Vale's First Picture Day

"You are the happiest, unexpected answer to all my lost echoes" -Ann Voskamp

Your timing was unforeseen, but only to us. We didn't know you were missing all these years, but here you are

It's hard to imagine now, how we ever felt complete before your arrival

Vale was only 3 hours old when my friend Virginia came to take her picture and capture the kids reactions of meeting their new little sibling. They did not know the gender of the baby until they saw her...the big bow on her head was a bit of a giveaway from across the room. Kenna was THRILLED. She's wanted a sister ever since she could talk. Her theory is that girls aren't annoying at all. We'll remind her of that the first time toddler Vale ruins something special of hers:-)

"Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition, but to our daughters there is something which there are no words to express." -Joseph Addison

Baby mine, don't you cry
Baby mine, dry your eyes
Rest your head close to my heart
Never to part
Baby of mine

Little one, when you play
Don't you mind what they say
Let those eyes sparkle and shine
Never a tear
Baby of mine

If they knew sweet little you
They'd end up loving you too
All of those people who scold you
What they'd give just for the right to hold you

From your head, down to your toes
You're not much, goodness knows
But you're so precious to me
Sweet as can be
Baby of mine

If they knew sweet little you
They'd end up loving you too
All those same people who scold you
What they'd give just for the right to hold you

From your head, down to your toes
You're not much, goodness knows
But you're so precious to me
Sweet as can be
Baby of mine - Baby Mine, Alison Krauss

We have a little collection of sloths going on for our girly, we're sticking with a W theme because these names just seemed to fit - We have a Winston holding baby Waverly (Wavy), Winona, and this little lovey sloth is Winslow. We thought it would be fun to see how big she gets if we take pictures of her over time with the same little blankie/stuftie.