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she made it!  isabelle "izzy" joann baldwin was born 2/9/15 at 12:19pm. 9lbs 4oz, 21 and a half inches.  i'm not going to go into the whole labor process, if you want to know you can ask.  let's just say it was long and painful. the end.

this little girl is awesome.  she is such a chill baby compared to mae.  maybe it's because i'm already a parent?  who knows, either way, she is wonderful.

 we had two different names that we really liked, but i still wasn't sure.  so we looked on family search and found a few more names. isabelle was my great grandmother's middle name, and i instantly loved it, because then we could call her izzy!  still, cody and i were both pretty confident that she would be hylie.  but once we saw her, we both knew that it didn't fit. cody was the one to suggest isabelle. i loved the name, but i wasn't sure he did as much.  it totally fits this little girl.  joann is cody's grandmother's name.  some pretty special girls that we know have joann as their middle names as well, so she has a lot to live up to!

our hospital stay was way more low key this time around.  gram and mae stopped by for a few visits.  i was worried how mae would react to izzy.   she has been so clingy the past few weeks, and i've heard some crazy stories about siblings with new babies.  she has been so wonderful!  she loves to help with izzy, and gives her loves.  she likes to know where she is, and loves that she gets to sit next to her in the car.

she looks nothing like mae when she was born.  except the chin, they both have the scholz chin...sorry girls.  my mom says she looks exactly like me when i was a baby.  so we'll see!

we love this little girl so much.  my testimony of forever families has grown with each girl.  i'm so grateful to know that we will be with these two sweet girls forever.  

we have been so lucky to have gram with us the past two weeks!  it has been awesome!  and mae has had a blast with gram.  gram has taken her everywhere.  on valentines day, they made heart sugar cookies, they've made tons of treats, my mom has made us freezer meals, woken up with mae, helped with izzy, cleaned.  i am a lucky girl! we love you gram.  i don't want to think about when she leaves, but hopefully she and gramps will be back soon.