Baby Grace

What a wonderful weekend!! Our friends, Wes and Cristal, came to Atlanta for an adoption conference and stayed with us. Their two boys, Micah and Jonah, went to Grandmas, but Baby Grace, their 10 week old daughter, came to visit!

What a joy it was to meet and love all over Grace! Grace was born on July 3 (the same day we learned a daughter would soon be added to our family!) She is absolutely beautiful and it was love at first sight.

Wes and Cristal arrived late on Thursday but that didn't stop Jackson and Philip from waiting for them on the front porch. I was so excited to see how the boys would react to a baby. At first, Jackson surprised me by being stand offish with Grace, but soon, he warmed up to her and was smitten. Truly, he would not leave her side.  Philip was interested for about 10 seconds but as soon as he realized she wasn't going to play with him, he moved on to other things.

Friday and Saturday during the day, Wes and Cristal were at the conference with Grace so we didn't get to play. Saturday night they ended early and came back to the house to watch the UT vs. Florida game. The game wasn't great but it was fun to sit around talking with dear friends.

After the game, Wesley and I took the late night feeding of Grace. Wes and Cristal headed to bed and Wesley and I were reminded of life with a newborn!! It was a lot of fun actually as we reminisced about bringing Jackson and Philip home and talked with excitement about Elizabeth's upcoming arrival.

They had to leave very early on Sunday morning to get back to church. It was so sad to see them go. I can't believe how easy we all four fell in love.

We are looking forward to the next time we are together. Hopefully, we will be able to work out a visit with all 10 of us!!

When Jackson and Philip first met Grace. 

Every bit of Philip around Grace scared me!
She didn't seem to mind him attaching her & neither did Cristal who laughed while snapping the picture! It made Wesley & me nervous so we grabbed him and distracted him with a toy! 

Jackson on the other hand, couldn't take his hands off her! He was all about Baby Grace! 

He even helped feed her Saturday night.
Do you think we could train him to get up for the midnight feedings of Elizabeth??!