Heading Home

After our hospital stay, we were all excited to get home and start our life as a family of four!  We loved getting to show Halle around our house and see Cam love on her.  She was super sleepy all the time, hard to feed, and not very alert, so we were a little concerned, but the doctors and nurses told us that she must just be a laid back baby.  Here's a look at coming home and a few shots from our day at home.

The girls ready to head home!

Sweet Halle snuggled in for the ride home.

All ready to go home!

The family all together

Trying out her crib

Showing Halle her room!

She obviously loved her first bath at home.

Drying our little fish off...



and then cuddling with Mimi after.

We were so happy that Grandmother and Aunt Mary Ann got to come by to meet Halle.  Halle has a lot to learn from such a special lady!

Our (First) Hospital Stay

We had a great 3 night stay in the hospital with Miss Halle and got to introduce our sweet girl to lots of friends and family.  She is one loved little girl!  My favorite moments were watching the joy she brought to so many people's faces...especially Camden and Daddy's.  Cam was a lot more interested in her than we expected and the interest has lasted!  He adores his little sis!  After our first three great nursing sessions, Halle went eighteen hours without eating.  The doctor and nursing staff assured me that although not typical, that was not unheard of.  She started eating again before we left, but had lost quite a bit of weight before heading home.  She also had a low jaundice level, but nothing that constituted treatment or concern.  Here's a look at some of our days right after her birth.

Our family of 4!

Camden meeting Halle the first time...

and the hug!

Proud Daddy

Sweet baby girl

Looking all bright-eyed after her first bath...you can also see she has quite a bit of hair!

Camden got lots of fun big brother gifts, but one of his very favorites was his very own watch given to him by Auntie Ashlee and Auntie Lauren.  He thinks he is so cool when he wears it!

Not sure she likes the headband...

Camden holding Halle the first time.

Nana and Papa came to meet Halle and take care of our little man.

Sweet Auntie Ashlee was so excited to finally have a girl to spoil!

Sleeping beauty

Mimi and Granpa drove all the way from NE to meet their newest grandbaby.

Cuddles with Mimi

Nana loves this little girl!

Papa and Halle

Cousins Mary Grace and Garrett were so excited to see Halle.

Aunt Kara looking at her precious niece.

Halle and Daddy getting some sleep!

Halle's Birth

On July 27, 2012 at 12:27pm, Halle Lauren Schulte entered the world weighing in at 8 pounds 7 ounces and 21 inches long.  Her c-section delivery went very smooth and her initial health looked great!  She was absolutely beautiful, cried strongly, and nursed well.  We were all ecstatic to have our precious daughter/little sister!

Last picture of our family of 3!

Mama all ready to head into the OR.

Silly Daddy all decked out in his OR gear!

Waiting to meet Halle...

She's here!!!

Sweet beautiful girl!

Everyone says she looks just like her big brother...but in a girly way, of course. 

Daddy putting on the first diaper.

Already wrapped around Daddy's finger or is the other way around...

With Mama and Daddy in the OR.

Snuggling with Mama...

Love cuddling with this cutie.

Our precious daughter...what a gift from God!

Catching Up...

It is hard to know where to start...so much has happened this past month!  We were blessed beyond belief with the birth of our precious Halle, but life quickly became chaos with her medical concerns.  For the past week, we have gotten to be home (the first three weeks of her life we were 3 different hospitals for 11of her 21 days) and we are so thankful.  Life is slowly turning into what life normally looks like with a newborn and we are all adjusting.  Most of all we are so thankful that God is healing our sweet girl!  So, here goes nothing with me recounting our adventure; we want to make sure she knows exactly how God has worked in her life and how He has great plans for her!

She's Here!!!

More info to come soon, but we're thrilled to share that Halle Lauren is here!!!

Halle Lauren Schulte

July 27, 2012 at 12:27 PM

8 pounds 7 ounces

21 inches

Halle, Mama, Daddy, and Big Brother are doing well!  Thank you for all of your prayers!

Camden's Big Boy Room

I just realized I never posted pictures of Camden's completed big boy room and figured 3 months late was better than never!  We went with the ever popular sports theme which is perfect for our little sports fanatic!  He does great in his big bed with no rail and stays in bed until Mama or Daddy gets him up.  What a big boy!

From his door

Big bed for such a little guy!

He LOVES his bean bag chair...it gets crashed into at least 10 times a day and is the spot for lots of book reading!

Closet and sports pegs

Toy and book shelf