Meeting Family

It was uber cute this evening as the kids stopped by to meet their new baby sister. We weren't quite sure how James and Ben were going to react but it was so precious as they excitedly held her. Sam is blessed with GREAT siblings!

Grandma and grandpa were also very excited to meet the new baby.

Baby Sam is here!

Welcome to the world Samantha!

She was born at 10:52 am. 8 lbs, 1 oz, 20"

Happy 1st Birthday Ben!

Our Ring Tailed Lemur

The Down Side to Hardwood

It's been A LONG time since we posted, but I wanted to get this clip up. We have a lot of hardwood flooring in the house. We LOVE it. However, they are very hard on a little guy's knees. So this is Ben's crawl, if you can call it that.

"Rawr" Means "I Love You" In Dinosaur

We love you too Jamesy!

Baby Pictures

Here are some pictures from the last couple of days.

Mmm, yummy hand.

With big sister.

Meeting the baby.

Happy kids.

Digging the new cradle daddy built.

Welcome Baby Boy Billingsley!

We welcomed our brand new baby boy to our little family today.

He was born at 7:39 pm MDT weighing in at 7 lbs 10 oz and 21 inches long.

He wouldn't come on his own so we had to be induced. It felt a little weird for Steph to come to the hospital without being in labor but after a few minutes of the Pitocin and we were in business. After waiting for nearly 7 hours the doctor decided to do a "trial" push. That's all it took. One hard push and a couple little ones and he was here.

My first thoughts when I saw his face was that he looked like James but really we're not sure who he looks like. We'll have to let the swelling go down a bit to get a solid verdict on that one.

His big sister and brothers were very excited to finally meet him. Whit was a bit disappointed at first but all she had to do was hold him for a few minutes and she was in love.

First Steps

I know it's been ages since we've had a new post up here, and we have good intentions of catching up some day, but I just had to post tonite's milestone. At 51 weeks of age James has taken his first steps. Enjoy!

He took several steps after this and then, just to show off a little, he decided to climb 9 stairs on his own.

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