First photo shoot

 One week old and oh so sweet...

 

 

Emmitt James Williams

Our sweet baby boy was born on November 6, 2012, at 4:35 pm.

He weighed 7 lb. 15 oz., was 19.5 inches long

He was a perfect little bundle of joy with a head full of dark, curly (when wet) hair!  The nurse said she was having a hard time trying to make it not look girly as she was washing it, since there was so much and because of the cute curls. :)

 

We went into the hospital at 4:30 that morning to get induced.  We were so excited and of course didn't get much sleep that night!  (Oh yeah, Nathan got strep the day before, and the oven quit working that day also.  Great timing huh?!)  We spent the day watching the elections and just hanging out.  Oh and we had already picked out the name Emmitt before we set the induction date for election day with Mitt Romney running for president. :)  Pretty cool that it worked out that way though!  (We made sure to vote early!) 

 

Everything with the labor went well and I am definitely a fan of getting induced...and of epidurals!! (This was my second time getting induced.)  Grandma and Grandpa Peterson came the night before and stayed with Nathan and Ian, and then brought them to the hospital after Emmitt was born.  Aunt Julie, Uncle Lance, and Uncle Tyce also came to the hospital to visit.  The kids were excited to meet their new baby brother!  Ian was shy and didn't quite know what to think, and Nathan was in love with the baby.  He just thought Emmitt was the cutest little thing and didn't want to stop looking at him.  Both kids loved holding their new baby brother and were excited when we got to go home.  What a blessing to have such a new, special spirit in our home.  We love our little Emmitt so much and are so blessed to have him in our family!     

 

Crazy hair!

 Poor Nathan got strep the day before Emmitt was born, so he had to wear a mask.

 

 

 I love how mesmerized Ian was by his tiny feet!

 Love all that dark hair!

 

Next up...

In August...

 

The boys had a fun time running through the sprinklers in the backyard!

Nathan started First Grade!  He is doing really well and enjoys school!  They started an Immersion program at his school this year, which is where they do half of the day in English and the other half in Spanish.  In the Spanish half, the teacher does not speak a word of English to them, which made me kind of nervous for Nathan, but it seems to be going well.  Nathan has learned quite a bit and it is really cute to hear him read and speak in spanish!  His English teacher is Mrs. Sauceda, and his Spanish teacher is Mrs. Perez.  It is so fun to hear about the things he is learning, and so fun to hear him be able to read so well!  I am so glad he likes school.  He has quite a bit of homework every night, since they only get a half day of each, they have to study a lot at home.  He is always so good about doing it everyday without complaining, and I am so glad for this!

We went to the Wayne County Fair!  We hadn't been to it for a few years, so it was fun to be able to go this year.  The kids all got a ton of candy from the parade and we all had such a fun weekend!  Nothing better than a good ol' county fair! :)

 

 

I hit the 32 week mark with the baby!  (I'm almost 38 weeks now).  Wahoo!  Feeling huge, uncomfortable, and ready to have this little guy! :) 

 

 

July

Quick post of what we did during the month of July!

 

Played at the little lake here in Cedar...

Attempted a family picture with the tripod one morning before church.  Not too shabby:)

 

Tried to do sparklers, but they were basically duds.  Just burned and smoked, no "sparkling" involved. 

Nathan turned 6 on July 29th!!  He had a pirate party, which was great because I just took all of my sisters pirate ideas and stuff from the party that she did. :)  They made swords, had sword fights, walked the plank, played a canon ball water balloon game, and a few other games.  I think they all had fun! 

The pathetic pirate treasure cake that we had the next day as a family on his actual birthday.  Atleast it tasted good:)

 

 

4th of July!  (I guess the 4th of july should be at the top in order, but oh well!)  We went to the parade here in Cedar, and then over to the park for a few of the activities going on there.  We were spoiled by the parades in St. Louis I guess...the parade was pretty lame here!  Oh well, it was still a fun day! 

 

Ian didn't like the loud sirens :)

 

 

Playing in the backyard.  We found a cheap swingset at a garage sale at the beginning of the summer, and the kids have had lots of fun playing on it!