Annie was the only kid not kept awake by all the fireworks tonight.

Happy 4th of July! We had a very low key day here. Annie had an appointment for pictures this morning. Then we all went out to lunch this afternoon. It rained this evening and all the fireworks shows we found didn’t start until 10, so festive attire was the extent of our celebrating.

I had to take three versions of this picture, since each of the older kids insisted on holding Annie. She’s a very loved baby.

She was also pretty tired of pictures. She did well this morning at her photo appointment. I’m excited to get those pictures back. We have another session Thursday to finish up, since she only made it through about half our time today before she decided she was done.

Happy first fourth of July Annie.

And here are the other three kids at the same age.

Annemarie Audrey joined our family on June 19th at 8:11 am.

The nurse brought Annie over to me and let me hold her while we were still in the operating room. It was the first time I was able to hold one of our kids before Dave.

The kids were all super excited to meet their new little sister. Luke asked if he could hold Annie as soon as he saw her.

Maggie insisted throughout my pregnancy that the baby was a girl. We tried to prepare her in case she ended up with another brother, but it turned out she was right all along.

Unfortunately Annie had a little bit of trouble with her breathing. Her respiratory rate was too high. After a chest x-ray and a consultation with the local children’s hospital, they decided to transport her to the NICU there.

Annie was not a fan of being hooked up to all the monitors and pulled out her nasal cannula several times (feisty girl) and later her IV too.

Thankfully they were able to get everything sorted out (they are pretty sure it was all caused by too much fluid in her lungs) and Annie and I ended up getting discharged on the same day. Dave actually drove to the children’s hospital and picked up Annie and  then the two of them came to get me.

So the two of us came home together.

Here are some more pics from Annie’s first (almost) two weeks.