Audra Rose

As most of you saw Audra made her big arrival on Tuesday. I was on the list to be induced and got the call from the hospital just before 4 AM. We headed to the hospital where things quickly moved along. At 8 AM the doctor came and checked me and broke my water. At that time I was measuring between 3 & 4 centimeters. Between 10:30 and 11 I had progressed to 5 & 6 centimeters, at that time they said they wouldn't check again until my doctor came by on her lunch. Well come 12:30 my doctor came took one look and could see little Audra's head crowning. Within 10 minutes Audra had made her arrival. The hospital was a little crazy around that time, they had 7 babies born in an hour. We are so thankful for our little Audra she is such a blessing.

As you can see from most of the pictures her head was quite bruised from the quick arrival.

Our big girl, weighing in at 8 lbs 15.4 ozs and 21 1/2 inches long.

We were blessed to have my mom here with us for Audra's arrival, amongst all the other craziness she had going on.

We were also blessed to have momma Holt here with us as well. Nana brought Gavin in right after Audra's birth. He was not so sure what to think. In this picture he is washing his hands so that he can come see Audra.

Gavin's first view of Audra.

Aurdra & I with her grandmas.

Uncle Nate holding his niece for the first time.

Clean at last. Because there were so many births on Tuesday, it took a while for Audra to finally get her bath.

Gavin was much more interested in playing with the remote to the tv than her new sister, but what else is new.

Yesterday late afternoon we were finally able to head home with our new bundle of joy.

We are so thankful for a healthy and safe delivery of our precious baby girl.

Baby Audra Rose Holt is here!!!!!!!!

Audra Rose was born at 12:30pm today. She was 8lbs 15.4 ounces (only .5 ounces behind Gavin) and 21 1/2 in. long. Audra and Mom are healthy and feeling well. We are so grateful for the blessing of a healthy child that the lord has provided. Thank you to family and friends for all your prayers.

Friday Night Baseball Game

On Friday night we had planned on meeting our friends the Arnolds at the Children's Museum for the free night again, but to our surprise it was quite a chaotic mess. Not only was it over 100 degrees and a long line to get to the doors, they then gave you a number and wouldn't let you enter until they called your number. We waited probably a good 45 minutes in line to get a number and then decided that this was probably not going to be worth it. So Kevin made a few calls to old friends and was able to get us tickets to the baseball game. Instead we enjoyed seats right behind home plate at the Diamondbacks game. Gavin and Baylor had quite an enjoyable time still playing with each other and cheering on the Dbacks.

National Donut Day!

I'm not sure if you were aware, but yesterday was National Donut Day and we took full advantage! First stop Dunkin Donuts.

If you bought a beverage you got a free donut and Gavin loves his donuts!

We then stopped by some garage sales and headed toward our second stop, Krispy Kreme.

Even more than the donut Gavin enjoyed greeting everyone at the door.

How can you not resist that smile.

We then stopped by the park for a little baseball. Grammy got Gavin his first baseball bat and ball, they work much better for baseball than his standby sword and basketball.

We're still working on using two hands on the bat.

What a good day, except still no Audra and the hot, hot sun.

Grammy's Birthday!

To celebrate Grammy's birthday we went out to the White Chocolate Grill on Saturday and enjoyed a wonderful dinner. Grammy enjoyed a wonderful salmon and Gavin got to take his first taste and loved it.