. He is such an amazing daddy to Emery Kate and I know she has completely stolen his heart. He is about to have a house full of girls, but I know he wouldn't change it for the world. I am so blessed and I am eager to see all that 2011 holds.

A not so jolly Santa visit and other pics

Emery Kate had her first visit to Santa this weekend and as you can tell she did NOT enjoy it. When we left Blake said "it's probably good for her to have a healthy fear of an old man dressed in a costume." True...
Sweet pics from today

I feel like this is a face I gave my dad a lot when he would want to take my picture.

Aunt B took some cute ones of EK the other day when she was watching her.

P.S. Thanks for all the comments about the name for baby girl! I loved hearing everyone's opinions! We are pretty sure it is going to be Molly Elise Marable but Blake won't let me make an official announcement yet!

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