We Are Home

We got home from the hospital on Wednesday, and life has been pretty busy as we try to get settled. Anna Dixon is just wonderful! She is the most precious thing!!! We are so in love!!! Please continue to pray that all goes smoothly. The 5 day waiting period ends at midnight on Sunday. We are feeling really good about things, but that horrible thought still looms in the back of our heads...please keep praying!

So, here is the story of our sweet Anna Dixon's arrival. First, let me tell you about her name. Tommy and I both really liked the name Anna, but of course she had to have a double name. She is named Dixon after my great great grandfather, Arthur Dixon Hutton, and Anna was my sweet cousin's middle name, Catherine Anna Hutton. On Monday, we arrived at the hospital about 10:45. We had a little trouble figuring out where to go, but finally made it to the right nurse's station. Our birth mother was just getting settled in, so we waited in the waiting room for about 45 minutes. We finally got to go back and visit with her for a minute...then back to the waiting room for more waiting. About 1:15 a nurse came to get us and told us our daughter was here! She took us to our room where Anna Dixon was waiting for us! We were able to room-in with her at the hospital. As we walked down the hall, we could hear her little cry. She was under a heat lamp when we first saw her, but we immediately began to talk to her and touch her sweet hands and rub her little back. FINALLY, about 15 minutes later I got to hold my precious girl in my arms for the first time...and we have been with her ever since!!! We are both completely head over heals in love with our baby girl! I can't wait to post pictures!