On the Smith side of the family it has been a bit like the game duck, duck, goose in terms of grandkids. Except it has been more like boy, boy, boy...girl!!! Andrew's brother and sister-in-law beat everyone to the punch and had the first girl of the family. We knew that she was coming so we booked our flight back to Iowa from the Reno airport (they live in Susanville, Ca). We were supposed to drive up to Susanville on the 17th, her due date, but she is an early bird and decided to come on the 11th! (The trip to Susanville was about 9 hours in the car, but Jonah did AMAZINGLY well, thanks for wondering!) We still headed to their house on the day that we originally planned and got to spend the whole next day with the family before heading home on the 19th.
Brooklyn, or Kili, was so teeny bikini!! She was born at 7lbs 1oz so even after loosing weight and gaining it right back, she was still over a pound smaller than Jonah was when he was born!! It was so weird to hold a baby that small. She felt like she was made of Styrofoam she was so light! It was beautiful weather in Susanville and we spent most of the day outside soaking up the sun. Mel is recovering amazingly; she is such a champ! Big bro Hunter is gentle with "sissy" and Adam is such an attentive Papa. We had to wait 3 months before we got to see Hunter when he was born so it was a really special treat to get to meet Brooklyn so soon. We just ate up our time together.
We made sure to get tons of pics of us with Brooklyn while she was so small and even got a few with the cousins together. That was a feat to be sure!!
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Brooklyn is going to have to toughen up real quick with her big brother and big boy cousins, Jonah & Noah around! Look at the difference in feet alone between Brooklyn & Jonah. He looks so gentle sitting there with her, though. It's like he's propping her up with his little hand. Too cute.
Jonah's face is so funny in that last one... As if to say, "is this all she does?" Kili is super cute! Glad the trip in the car went well =)
We are so thankful you guys came to Susanville and made the 9 hour car trip! Thank you, thank you! We know all too well how the stress of a car trip can be, so really and truly thank you :) It was great seeing you guys. Lots of love.
Too cute!!! That Smith gene is quite strong...I can tell they are all cousins. So jealous we weren't there. Give Kili a hug and a kiss from us. Hunter can have a High-5.
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