family time!

Lillian has been big on "family time" recently. often at bedtime, we have to talk about all the things we did that day as a family. so we try to make sure we have some extra special family time too ... like watching airplanes!

here we are watching the airplanes flying over Cracker Barrel by the outlet mall in Morrisville.

here is Emerson sleeping away in the warmth of the car

there one goes in the cold night air.

wait ... here one more comes! the last one before we go inside to eat yummy warm french toast!

an evening at our house ...

most of the time Emerson doesn't wake up until the girls go to bed. i know ... he sleeps a lot ... just ask the girls! here is pictures of when he was X days old.



here is Gracie who is fascinated with the pacifer and making Emerson take it. we have to keep an eye on her, but she is just trying to help. she LOVES to take care of any and all of his needs. :)

this little guy is so happy being loved by his big sisters!

Lillian loves that she can hold Emerson by herself. she is so proud of herself ... and he looks quite content too.

here are our three beautiful gifts from God, we are still waiting on that patience that we know He is sending! ;)

a trip to Gigi and Poppy's house

Gigi and Poppy are Natalie's paternal grandparents and she hasn't been able to get down to see them much during the pregnancy, so it was really nice to be able to have time to go and visit them as a family.

we are all squished into Lucky's maxium, and that puts Lillian up front - which she really enjoys ... for the most part, sometimes she wants Arwen Grace's seat because ...

... Gracie gets to sit next to Emerson and hold his hand (if Mommie allows it) and watch him the whole time! obvilously she really enjoys it!

here is Poppy holding Emerson. i believe this is one of his favorite things to do in the world. this is his 7th great grandchild, but 1st great grandson and he can't wait to teach him how to throw a ball! (Poppy use to play minor league baseball! ... that is why Emerson is dressed ready to play ball!)

here is Poppy with LAG (Lillian and Arwen Grace). they had forgotten just how much they like this special man!

this is our children with their wonderful great grandparents who they unfortunatly don't get to see enough. (and this one has Gigi in it - she is really hard to catch on camera, but we all love her and therefore will continue to try. :) )

we had a really fun day there. we even got to see Natalie's aunt and uncle and cousins. we don't get to see them very often either. we miss them all and were glad for the chance to visit and catch up. love you all! and here's too seeing you soon!

He's Here!!!

Emerson Chase Wick was born on Saturday, October 20th at 4:27pm. He was excaltly 8 lbs and 0 oz and was 21.5" long. Everyone is doing extremely well and are right now just learning how to adjust to being a family of 5. The parents are learning (and desperently praying for) patience and the girls are learning how to put their little brother first. The girls are both going to tell me what they want you to know about them and their little brother on their blogs. You should go check them out, as well as Emerson's blog. Their links are listed below:

Lillian's: http://lillianwick.blogspot.com

Arwen Grace's: http://arwengrace.blogspot.com

Emerson's: http://emersonchase.blogspot.com

and our family's online photo album is at: http://picasaweb.google.com/nataliewick