Pictures of Renae

Last week, Renae's Aunt Meggan came up to take pictures of her. She posted some of them on her blog.

Not only does Meggan create magical pictures, she had the magic touch with Renae. No matter how sad Renae was, she would calm down and fall asleep in Auntie Meggan's arms. (I'd post a picture but I'm not sure where the cord to my camera is.)

My Renae-nae

~~~We Did It! Well, Shonda did most of it but I certainly did my part. She was such a trooper. She did really good at not getting angry or upset. I am so proud of her.
~~~At 3 am thursday morning, Shonda's water broke. We spent the next hour at home before going to the hospital.
~~~We then spent the next 20 hours in labor. After that amount of time and no more progression than a 9, we decided that a cesarian would be best. Shonda went in at about 11 pm that night to get ready.
~~~Renae D"Ann Hayes was born May 1 at 12:01 am. She weighed 8 lbs. 11 oz. She is 20 inches long.
~~~We stayed in the hospital from thursday till sunday. We were released into the wild at 3 pm today. We are so happy to have this little cutie be a part of our family. We hope that all of you enjoy these photo's of our newest member!

Shonda: The 7th Month

Hello Family & Friends! Shonda is getting really big. Two days ago we were at the Hendricks (they live below us) with some of their friends and I was asked how far along we are. I told them 9 weeks left to find out later that I was dead wrong. We have 7 weeks to go. Thanks to Shonda for correcting me. Where would I be without her? (that was a rhetorical question by the way)

Life has been really good up here in Rexburg. School is going well for me and Shonda has been handling busy season reasonably well. She is a good little trooper. This semester has been nice because even though Shonda works alot, I still have time a few days a week to go have lunch with her at work. Next semester will be a doozy but both Shonda and I are looking forward to a new baby and some good challenges.

The snow is melting and hopefully before Renae comes sprummer will come (sprummer is spring/summer together). We dont really get a spring here. Uncle Leonard in his Doctrine and Covenants class shared that here in Idaho, spring is in our hearts.