Finley Marie

Finley~
8 lb 11 oz
21 inches long
8:03 a.m. 

Is their anything better than this?
Their is no measure to the joy, relief and love you feel when a sweet new one joins your family. It is the highlight of my life. When they delivered Finley time just stood still for a minute. Truly, it has to be the best feeling in the world to meet your little girl face to face!

Great delivery crew! Dr. Juacin and Co.

I love that we got a Filipino doctor!

I love that Finley came out with a head of hair and cute chubby rolls!

 Meet you team mates.

It was so awesome to have people visit...we sure missed family but we
feel blessed to have so many good friends near by that were willing to come and
welcome Fin!

ps You look like a natural :)

First bath

Daddy....your looking tired.

I like to play dress up with my "free time" at the hospital!

 Tate wanted nothing to do with my prego belly and everything to do
with his new little sissy...glad he got over his issue of being the only boy :)

 The little buddy broke his arm a couple of days before Finley was born...bad timing.

Em is so excited about being a big sister...surprise, surprise. We are so happy she is taking
to baby well...she wants to share all of her love with her new sis!

Syd is trying to figure out where she fits in this new house of chaos and mayhem!
She plays such an important role as the "big"sister and I'm not sure what we would
ever do with out her.  She asked me the other day if one of my kids got in accident if we would
"just have another one"...After explaining that NO ONE can be replaced, we have had lots of chuckles over this. Are new funny around here is..."Will just have another one!"
We love you Syd.

I love that my Sister got to come and help..I would be so sad to not have sister power.
Look, she even brought Emmy a pacifier sucker...good job Aunt Cass!

Oh my heck we have lots of little people!

Time to start life as a family of SIX!
I'm glad I have such a cool Dude to take on this challenge...we must be crazy.
We love and welcome you baby Finley...get ready for the fun.

MAC DADDY

I have the cutest little brother in the world!

If I had a "vacation buddy list" Mac would make the top of it every time.

The guy loves vacay. He knows how to live it up and his wife (Angie) is every bit as fun!

I am not sure I can say the same for me a week before delivery but we had a few fun relaxing 

outings that we all enjoyed! 

Blueberry picking, swimming, a night out on the floating dock and some great late night chats!

Thanks for coming Shoell's!

Our little berry pickers!

Baby Cate!

Angie...my native Washington stater sister in-law!

Tate & George

Getting some dress up time in!

Vasa Park

Even in my final weeks of uncomfortable pregnancy I can enjoy the beauty of this place.

I am not exactly a good time these days so I am really grateful that Trent is always up 

for fun. Bob and Jenny met us at Vasa Park for a Saturday afternoon and hooked 

us with their toys, lunch and good company. 

After our park adventure we did a weenie roast up the canyon. We love a good camp fire

and a little family time.

Not exactly the sandy beaches the Philippines has to offer
but will take it.

I am pretty sure these guys are not getting enough of
the Mormons:)

This is the proof that I am SUCH a fun Mom!
 I especially love that the fudge stripe cookies are front and center on my lap.
(I usually strategically place small children in front of my belly...well, no more pride at this stage.)

Em is going to miss her snuggly pillow top that I offer!

The sweetest Daddy Doo in the world!

I always feel a little anxiety before we get a new family member. It's hard to not worry about how these

three will adapt to the change that is coming are way. I absolutely love each of them and how different

they are from each other! Sometimes I can't believe that I get to be a Mom..(and sometimes I can't believe that I wanted too) Ha ha!

REALLY, I feel like one lucky, happy, Momma...love you Savage kiddies.