New Arrival

One week ago today, my sister and her family welcomed a new baby boy into the world: Weston Edward! He is Steph & Joe's third child and boy was he welcomed into the world by his big brother and sister!

It was an amazing and exciting experience to share with my sister and her husband of course, but what was even more fun was getting to see how my niece and nephew reacted to having a new baby brother!

Ava, their oldest, could not have been more thrilled! At one point, she told my sister "I'm so happy I could explode!" She will definitely be a little mother hen! She doted on her new little brother and could not stop touching the little guy!

Noah, at first, was a little bit timid. I think he was expecting a new brother who was the same age as him that he could rough house and play tractors with! When he seen a tiny little baby, he didn't know quite what to think; he warmed up really fast though to his new little brother.


It was so much fun for everyone to get to come see Weston the day he was born! John & Terra and Sam came up to the hospital to see the 'little' guy... although he really was not little! Even Justin got to Skype some from Afghanistan so he could take a look at our new addition to the family! It was a little sad for me that Justin couldn't be there for this family moment, but we did the next best thing and I feel like Justin got to be a part of something pretty special, all the way from Afghanistan!



Since Weston was born on a Sunday, Lauren also got to come down with our parents. I don't know if Mom and Dad would have let her skip school to come to Manhattan to meet her new nephew... so I guess it was good that he was born on Sunday.

I took the kids down to the hospital gift shop and let them pick out something for Stephanie. Noah was really excited about the "really spooky pumpkin" and he picked the biggest one available! If you know anything about our family, you know we all grew up growing pumpkins for 'extra cash' as kids and now my Dad still labors away all summer to grown them. Noah has lots of fun helping out with the pumpkin chores so he especially liked this arrangement! As soon as he could, he was telling Grandpa Chief all about it.


One thing for sure, is that these two little munchkins could not have been more excited the day that got to bring mommy and baby brother home from the hospital. They practically tackled Stephanie with excitement that morning when they came to the hospital the last time to bring them home! They sprinted through that hospital door and gave mom the biggest hugs ever! Mom being away for three days was all they would take!

After several days in the hospital, big brother and sister finally got to take Mom and baby Brother Weston back home to Greenleaf! They could not be more thrilled... just look as those excited faces. I'm so excited for my sister, Joe, and their happy little family! I'm even more excited for Justin to get to meet Weston for the first time in... well, about 8 or so months. I will be sending Justin LOTS of photos of him for sure!