Anna Kate

Our Niece Anna Kate was born on the same day as Marshall. She was born at 3:33pm and weighed 7lbs 9oz. We took Marshall down the hall to meet Anna Kate the day after they were born. They decided to nap together in Anna Kate's bed :) We hope that they along with cousin Sam who was born on October 20th are going to be great friends. The Reynolds' family multiplied quickly! We went from 10 to 13 in a matter of days. 

Aunt Marcy loves Anna Kate

Baby Marshall's Arrival

Marshall Abraham Reynolds arrived on November 1, 2011 at 9:24am. He was 7lbs 5oz and 19 in. He is perfect!! We are so blessed!

Right after he was born

Mommy's seeing baby for first time. Love at first sight!

The family seeing Marshall for the first time in the nursery

Hello world...it sure it bright out here!

Proud Daddy taking Marshall to see Mommy!

Mommy holding Marshall for the first time! Love him!!

First family photo...Mommy looks rough!

Meager is so proud of her grandson!

Papa telling Marshall how much he loves him!

Aunt Gretta and Uncle David are so happy to be aunt and uncle for the first time!

Cousin Abbey holding him for the first time

Cousin Sidney holding him...she's a little momma!

Proud Grammy

Our Family of Three

Aunt Sandra and Marshall

Cousin Addie meeting Marshall

Addie loves to kiss the babies

Happy Papaw

Tired Daddy and baby

Mamaw (Great Grandmother) came to visit Marshall

Cousin Mattie meeting Marshall while waiting for her sister to be born

The Voss Clan

One Week 'til Baby Marshall's Arrival...

At our 36 week appointment a couple weeks ago we had an ultrasound and found out that Marshall was 7 lbs 4 oz and breech. Because he was already a big boy the doctor had little hope that he would turn so she scheduled us for a C-section on Tuesday, November 1st! We are super excited. We have been back twice and he is still breech. We go back one more time on the 31st just to make sure he hasn't turned before she performs the surgery. We can't wait to meet our baby boy!!!

Getting ready for Baby Marshall has been a busy and exciting time. We have been overwhelmed by all the gifts we have received for him. He is going to be one spoiled baby boy. We have had showers given by Mark's family, our church young mother's group, my work, Mark's work, and our church. We are blessed to have such wonderful family and friends.

Gifts from my shower at Banks-Caddell





The yummy cake and cute decorations




All the gifts from our shower at Hartselle Church of Christ








We didn't get pictures from Mark's shower at UAH but we got 2 Pack 'N Plays and lots of other goodies from that shower. Stay tuned for more news on Baby Marshall's arrival!

Marshall's Room

We finally finished Marshall's room. My goal was to finish it before school started and my wonderful hubby worked hard to make sure we were close to meeting that goal. He painted the room, put together all the furniture, and hung the pictures. We joke that he is "nesting" more than me...he has our house organized and ready for baby which I am thankful for! A big thanks to my parents for the bedding. By the way, the white sticker on the crib is gone now. Just needed a little Goo Gone to help with that. :)

Marshall

Catching Up

So it has been a really long time since I updated last. I decided to catch up tonight while Mark watches a scary movie that I am not interested in. Hopefully I will do better about updating especially since it is only about 8 weeks until Baby Marshall's arrival! We are getting very excited!

Summer flew by! My sister and her husband went on a mission trip to Peru at the end of July and Mark and I rotated with my parents to keep our 2 nieces and nephew while they were away. We had lots of fun and definitely got a dose of parenthood.

We visited the Hartselle Splash Pad three times.





We went to the Puckett's house with my friend Suzanne and her kids to spend a day swimming.



While there Wyatt learned to jump off the diving board and even got brave and tried some moves. He did great! Abbey spent a lot of time jumping off the diving board too. Sidney is still not too sure about it.

Another day we went to Bridge Street with Suzanne and her kids to watch Yogi Bear at the Monoco and ate lunch at Red Robin.



Sidney's birthday was the week after we had them so we fulfilled her birthday wish from us and on the last day Mark and I took just Sidney to Build a Bear Workshop to let her build her very own bear. She wanted a Smurf but since they didn't have any of those to build she settled for a blue "peace" bear.



We had a great time and learned a lot about parenting and now have a great appreciation for my sister, Gretta, and all she does with them including homeschooling.