Last day of Preschool

Mckinlay has LOVED this past year of preschool.  She had her last day a few weeks back.  She has made a lot of new friends, learned a lot and has grown up so much it kills me!  Look how much older she looks from the first day of school!  

She was pretty excited about the last day of school because it meant the next day would be the beginning of SUMMER VACATION.  To celebrate, I told her would could go to lunch anywhere she wanted.  She chose to go to the mall and get a pretzel and an ICEE from the food court. :)

While at the mall, the girls got to pick out an accessory from Forever 21 -- a set of matching bangles.  They were pretty excited about them.

Mckinlay brought "thank you treats" for her teachers.  Her teachers this year were pretty great.  

Here she is with Miss Sally, Mrs. Futchi, Miss Yvonne and BFF Molly.  Those two cute girls had a great year of school together!

 Mckinlay wanted to be sure to get a picture with Miss Teral -- her K teacher for the Fall -- so she could look at it all summer and not miss her too much.  Needless to say, she is pretty excited to start Kindergarten!

Introducing...

Hazel Bryn Loveless

Born June 15, 2012 

8 lbs 7 oz 19 in

Hazel came a little earlier than anticipated, but boy are we glad!  Given another week, she would have been a 9+ pounder!  Happy Jo can't be here until tomorrow, so my original plan was to be induced on Thursday (the 21st) having her get here the day I came home from the hospital...

After my Dr's appointment last week we decided there was a pretty good chance I wasn't going to make it another week without going into labor on my own... After lots and lots of deliberation (like, I didn't decide until an hour before showing up at the hospital on Friday), I decided to go in and be induced Friday.  That way I could plan people to watch the girls instead of risking going into labor in the middle of the night and scrambling to find child care.  Also I've always been induced in the past and had no idea how quickly I'd go into labor.

Other than her head being big and it taking some effort to push her out, labor was -- dare I say --enjoyable and relaxing.  Ty and I chatted, we watched movies, checked email and got some quality Pinterest time in.  

Having her last week was the best decision I could have made.  Although I wish my mom was here from the start, friends have been so great about taking the girls and Ty's chief's at work have been super nice and given him a lot of time off.  Much more than anticipated, for which we are both very grateful!  

Ty's been so helpful and I'm glad he's been able to get a lot of time in snuggling Hazel before his schedule changes in July (as in we'll never seem him he'll be so busy).   Thanks to everyone who has helped us out this past week.  We feel really loved.

Having Hazel last week also meant we got home from the hospital on Father's Day.  I can't think of a better way to celebrate.  

We're all happy and healthy and I'm so in love with these little girlies of mine.

And these girlies are pretty in love with their new little sister.