family of four

We had an amazing newborn photo session with an amazing photographer, Callie Linsdey http://callielindsey.com/.  She took some adorable shots of Emma and some great family photo's of us four.  Callie was so awesome to work with and so unbelievably nice and not to mention talented.  Below are a couple of my favorite photos from the shoot as well as Emma's birth announcement.

fall is here!

Goodbye summer and hello fall!  As the cooler temperatures arrive we took to the outdoors to enjoy the wonderful autumn weather.  One of our favorite outdoor places to go to is Coopers Rock State Forest.  It has some awesome hiking trails and a breathtaking overlook of the Cheat River Gorge.  Logan had a fun time hiking the trail and finding "A-nuts" aka acorns, especially the ones with the "hats" on top.  I am sad to see the warm weather go but fall is one of my favorite seasons.  So happy fall y'all!!

 Collecting rocks

 Logan with his "A-Nuts"

fishy.

Well we finally got our first family pet....a much loved goldfish that Logan endearingly named "Fishy."  We have been meaning to buy a fish since Logan's birthday when he received the aquarium as a gift from Grandmama and Keypa, but just never got around to it.  So once Emma arrived, Mikey and Logan headed off to the pet store to purchase the Higginbotham's first pet.  Mikey said that the pet store clerk laughed at the amount of stuff he was purchasing for one measly goldfish!  Let's just say that this is fish is certainly living in style.  Logan loves to feed fishy and desperately wants to take him out of his tank to "hold" him.  So far we have managed to keep Fishy alive, which I consider a major accomplishment.  Maybe if we can keep Fishy around for an extended period of time we might move onto a bigger pet, say a puppy! (I can already hear Mikey's groan and protests of "No" haha)

miss emma kathryn.

On August 26th we welcomed our daughter, Emma Kathryn, into this world at 6lb 10oz and 20" long (pretty good size for being a month early!).  Words honestly cannot describe the love and overall feeling of blessing for our little miracle baby.  After everything that happened with Devan, it is so surreal to actually go through a pregnancy and have this perfect baby-love to swoon over.  We are so thankful to God for this amazing blessing!  She is such a good baby, I am still pinching myself.  Not that Logan was a difficult baby by any means, but I think with him being our first child and me being a new Mom it was just hard to traverse the unknown.  I had trouble breastfeeding him and he was what we call a "happy puker" not missing a feed without lots of throwing up (my best friends husband endearingly nicknamed him "vomit-tron").  Overall it was just slightly stressful for this OCD planner to understand that life doesn't always go according to plan.  In hindsight, I'm sure this was God's way of telling me to let go and just go with the flow.  So this little lady is honestly a breeze.  She breastfeeds like a champ, hardly cries and is a great sleeper.  I understand now that every child is different with their own temperament and personality.  Logan is such a good big brother!  He is so sweet with her, giving her a kiss first thing when walking in the door and constantly asking to hold her and love on her.  We are so in love with our newest addition to the family and are enjoying our new family of four status.