Announcing Jackson Lee!

My sister created this and I just couldn't wait to post it. It's so creative and just perfect!
Thank you Aunt Sarah for creating this wonderful announcement for Jackson!

Pumpkin Patch

Today was Lily's trip to the Pumpkin Patch with her Preschool. Her director holds this at her house every year. She has a huge property in northern Independence that she sets up yearly with a S'mores pit, kettle corn station, pumpkin patch, playground area, and maze. They even have cows wandering around as well. Lily had a blast and got to see a few of her new friends as well!

Here she is in one of her Halloween outfits...and brother Jackson too!

Check out this face! Can you tell she was excited to get on the hayride?!

In the Pumpkin Patch

In front of the S'mores pit

With her pumpkin of choice

New Preschool

On Monday, Lily started a new preschool....Sycamore Hills Baptist Preschool. She will be attending Monday/Wednesday, half-days. This transition came after I went on maternity leave, as the school is closer to home and more convenient for our schedule. We visited last week when Grandma L. was here and she got along well with the teacher and kids in her class.

We are excited for Lily as she meets new friends and develops new relationships.

We are headed to the pumpkin patch on Wednesday! More pictures to come.

Jackson Lee has arrived!

We had quite a surprise earlier this week when I started having contractions (almost 2 weeks before my due date) on Monday night and we went into the hospital only to determine it was a "false alarm". We came back home and got some rest only to have the contractions start up again at 5:45am on Tuesday morning. Only this time it was the real thing!
We decided to drop Lily off at daycare and then head to the hospital...after a shower and throwing some last-minute things together. It was about 6:45am when we left the house...near "prime-time" for traffic on a Tuesday morning. By the time we dropped Lily off at daycare at 7:00am, I was having MAJOR contractions- about 2 every 5 minutes and it was still at least a 20 minute commute (or more given the traffic) for us to the hospital. We didn't make it to our hospital of choice (St. Luke's- Plaza) and stopped off at another one on the way (St. Luke's East- Lees Summit). By this time, my water broke and we were headed to the labor & delivery room.
The nursing staff was fantastic at getting us to a room right away- I was dialated to a 5 and 80% effaced. We checked in at 7:10am and after exactly 3 hours of labor, I delivered our son, Jackson Lee Bolinger at 10:10am.
His statistics: 8 lbs. 6 oz. 20" long

We are overjoyed with our new arrival and Lily is so happy to finally be able to hold and kiss her new baby brother.
Welcome to the world, Jackson Lee! We love you and are so happy you are here!