Autumn Lorraine Thompson

Autumn Lorraine Thompson was born on Saturday morning, April 5, 2008.  She weighed 6 lbs, 15 1/2 oz and is 20" long.  Her hair is quite dark (Molly's was also when she was born, and then it turned white).  Lorraine is my grandma's name, which makes her little Autumn's great great grandmom.  Needless to say she is very, very proud!

Thank you for your prayers!  We all had a great night sleep on Friday night, and conveniently Molly woke up around 6:30 am with a few random contractions.  At 7:30 am her water broke, and she delivered Autumn at 11:30 am.  It was hard, intense agony but God is faithful and mommy and baby are doing wonderful.

Daddy and Sammy are so proud and they are both such a big help!  Auntie Lisa and cousin Lewie are staying for the rest of this week to help out.  

Enjoy the pictures!  We sure are!

The Sweater

I did it.  I'm so proud of myself.  I knit a baby sweater!!  I started this sweater in July of 2007 a month before Lewie was born.  Since we didn't know if he was a boy or a girl, I decided to knit a safe color in a 6 month size.  I was told this was easy.  Ha. But with lots of wonderful help from the gals at Monterey Yarn, I actually finished it, 7 months later.  It's just a little big on Lew, so it turned out to be perfect timing!  I can't tell you how many times I knit for hours, and then ripped it all out because it was wrong.  I was determined and the end result was worth it.

Grandparents Valentine

These are our valentines,
These are our doves;
These are our grandsons
We dearly love.