Welcome to the world Hannah!

 The Smith household changed forever on Tuesday, January 21, 2014. At 2:18am, my water broke and we started our journey of welcoming our second child to the world. At only 36 weeks pregnant, I wasn't totally prepared but excited to meet baby. We packed our bags, showered, ate breakfast, and called Tyler's dad to come stay with Sam. We left the house around 7:00am to head to the hospital.

 After arriving, I was admitted and the monitoring began. After a few hours of irregular contractions, we decided to stop wasting time and start an IV with Pitocen to help with contractions.

 I was hooked up and around noon began to have stronger, more frequent contractions. At 3:00 or so, they became very intense and one on top of the other. I felt the need to push so the midwife came in around 4:30 and got all set up. At 5:07pm, our baby was born.

 She was very pink and crying before her body was even all the way out.

 We were so excited to meet our baby girl.

 A minute after birth, she gave us her first pout.

 Mommy and Daddy were so happy!

She got to spend an hour or so just bonding with us before being weighed or measured. She ended up weighing 6lbs 6oz and was 20.5 inches long.

 Daddy's little girl! It took us hours but we finally decided on a name: Hannah Elaine Smith.

 The next morning, Tyler's parents brought Sam in to meet his little sister for the first time. He was so happy and excited.

 And our first photo was a family of four was a major success! Just kidding but I love it.

 Big brother Sam did a great job showering his little sister in kisses and cookie crumbs.

 On Thursday, we got to head home from the hospital.

 Poppy and Volt were so happy to meet Hannah. Poppy is being her watchful self and hasn't left her side.

 Kristen's parents came home from the hospital with us and got to spend a little time with their newest grandchild.

 And Sam has been enthralled with everything about her.

 Because she was early, we had to go into the hospital to have a few follow up checks. On Friday, her jaundice reading came back a little high so we had to get retested on Saturday. You can see the yellowish tinge to her skin below.

 On Saturday, the counts had increased by quite a bit so Hannah was readmitted to the hospital for some photo therapy. She had to lay in a blue light with little shades on. Mom got to stay in the hospital with her. It was a long couple days but we finally were released on Monday afternoon once her counts were lower.

Our little Hannah Bug.

Now that we are home again, we can't wait to spend time together as a family.

Gardens in full bloom

 All of our gardens are going crazy. They will need some major cutting back and redistributing this fall.

 4th of July buntings are out.

Sanding and finishing floors

 We needed to sand the master bedroom floor since the carpet had been ripped up so we decided to do the living room and stairs too to eliminate some of the dog scratches in the wood. First up was moving all the furniture out.

Then the floor was sanded to remove all the old paint.

 First coat of urethane.

 Third coat of urethane.

 Refinished stairs

 Refinished living room

Kitchen Cabinet

 We finished up all the stained glass pieces to install on the doors and sides of the cabinet. Then we moved it in place in the corner of the kitchen.

 The shelves and drawers were made and painted.

 Then we installed an outlet on the back side of the cabinet.

 The top molding was put in place, as well as the glass sides and doors.

 And we have a completed cabinet! It's nice to have some upper shelves to put dishes on.

Planters and Gardens

 We got all of our planters planted and our hanging baskets up. We added a few annuals to the garden beds as well. Everything seems to be thriving.

 These new garden beds in the side/backyard turned out great. They have nice colors and have filled in since being planted last year.

 Our watering helper.