The newest Hacking!

Getting ready to leave for the hospital...(we barely made it in time, but that's a story for another day...)

Introducing...

Kalia Jeannette Hacking

Born September 19, 2012

4:33pm

Weighing 6 lbs. 13 oz., 20" long

She was 8 days early and anxious to start her life here on earth.

 Just moments after birth...

 Bonding time with Kalia

 All of our kids have weighed the same within a few ounces of each other (besides Grant--he was our big bruiser at 7 lbs. 5 oz.)

 Daddy's little girl

 Miya adores her baby sister. Her two favorite sentences these days are, "I love you my baby," and "I want to pet my baby."

 Grant loves to hold Kalia

 So does Garrett. He loves how soft her hair is, and thinks it is cool she has a cowlick like him.

Shayla says Kalia is the MOST beautiful baby in the whole world!

Ty adores his little sister. 

 The whole crew

Kalia is such a sweet baby-so bright-eyed and alert when she is awake

 Kalia getting ready to come home from the hospital

Home sweet home!

It's a...

GIRL!!!

I was totally shocked, but Shayla knew all along that she was getting a little sister. We had all of the kids in the ultrasound room with us, plus a good friend we were watching that day. What a party! The doctor asked us if we had any names picked out, and before Tyler and I could say no, Shayla responded, "Yes, we're going to call her Elise."
Okay, at least we know who this baby belongs to now. :)

I am feeling huge but really good at this point. Four months to go before we meet our little girl. We can hardly wait!

Belated Mother's Day Gratitude

I am so grateful to be a mom. And so grateful to have such a wonderful Mom and Mother-in-law, and good moms around me to watch and learn from. My cute husband and kids spoiled me this mother's day with breakfast in bed, flowers, chocolate, homemade cards (my fav!) and notes, and did I mention lots of chocolate? Could the day be any better? We had dinner with some friends and Tyler made everything so I could relax and enjoy being spoiled.

I am so grateful for Tyler. He is so good to me, and so thoughtful and patient, especially through my various mood swings :) He makes life exciting and is always making up some funny song about everything. On April Fool's Day I was trying to sneak food coloring into the bottom of the kids' cereal bowls to turn their milk each a different color, but the kids woke up too soon and I was about to get caught, when Tyler stepped up with an impromtu song and dance number to distract them out of the kitchen. It makes me laugh everytime I think about it.

The icing on the cake this mother's day was being pregnant--knowing that we will have another little one join our family in the next year makes my heart smile. So, there you have it--baby number 5 is due on Dec. 1st. And this time we are finding out what it is, so stay tuned!