Anna is finally here!

Mini Mac has arrived!!! And her name is Anna Kristine Macdonald. Anna was born at 10:31 p.m. on Monday, March 2, 2009. She weighed 7 lbs. 2 oz. and was 20 inches long. She has dark hair, deep blue eyes, rosy pink cheeks, and the most pleasant disposition of any baby I've ever known. We're love her to pieces and we're so very thankful that she's part of our family!




Holding Anna for the first time - this is a moment I remember so clearly with each of our babies. It's so magical to finally meet this little baby for the first time!




Daddy and Anna getting to know each other. I think Daddy is just as taken with her as I am.






Anna is wide awake for her debut. She has the softest skin and that wonderful newborn smell. And, I'm pretty excited about her long piano fingers!






Making sure she knows she is loved and adored!

John, my mom, and the children came to visit on the afternoon of the 3rd. Jacob was ready for hugging Anna as soon as he walked into our hospital room. So sweet!

The four children and me... this looks like more than a full time job to me!

Introducing Anna to Matthew, Jacob and Kara. They liked her cute little yellow bow and they were thrilled that she was awake. They were fascinated with her every move and sound. So fun!

Matthew holding Anna for the first time.

Jacob has the big brother for the second time, and loving it!

Kara holding Anna. I love the look on Kara's face as she looks at Anna. Newborns are so amazing and Kara is just trying to take it all in. I hope they'll be as good of friends as Matthew and Jacob are. We're off to a good start on that so we'll hope it continues.

Our newest family picture!

Sleeping is what Anna does best right now. 2 day old

She looks so little in that big carseat! Ready to go home!

Thursday, March 5 3 days old

Matthew and Jacob are so excited to have Anna at home that they didn't even want to wait until she was out of her carseat. They wanted to see her as soon as we walked in the door!

3 days old

I love watching Anna sleep. Those little hands up by her face is too sweet. We have ultrasound pictures of her hands up by her face. Seeing it in real life is much cuter! 4 days old

Snuggling up like only newborns can. You can't see it in this picture but her other foot is up by her chest. I didn't know that until I moved to put her in her crib and saw how she unfolded herself. 4 days old

Kara wanted to hold Anna all by herself and instructed me, "Move your hands Mama!" Thank goodness for throw pillows! Kara loves holding Anna and was thrilled that I took her picture as she was doing such a special thing. Kara is in this phase where it's really hard to get her to smile genuinely when we're taking pictures... hopefully the phase is short lived. :)

6 days old

Daddy and his little girls. Sunday, March 8

6 days old

Our full time entertainment committee - they keep us laughing and smiling every day. They had a grand time running around the house in their old Halloween costumes. And I had a grand time listening to their laughter and giggles as they ran. Kids are great! And, thankfully Anna sleeps through everything so she was oblivious.

Anna has some fantastic hair, especially when she's just had a bath and her hair is so soft and fluffy! My family loving calls this "happy hair" because it's so happy that it stands up.

1 week old

Happy hair! Apparently, Anna has continued the family trend of having some pretty funny facial expressions from a very young age. She'll fit right in with the rest of our crew!

Sweet sleeping baby. Anna's arms are really long and you can see that in this picture with her hand way above her head. Most newborns fingertips come just to the top of their heads when their arms are extended.

10 days old

Grandma Jensen with Matthew, Jacob, Kara, and Anna - my mom really saved the day with all she did to help us out! Thanks Dad, for sharing her with us!

March 12

Mom and I with my two girls. So, this is not my favorite picture of myself - tired and crying because my mom is heading back home. But, I love seeing my mom with my two girls. They all look great!

March 12

Princess Anna in her cozy baby throne - I love baby bouncy seats!

Sunday, March 15 2 weeks old

One of my favorite things about newborns is the little smiles in their sleep - I think she's talking to the angels. 2 weeks old

Kara giving Anna kisses, a very frequent and sweet occurence at our house. And, I love having two little girls! There's a lot of pink laundry now to balance out the blue. So fun!

Kara dressing up in her hat and giraffe pajamas, baby "pack pack", and my "Sundays". All dressed up and no place to go!

My little happy shadow! Hopefully her sense of fashion isn't part of her being my shadow!

Sunday, March 22 - We all headed to church and it was so fun to have our girls in matching dresses. Anna is wearing a little red velvet dress that Kara wore as a newborn. I could definitely get into this whole matchy matchy thing! I love having my boys match too, but there's only so much you can do with white shirts, dress pants, and ties.

So, there's our month in pictures. I make no promises on the frequency of postings here since the only thing I've learned is predictable with four young children is that life will be unpredictable! But, I will try to post some pics of their cute little faces more frequently!