Adelyn Elizabeth Hughes is here!

"Sister" is finally here and she has a name. Adelyn Elizabeth was born Saturday, March 13th at 5:47am. She weighed 8 lbs 12 oz- that's right 8 lbs 12 oz!!! When the doctor predicted she'd be at least 8 lbs just before I started pushing, I laughed on the inside because I have 7 lb babies (Katelyn was 7 lbs 1 oz)- well, I was proven wrong by having an almost 9 pounder!!! She has a head full of dark black hair, again a huge shock as KG didn't have much hair and it surely wasn't black! She was 20 3/4 inches long and is perfect from head to toe. She is such a laid back little one. I love her chubby little checks, she gets more kisses than should be possible on those things! Katelyn loves "baby Adawyn"- as she pronounces it. We are so in love with our newest addition.
Here is a proud daddy-

...And a proud momma-

...And a proud big sister-

Our first picture as a family of four-

She has already has lots of visitors. Auntie Gera Beth and Grandma JoJo were able to make it to her birth while Bubba stayed at home with Katelyn. Saturday morning after breakfast they came to the hospital to meet Adelyn. Then cousin Joshua, the Cotton's, Shane Walker, Bill Meunch, Jaime, Marcy, Christine, Gary, Linda, Christina, and Cameron all came to the hospital to meet Adelyn. JoJo has stayed with us all week to help adjust to life with a newborn and a toddler which has been such an amazing blessing to us! So thanks to JoJo for coming and thanks to Bubba for letting her be away from the homefront for a week! Byron and Megan are driving down this weekend and then Nanny and PawPaw are flying in on Monday. We were also able to skype with Aunt SaSa last night, so she was able to see those chubby checks via computer... I think it is safe to say that this little girl is already loved by many!

"Be joyful always"

I have posted before that we are teaching Katelyn to memorize Bible verses and we are moving on to verse number 4. In all honesty, I picked this verse more for myself this week because I need to remember to be joyful always while I wait on God's perfect timing! Sister was due 2 days ago and I have been having a little bit of trouble being patient and joyful. So, our newest Bible verse is, "Be joyful always." 1 Thessalonians 5:16 Simple, short, and sweet! I have been able to remind Katelyn multiple times a day when those good ol' 2 year old whiny moments happen to be joyful always AND I am able to remind myself when I am getting anxious about sister coming to be joyful always, even if I want her here yesterday!!! So, today I am choosing to be joyful always because I know God has perfect time for sister's arrival!
On a side note about sister's arrival- the doctor wants to induce Wednesday the 17th if she hasn't come by then (that will be 41 weeks). Please be in prayer that the Lord will be clear if His will is for an induction or not. Right now I don't have a peace about inducing, but I also don't have a peace about refusing an induction. So, just pray that the Lord will make His will known to Jared and I, and pray for a safe, healthy delivery and baby!

Sleeping Beauty

Katelyn has a very specific sleeping routine. She has to have her flower pillow, bear and blanket. As soon as she has that bear in her arms, the finger goes straight in her mouth and to sleep she goes! One of these days we will have to break her of the finger sucking and the attachment to the bear, but for now, I think it's pretty cute!