The Horrocks Family: What Were We doing Seven Years Ago Today?

Friday, July 25, 2008

What Were We doing Seven Years Ago Today?

Happy 7th Birthday Leah!

A picture of Leah, seven years ago today.

Today is Leah's 7th Birthday! We cannot believe that we have a seven year-old! I posted some pictures below from seven years ago and looking at them today has brought back so many memories. The year Leah was born was a crazy year filled with a lot of changes, the biggest of all was her birth 10 months after we were married! Leah is such a happy and wonderful little girl and she has been a great blessing to our family.

Here we are at Joe's parent's house about a week or so before Leah was born. I gained a ton of weight (50 pounds!) while I was pregnant with Leah.

Here I am in the hospital a few days before Leah was born. I was on bed rest for months and I was admitted to the hospital at about 37 weeks for an early delivery because my blood pressure was very high. I was looking forward to a natural birth, but after two days of the doctors trying to induce labor and not much progress (her head was tilted wrong), I was all for a c-section.

Here she is! Three weeks early with a ton of hair, 7 lb 1.5 oz and 20 inches long.

This is our first family picture. (I was a bit swollen because of my blood pressure along with the bags and bags of IV solution that they gave me during the two days they tried to induce labor.)

Brand new Daddy with baby Leah in the hospital. Joe was so tired! He was taking finals at school the week Leah was born.

Me, Leah and Dr. Weick (he delivered Mason too) the day before we went home from the hospital.

Joe looks so young in this picture!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: I remember the special day that Leah became part of our family. Grandpa Horrocks and I were so thrilled to have another beautiful granddaughter to hold, watch grow and marvel at. Love you....Grandma Horrocks; July 26, 2008 at 4:33 PM

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About Janell

Janell's greatest happiness in life comes from being a wife and mother. She has greatly enjoyed homeschooling all three children during the last five years. While homeschooling is an education in itself, she desires to one day go back to school and pursue a career in nursing.

Janell is a homebody at heart and enjoys gardening, going on evening walks, knitting, learning to cook healthy foods, photography, hiking, yoga, going to the hair salon, and is always learning about something new and interesting. Janell's personality type is: ISFJ

About Leah

Leah is an extraordinary person and she loves and is kind to everyone. Leah is also very creative; she enjoys going to art class and doing any kind of artsy project. She is a wonderful big sister and helps a lot with her baby sister. We almost never catch her without a book in her hand and she is almost always reading several books at a time. Leah loves all animals and has a particular fascination with horses. She dreams of owning a horse ranch in Wyoming or Kentucky when she grows up.

A fun fact about Leah is that she is the only extravert personality type in our little family (ENFP to be exact).

Leah also just finished Suzuki Violin Book 1!

About Mason

Boys like Mason are few and far between. He very sweet, logical and a quick thinker (he is a really smart kid). He watches his dad very closely and tries to be just like him. He enjoys building Lego creations, coloring, playing his violin, watching Star Wars movies, paying soccer, dressing up as his own super hero creations, and playing with Leah. He has very quickly picked up Math and Spelling/Reading this year and he has been so excited about it! His goal is to pass Leah up in all subjects:) He especially enjoys Science; I am always finding his experiments all over the house.

A fun fact about Mason is that he is sure his wife will know a lot about babies (he loves babies) when he gets married and he says he wants to be either a dentist or a doctor when he grows up. Mason's Personality Type is: ISTJ-just like his dad!

About Cecilia

Cecilia is truly the princess of the house and she seems to have everyone under her spell:) She is sweet and very affectionate; she loves to give hugs and kisses, especially to her daddy when he comes home from work. A fun fact about Cecilia is that she is our only baby with sparkly blue eyes.

Cecilia is a very observant baby and I can always see the wheels turning in her head. I am always surprised at what she learns and is able to figure out. She may seem quiet, but watch out! She is our loudest baby. I honestly think she feels as though she needs to make a place for herself in our family and she wants all the attention on herself:) She usually becomes unconsolable when she is not being held by her mom. That means no babysitters anytime soon......