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Hello World

I know it's been quite awhile, but I do have a good excuse.  Say hello to our new daughter, Auden Emory Reutter.


She was born on Veteran's Day (how fitting), November 11th, at 5:37pm weighing in at 6 lbs 1 oz and 19.5 inches and has stolen our hearts ever since.

Her brother and sister, Remington and Riley, have adjusted quite well :)


Here's a sneak of Auden's nursery in the background.


She surprised us all by coming a little over two weeks early (my family is notorious for late babies).  After all, we'd just gotten done taking our maternity photos a few weeks earlier.





All photos in this post are by the fabulous Jordan Burch Photography

My water broke at 4 in the morning (another thing I didn't expect), and she was here 13.5 hours later.  It was love at first sight.


Needless to say, life hasn't been the same since.  And along with expanding our family, Jon and I also had some career changes--him landing his dream job at American Airlines and me starting a new business venture (more on that later).  Throw in Thanksgiving, Christmas and family visitors, and we had a pretty crazy and beautiful end to our 2013.  

Thanks for coming along for the ride :)  My next post will share the new business venture and give you all of the details on Auden's nursery!

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