And Baby Makes 4

We are so happy to announce that our little Tate family is now complete with the arrival of Thomas Erick Tate.  Thomas was born on Friday, March 16 at 1:18 PM in what was a very short and uncomplicated delivery. Sara's due date was actually March 11th, and needless to say we were all ready for him to make his appearance.  She was actually scheduled for an induction on the 19th, but we are very grateful that Thomas arrived on his own. We arrived at the hospital at 11:20 AM and before we knew it Thomas was in our arms.  He weighed a whooping 9 pounds and was 21 inches in length.

Admitted and Waiting on the Epidural

Welcome to the world Thomas!

Getting his vitals checked

Sara really felt great during the delivery and was up and walking about an hour after.  Colby was such a big help during the short delivery, and really helped Sara when she realized the epidural wasn't exactly working. The doctors and nurses were fantastic, especially the baby nurse that had to literally run to the operating room to grab the physician who delivered since Thomas was ready to meet the world a little quicker than expected :) We are just so excited that Thomas has finally arrived.

Thomas and Daddy

After a little bit of quiet time and getting to meet Thomas it was time for big brother to finally meet his little brother.  William arrived at the hospital around 5 PM with Memaw and Nana.  He was so excited to meet Thomas.  His first reaction was "Awww. He is SO cute.  He has a pudgy little nose."  Thomas picked out some gifts for William and he was so happy to have some special treats while everyone came to visit us at the hospital. We really couldn't be more proud of William.  He has been adjusting so well to having a sibling in the house.

William meets Thomas

We have a ton of pictures with all of our family that came to visit us at the hospital, and I've added just a few to this blog.  We can't thank our immediate family who came to the hospital to visit us enough.  It was nice to see all of our family together and celebrating the newest addition.

The boys and their grandmothers

Aunt Jolie and her nephews

Pawpaw and Thomas

Aunt Samantha and Thomas

Nonno and his grandbabies

I am missing a few pictures and apologize for not getting them up on this blog (sorry Uncle Mike and Nina!)  We have been home for about 8 days now and were lucky enough to have Colby stay home a whole week with us.  It was so very nice to have him home.  Luckily Nana is here for the week to help out and Memaw is coming next week.  Hooray!

We have some big things happening all within the next month.  Thomas arrived, William turns 5 on Easter Sunday, and we will be closing on our new home in The Woodlands in mid-April.  We are REALLY very excited.  We met our new neighbors yesterday when we took Nana by the house.  They are a family about our age and have a 3 year old and 9 year old sons. We also found out that there is another family with 4 and 6 year old sons and a fantastic babysitter just a few doors down.  We are even more thrilled about this neighborhood knowing there are some kiddos Will's age to play with.

We will try our hardest to keep this blog updated the best we can.  Hoping everyone is doing well!!

Hugs,
The Tates