Welcome Zoie Adele Anderson!

KaraLee and I (and Grant and Madelynn) welcomed baby Zoie Adele Anderson into our family on Monday, January 30, 2012 at 11:38am! She was born at 8 lbs and 20 inches (nice round numbers). I won't post the details of the labor and birth here, but suffice it to say that things went very well and KaraLee and Zoie are both doing great. :) I'll just let the pictures speak for themselves:

Now We're Ready!

Now we are ready for baby #3! Chris and I finished her room last night at 11:00pm. People always ask whether or not I'm ready for another baby and before 11pm last night, my answer would have been "no." But now that she has a place to live, she is welcome to come anytime.

I thought I took a complete "Before" photo, but I can't find it anywhere. So here is a small shot of the baby's room. The entire room was this dark maroon color with brown trim.

We decided to paint the room a neutral light green and to install white bead board on the lower half. The bead board was actually a lot easier to install than we thought. I LOVE the way it turned out!

We replaced all the brown trim with white, replaced light switch and outlet plates and painted the original door white. Now we just need a baby to move in and decorate the place!

We are ready for our little baby to come, but I'm not sure the current baby is. Madelynn has had a hard time accepting that this isn't her crib anymore and someone smaller is coming to town. Poor little girl, maybe baby #3 can bring Madelynn a peace offering.