New addition...

Now announcing the birth of our 2nd daughter

Noelle Elisabeth Holman

She was born on December 17, 2009 at 4:10 p.m. She weighed 6 lbs. 12 oz. and was 20 inches long.

Here are our girls!

Lacey is a proud big sister!

And our happy family of four...

And I'll just throw this one in because it's so cute!

We're all doing well and having a ball with our new little Noelle!

Merry Christmas to us and to you!!!

The verdict is in...

Here's one more comic for your enjoyment!

Well, we had a dr. appt. today to see if my body is ready enough for an induction, and it is! Dr. Zittel said that we are good to go and that he'll see us tomorrow at 4 a.m. I can't believe it's already here. We are actually going to have another baby! I was playing with Lacey today and the thought came to mind that today is the last day it's just she and I at home together. It was a kind of sad moment and an exciting moment all at once. I feel blessed to be able to have two children and to be able to raise them to know their Savior and Father in Heaven. It's a huge responsibility and blessing to be these girls teacher and example in while on this earth. As tomorrow approaches (and everyday) I pray that I will be the mother that our Heavenly Father wants me to be.

The excitement is building and soon we'll meet the new little spirit that we are being entrusted with... It's going to be one amazing day!

T minus 15 days...

I crack up whenever I read this comic... hilarious!

Let me just start by saying I love this man more than anything or anyone...

(This picture was a couple Sundays ago when Tim got home from church. He took off his shoes and socks and Lacey put them on... cute!)

But, this man is a VERY close second right now!

This is Dr. Zittel. He is wonderful! He's my OB/GYN. I had an appointment on Tuesday and decided I needed to talk to him about my Christmas due date. Now for those of you who might be all about the "letting labor happen naturally" thing, might want to stop reading. I, on the other hand, have no desire to spent Christmas in the hospital in labor. I expressed this desire to my doctor on Tuesday by asking, "So, how do you feel about inducing me early?"

To which he chuckled and said, "Come back to my office and we'll talk about it."

Once I got back to his office he said, "So, how does December 17th sound? That's when I'm in the hospital."

"Um, sounds great!" I said surprised at the ease of convincing him of an early induction.

He then proceeded to tell me that it's all contingent upon if I had any cervical change at all the day before. He said that he'll check me the day before to see if my body is ready for an induction. He seems to think that since it's my second child, I'm good to go early! And I'm ALL about having this baby a week early ;)

So, December 16th we'll find out if our new addition will be born the next day. For those of you who happen to know what happens on December 16th are probably laughing right now and for those of you that don't... it's my birthday! I've said since I found out we were pregnant that I want an epidural for my birthday... I'll happily take it as a belated birthday present too!!!